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Derelict vessel recycling program kicks off in Port Townsend on Monday

Boat to be stripped and crushed at Boat Haven

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Overnight closures of Hood Canal Bridge begin Tuesday

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians overnight for three days…

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Heath Wade enjoys opening day at the Chimacum Farmers Market in 2022.

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Chimacum Farmers Market opens Sunday

Special events planned for first day of season

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Kestner Homestead Trail footbridge to be closed for repairs

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The footbridge over Kestner Creek along the Kestner Homestead Loop in the Quinault Rain…

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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 a.m.…

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Entertainment set on Peninsula this weekend

A variety of entertainment is available this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Boats in the 2019 Race to Alaska compete for a $10,000 prize in a route that takes them from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska, but organizers say the race is more about the experience than the money. (Drew Malcolm via Northwest Maritime Center)

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Race to Alaska sets sail Monday

Participants to use human, wind power

Rescuers in Jefferson County assist a woman on Wednesday who went looking for a hiker reported missing on Monday. The woman was injured attempting to cross the Duckabush River and transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend. (Brinnon Fire Department)

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Woman rescued in her search for hiker

Sporadic drone flights still checking area

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Port Townsend Evensong service set

PORT TOWNSEND — Katy Taylor will provide music for an Evensong service from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.…

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee stars in the Metropolitan Opera’s “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”), to be simulcast live this Saturday morning in Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Metropolitan Opera)

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Final Met opera, ‘The Magic Flute,’ set for Saturday

In the last live simulcast of the season, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City will send “Die…

Work by Ann Arscott is on view at Gallery 9.

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Saturday Art Walk set for Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A special exhibit is planned during this Saturday’s Art Walk in Port Townsend.

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Serenity House, Jefferson burn ban on county agendas

Govenment meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Victoria Wellman, of Clinton, won first place in Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary's 11th Running of the Balls.

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Running of the balls in Port Townsend

Victoria Wellman of Clinton won first place in Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary’s 11th Running of the Balls.

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Fish barrier work begins near Port Ludlow

PORT LUDLOW ­— Crews contracted with the state Department of Transportation have begun building a two-lane bypass roadway…

Frank Redmon.

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Quilcene schools superintendent resigns

Frank Redmon moving to Pennsylvania

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Olympic Angels provides support, mentors for youth in foster care

Jefferson County program expanding into Clallam County

Herman James' "The Green Pool" is among the paintings in "Psychedelic Summer," the show opening Friday at Northwind Art's Grover Gallery. The downtown Port Townsend gallery will also host Art Walk on Saturday evening.

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‘Psychedelic Summer’ comes to Grover Gallery

PORT TOWNSEND – There are a few definitions of “psychedelic” out there. One of them describes the new…

"Shadows and Light," the new art exhibition at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend, features some 45 new works. Among them is "In the Shadows of Time" by local artist Diane Walker.

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‘Shadows and Light’ exhibit opens Thursday in downtown Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Showcase Artists, the juried group displaying their work at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery…

Joshua Guerrier.

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Search continues for hiker

Missing man believed to have entered Duckabush River

Suzanne Ames.

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Peninsula College sets 9 new programs

Courses of study to begin in fall