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Jefferson County commissioners OK 2017 budget

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County commissioners unanimously approved the county’s 2017 budget with only a few technical…

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Special DUI patrols set for holiday season

Law enforcement agencies across the state are participating in extra patrols aimed at getting DUI drivers off the…

People line up since McMorris Rodgers a candidate for cabinet

Politics

People line up since McMorris Rodgers a candidate for cabinet

By Nicholas K. Geranios

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Holiday displays light up West End

Opinion

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Holiday displays light up West End

THE SUN HAS set, darkness has overcome the road.

Preventing not-so-happy holidays fraud

Business

Preventing not-so-happy holidays fraud

By Sarah Skidmore Sell

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NEWS BRIEFS: Fort Worden committee meetings set … and other items

Two Fort Worden committees will meet Wednesday.

Cold to stick around on Peninsula

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Cold to stick around on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Monday’s snow might not be the last snow of the year.

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Evans Wilderness bill awaits Obama’s signature

PORT ANGELES — A bill passed by Congress to rename the Olympic Wilderness within Olympic National Park the…

Grant given to Quilcene museum for fireplace tiles

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Grant given to Quilcene museum for fireplace tiles

QUILCENE — The Quilcene Historical Museum received a grant from the Washington Trust for Historical Preservation to help…

Volunteers help Peninsula cancer patients get to treatment

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Volunteers help Peninsula cancer patients get to treatment

PORT TOWNSEND — When North Olympic Peninsula cancer patients with no means of transportation need to travel to…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Port Townsend speaker betrays cultural streak of left to suppress free speech

The intellectual shallowness of Zhaleh Almaee Weinblatt of the Mandala Center for Change of Port Townsend shows through…

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Standing with Standing Rock group to give presentation in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A group that traveled to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota in November…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Monthly luncheon meetings are held on the second Wednesday of…

Business

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Storage, truck rental company to open new facility in Sequim next summer … and other items

SEQUIM — Sequim Self Storage & Penske Truck Rental will open a location at 40 Taylor Cutoff Road…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: 10 gifts to choose from for gardening friends

AFTER A PROLONGED, unseasonably frost-free autumn, Old Man Winter decided to make an early appearance (winter begins Wednesday…

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‘Blame it on Canada’: Cold air likely to bring snow

PORT ANGELES — Canada, it seems, is responsible for snowy conditions forecast to invade the North Olympic Peninsula…

Gingerbread House Contest relocated; Aldrich’s Market expects to host it again next year

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Gingerbread House Contest relocated; Aldrich’s Market expects to host it again next year

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend’s annual gingerbread house contest is moving downtown this year.

Democrats regroup after presidential election

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Democrats regroup after presidential election

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

Life

BIRD WATCH: Some standby gifts for bird lovers

THREE OLD STANDBYS top the list for gift-giving bird-watchers or hints for bird-watchers to drop.

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: County commissioners to vote on county budget

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider and vote on a $55 million annual budget Monday.