Port Townsend start-up tops Silicon Valley business competition

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Port Townsend start-up tops Silicon Valley business competition

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend start-up that connects local growers to local customers won first place at…

Life

HELP LINE: Divorced? You could be eligible for ex-spouse benefits

I’VE JUST DISCOVERED that I completely missed a national designation a few months back.

Life

BIRD WATCH: Growing numbers of osprey indicative of better habitat, food availability

NEWLY FLEDGED BIRDS mean more and more action from late spring to midsummer.

Olympic National Park stop on three-year park system tour

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Olympic National Park stop on three-year park system tour

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Mikah Meyer is on the road trip of a lifetime.

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Greek heritage spices up Mediterranean herbs

WELL, HERE WE are, into July already.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Peninsula goes star-spangled for Fourth of July

Forks’ Independence Day celebration continues today while other communities on the North Olympic Peninsula prepare for full days…

Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

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Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

PORT TOWNSEND — Community members, city officials and business owners are working together to hone the city’s final…

Marrowstone Island barn burns

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Marrowstone Island barn burns

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Engulfed in flames, a large barn on Marrowstone Island was beyond saving when firefighters arrived.

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly luncheon meetings are held on the first Monday at noon at…

A chain-reaction wreck on state Highway 104 blocked the highway for nearly three hours and sent seven people to a hospital. (Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue)

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Wreck blocks Highway 104, sends seven to hospital

PORT LUDLOW— A chain-reaction wreck involving four vehicles and 10 occupants blocked both lanes of state Highway 104…

News

Quinault fete Chief Taholah Days

TAHOLAH — Chief Taholah Days, the Quinault Indian Nation’s biggest celebration of the year, continues today through Tuesday.

From left, Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia; Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville; Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn; and Sen. Randi Becker, R-Eatonville, confer on the Senate floor Friday at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

Politics

Governor sign $43.7 billion budget, avoids partial shutdown

By Rachel La Corte

Politics

New state mental health budget ‘doesn’t look promising’

By Martha Bellisle

W. Ron Allen

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Yes, the Redskins name is offensive to us tribal members; please understand why

As chairman and CEO of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, I feel compelled to respond to the June 22…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: While Trump being criticized, important issues taking a back seat

Wow.

Business

NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim Visitor Information Center plans new volunteer training Wednesday … and other items

SEQUIM — The Sequim Visitor Information Center will hold a new volunteer orientation class at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Gov. Jay Inslee signs a new two-year state operating budget Friday at the Capitol in Olympia. The budget was approved by the Legislature earlier in the day, just in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press

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Governor signs $43.7 budget deal, averting partial state government shutdown

By Rachel La Corte

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend hearing examiner public hearings set

Two Port Townsend city hearing examiner public hearings are on the docket Friday.

Entertainment

Centrum begins Free Fridays at the Fort today

PORT TOWNSEND — Centrum will offer free live performances on the lawn of the Nora Porter Commons at…

Entertainment

Voice Works participants lift voices for concerts this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — Public performances cap Centrum’s annual Voice Works workshop this weekend.