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Investigator found in 1984 that Seattle mayor abused foster son

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Free outdoor concerts to offer dance music across Peninsula

Get out your sunglasses, your sunscreen and your dancin’ shoes. It’s time to boogie.

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Port Townsend council approves interim land use rules for Howard Street subarea

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend City Council has approved interim land use regulations for the Howard Street…

Founding member of Lonely H band remembered

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Founding member of Lonely H band remembered

PORT ANGELES — Nashville drummer and Port Angeles native Ben Eyestone, one of the founding members of the…

Business

Composite Recycling Technology Center gets new contract; expects to expand workforce

PORT ANGELES — The Composite Recycling Technology Center will pioneer new ways of recycling carbon fiber composite and…

Behind-the-scenes look at Emily Carr’s life in Victoria set for Aug. 3

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Behind-the-scenes look at Emily Carr’s life in Victoria set for Aug. 3

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

Business

ON THE WATERFRONT: White Coral takes on logs in Port Angeles Harbor

AT THE BEGINNING of the week, the Panamanian flagged cargo ship White Coral moored to the Port of…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Landing practice set for Whidbey Island aircraft … and other items

Landing practice

Opinion

POINT OF VIEW: Staying strong during unsettled times

HAVING GROWN UP in Port Angeles, I’ve seen our community go through hard times.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Wants Trump removed from office for peaceful sleep

Oh my God.

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Forks Chamber of Commerce — Luncheon meetings are usually Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Constant vigilance increases garden health

WITH LAST WEEK’S column, I now embark on my third decade of writing about gardening.

Life

BIRD WATCH: Water brings many bird sightings

THANKS TO OUR cold, wet spring, the weeds took over various parts of the yard.

Life

HELP LINE: Why do we fear and hate aging?

SOMETIMES, WHEN I have nothing else productive to do, I actually think about things I say.

BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend

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BACK WHEN: How the Beechers arrived in Port Townsend

A MARCH 15, 1900, Morning Leader article, filed in the Jefferson County Historical Society Research Center Obituary notebook,…

New owner working to ‘get it right’ in reopening former Nippon site

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New owner working to ‘get it right’ in reopening former Nippon site

PORT ANGELES — McKinley Paper Co. vice president of operations said his company is taking a measured approach…

Brush fire on Sommerville Road in Chimacum under investigation

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Brush fire on Sommerville Road in Chimacum under investigation

CHIMACUM — State Department of Natural Resources firefighters were investigating the cause of a brush fire in the…

Viola Penn Riebe, center, flanked by children, welcomed home with family and friends the Viola canoe during a ceremony at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks. (Michael McNerney)

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Canoe returned with ceremony to its homeland on West End

FORKS — The Viola canoe has been returned to its homeland after 50 years. 

Moves eyed for two of three Jefferson County Farmers Market Association sites

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Moves eyed for two of three Jefferson County Farmers Market Association sites

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Farmers Market Association is considering moving two of its three markets, the…

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County commissioners to consider trails coalition’s $10,000 donation

The three Jefferson County commissioners are expected to accept a $10,000 donation from the Peninsula Trails Coalition for…