Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County Courthouse. The plein air painter typically spends just an hour finishing a piece before her hands get too cold. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Plein air

Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County…

The city of Port Townsend will finish construction of a well at the municipal golf course this spring for irrigation and emergency water. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend City Council funds $495K in water-system costs

Project expected to begin next month

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State Parks commission to consider Fort Worden PDA lease amendment

Commission plans meetings, tours this week

No one was hurt in a fire at the Port Townsend Paper Mill on Saturday afternoon. East Jefferson Fire Rescue firefighters were called to the mill at 2:40 p.m. after a blaze began in an enclosed conveyor belt carrying wood chips into the mill and spread into the sixth floor, according to fire district spokesperson Phyllis Speser. The fire sent a black cloud into the sky, according to reports. The blaze in the conveyor belt was put out by 3:16 p.m. and the sixth floor fire at 3:31 p.m., Speser said. The cause remained under investigation on Sunday. Assisting were Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue, Clallam County Fire District 3, Poulsbo Fire Department and Quilcene Fire Rescue. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

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Blaze extinguished

No one was hurt in a fire at the Port Townsend Paper Mill on Saturday afternoon.

An artist's rendering shows the expected view of the Jamestown Healing Clinic.
(Courtesy of the Jamestown Tribe)

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Sequim, tribe agree to MAT navigator partnership

Position to be filled by March

Clallam County Fire District 3 officials look to move Dungeness Station 31 east away from a flood and tsunami zone. They’ve begun recruiting an architect to design new stations for Dungeness and Carlsborg Station 33. Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group

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Clallam County Fire District 3 seeks architects for new fire stations

Carlsborg and Dungeness need upgrades, staff say

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Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks leads on coyote carcass dumping

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks information about the killing and dumping of multiple dead coyotes…

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Expansion approved for Sequim City Band’s rehearsal space

SEQUIM — Sequim City Council members have unanimously approved the expansion of the James Center for Performing Arts’…

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Forks federal disaster recovery center to remain open through Feb. 4

FORKS — A federal disaster recovery center in Forks that was originally scheduled to close Sunday will remain…

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DOT sets overnight closures of Hood Canal Bridge again

Fifth time in as many weeks; others were canceled

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EYE ON CLALLAM: Kilmer to attend several government meetings

Government meetings throughout the county

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First Sgt. Kent Keller of Sequim, left, presents to Linda Featheringill of Port Angeles the Purple Heart her brother was never able to receive in person as well as a United States of America War Office document. Her brother, Army Cpl. Marvin D. Actkinson, was declared missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950 and presumed dead in 1953. He was 18. His remains were returned in 2018 and will be buried in Colorado City, Texas, on Feb. 12. The Thursday ceremony was hosted by the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. Featheringill was accompanied by her daughter Eilenah Moon. About 70 people attended the ceremony, which honored Actkinson 71 years after his death.

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Presenting a Purple Heart

First Sgt. Kent Keller of Sequim, left, presents to Linda Featheringill of Port Angeles the Purple Heart her…

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City to take over Port Angeles garbage services

Dispute with private company resolved

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COVID-19 cases rise on Peninsula

Health officer expects peak soon

Community Build Project builder Randy Welle marvels at the completion of Pat's Place, the tiny home village in Port Townsend, on Saturday afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pat’s Place ready for occupancy

Tiny-home village created in Port Townsend

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

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Sequim man hurt in Highway 101 wreck

QUILCENE — A Sequim man was treated and discharged from Jefferson Healthcare hospital after a Brinnon woman fell…

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Program to address filing tax returns

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System and the AARP Foundation Tax Aide will host a Zoom…

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: PDA, Miller Peninsula on state parks board agenda at Fort Worden

Government meetings throughout the county

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Inslee issues emergency order over green crab infestation

Invasive species a danger to clams, Dungeness crabs, salmon