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Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of about a dozen old and rotting poplars cut down on Monday along Sims Way in Port Townsend. The trees were cut down because they posed a threat to vehicles and pedestrians who drive or walk by on a daily basis. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Poplar removal

Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of about a dozen old and rotting poplars… Continue reading

Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of about a dozen old and rotting poplars cut down on Monday along Sims Way in Port Townsend. The trees were cut down because they posed a threat to vehicles and pedestrians who drive or walk by on a daily basis. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

County fire marshals decrease risk levels

Burn ban lifted in Clallam; recreational fires OK in Jefferson

Hospital board hopefuls debate

Finances, transparency among discussed topics

Contract crews use specialized boring machinery to run specific sections of communications and electrical conduit. (Jefferson PUD)

Jefferson PUD to continue its broadband project

Traffic expected to be affected during construction

Contract crews use specialized boring machinery to run specific sections of communications and electrical conduit. (Jefferson PUD)

Murder trial postponed to November

New charge of communicating with a minor added

East Jefferson Fire Rescue and the state Department of Ecology responded Sunday to a sunken cabin cruiser that went aground off Indian Point between the ferry dock and Port Townsend Marina. One person on board was treated for injuries. The Washington State Ferry M/V Salish is entering the dock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Two people, dog rescued from sinking vessel in PT

East Jefferson Fire Rescue, Port of PT staff deploy absorbent booms

East Jefferson Fire Rescue and the state Department of Ecology responded Sunday to a sunken cabin cruiser that went aground off Indian Point between the ferry dock and Port Townsend Marina. One person on board was treated for injuries. The Washington State Ferry M/V Salish is entering the dock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Olympic Medical Center interim CEO Mark Gregson welcomes the audience to the Harvest of Hope event on Saturday at the Guy Cole Event Center in Sequim. (Lexie Winters Photography)

Harvest of Hope raises $290K for cancer center

Attendees raise money for 3D imaging machine

Olympic Medical Center interim CEO Mark Gregson welcomes the audience to the Harvest of Hope event on Saturday at the Guy Cole Event Center in Sequim. (Lexie Winters Photography)

Port Townsend to celebrate Arbor Day

Plant adoptions, tours available Saturday

WSDOT: Highway projects on track

Preservation on 112 set for completion next year

Port Angeles man dies following rollover collision

A man who was in a single-car rollover collision last week has died. Curtis Denney, 43, of Port Angeles was traveling westbound on… Continue reading

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.

Classically trained musician replaces organist who retired after 50 years

Edinger directed parish music program at Concordia University

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.
Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)

Sequim school board fills its vacant seat

Nicholas Bell to be sworn in on Nov. 3

Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)
Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools propose fee hike

Board may approve changes in October

Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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American Constitution

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront.… Continue reading

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Board names middle school

Hurricane Ridge to replace Stevens

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Forty years later, residents remember West End blaze

East wind picked up embers from slash fire in Forks

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Jefferson County officials connecting with STR owners

Plan implemented in April starting to permit rentals

Peninsula counties receive state grants

Funding will go toward habitat, conservation projects

Ann Livingston.

Trails coalition names first executive director

Livingston says she has passion for hiking, biking

Ann Livingston.
Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fall is in the air

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort… Continue reading

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)