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Drug Take Back Day is Saturday in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Unwanted prescription drugs can be taken for safe disposal

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Clallam County to consider ending COVID emergency

Meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Kathy Durr, 70, left, and Charle Crocker, 69, both of Port Angeles, try their hands at carving jack-o-lanterns during a pumpkin carving workshop on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The workshop, which drew about 50 participants, was part of the center’s second annual Celebration of Shadows, a tribute to the season of Halloween. The event also included a mask-making workshop, a carved pumpkin contest, spooky walks and an outdoor movie. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Treats and terrors celebrate Halloween

Peninsula events include tours, shows and parades

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Uses for Port Townsend Golf Course land considered, including a golf course

Alternative concepts also under development

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Pipe organ music to mark Halloween

Pipe organ music will celebrate Halloween this weekend in Port Townsend and Port Angeles.

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2nd UPDATE: More than 7,000 customers out of power across Peninsula

Customers lose power in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Vanessa Wade and her son enjoy the Chimacum Farmers Market earlier this season. Sunday is the last day before next summer. (David Conklin)

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Last Chimacum Market of season on Sunday

Trick-or-treating, music to celebrate Halloween events

A pedestrian makes their way down West First Street as rain falls upon downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. A return to seasonal wet weather has prompted county officials to end the annual summer burn ban that had been extended into fall because of exceptionally dry conditions. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Burn bans lifted on Peninsula

Wet weather forcast for foreseeable future

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In November, Peninsula COVD updates to be monthly

Disease now considered endemic

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Orca lecture scheduled at Fort Flagler

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Brad Hanson will present “Southern Resident Orcas” at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Fort Flagler…

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PAT NEAL: Lost in the throes of mushroom fever

THERE ARE FEW things more comforting than the sound of a heavy rain on the roof.

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COVID-19 emergency extended by board of Jefferson County commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Commissioners voted to extend the county’s COVID-19 emergency declaration first issued in March…

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State Department of Natural Resources proposes forest lands set aside to store carbon

Webinar set on plan that includes Peninsula state trust lands

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No weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station…

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Urban sketchers to meet

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will sketch in Laurel Grove Cemetery at 10 a.m. Saturday.

A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Fall temperatures this week are expected to be in the mid to upper 50s with rain and wind likely in the forecast. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Autumn pathways

A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend.

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American Association of University Women seeking nominees

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women is seeking nominees for…

A power boat was driven onto rocks at Port Townsend Boat Haven after storm-driven winds whipped the bay into a frenzy of white caps about mid-day Tuesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Boats run aground near Port Townsend Boat Haven

Stormy weather pushes vessels into rocks near shore

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North Olympic Peninsula counties to view COVID measures

Clallam expected to rescind by Oct. 31; Jefferson considering extending emergency

Lisa Lynne, left, and Aryeh Frankfurter will perform at Concerts in the Woods in Coyle.

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Celtic harpists to perform in Sequim, Coyle this weekend

Original music to be played at church and community center