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Don’t expect a COVID-19 vaccine until 2021

Health care workers and first responders first priority

Dan Brooks of Port Angeles, left, checks out books with assistance from customer service representative Jay Averill at the front door of the Port Angeles Public Library on Tuesday. The North Olympic Library System will allow some in-person browsing beginning next month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula libraries working on in-person service

Earliest possible openings coming in mid-November

Residents await the collection of ballots from the JCPenney parking lot at 651 W. Washington St. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Early returns filled at least two Clallam County drop boxes to capacity last week. (Photo courtesy of Barb Hanna)

Politics

Ballots flooding into auditors’ offices

Early returns fill drop boxes

Business

Port Townsend extends streatery permit program

Move allows restaurants to continue operating in public spaces

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Searches continue for missing Jefferson County men

Efforts complicated by shallow waters, shifting weather

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Fort Worden Advisory Committee seeks applicants for 2 positions

PORT TOWNSEND – The Fort Worden Advisory Committee is seeking qualified applicants for two at-large positions that are…

Business

Jobless rate falls on Peninsula

Unemployment down by at least one percentage point for second month

Opinion

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Safe passage for wildlife and humans

INSTEAD OF DREADING the soggy Sunday, I went diving into the rain. Yes, I made a plan to…

Opinion

PAT NEAL: October fishing madness

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news.

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Antigen test to aid tracking of possible COVID-19 cases

Additional testing would be needed to confirm results

Vehicles are loaded onto the MV Salish ferry boat at the terminal in Port Townsend earlier this month. Cost-saving options floated by the state Department of Transportation for the 2021-23 budget include pulling the Salish from service, which would leave the Port Townsend-Coupeville route with one boat. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

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Leaders unite to prevent ferry cuts

Agencies team up on impact study to aid lobbying

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Jefferson commissioners eye comprehensive plan amendments

Items include Port Hadlock, Brinnon wastewater plants

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School districts seek input to recruit ideal leaders

Surveys open to each community through Oct. 30

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Comment sought for proposed roundabouts on Highway 20

PORT TOWNSEND — The public can now comment on two proposed roundabouts along state Highway 20 approaching the…

A deer walks down the side of Redwood Street on Monday in Port Townsend. In other parts of the county, deer season is open with a license in specific areas through the end of the month. Regulations and where hunting is permitted can be found at www.wdfw.wa.gov. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Life

Out for a stroll

A deer walks down the side of Redwood Street on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Port Townsend.

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Jefferson County selected for antibodies study

COVID-19 cases rise by 2 on Peninsula

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Jefferson County: School food program extends

Meals available free through year

Formal ceremonies to officially light the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree, shown in this 2019 file photo, could be scrapped in 2020 due to the threat of COVID-19. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Holiday tree lightings still being planned

Peninsula towns modifying events without crowds

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Prosecutor recognized for work on animal abuse case

PORT TOWNSEND — Julie St. Marie, Jefferson County deputy prosecuting attorney, has been recognized for her “exceptional work”…

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State health officials may discuss reopening phases

Clallam, Jefferson counties have been in Phase 2 since mid-July