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Rain reins in Hurricane Fire but drier weather is expected

Road to popular resort remains closed

"Ross Island Bridge" by Michael Stasinos is among 58 paintings in "Weather or Not," the plein air art show opening Friday at Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

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Plein air exhibit opens Friday

PORT TOWNSEND — “Plein air painting carries a refreshing freedom. You are in the moment. Everything you know…

Firefighters battle flames at Hurricane Ridge on steep terrain. NPS

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UPDATE: Eagle Point Fire swells to 50 acres

Hurricane Ridge Road remains open but Obstruction Point Road closed

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SSD cuts spending in district office

School board passes $48M budget

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Mark Lingvall, right, throws a horseshoe as his son, Jeremy Lingvall, waits his turn during a game of horseshoes on Tuesday at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles. The Port Angeles men said they were frequent players of the game and bemoaned the fact that only two playable sets of pits still existed at the park.

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Lucky Throw at Lincoln Park

Mark Lingvall, right, throws a horseshoe as his son, Jeremy Lingvall, waits his turn during a game of…

Dressed as British soldiers at the time of the American Revolution, Peter Berneking of Sequim, Thomas House-Higgins of Olympia and Luke Berneking explain about how a three pound ball fits into this particular cannon while Caleb Berneking looks on.

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Colonial Festival continues historical run this weekend

SEQUIM — History comes to life once again at the annual Northwest Colonial Festival this Labor Day weekend.

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Hurricane Ridge remains closed Wednesday

No update available from park about status of fires

Personnel from East Jefferson Fire and Rescue (EJFR) and Port Townsend police investigate the scene where a Toyota driven by a Quilcene woman crashed into the doorway of Papa Murphy’s pizza shop at 1220 W. Sims Way in Port Townsend before noon on Tuesday. She was not injured, but she was shaken up by the incident that occurred when her foot slipped off the brake pedal and hit the accelerator, according to EJFR Chief Bret Black. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Accelerated instead of braking

Personnel from East Jefferson Fire and Rescue (EJFR) and Port Townsend police investigate the scene where a Toyota…

The Port Townsend City Council on Monday visited Mountain View Commons and the city golf course to get a first-hand look at the properties which are under consideration for alternative uses. Tim Caldwell, left, a member of the Port Townsend Golf Course stakeholder committee, describes the clubhouse and course layout. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Stakeholders, council members discuss future of Port Townsend Golf Course

Testy exchange dealt with government action, alternate uses

Crime & Justice

Port Angeles man booked for investigation of attempted murder

Bail set at $750,000

Addison Bell, 9, tries to drum up business for her lemonade stand at Fourth and Race streets in Port Angeles. The youngster said she had taken in about $70 before running out of product. She said a portion of the proceeds were slated to go to the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society with some set aside for herself. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Open for business

Addison Bell, 9, tries to drum up business for her lemonade stand at Fourth and Race streets in…

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Wildfire danger high into October

Dry conditions will persist on Peninsula

Crime & Justice

Forks man charged with drug endangerment

Officials: Hair tested from 18-month-old positive for meth

Lightning streaks across Port Townsend Bay on Tuesday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Wildfire closes road at Hurricane Ridge

Lightning strikes spark two blazes

Active crew members rescue loggerhead sea turtles that had become tangled in fishing gear during their 58-day counternarcotics patrol.

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Coast Guard cutter Active returns to Port Angeles

Crew back from 58-day patrol that included counternarcotics

Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith.

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Port Angeles Police Department staffing is up, chief says, but funding gaps remain

2020 legislative changes still having impact

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Dayton Brown, from Sammamish, aims for the bull’s eye in the PNWAXE cage during THING music and arts festival on the Parade grounds of Fort Worden State Park on Friday. THING continues today and Sunday.

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THING fling at Fort Worden

Dayton Brown, from Sammamish, aims for the bull’s eye in the PNWAXE cage during THING music and arts…

Dr. Joshua Jones.

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Joshua Jones leaving OMC

Last day is Nov. 1

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Clallam, Jefferson joins 22-county lawsuit

DSHS won’t treat severely mentally ill when charges are dropped

Lauren Smith

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Arrest made in Clallam Bay prisoner death

Olalla woman accused of controlled substances homicide

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