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Injured hiker rescued after fall down 300-foot ice chute

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — A search and rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island negotiated an 800-foot…

Vocalist Val James will bring her band to Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend for an online Candlelight Concert this Thursday at 7 p.m.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Gershwins by candlelight: Online concert Thursday

Classics to be presented in 50-minute set

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Employers chafe over lack of workers

Issues cited: Child care, housing, ‘funemployment’

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More beaches open for shellfish harvesting

Recreational shellfish harvesting is open on Strait of Juan de Fuca beaches from Lyre River east to Discovery…

Search and Rescue team members used the Dosewallips State Park’s field as their command post for the multi-agency rescue of two hikers who had fallen down the Brothers Mountain on Sunday afternoon. Teams from Jefferson Search and Rescue, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue and Olympic Mountain Rescue responded to the emergency. (Jefferson Search and Rescue)

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Seattle hiker dies during Brothers Mountain hike

Woman lost footing, fell into crevasse

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Travel major source of new infections on Peninsula

Pop-up vaccination clinics scheduled

P.E. teacher Logan Stegner and life skills teacher Jennifer Kruse co-created a Wednesday library program to help Port Townsend High School students deal with pandemic-related challenges. For their efforts, they received the Howard Learned Award for Community Education Engagement. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pair of Port Townsend teachers honored for their dedication

Duo work to connect with students during difficult circumstances

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Jefferson County passes new leash law

Animal control code updated

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Brinnon Garden Club to host plant sale at community center

BRINNON — The Quilcene Brinnon Garden Club will conduct a fundraising plant sale from 10 a.m. to 4…

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Port Townsend Paper Mill lecture series continues Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND — Karen Lené Rudd, Dana Squires and Dana Weir will present “Artist Talk: Using Recycled Brown…

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Three-day candidate filing period opens Wednesday in Jefferson County

Eight positions remain unfilled

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

Jefferson County Auditor Rose Ann Carroll, left, and Election Coordinator Quinn Grewell used golf balls Monday morning at the Jefferson County Courthouse to conduct the lot draw for the order of candidates’ name on the primary election ballot. The Aug. 3 election includes hopefuls for Port Townsend City Council, Port Ludlow Fire District No. 3, Sequim School Board and Clallam County Fire District No. 3, which includes a portion of East Jefferson County. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Lot draw selection in Jefferson County

Jefferson County Auditor Rose Ann Carroll, left, and Election Coordinator Quinn Grewell used golf balls Monday morning at…

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Strait Turners to meet via Zoom

GARDINER — Strait Turners, a local woodturners group, will meet at noon Tuesday.

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Caution urged over Memorial Day weekend

Outdoor activities recommended

Jefferson Transit driver Lloyd Eisenman loads an electric bicycle onto the rack of the Sequim-bound bus Friday at the Haines Place transit center in Port Townsend. Heavy e-bikes must ride in the rack position closest to the bus’ bumper to avoid stressing the rack. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson Transit Authority moving forward on Kingston route

Online public meeting set for Wednesday

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Change in vaccination strategy

Jefferson Healthcare now offering shot to walk-ins

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North Olympic Peninsula records 14th COVID death

Man, 60, had been hospitalized

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Two Port Townsend City Council seats to appear on primary ballot

Fifty-one candidates step up during filing week

Jim Donaldson and Meg Snow enjoy popcorn from the Rose Theatre in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. The theater has been popping corn on weekends for months while waiting for the day it can reopen. That day will come this summer.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Townsend art house theater prepared for summer opening

Pandemic has closed it for past 14 months