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Jefferson County may keep emergency orders

State plans to lift restrictions Oct. 31

Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to cap abandoned oil and gas wells, conducts testing on a well in West Jefferson County. The well, located near the Hoh River in an area known as Oil City, is leaking emissions, and Shuck’s foundation is working to properly seal it. (Well Done Foundation)

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Nonprofit to plug well near Oil City

Clean-up effort in West Jefferson

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

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PT city manager gets a pay raise

Increase first since he was hired in ’19

PAULA HUNT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A Yamaha motorcycle and a Toyota Tacoma truck were involved in a collision Friday on state Highway 19.

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Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after wreck

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend motorcyclist was air-lifted to a Seattle hospital after a collision with a…

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Port Townsend city crews remove landslide debris from Washington Streeton Friday morning.

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Slides shut down Washington Street in Port Townsend

Two slides cleaned up by city crews

Photo by Karen Griffiths

 

Ranahan Pony Club members Asha Swanberg (age 13), left, Elise Sirguy (12), Libby Swanberg (15) and Danica Pacilel (13), with sisters Sierra (17), Marissa (15) and Eliza Steffen (9)  gather for a lesson at Serenity Farms, located off Blue Mountain Road.

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HORSEPLAY: Horse rallies provide competition, education, fun

ARE YOU READY to rally? For Libby Swanberg, rallies are one of the most thrilling aspects of being…

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Recreational fishing curtailed by low water levels

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Historically low river levels have prompted the closure of recreational fishing in most rivers…

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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…

Serenity by Larry Davidson is featured this month by the Port Ludlow Art League.

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Port Ludlow Art League highlights artist, jeweler of month

PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Art Leagues’s artist of the month is Larry Davidson and its jeweler…

Ann Arscott's work is featured at Gallery 9.

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Paintings, fiber featured at Gallery 9

PORT TOWNSEND — Gallery 9’s featured artists for October are Ann Arscott with acrylic paintings and April Bedermen…

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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…

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Merger topic of Port Ludlow gathering

Residents to consider joining fire district with EJFR

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Best of the Peninsula 2021 winners announced

The Peninsula Daily News, the Sequim Gazette and the Forks Forum have announced the winners of the Best…

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One dead, two others hurt in wreck near Brinnon

BRINNON — An Independence, Mo., man has died in a wreck that sent two others to a Seattle…

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Anniversary celebration, music, art, lectures set for this weekend

Activities are planned throughout the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, visits the jetty renovation project at Point Hudson with Port of Port Townsend Executive Director Eron Berg. Half of the funds for the $14.1 million project came from a $7 million Economic Development Administration grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cantwell is Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sen. Maria Cantwell visits Port of Port Townsend’s jetty project

Replacement received $7M in federal EDA funding

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Chamber of Jefferson County to host electric vehicle chargers

Annoucement made as expo nears

Preparing to celebrate Girls’ Night Out in downtown Port Townsend on Thursday afternoon are, from left, Holly Erickson, Lorilee Houston, Eryn Smith, Sue Arthur and Mari Mullen. After a hiatus, the Main Street Program-hosted annual event returned to distribute goodie bags, encourage women to shop local and raise funds for the Jefferson Healthcare Foundation. The foundation helps provide free breast/cervical cancer screenings for women in need. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Shopping locally

Preparing to celebrate Girls’ Night Out in downtown Port Townsend on Thursday afternoon are, from left, Holly Erickson,…

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Benefit set for Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue

Wings, Wine Art to feature rehabilitated birds

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

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The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Finding the Sparks of Light” at Unity in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Finding the Sparks of Light” at 11 a.m. Sunday