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Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Embodying Faith: The Shining Star and Mystic Heart” at…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Does Santa drink ginger ale?

EVERYBODY KNOWS SANTA, the Christ-free saint of stuff. He was turned into a pop culture icon by an…

Holly Varah of Port Townsend is showing her new collection of cyanotyped hair on silk and cotton at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery during December. photo courtesy of Northwind Art

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Artist to reveal new project at Northwind gallery

PORT TOWNSEND — Since last spring, Port Townsend artist Holly Varah has been creating artwork unlike anything she’s…

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Nelda Swiggett (piano), Clif Swiggett (trombone), Chris Symer (bass), Julian Smedley (violin) , Adam Kessler (drums)

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‘The Alaska Suite’ urges audiences to take action on climate change

PORT TOWNSEND — “The Alaska Suite: a story of beauty, loss and hope,” a multimedia jazz composition about…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Towne Road, budget before county boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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Clallam, Jefferson counties each receive park maintenance grants

State funding will go toward repair, upgrade at several local parks

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Traffic disruption set at Discovery Bay

DISCOVERY BAY — Traffic disruption is planned on U.S. Highway 101 at Discovery Bay today.

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Holiday bazaars, activities set this weekend

Tree-lighting events, holiday bazaars and other activities of the season are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this…

Sue Ridder and husband Johnny from Vancouver, visiting relatives in Port Townsend, start cleaning some of the 13 Dungeness crab they caught in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Catch of the day

Sue Ridder and husband Johnny from Vancouver, visiting relatives in Port Townsend, start cleaning some of the 13…

Santa rides down Forks Avenue during the Twinkle Light Parade in 2022 in the West End Business & Professional association train. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News, file)

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Santa arrives in Port Townsend, Forks this weekend

Tree lightings, other activities are on tap

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Plankenhorn to perform at The Palindrome

PORT TOWNSEND — Jeff Plankenhorn, a world-class songwriter who recently moved to Vancouver Island from Texas, will perform…

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Nordland man dies of injuries from Nov. 14 wreck

SHINE — A second person involved in a two-car collision on Nov. 14 has died of his injuries,…

Arin Sarkissian.

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Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra concert set for Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Tigran Arakelyan, will present its…

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Jefferson County updates fee schedules

Environmental Public Health up 6 percent

Santa Claus, portrayed by Stephen Rosales of Sequim, waves to the crowd after his arrival by vintage fire truck at Centennial Place in downtown Sequim on Saturday, part of the city’s Hometown Holidays celebration. Santa, accompanied by Irrigation Festival royalty, greeted children next to the city’s Christmas tree in an event that also featured music by the Sequim City Band and a lighted tractor parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Holiday tradition

Santa Claus, portrayed by Stephen Rosales of Sequim, waves to the crowd after his arrival by vintage fire…

Local artist and immigrant Egor Shokoladov has been accepted into Art Basel Miami, the art fair considered the largest event of its kind in the Americas.

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Peninsula artist to exhibit work at leading arts fair in Miami, Fla.

International event will show pieces from hundreds of galleries

Rich Foutch of Active Construction, Inc., in Tacoma paints a line on the roadway at the new roundabout at Kearney Street and state Highway 20 for the placement of temporary stripes in a pedestrian crosswalk on Monday in Port Townsend. The temperatures have to be in the mid-50s to install permanent striping, he said. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Roundabout striping

Rich Foutch of Active Construction, Inc., in Tacoma paints a line on the roadway at the new roundabout…

Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator and chief operating officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks about the financial difficulties facing rural hospitals during a visit to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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CMS chief visits rural hospitals on Peninsula

Older population more dependent on Medicare, Medicaid

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Melissa Montague of Corvallis, Ore., examines tables filled with locally-made gifts at the Makers Market on Friday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.

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Post-Thanksgiving shopping spurred on Peninsula

Holiday events offered today

Mary Fahl's show at Concerts in the Woods on Dec. 2nd.

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Mary Fahl to perform year’s final Concert in the Woods

COYLE — Mary Fahl, formerly of the October Project, will perform at 2023’s last Concerts in the Woods…