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Peninsula College to award 457 degrees, certificates Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will observe its 60th commencement ceremony on Saturday when it awards 457 degrees…

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Jefferson Healthcare warns of scam

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare has received reports of unknown entities calling patients and fraudulently posing as Jefferson…

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Lodging tax funds, no-shooting area on county agendas

Government meetings on North Olympic Peninsula

Cheyenne Tuller

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Anti-racism topic of final Studium Generale series

PORT ANGELES — “Thank You, America: My Personal Journey Toward Anti-Racism,” is the topic for Peninsula College’s final…

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Rhody Run Redux draws more than 900

Proceeds donated to area nonprofits

Special Olympian Deedra Hunter of Port Angeles takes a turn carrying the torch accompanied by fellow Olympian Bonny Ann Cates, left, and Chief Criminal Deputy Brian King of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office during Wednesday’s Law Enforcement Torch Run along a section of the Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles. The relay, which included representatives from the sheriff’s offices in Clallam and Jefferson counties, Port Angeles and Sequim police, tribal police from Lower Elwha Klallam and Jamestown S’Klallam, State Patrol, Quilcene firefighters, U.S. Border Patrol, state parks personnel and Olympic National Park rangers, as well as several Special Olympians, followed a route from the west side of Port Angeles at 7 a.m. to the Hood Canal Bridge to about 5 p.m. in support of Special Olympics, which provides sports training and athletic competition for individuals with disabilities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Special Olympics torch run

Special Olympian Deedra Hunter of Port Angeles takes a turn carrying the torch accompanied by fellow Olympian Bonny…

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District 24 candidates spar over issues facing state

Incumbent Chapman faces Forde, Rainwater

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Three days of Steampunk events begin Friday in Port Townsend

Victorian outfits meet sci-fi in live music, fashion show, bazaar

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Race to Alaska competitors back in race on Wednesday

Start of next stage at noon today

Four competitors in the first stage of the Race to Alaska were rescued Monday by the U.S. Coast Guard and a support vessel when their boats became disabled in 10-foot-high waves and gale force winds on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The 750-mile adventure race that begins in Port Townsend and ends in Ketchikan, Alaska, does not allow engines and prohibits drops of food and supplies to competitors. The mast on Team Narwhal’s 32-foot trimaran snapped and the vessel was towed to shore. (Liv von Oelreich)

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Stormy seas challenge contenders in Strait

Four rescued, others take refuge; Seattle team wins first stage

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Port Townsend golf course planning returns

City to resume gathering public comment

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Jefferson County Fairgrounds seeking possiblities for growth

Manager: Space more than area for annual county fair

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PAT NEAL: A short history of extinction

FOR SOME, THE new year begins in January. Out on our rivers, the new year begins now with…

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Law enforcement to run with Special Olympic torch

Law enforcement agencies from both Clallam and Jefferson counties will carry the Special Olympics Torch across the North…

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Volunters sought for 4H summer programs

The Washington State University Jefferson County Extension is seeking adult volunteers to teach, or to assist with teaching,…

With the snow-clad Olympic Mountains in the background and the patriotic strains of the Ukrainian national anthem playing over loudspeakers, these six sailboats of various shapes and sizes aim for the start line to embark on the Race 2 Alaska at 5 a.m. Monday morning in Port Townsend. With only the sound of wind in the sails (no motors are allowed), oars and paddles digging into the water and waves splashing against hulls, the 38 full race teams and the 12 proving ground teams face a formidable 750 miles of sometimes calm, sometimes stormy but always-dangerous ocean water before reaching the final destination of Ketchikan, Alaska. The winning team gets $10,000 nailed to a post while the second-place team races for a set of steak knives. The first stop is Victoria, B.C., where the teams will prove their mettle and get ready for the 710-mile stretch to Ketchikan, which gets underway on Thursday at noon in Victoria Harbour. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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And they’re off …

By Steve Mullensky

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Jefferson County looking at siting housing

Ordinance aims to help homeless

Joan Shields Bennett, wife of former Navy Seabee Marvin Shields, reads her remarks to assembled guests during a re-dedication of a plaque honoring her late husband, who died in Vietnam in 1965. Shields, portrayed in the drawing on the stand, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions above and beyond the call of duty. The original plaque, made of bronze, was stolen in 2019 and was never recovered. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Plaque dedication

By Steve Mullensky

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Friends of Port Townsend Library book and media sale Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of the Port Townsend Library will host a book and media sale from…

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Bar stool bingo offered as fair fundraiser

PORT TOWNSEND — There is Bar Stool Bingo at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15.

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