PHOTO: Free feast fixings in Port Townsend

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PHOTO: Free feast fixings in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Food Bank handed out the fixings for Thanksgiving meals for 450 families…

Jeannie McMacken/Peninsula Daily News                                St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend served a record number of meals Wednesday as part of its Wednesday Just Soup program. Volunteers Erica Bauermeister, left, and Anna Wilke served up a full Thanksgiving feast prepared by members of the congregation.

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Traditional Thanksgiving dinners slated in Jefferson

Free community feasts are planned in Jefferson County today.

Peninsula Home Fund campaign begins: Thirtieth year of donations providing a ‘hand up, not a handout’

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Peninsula Home Fund campaign begins: Thirtieth year of donations providing a ‘hand up, not a handout’

Everybody needs a hand sometime.

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Peninsula jobless rate sees little change

More than 700 North Olympic Peninsula residents joined the labor force in October as unemployment rose by three…

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Kate’s arts, sweet and savory

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Kate’s arts, sweet and savory

MAKING MUSIC WITH people, emphasis on with: That’s what Kate liked to do.

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PAT NEAL: Thanksgiving: Knowing when you got it good

THERE’S A LOT of talk these days about holiday stress.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Campground awarded by association … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Kampgrounds of America recently announced that the Olympic Peninsula/Port Angeles KOA Journey Campground has been…

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Housing agreement approved by Jefferson County, Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County commissioners and the Port Townsend City Council have unanimously approved an updated…

Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

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Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

PORT TOWNSEND — Ridership has greatly increased in the past year on the Washington State Ferries route between…

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Jefferson County to lower Shine Road speed limit

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners approved a lower speed limit on Shine Road near the Hood Canal…

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Two Thanksgiving Eve feasts set today

Two free community feasts are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula today while others are set for Thursday.

Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County

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Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — Electrical power was lost midday Wednesday throughout almost all of East Jefferson County as an…

Tarboo Ridge Coalition claims D’Amico making changes at planned shooting range site

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Tarboo Ridge Coalition claims D’Amico making changes at planned shooting range site

PORT TOWNSEND — Members of the Tarboo Ridge Coalition on Monday told the Jefferson County commissioners that Joe…

Arrow Lumber donates 375 Thanksgiving turkeys to Port Townsend Food Bank

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Arrow Lumber donates 375 Thanksgiving turkeys to Port Townsend Food Bank

PORT TOWNSEND — Arrow Lumber made a special delivery Monday to the Port Townsend Food Bank.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteer Ellie Karjalainen, 7, of Port Angeles, right, helps with a to-go container of food during Thursday’s community Thanksgiving dinner in the gym of Queen of Angeles Catholic Church in Port angeles.

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Free Thanksgiving feasts set on Peninsula

Free community feasts are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula on Thanksgiving Day and on days leading up…

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Series of six-hour closures planned for Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE — Drivers are being advised to plan ahead for a series of consecutive nights next week when…

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NEWS BRIEFS: TAFY to hold Christmas gala Nov. 28 … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Answer for Youth and Sprouting Hope Greenhouse will host a Candy Cane Christmas Gala…

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First Federal foundation announces grant awards

PORT ANGELES — First Federal Community Foundation has awarded $500,000 in grants to 16 area nonprofits, nine of…

PHOTO: Dash for Jumping Mouse Children’s Center in Port Townsend

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PHOTO: Dash for Jumping Mouse Children’s Center in Port Townsend

The 150 registered participants in the annual Jumping Mouse Children’s Center Turkey Trot 5K and Kids Dash take…

Study cites weak reporting on missing, murdered Native American women

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Study cites weak reporting on missing, murdered Native American women

By Mary Hudetz