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DOT notes Hood Canal Bridge closures

SHINE – One project on the state Highway 104 Hood Canal Bridge was wrapped up Thursday morning while…

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GoFundMe campaign started for missing hiker family

BRINNON – A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help the family of an Olympia man who has…

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Plant clinic planned Saturday

PORT HADLOCK — A plant clinic conducted by Jefferson County Master Gardeners is planned from 1 p.m. to…

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Grey Coast Guild presents concert

QUILCENE — Grey Coast Guild will present an evening of folk and Americana music featuring Golden Shoals, The…

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Trooper delivers baby on roadside in Discovery Bay

DISCOVERY BAY — A couple on their way to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend had to make…

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Students to graduate in ceremonies

Many North Olympic Peninsula high schools will celebrate commencement this weekend.

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Maritime festival, singing, films among events this weekend

A maritime festival, a film festival and a capella singing are among this weekend’s attractions on the North…

Terry Robb will perform in Port Townsend and Coyle.

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Terry Robb set to perform

PORT TOWNSEND — Award-winning blues guitarist Terry Robb will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in The Palindrome at…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Administrator hiring process, parks fees before county boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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Teen art studio open Friday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Bunker, a free art studio for teens, will open again this Friday from 4…

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DOT cancels tonight’s Hood Canal Bridge closure

SHINE – A Hood Canal Bridge closure originally set for tonight has been canceled.

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Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for marine life beneath the sand during Tuesday's low tide at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles. The minus 2.99 tide qualified as one of the lowest of the year with tides of minus 2.53 at La Push, minus 2.70 at Makah Bay, minus 2.55 at Seiku, minus 2.74 at Crescent Bay, minus 3.08 at Dungeness, minus 3.42 at Port Townsend and minus 3.82 at Dabob Bay. Similar low tides are forecast for the rest of the week across the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Lowest tides on Peninsula

Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for…

In a PT Artscape project, Blue Heron Middle School teacher Charlie Fornia, left, and artist Jesse Watson finish painting a “Welcome to PTHS” mural on the woodshop building at Port Townsend High School. PT Artscape hired Watson to design the mural and hosted a morning of painting with elementary, middle school and high school students from around Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Welcome mural at Port Townsend High School

In a PT Artscape project, Blue Heron Middle School teacher Charlie Fornia, left, and artist Jesse Watson finish…

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All but one team reach Victoria for phase 2 of R2AK

Racers leave at noon Thursday

John Nowak

 The Wild Rose Chorale, an a cappella singing group based in Port Townsend since 1992, performs concerts at 7 p.m. Friday and Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church. Current personnel are (from left) JES Schumacher, Patricia Nerison, Al Thompson, Lynn Nowak, Mark Schecter, Rolf Vegdahl, Doug Rodgers, Chuck Helman, Cherry Chenruk-Geelan, Sarah Gustner-Hewitt, and Leslie Lewis.

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Wild Rose Chorale is ‘Happy Together’ singing weekend concerts

PORT TOWNSEND — “Happy Together,” is the theme for two upcoming performances of Wild Rose Chorale.

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‘Lost Journals of Sacajewea,’ ‘Asking’ authors to read

By Diane Urbsani de la Paz

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PAT NEAL: Graduates: Dare to imagine

THIS WEEK’S COLUMN is dedicated to all our graduates. We are so proud of you. You are limited…

Racers in the Race to Alaska pass by the cheers and well wishes from the hundreds of spectators lining the docks at the Northwest Maritime Center when the cannon went off at 5 a.m. Monday, starting the 750-mile journey from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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And they’re off to the Proving Ground

Race to Alaska boats to leave Victoria on Thursday

With emotions running high, the skipper of the boat, Jordan Hanssen, and crewman Greg Spooner share a hug as the boat is pulled up the ramp under the eyes of spectators lining the dock at the Port Townsend Boat Haven on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rowboat that set record recycled

Ceremonial ‘wake’ held for 30-foot vessel

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Burn ban in effect in Jefferson County

Clallam County to prohibit fires by July 1