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A GROWING CONCERN: Ten garden picks for your holiday shopping list

THIS IS THANKSGIVING holiday season, but we are being asked to limit gatherings to keep each other safe.

Amputee Dana Lawson, left, celebrates arriving at Deer Lake after a 4-mile trail ride on narrow, steep and rocky terrain  aboard horses and mules with friends Sherry Baysinger, center, and Lindsay Leiendecker. (Larry Baysinger)

Life

HORSEPLAY: Amputee provides inspiration, help

LOOKING FOR SOME inspiration, positive energy and respite from today’s pandemic-weary world?

Louisa Morgan

Arts & Entertainment

Port Townsend author wins sci-fi award

PORT TOWNSEND — Louise Marley of Port Townsend, who writes under the pen name Louisa Morgan, has won…

News

Peninsula COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise

Clallam adds 58 since last Thursday; Jefferson health officer to address contingencies

News

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County considers tax to fund affordable housing

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider implementing a sales and use tax to fund affordable housing when…

Arts & Entertainment

Port Townsend sets holiday events

PORT TOWNSEND — White lights are decorating trees in downtown Port Townsend’s historic district as part of 2020’s…

The Crushwater duo — Chandra Johnson and Scott Sullivan — will give an “In [Your] Living Room” concert online Friday.

Arts & Entertainment

JFFA stages online concert, sets goal

PORT ANGELES — With plans for an online concert today and a virtual festival come 2021, the nonprofit…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: It’s OK to not be ‘fine’

“I’M FINE.”

Life

Free lunch to be served curbside Tuesday

PORT TOWNSEND — Just Soup is serving turkey soup and a Thanksgiving dessert from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30…

Mike Zavadlov
Bob Lashinski caught this chrome king while fishing with Mike Zavadlov of Mike Z's Guide Service (360-640-8109) earlier this month. With Thanksgiving approaching, West End anglers are keeping watchful eyes out for hatchery steelhead.

Sports

OUTDOORS: Coastal Region Virtual Open House focus bypasses Olympic Peninsula

Steelhead town hall Tuesday night

Jumping Mouse Children's Center race director Whitney Friddle shows off contents of the Turkey Trot virtual fun run goodie bag: coffee, chocolate and a popcorn gift certificate from local businesses. The 5K run/walk and family scavenger hunt will happen all of Thanksgiving week. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Jumping Mouse Turkey Trot expands to weeklong event

Amended race to raise money for children’s health

Dr Unthank

News

Clallam COVID-19 cases rise by 30 in two days; Jefferson reports 3 more

Jefferson reports 3 more in same time period

Despite this week's powerful winds, the surrounding trees near the Haller Fountain in downtown Port Townsend still wear their golden leaves. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Golden season

Despite this week’s powerful winds, the surrounding trees near the Haller Fountain in downtown Port Townsend still wear…

Port Angeles' Myra Walker, right, grabs a rebound from Sequim's LeeAnn Raney, left, and Hannah Wagner during a game last February at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sports

WIAA pushes back prep seasons

PORT ANGELES — The return of high school sports will be delayed by at least another month and…

News

Discovering the Forest series begins Friday

PORT TOWNSEND — “Discovering the Forest,” a new community education series, starts online Friday courtesy of the Jefferson…

Teams from Seton Construction and Port Townsend Public Works continued their work of fixing a broken water main on Wednesday after the pipe burst on Monday night. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Port Townsend water shutoff set for pipe repair

No-contact order issued after sewage overflow

News

Peninsula adds 30 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday

Infection rates expected to continue to climb

Teams from Port Townsend Public Works and Seton Construction work to uncover a water main that burst on the corner of Monroe and Water streets in Port Townsend Tuesday. The pipe burst Monday night, and Public Works Director Steve King estimated the repairs to take two to three days. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Water main bursts in downtown Port Townsend

Crews expected to take a few days to fully repair break

Opinion

PAT NEAL: It’s spawning season again

IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the river on a dark and dismal day. It’s a favorite time of year.

Opinion

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: ‘Neverending Story’ shines bright

THE LIGHT BULB blazed on courtesy of Anna Andersen, director of Port Angeles High School’s production of “The…