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Scheduled Hood Canal bridge closures canceled

SHINE — Overnight closures of the Hood Canal bridge on state Highway 104 that had been rescheduled for…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Capital, transportation improvements before councils

Meetings across Clallam and Jefferson counties

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Port Townsend pool on track to open in July

Task force favors Chimacum Park for replacement

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A GROWING CONCERN: Cutting the American lawn down to size

IT’S TIME TO free ourselves from the grueling and extremely harmful task of upkeep necessary to perpetuate the…

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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 Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30…

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Wind returns for Day 3 of Race to Alaska

Teams pushing north along Vancouver Island

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

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Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Divine Father Embodied” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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Port Townsend, YMCA sued over 2022 pool ban

Confrontation with transgender employee at center of lawsuit

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More muscle than wind in Phase 2 of Race to Alaska

Winds die down, force sailors to alternate with human power

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Honoring parents a complicated command

FATHER’S DAY IS this Sunday. It will be the first Father’s Day since my dad died at nearly…

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Steampunk Festival returns to Port Townsend this weekend

The Steampunk Festival and the Summertide Solstice Art Festival highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Team Roscoe Pickle Train of Port Townsend, which includes Chris Iruz, Enzo Dougherty, Odin Smith and Pearl Smith, were first out of the Victoria Inner Harbour at the start of the Race to Alaska on Tuesday. The cannon fired at noon and 38 racers headed to Ketchikan, a 750-mile contest that started in Port Townsend on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Racers restart in Victoria on their way to Alaska

One rescued by Coast Guard; two others try wheeling over land

Jefferson PUD has bought the former AP&T building at 193 Otto St. in Port Townsend.

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Jefferson PUD purchases office building for expansion

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners have approved the purchase of the former Alaska…

East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews respond to a structure fire in the 300 block of West Kinkaid Street. A garage was destroyed.

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Fire destroys garage in Irondale

IRONDALE — A fire destroyed a garage in the 300 block of West Kincaid Street, East Jefferson Fire…

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Fire commissioners form association

PORT ANGELES — Fire commissioners in Clallam and Jefferson counties have formed the Olympic Peninsula Fire Commissioners Association…

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Baiting the tourists

FROM THE ACIDIFIED ocean to the melting glaciers, the Olympic Peninsula has seen an unprecedented invasion of tourists…

Some of the 42 human- and wind-powered watercraft leave Port Townsend at the sound of the 5 a.m. cannon blast on Sunday that signaled the start of the Race 2 Alaska, a 750-mile voyage to Ketchikan. The winning team will collect $10,000 and the second-place finisher will earn a set of steak knives. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Windy start hampers several craft in Race to Alaska

First stage allows 36 hours in ‘proving ground’ to Victoria

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Motorcycle rider airlifted to Seattle hospital after colliding with bear

QUILCENE — A motorcycle rider from Tahuya was listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle…

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State ferries to host meetings next week

SEATTLE — Washington State Ferries will host two virtual public meetings, one at noon Monday and a second…