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Hood Canal Bridge closures tonight

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed tonight between 11:59 p.m. and 3 a.m. Friday, Aug.…

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Atlantic salmon escape from Cypress Island net

The Associated Press

Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship

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Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship

By Douglass K. Daniel

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Senate panel plans two hearings on girding health insurance

By Alan Fram

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Jefferson County awaits final draft paperwork on development proposed in Brinnon

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners are awaiting final draft paperwork on the proposed Pleasant Harbor Resort in…

Port Townsend Film Festival to expand its reach in September alongside farm tour

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Port Townsend Film Festival to expand its reach in September alongside farm tour

PORT TOWNSEND — The 18th annual Port Townsend Film Festival will fall on the same weekend as the…

Officials eye annual Alaska whaling quotas

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Officials eye annual Alaska whaling quotas

By Rachel D’Oro

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NEWS BRIEFS: Health clinic on Port Angeles School Board agenda Thursday … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will consider a memorandum of understanding for a school-based health…

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National park awarded Student Conservation Association medal

PORT ANGELES — The Student Conservation Association has awarded Olympic National Park its Founder’s Medal.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Strength in unity if we come together

The editorial page of Aug. 15 asks good questions about the identification of “American” and “our values.”

Opinion

PAT NEAL: The Big One between Thunderbird, nemesis

AS AMBASSADORS OF the tourist industry, it is often our duty to answer the many questions visitors have…

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NEWS BRIEFS: PA library renovations now underway … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Renovations are curtailing some services at the Port Angeles Library through Sept. 8.

Peninsula residents gather to share glasses, gawk in awe at partial solar eclipse

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Peninsula residents gather to share glasses, gawk in awe at partial solar eclipse

PORT ANGELES — Onlookers decades apart in age witnessed the event of a lifetime Monday as the first…

Fallon Brewer uses a pair of protective glasses handed out by the Friends of Port Townsend Library to watch Monday’s eclipse with Evette Brewer and Demetria Brewer. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson residents watch at libraries as moon blocks out most of sun

PORT TOWNSEND — More than 550 community members of all ages headed to their local libraries in Jefferson…

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Port Townsend tells of years of compost sales

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Compost Facility, now in its 24th year, is celebrating its 100th batch…

Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend

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Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A man died and a woman was injured in a single motorcycle wreck on Center…

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Salal permit sales to begin in September

OLYMPIA — Permit sales for salal on the Olympic National Forest will begin in September.

Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

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Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

The long-awaited moment will come and pass in just two minutes.

One-boat service to continue at least through August

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One-boat service to continue at least through August

PORT TOWNSEND — The timeline for repair of the MV Salish ferry is still unknown so the route…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Petition filed against court culvert ruling … and other items

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by a…