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Contested races form for Port of Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Two contested races have shaped up on the Port of Port Townsend commission, with incumbents…

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No more holding of phones under new law in Washington

By Rachel La Corte

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Tribe preps for Thursday’s grand opening of Port Angeles athletic facility … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is preparing for the grand opening of its new athletic…

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Cornerstone store turns a page

Opinion

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Cornerstone store turns a page

RIGGS IS THE only regular shoplifter.

Ingrid Matthews

Arts & Entertainment

Baroque in Transition to be performed Wednesday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The final 2017 Salish Sea Early Music Festival performance in Port Townsend, “Baroque in Transition:…

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NEWS BRIEFS: PA speaker event slated for Thursday … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The public is invited to hear Capt. Jon Picker’s presentation to the Clallam County Pilots…

Politics

Few contests emerge as filing week begins in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — Only two positions are contested so far out of the 54 offices open in Jefferson…

Joyce native plans to move business to Port Angeles; predicts 100 local jobs over 5 years

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Joyce native plans to move business to Port Angeles; predicts 100 local jobs over 5 years

PORT ANGELES — A Joyce native plans to bring his business — which designs advanced cooling systems for…

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

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New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

FORKS — A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration…

Port Townsend moving ahead on Water Street project

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Port Townsend moving ahead on Water Street project

PORT TOWNSEND — The city of Port Townsend is moving forward with a plan to rehabilitate Water Street,…

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

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New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

FORKS — A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration…

Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

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Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

PORT TOWNSEND — Members of the Washington Scuba Alliance want to build an artificial reef to provide marine…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: It’s really a crying shame what protesters cost these days

OK, I confess, I am the one who paid those demonstrators to protest the president’s refusal to release…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: ‘Trumpcare’ just a way for the rich to get richer while the rest of us suffer

The first step of the Obamacare repeal and replace is done.

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Volunteers sought for monitoring … and other items

SEQUIM — The Clallam Marine Resources Committee and Olympic Audubon Society are seeking volunteers to monitor pigeon guillemots…

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PUD seeing fewer than expected sign up for low-income assistance program

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Public Utilities District is seeing fewer people than expected enrolling in its…

Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

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Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

By Rachel La Corte  

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: A few tips to ride out the scourge of horsetail

OUR GARDEN NIRVANA here on the Peninsula has been shattered by the omnipresent horsetail.

Life

BIRD WATCH: Look to the skies for May’s migrants

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS IN Port Angeles, Western tanagers in Forks, black-headed grosbeaks in Port Orchard and uncommon sightings of…

Life

HELP LINE: If mothers ruled the world …

I THINK THAT most of us would agree (except for those of us who don’t agree) that we…