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Fireworks regulations encourage safety during holiday

Dry conditions warrant caution on Peninsula

The Port Townsend Summer Band will preform an outdoor concert on Sunday at Pope Marine Plaza.

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Port Townsend Summer Band to perform Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Summer Band will present an outdoor concert to celebrate the Nation’s 250th…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Cherish and preserve freedom

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS a tremendous blessing. Can you imagine not being allowed to pray?

Business

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…

Business

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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Fourth of July activities set across Peninsula

Fourth of July celebrations are set this weekend, including parades, fireworks displays and free concerts. Events include:

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Concerts in the Barn to open season this weekend

QUILCENE — Concerts in the Barn will begin the season with concerts by The Fulton Street Chamber Players…

Damon and Kelsy Lynn Stone, foreground, dance at Fort Worden State Park’s McCurdy Pavilion in 2025. The pair will teach a four-day blues dance track as part of Centrum’s Traditional Blues Workshop during the last week of July. (David Conklin)

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Blues dance program to debut at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — Mary Hilts and Jontavious Willis, orchestrators of Centrum’s Traditional Blues Workshop at Fort Worden State…

Arts & Entertainment

First Saturday Art Walk set in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend will host the First Saturday Art Walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.…

News

Combined edition of newspaper to publish Friday

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Daily News will publish a combined Friday/Saturday/Sunday edition on Friday.

Jennifer Kidder will start as the executive director at Jefferson Land Trust in August.

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Kidder hired as executive director at Jefferson Land Trust

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Land Trust has hired Jennifer Kidder as its executive director.

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Have a pleasant Fourth

AS WE APPROACH the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States, we do so with a…

Chris Cummings, a local director for Young Life, looks over fireworks for sale at a tent in the Walmart parking lot in Port Angeles, a location that is hosting a fundraiser for Young Life on the Peninsula. Fireworks are prohibited in the city limits in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend, but they can be used between 9 a.m. and midnight July 4 in unincorporated Clallam County east of the Elwha River, and they can be used between June 28 and July 5 in unincorporated Clallam County west of the Elwha River in accordance with state law. They also can be used in unincorporated Jefferson County between June 28 and July 5, unless the fire danger reaches high. As of Tuesday, the fire danger was moderate. Jefferson County’s full fireworks ban will go into effect next year. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fireworks fundraiser

Chris Cummings, a local director for Young Life, looks over fireworks for sale at a tent in the…

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Hopefuls make case for state position

Bernbaum, Hamilton have opposing views

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PDC complaints filed against utility district

Jefferson PUD manager says it was a ‘mistake’

Cody Wayland, owner/member of Jefferson Timber Cooperative on state Highway 20 near Port Townsend, speaks about the operations of the lumberyard. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson business betting buyers will purchase local lumber

Sustainable forest practices follow no-waste approach

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Combined edition of newspaper to publish Friday

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Daily News will publish a combined Friday/Saturday/Sunday edition on Friday.

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Port Townsend’s Mauro remaining candidate for Bainbridge job

BAINBRIDGE — Bainbridge Island city manager finalist Jeff Niten has withdrawn from the recruitment process and has decided…

The Mount Tom Creek fire is still estimated to be about 86 acres with zero percent containment following more than an inch of rain over the weekend. (Bill Kintner)

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Growth minimal at Mount Tom Creek fire

PORT ANGELES — The Mount Tom Creek Fire continued to smolder and burn with slow, creeping behavior over…

Patrick and Gwen Demombynes, from Port Townsend, listed to Robin Pangborn, right, from Sequim as she informs them about OlyCap programs during the second Preparedness Day at Finnriver on Saturday. 32 booths were available to dispense information and advice to be used in the event of a major emergency. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Preparedness Day

Patrick and Gwen Demombynes, from Port Townsend, listed to Robin Pangborn, right, from Sequim as she informs them…