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Peninsula Home Fund going strong

The annual campaign for Peninsula Home Fund donations continues through the holiday season.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Get ready to break into snow business

I RETURNED HOME this last week after visiting my son, an Air Force staff sergeant and his wife…

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HORSEPLAY: A few thoughts on horses, weather and training

BRR! THE WEATHER outside is frightful, but the warm fire from my wood stove is just so delightful.…

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Wood
An EA-18G Growler taxis down the airstrip on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during the squadron’s welcome home ceremony in August 2017.

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Whidbey anti-noise group gets wins in Navy Growler lawsuit

Judge: Navy didn’t consider all environmental impacts

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Temporary homeless facilities topic of hearing

Government meetings across Jefferson County

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Big holiday fair in Chimacum this weekend

One of the largest holiday fairs on the North Olympic Peninsula returns this Saturday: The Chimacum Arts and…

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Port Townsend mulls buying land for housing

Development would add affordable, workforce quarters

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COVID-19 case numbers continue to edge up

Vaccine clinics being added

The Old Whiskey Mill’s tent on Water Street in Port Townsend is one of four “streateries” now permitted to stay up through Mother’s Day 2022. The outdoor dining enclosures, first allowed in mid-2020, have been given four extensions. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend extends streateries through Mother’s Day

Provision also affects food carts

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Teen on bicycle runs into car

PORT TOWNSEND — A 15-year-old girl was transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend as a precaution…

Author Corky Parker will give a talk on memoir-writing this Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Memoir author will sign books, talk about telling one’s story

Corky Parker to introduce “La Finca: Love, Loss and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island”

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Port Townsend City Council OKs budget of $45.3 M

Staffing, infrastructure priorities

Sarah Creachbaum. (Photo courtesy Olympic National Park Service)

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Olympic National Park chief to leave for Alaska

Acting superintendent not selected

Farmer Jennings Briley of Foggy Hog Farm works with pigs of various ages at Port Townsend’s Foggy Hog Farm. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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‘A pig with a purpose’ is the motto at Foggy Hog Farm

The farm is part of a cooperative operation that raises local meat

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Reinfections studied to see if omicron is on Peninsula

COVID-19 case rates climbing

Jeff Bohman, of the Peninsula Trails Coalition and Race Director Victoria Jones with the presentation of the Donated Check. Taken at the Morse Creek ODT Trailhead.  (Photo Credit: Dave Lasorsa)

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Port Angeles Marathon Association donates funds

$30,000 to local community organizations

Port Townsend Main Street Program

 Eryn Smith, on left, presents a gold award to JoAnn Williams for the window at Earthenworks Gallery.

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Port Townsend winning windows announced

Small Business Saturday merchant window contest results

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Author talks new book in Zoom lecture

“This Land of Ice and Snow: A journey Across the North in Winter” by Anders Morley

Holly Stone Cabe of Port Townsend and her dog Louie recently connected with Pet Helpers, a new nonprofit organization which provides aid in veterinary emergencies. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pet Helpers provide aid for pets and owners

Donations help with emergency care

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County mulls second biennial budget

Final approval set later this month