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The cargo ship Astoria Bay takes on a load of logs at the Port of Port Angeles Terminal 3 in Port Angeles on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Business

ON THE WATERFRONT: Some ships may get an assist in Port Angeles Harbor

ON THURSDAY MORNING, the cargo ship Astoria Bay moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 3 to…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and…

Business

BUSINESS BRIEFS: New vendors welcomed to Port Angeles Farmers Market … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Farmers Market recently announced that it has added four new vendors to…

Missing Port Angeles-area woman and her dog found alive in Olympic National Park after 6 days

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Missing Port Angeles-area woman and her dog found alive in Olympic National Park after 6 days

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A Port Angeles-area woman and her dog who had been stranded in Olympic National…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Trump group, with their incompetence and corruption, are global pariahs

The lying capacity of this chaotic, incoherent and very incompetent Trump group has become overbearing.

News

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Home Opportunity Fund focus of public hearing

The three Jefferson County commissioners will host a hearing declaring an emergency regarding the availability of affordable housing…

Arts & Entertainment

Life’s a Song offers up ‘Hometown’ single

PORT TOWNSEND — Songwriting Works’ Life’s a Song trio will premiere an Olympic Peninsula-inspired single, “Hometown,” and music…

Business

State unemployment figures hold steady

OLYMPIA — Washington state’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 4.5 percent and the state gained 2,500…

A map shows the tribes’ routes and expected landing dates for this year’s Canoe Journey. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Of the first water: Canoes on the move for a potlatch in British Columbia

PORT ANGELES — The 2017 Canoe Journey is underway, and tribes from across Washington state and British Columbia…

News

Principal chosen for Blue Heron Middle School

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District has hired Patrick Gaffney as the new principal for Blue…

Politics

Legislature apparently letting clock run out on session

By Rachel La Corte

Arts & Entertainment

Free outdoor concerts ring out in Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend

Free outdoor concerts are planned in Sequim on Tuesday, Port Angeles on Wednesday and Port Townsend on Thursday.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Vapid answers in ‘Speaking Out’ feature erode my faith in humanity

If there is one single feature in the Peninsula Daily News that erodes my faith in humanity, it…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Guard against ridicule; instead, season conversation with salt

AFTER READING A news article yesterday on the MSN home page, I scrolled to the bottom of the…

Life

Long Rifle rendezvous, tall ship visit on Peninsula

A Peninsula Long Rifle rendezvous, a visit from a tall ship and a hoedown are among the upcoming…

Small boats will take over the Port Townsend waterfront this weekend for the sixth annual Pocket Yacht Palooza, a free event that is open to the public and anyone with a boat under 22 feet. Pictured is last year’s palooza. (Port Townsend Pocket Yachters)

Arts & Entertainment

Pocket Yacht Palooza celebrates small boats

PORT TOWNSEND — The local pocket yacht club is taking over the First Federal Commons at the Northwest…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Here’s hoping we’ll see more of a balance in political cartoons in the future

The Peninsula Daily News’ July 14 Commentary pages had eight cartoons.

Port Townsend council amends Water Street plan

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Port Townsend council amends Water Street plan

PORT TOWNSEND — After an extended debate, the Port Townsend City Council approved an amended version of the…

Port Townsend port presents plans for renovation at open house

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Port Townsend port presents plans for renovation at open house

PORT TOWNSEND — About a dozen people attended an open house hosted by the Port of Port Townsend…

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Shellfish harvest blocked on more beaches

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Department of Health closed Port Townsend Bay, Kilisut Harbor and Mystery Bay beaches…