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Ban from Port Townsend pool sparks debate

Acess to locker rooms divides community

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Clallam County approves security staffing

Agency will take over at courthouse this year

Cyclists are required to wear a helmet and keep their number bib visible at all times during Ride the Hurricane. Only registered riders can participate in the popular annual event — one of the rare times the road to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park is closed to traffic. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Cyclists swarm into Olympic National Park for Ride the Hurricane

With an 800-person cap, some stayed on waiting list

Volunteers compile kits with housewares at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church for Ukrainian refugees now in Washington. (Photo courtesy of Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church)

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Donations continue for Ukrainian refugees

Concert to raise funds to be held later this month

Randy Frantz of Bremerton-based Miller Sheetmetal Inc. works on overhead interior piping on Tuesday at the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Work on interior of Field Hall begins

Center to open to public next July

Richard Meyer.

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Clallam County appoints interim DCD boss

Replacement sought for rest of elected term

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Ride the Hurricane event set for Sunday

Some 800 cyclists expected to participate

Cyclist Pete Lietz stops in Port Angeles on Monday as he neared the end of his more than 6,000-mile bike ride across the continental U.S. Lietz said the COVID-19 pandemic motivated him to follow through on something he’d only thought about, and he’s using the opportunity to raise money for men’s health. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

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Cyclist wrapping up 6,000-mile cross-country journey

Bike rides began in March from Key West, Fla.

Lincoln Theater co-owner Marty Marchant looks at the exposed rafters of the theater on Saturday after they were uncovered by workers who removed the ceiling the previous week. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Lincoln Theater transformation a step closer

Demolition phase completed with removal of ceiling

Abbey Engrav, visiting Port Townsend from New York City for her brother’s wedding on Saturday, looks at the vintage Japanese garments and shoes on display at the Peninsula Fiber Artists display window on Tyler Street in the Uptown Neighborhood on Friday night. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Vintage Japanese garments, shoes on display

Peninsula Fiber Artists window exhibit through August

A group of youths cool off by jumping into the cove at the Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park on Tuesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Temperature dive expected by next week

National Weather Service says it’s cooler near coast

Pigs on the Wing members are, from left, Jason Baker (guitar/vocals); Bryan Fairfield (drums); Holly Brooks (vocals); David Lindenbaum (guitar/vocals); Eric Welder (bass/vocals); and Matt Jones (keys/vocals).

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Pink Floyd tribute band to perform in Port Townsend

Pigs on the Wing to play on two nights

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Comedy, music set for this weekend

Entertainment is planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

Jeannie Thompson, left, of Livonia, Mich., has visited Hurricane Ridge many times over the years, but says she loves the idea of taking the shuttle rather than driving. This was her 14-year-old grandson Sherman Thompson’s first trip to Port Angeles and Hurricane Ridge. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Shuttle to Hurricane Ridge attracts locals, visitors

Transit bypasses busy parking lot, gets riders to summit

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Dash Air suspends ticketing, flights

Kenmore Air files 96-page complaint

Jim Buck, the 24th Legislative District representative from 1995-2007, lays out what he called the deadly risk that old and seismically unsafe school buildings in Washington pose for children in grades K-12. A state Department of Natural Resources report released last year determined that 93 percent of the schools in a study pose extreme danger for death and entrapment to school children. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Schools inadequate, former legislator says

Jim Buck concerned about future Cascadia earthquake, tsunami

Mary Ellen Winborn.

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Clallam County to take legal action against Winborn

DCD director says decision ‘unfair’

Sanctuary Superintendent Kevin Grant is in the foreground at a 2021 boat launching in Bellingham. (NOAA)

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NOAA christens newest research vessel

Storm Petrel replaces Tatoosh at La Push

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District 24 incumbents spar with challengers at forum

Republican challengers take aim at Democrat majority

Aaron Whitfeldt remembers his older brother, Ryan Malane, at a celebration of his life on the Port Angeles City Pier on Sunday. More than 100 friends, family and business associates from the U.S. and Canada attended the ceremony for the Black Ball Ferry Line's co-owner and vice president who died June 13 at the age of 48. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Ryan Malane remembered at ceremony

Black Ball Ferry Line co-owner contributed to many lives on Peninsula, Canada