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LETTER: Recent letter writer on Michelle Malkin stole my thunder

I take issue with the March 20 letter to Peninsula Voices “Open-minded.”

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House budget proposal seeks $3 billion in new revenue

By Rachel La Corte

Groups addressing details of new Port Townsend homeless shelter

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Groups addressing details of new Port Townsend homeless shelter

PORT TOWNSEND — Representatives from a number of local organizations are tackling the logistics of a new year-round…

Cars make their way around a curve on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent west of Port Angeles earlier this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Contract awarded for Lake Crescent’s Highway 101 rehab project

PORT ANGELES — Construction will get underway in late April under a traffic-disrupting, three-year contract to repave and…

LIHEAP utility funds on the line with Trump budget

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LIHEAP utility funds on the line with Trump budget

PORT ANGELES — Nearly 3,200 people across the North Olympic Peninsula could lose funding that helps pay utility…

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Washington, Oregon governors vow to fight Trump on environmental protection

The Associated Press

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LETTER: It’s time to return to managing national forests for their multipurpose uses

Statewide in 1990, the U.S. Forest Service harvested 817 million board feet, according to the state Department of…

Two escape injury when truck loses wheel, strikes tree and overturns

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Two escape injury when truck loses wheel, strikes tree and overturns

PORT LUDLOW — The driver and passenger of a Chevrolet Silverado were uninjured after the truck lost a…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Folk songs and puppet shows slated … and other items

Red Yarn Productions, a Portland, Ore.-based folk music and puppetry company, will offer free musical puppetry performances at…

Pennies for Quarters finds property for tiny homes community to help vets

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Pennies for Quarters finds property for tiny homes community to help vets

PORT ANGELES — An organization aiming to help homeless veterans get back onto their feet has found a…

Setting anchor: Permanent home in curriculum sought for Port Townsend maritime program

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Setting anchor: Permanent home in curriculum sought for Port Townsend maritime program

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District’s Maritime Discovery Initiative has received positive community feedback so the…

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EYE ON OLYMPIA: Sen. Van De Wege criticizes Senate GOP budget

OLYMPIA — The Senate has passed a $43 billion two-year budget plan that includes a statewide property tax…

Above-average Olympic snowpack holding firm as spring begins

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Above-average Olympic snowpack holding firm as spring begins

MOUNT VERNON — An above-average winter snowpack is holding firm in the Olympic Mountains, a water supply specialist…

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Sen. Murray among Democrats opposing Gorsuch

By Mary Clare Jalonick

State Highway 19 wreck near Port Townsend sends one to hospital

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State Highway 19 wreck near Port Townsend sends one to hospital

PORT TOWNSEND — A wreck on Airport Cutoff Road near Port Townsend sent one man to Jefferson Healthcare…

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BIRD WATCH: Owls in toilets no laughing matter

HIKING AND TENT camping are not very tempting right now.

Pickups collide at highways 19 and 104

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Pickups collide at highways 19 and 104

PORT LUDLOW — A Port Townsend woman was in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center on Saturday after…

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When is the time right to enroll in Medicare?

TODAY IS MARCH 26, 2017, and in the interests of “full disclosure” (which almost never happens in the…

HORSEPLAY: Chapter president earns Lifetime Achievement Award

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HORSEPLAY: Chapter president earns Lifetime Achievement Award

ACK! I WAS WRONG — again.

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PENINSULA KITCHEN: Time is ripe for home-made dressing

YOUR ASSIGNMENT THIS week is to go outside and look for culinary herbs and fresh salad greens.