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PAT NEAL: New threat to our threatened salmon

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news for the planet we call home.

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Port Townsend council OKs loan extension for Homeward Bound

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend City Council has approved a payment deadline extension for the Homeward Bound…

Security staff considered for new system at Jefferson County Courthouse

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Security staff considered for new system at Jefferson County Courthouse

PORT TOWNSEND — Plans to implement tighter security at the Jefferson County Courthouse are moving forward, and with…

Folk rocker Peter Mulvey, guest to perform in Port Townsend

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Folk rocker Peter Mulvey, guest to perform in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Folk-rock singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey and special guest Danielle Ate the Sandwich will perform at Rainshadow…

Jazz quartet in Port Townsend on Thursday

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Jazz quartet in Port Townsend on Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND — Jazz saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis will return to the Cellar Door with his…

Kate McDermott to talk about pies — and life — in Port Hadlock

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Kate McDermott to talk about pies — and life — in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — For years, the world’s culinary superstars have traveled to Kate McDermott’s legendary Pie Cottage in…

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Clallam commissioners readying letter to National Park Service over fee hike

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners are preparing to send a letter to the National Park Service urging…

Jefferson commissioners approve $494,000 in lodging tax funds

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Jefferson commissioners approve $494,000 in lodging tax funds

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County commissioners approved $494,343 in lodging tax funds to a number of local…

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NEWS BRIEFS: HPV shots available … and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare’s Family Medicine Clinic is offering a one-day clinic to provide human papillomavirus infection…

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Caring for precious family members

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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Caring for precious family members

ALL MY FEARFUL thoughts instantly flew away as soon as I heard the unique rattle of the tags…

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office closes investigation into Okumoto death

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Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office closes investigation into Okumoto death

NEAH BAY — The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office has closed its investigation into the disappearance of Stanley K.…

Emails could provide answers at ex-state auditor’s new trial

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Emails could provide answers at ex-state auditor’s new trial

By Gene Johnson

Masonic group honors Marvin G. Shields in ceremony

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Masonic group honors Marvin G. Shields in ceremony

GARDINER — The National Sojourners Olympic Chapter 539 honored the late U.S. Navy Petty Officer Marvin G. Shields,…

Clallam, Jefferson counties see cases of codling moths in apple orchards

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Clallam, Jefferson counties see cases of codling moths in apple orchards

The image seems innocuous enough: the classic worm-in-the-apple cartoon.

Apartment project: Port Townsend City Council to consider loan payment extension

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Apartment project: Port Townsend City Council to consider loan payment extension

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend City Council tonight will consider approving a payment extension for Homeward Bound…

Mad at myeloma: Former Peninsula Daily News staffer in fight for more time with kids

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Mad at myeloma: Former Peninsula Daily News staffer in fight for more time with kids

SURREY, B.C. — “If I don’t do this, I’m going to die.”

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Believers, constitutionalists not welcome on West Coast

Mourning after sweeping Democratic victories will truly begin as emboldened lawmakers take on our education system, taxes and…

High winds knock out power, cause wreck on North Olympic Peninsula

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High winds knock out power, cause wreck on North Olympic Peninsula

A low pressure system that moved across Vancouver Island on Monday brought power outages to the North Olympic…

Life

BIRD WATCH: Birds of a feather: How are they named together?

GROUPS OF BIRDS are mostly referred to as “flocks.”

Defending freedom: Marine Corps veteran urges telling of military history

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Defending freedom: Marine Corps veteran urges telling of military history

PORT ANGELES — The annual regional Veterans Day ceremony in a Port Angeles Coast Guard hangar rarely coaxes…