Charlie Bermant

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Port Townsend author to read from new book

PORT TOWNSEND — The author of a new book that traces his adventures in music will be the…

Entertainment

Experience ‘bounty of the forest’ at Jefferson Land Trust fundraiser

CHIMACUM — Finnriver Orchard will host a Jefferson Land Trust fundraiser Thursday with a feast to support farms,…

From left, Helen Lauritzen, Pat Rodgers, Nan Toby Tyrrell and Linda Bach will sing together Thursday night at the August Candlelight Concert at Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend.

Entertainment

Candlelight Concert to spotlight Gershwin tunes

PORT TOWNSEND — August’s Candlelight Concert at Trinity United Methodist Church will feature a variety of performers celebrating…

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Hood Canal Bridge to close overnight Monday and Tuesday … and other items

SHINE — Crews will intermittently close the Hood Canal Bridge to vehicular traffic overnight Monday and Tuesday for…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: We had a wonderful time visiting Olympic National Park, Pacific Northwest

My family stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Sequim on the day that Tesla had a grand…

Officials present park, forest goat relocation plan

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Officials present park, forest goat relocation plan

PORT ANGELES — A two-year mountain goat relocation plan for Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest would…

Community portrait to kick off Uptown Fair in Port Townsend

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Community portrait to kick off Uptown Fair in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Main Street Program is calling for community members to come out for…

Tamara Meredith

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New director to join Jefferson County Library

PORT HADLOCK — Tamara Meredith has been named the new director of the Jefferson County Library.

Business

Washington state unemployment rate is steady at 4.5 percent

By Rachel La Corte

News

Power outages reported in Port Ludlow, Port Townsend areas

PORT LUDLOW — A section of Jefferson County Pubic Utility District underground wire failed early Monday evening, cutting…

Woman airlifted to Seattle hospital after three-vehicle wreck near Quilcene

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Woman airlifted to Seattle hospital after three-vehicle wreck near Quilcene

QUILCENE — A 93-year-old woman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after avoiding a head-on collision with a…

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Affordable housing to be on next Port Townsend council agenda

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend City Council members will consider furthering efforts to address a lack of affordable…

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State seeks comment on outdoor recreation plan

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Funding Board is asking for public comment on a draft…

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Law enforcement to begin drive sober campaign

Extra DUI patrols will be out statewide beginning Friday and continuing through Sept. 4.

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Could learn a thing or two from black bears

SOMEONE RECENTLY ASKED me: How can I protect my children from the bears?

Opinion

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Journey into your personal province

THERE IS THIS place, this miracle, some call “the zone.”

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: NFL has every right to reject Kaepernick’s politicization of sport

In response to Paul Newberry’s column on the Aug. 8 Peninsula Daily News’ Sports page, “NFL does not…

News

Hood Canal Bridge to close for three hours tonight

SHINE – Crews will intermittently close the Hood Canal Bridge to vehicular traffic tonight and Thursday morning for…

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School nearly at halfway point in money for Ajax property

PORT HADLOCK — The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building has raised nearly half the funds needed to…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A section of the Olympic Discovery Trail east of Knapp Road near Blyn sits under construction as part of a project spearheaded by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe to complete the cross-Peninsula trail from the tribe’s campus in Blyn to the Clallam/Jefferson county line.

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Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe says section of Olympic Discovery Trail to be completed soon

BLYN — Soon, the “pathway to the Pacific” will gain a 0.75-mile stretch.