State Supreme Court Justices Colleen Melody, left, and G. Helen Whitener answer questions Wednesday in teacher Stacey Sanders’ civics and global issues class at Port Angeles High School. The nine-member court is visiting the North Olympic Peninsula as part of its Traveling Court program and will hear oral arguments in two cases at Peninsula College today in a session open to the public. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Justices visit Port Angeles classroom as part of their traveling tour

Nine-member court to hear oral arguments at Peninsula College today

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City of Port Townsend wins a finance award

National honor recognizes 2026 budget document

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Jefferson board to support tribe’s federal land transfer

Letter delayed to include environmental concerns

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PAT NEAL: The camas is blooming

THE CAMAS IS blooming. This small member of the lily family, with a blue, hyacinth-shaped flower and an…

Thom Barkes, left, will join Jill McAnally and Kevin McConnell on Thursday during the Candlelight Concerts series in Port Townsend.

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Duo to play original music during Candlelight Concert series

PORT TOWNSEND — Jill McAnally and Kevin McConnell will play during the Candlelight Concerts series at 7 p.m.…

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Beatles tribute concerts set for this weekend

QUILCENE — Absolute Zero will present a tribute to the music of the Beatles at 7:30 p.m. Friday…

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Benefit concert to support Ukraine relief efforts

PORT TOWNSEND — Kommuna Lux will present “An Evening in Odessa,” a benefit concert to support Ukraine relief…

David Harrah of the American Legion Marvin G. Shields Memorial Post 26 in Port Townsend carries the American flag and leads a color guard during a Memorial Day observance at Fort Worden Military Cemetery on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Memorial Day ceremonies

David Harrah of the American Legion Marvin G. Shields Memorial Post 26 in Port Townsend carries the American…

Alysa Thomas, left, and Dean Bartl, both from Port Townsend and employees of Tessera, a facilities management company, place American flags on the graves at the Fort Worden Military Cemetery on Friday, in advance of today’s Memorial Day services. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Flag placement

Alysa Thomas, left, and Dean Bartl, both from Port Townsend and employees of Tessera, a facilities management company,…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Jefferson commissioners to consider fireworks ban

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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State Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Port Angeles next week

Justices will visit schools, meet public with Q&A sessions

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Jefferson commissioners work with AI draft policy

Security, transparency and uses would be addressed

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Tickets on sale for boatbuilding school fundraiser

PORT HADLOCK — Tickets are on sale for the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s Hull Raiser Bash and…

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Port Townsend Public Library to host summer reading program

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Public Library will kick off its summer reading program with a variety…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Thirteen steps into summer gardening

AS WE HEAD into Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer is here. The outdoor grilling season…

Washington State Animal Response Team
WASART volunteers help draft horse Theo back to his feet after he laid for hours, wedged tightly against a wood wall and unable to move. After sedated by a veterinarian, they used specialized equipment to slide him away from the wall and then lift him to his feet. Read about it on WASART.org.

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HORSEPLAY: Search and rescue teaches techniques for animals

SLIP SLIDING AWAY was the feeling I got more than once when the ground began falling away underneath…

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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…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Rotary — Meetings at noon on Wednesdays at the student-run Wildcat Cafe at Lincoln School,…

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Deceased man located after search near Point Wilson

PORT TOWNSEND — A deceased man has been located near Point Wilson following a multiple-agency search, the Jefferson…

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Juan de Fuca Festival kicks off three-day weekend

The Juan de Fuca Festival, plant sales and music performances highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic…