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PSP prompts closure of Fort Flagler, Mystery Bay to shellfishing

PORT TOWNSEND — The state has closed Fort Flagler State Park and Mystery Bay State Park to shellfish…

Greyhound considering shortening time for route

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Greyhound considering shortening time for route

EDITOR’S NOTE: This has been corrected. Greyhound Lines is the new contractor of the Dungeness Line route. The…

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State voter registration down online

Online state voter registration and update services will be unavailable today through Monday, according to the state’s Office…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Infrastructure Fund board meets today … and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Infrastructure Fund Board members will consider recommending to county commissioners that they streamline…

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Strike creates one-week delay for new elementary school in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The 480 students anticipating the first day of classes at the new Salish Coast Elementary…

Young filmmaker shooting movie in Port Townsend based on possible future self

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Young filmmaker shooting movie in Port Townsend based on possible future self

PORT TOWNSEND — When considering a location for his latest project, filmmaker Robert Harold knew that Port Townsend’s…

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PAT NEAL: The coming subduction event

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news.

PHOTO: Urging a ‘no’ vote

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PHOTO: Urging a ‘no’ vote

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Irish music at Quaker Meetinghouse on Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND — Button accordion player John Whelan and fiddler Dylan Foley, both All-Ireland champions on their respective…

PHOTO: Don’t re-invent the wheel, maintain it

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PHOTO: Don’t re-invent the wheel, maintain it

Port Townsend Cycle School instructor Ric Hjertberg, left, demonstrates how to straighten bowed spokes to Erik Pugh of…

Final draft of shooting range ordinance presented in Jefferson County

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Final draft of shooting range ordinance presented in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — A final draft of the proposed Jefferson County commercial shooting facility ordinance proposes regulations for…

Smoky landscapes feature in this year’s Peninsula plein air painting contest

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Smoky landscapes feature in this year’s Peninsula plein air painting contest

PORT ANGELES — The Elwha River, the smoky air and a Disney movie animator converged in this year’s…

Dillon moves from Hamlet to Bob Dylan — then to Kahlil Gibran

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Dillon moves from Hamlet to Bob Dylan — then to Kahlil Gibran

PORT TOWNSEND — All summer, he’s been “Hamlet.” As of Sunday night, that was done.

Business

Peninsula jobless rate dips slightly

Unemployment was down slightly across the North Olympic Peninsula, the state and the nation in July, the state…

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Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County orientations scheduled

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will hold two informal orientations in Carlsborg and Port Angeles on Thursday, Sept.…

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Fragments of old Port Townsend found in Memorial Field

PORT TOWNSEND — Archaeological materials such as pieces of tiny animal bones, broken glass and ceramic kitchenware fragments…

Young man threatened in Swaziland arrives in U.S.

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Young man threatened in Swaziland arrives in U.S.

PORT TOWNSEND — Walter Maphalala, 19, flew 40 hours to reach Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from Swaziland, leaving behind…

New maps project tsunamis hitting Port Angeles, Port Townsend

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New maps project tsunamis hitting Port Angeles, Port Townsend

The state Department of Natural Resources’ latest version of its Tsunami Inundation Hazard Map posits a wall of…

Life

HELP LINE: Learn how to treat those with Alzheimer’s’s disease

SOMETIMES YOU JUST come across something important.

Strike could delay Salish Coast Elementary School’s opening day

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Strike could delay Salish Coast Elementary School’s opening day

PORT TOWNSEND — Superintendent John Polm plans to announce on Tuesday if a construction work stoppage will delay…