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Port Hadlock housing awarded grants

Funds to help keep project on schedule

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No flight operations scheduled this week

COUPEVILLE — No field carrier landing practice operations will be conducted for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station…

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GatheringPlace to host art exhibit this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — GatheringPlace will present “Art from the Heart” from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and…

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Two people sustain burns after sailboat explosion, fire

PORT TOWNSEND — Two people sustained burns over 20 percent of their bodies after a boat explosion this…

Kathryn Sherrill of Bellevue zeros in on a flock of brants, a goose-like bird that migrates as far south as Baja California, that had just landed in the Salish Sea at Point Hudson in Port Townsend. Sherrill drove to the area this week specifically to photograph birds. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Brants party

Kathryn Sherrill of Bellevue zeros in on a flock of brants, a goose-like bird that migrates as far…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Peninsula boards set to meet next week

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m.…

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Port Townsend Art Commission accepting grant applications

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Arts Commission is accepting applications for 2026 art projects from artists and…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Bare-root makes for real bargains

FEBRUARY IS NOW nearly over and nurseries are flush with bare-root items.

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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…

Sequim equestrian team’s drill team at WAHSET District 4 first competition of the season were Kenzi Winters on Yoke, left, coach Katie Newton, Lucas Seeyle on Ruby, team captain Asha Swanberg, drill captain Katelynn Sharpe on Millie, Kaija Johnson, assistant drill captain Paisley Morris and Lila Torey on Gus. The event was held Jan. 25-26 at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds.

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HORSEPLAY: Sequim High School equestrian team takes firsts

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE Sequim Equestrian Team for bringing back several first place wins at the Washington High Equestrian…

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Chimacum Creek early education program could see cuts this year

Governor’s budget says reducing slots could save state $19.5 million

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding Board President Richard Schwarz gets a rundown of the systems installed in a lobster boat built on campus by Iain Rainey, a recent graduate and current Marine Systems Prothero intern. (Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding)

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Port Hadlock boatbuilding school sees leadership shift

Organization welcomes interim director as well as new board members

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Home Fund proposals now accepted at Olympic View Community Foundation

Requests due March 13 from Peninsula nonprofits

Arts & Entertainment

Music performances set for Peninsula this weekend

Art, music performances and a museum tour highlight this weekend’s entertainment options on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: A million dollars versus one good reason

IN MY LAST column, I mentioned that I had once received a million-dollar bribe.

Iain McArthur, the painter of “A Solemn Question,” will discuss portraiture during a meeting of the Port Ludlow Art League on Wednesday.

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Painter to be featured at Port Ludlow Art League meeting

PORT LUDLOW — Iain McArthur will discuss portraiture at 1 p.m. Wednesday during a meeting of the Port…

Arts & Entertainment

Tickets on sale for Jefferson County Wedding Show

PORT LUDLOW — Tickets are on sale for the Jefferson County Wedding Show, which is set for Feb.…

Port of Port Townsend Harbormaster Kristian Ferrero, right, watches as a crew from Seattle Global Diving and Salvage work to remove a derelict catamaran that was stuck in the sand for weeks on a beach at the Water Front Inn on Washington Street in Port Townsend. The boat had been sunk off of Indian Point for weeks before a series of storms pushed it to this beach last week. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Derelict boat removal

Port of Port Townsend Harbormaster Kristian Ferrero, right, watches as a crew from Seattle Global Diving and Salvage…

Jefferson County Auditor Brenda Huntingford, right, watches as clerk Ronnie Swafford loads a stack of ballots that were delivered from the post office on Tuesday into a machine that checks for signatures. The special election has measures affecting the Port Townsend and Brinnon school districts as well as East Jefferson Fire Rescue. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County voters supporting school district measures, fire lid lifts

Port Townsend approving 20-year, $99.25 million construction bond