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Peninsula vaccination rates creep upward

One case of in-school transmission reported

"The Captain," a short film about Maine lobster fisher Sadie Samuels, is among the movies in the Port Townsend Film Festival preview available for streaming this Tuesday through Thursday. photo courtesy Port Townsend Film Festival

Arts & Entertainment

Film fest preview: Selected shorts offer peek at Film Festival

On-demand streaming starts Tuesday

News

Four projects get Conservation Futures funding

Money to go toward protecting floodplain, habitat, waterways

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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…

News

Traffic signal maintenance scheduled in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Work crews from the Department of Transportation will replace outdated signal heads in Port Townsend…

Life

Jefferson County Library to hold Tech Tuesday

PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will host Tech Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Life

Gardiner Community Center will host garage sale

GARDINER — The Gardiner Community Center will host a community garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

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Final work to resurface Highways 101, 19 scheduled

CHIMACUM — Starting Monday, crews working for the state Department of Transportation will begin installing the finishing touches…

Life

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to host lecture on marine microplastics

PORT TOWNSEND — Andrew Mason will present “Microplastics as Marine Debris” at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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Jefferson County Department of Community Development to take hiatus

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Department of Community Development will be closed this week and will reopen…

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Three deaths from COVID-19 on Peninsula

New cases may be leveling off, but activity remains high

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Seven nursing homes hit with COVID outbreaks

Total of 138 cases, 10 deaths in Peninsula facilities

Saturday at 8:46 a.m., East Jefferson Fire & Rescue and Port Townsend Police Department crew members bowed their heads for one minute of silence. A brief ceremony outside the EJFR station at Lawrence and Harrison streets honored the first responders who served at the sites attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.

News

Ceremonies mark 20th anniversary of 9/11

Speakers emphasize legacy

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Make use of the last sighs of summer

WELL, I CAN certainly see that the trees are beginning to change color.

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Arts & Entertainment

Lecture to tell of old master restoration

PORT LUDLOW — Elisabeth Mention, who led the restoration team that repaired a damaged painting at the National…

News

Where to get your COVID shot

Vaccines available all over Peninsula

Photo by Katie Newton

Cutline: Ready for the Hunt seat class at the 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are Lela Bankson, left, on Banjo, KK Pitts on Mikey and Lila Torey on Smokey.

Life

HORSEPLAY: Time to get 4-H, other groups going again

SMASH AND GRABS are on the rise at Olympic Peninsula trailheads. Recently, there were a number of break-ins…

News

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to hear about housing programs

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear a briefing about Peninsula Housing Authority programs at 1:30 p.m. Monday…

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PORT TOWNSEND — Andrea Smith has been hired by Jefferson Healthcare as the clinical manager for its home health team. 

Smith, a military veteran, has a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Aspen University in Denver. 

Smith will supervise the nurses, therapists, certified nursing assistants and medical social workers that deliver skilled intermittent care in private residences, adult family homes or assisted living facilities.

Business

Jefferson Healthcare hires new clinical manager for its home health team

PORT TOWNSEND — Andrea Smith has been hired by Jefferson Healthcare as the clinical manager for its home…