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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…

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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…

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Navy security exercise set for Thursday

PORT HADLOCK — Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct a security training exercise on Thursday.

Sisters Elisa Barston, Amy Barston are part of Trio Hava, which also includes pianist John Blacklow. They will play this weekend during Concerts in the Barn in Quilcene.

Arts & Entertainment

Concerts in the Barn returns this weekend

QUILCENE — The Concerts in the Barn series will return for an eighth season of free chamber music…

Port Townsend artist Sue Gale hangs one of the 16-inch by 60-inch banners now on display at the Peninsula Fiber Artists’ Fiber Habit walk-by exhibit at 675 Tyler St. in Port Townsend. Most pieces in the exhibit are available for purchase directly from the artists.

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Walk-by fiber arts on display in Uptown Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Several members of Peninsula Fiber Artists are participating in a walk-by exhibit in Uptown Port…

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Steampunk Festival to celebrate 10th anniversary this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — The 10th Steampunk Festival will return to Port Townsend on Friday at various venues downtown.

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Spectators watch as a parade of boats passes by at the start of the Pride event at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend on Saturday.

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Proud parade in Port Townsend

Spectators watch as a parade of boats passes by at the start of the Pride event at Pope…

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University Women’s Foundation awards $126,000 in scholarships

PORT TOWNSEND — The University Women’s Foundation had awarded $126,400 in scholarships to 43 East Jefferson County women.

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Photo: Bottom left to right, Coach Natalie Blankenship, Paige Reed, Libby  Swanberg, Joanna Seelye, Katelynn Middleton-Sharpe, Kennady Gilbertson, Coach Katie Newton. Top left to right, Taylor Lewis, Lily Meyer, Asha Swanberg, Sydney Hutton, Coach Ady Crosby and Coach Misty Gilbertson.

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HORSEPLAY: WAHSET state finals

SEQUIM’S SMALL YET mighty equestrian team gave a dazzling display of finesse, power and speed at the Washington…

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Applications open for Port Townsend City Council replacement

Candidate to be selected in August and serve through 2025

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Scheduled Hood Canal bridge closures postponed

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

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A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let insects bug you

DO INSECTS IN your yard and garden give you the creepy crawlies? If you thought insects really bugged…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Jefferson commissioners to discuss Rhody carnival

Meetings across Clallam and Jefferson counties