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NEWS BRIEFS: Port Townsend school evacuates … and other items

Students and staff evacuated Grant Street Elementary School briefly after the main school building filled with smoke. The smoke was from a… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Commissioners to continue Pleasant Harbor Resort deliberation

The three Jefferson County commissioners will continue deliberations on the proposed Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort at a meeting that will begin at 9 a.m.… Continue reading

A crash involving multiple vehicles shut down both directions of the Hood Canal Bridge late Thursday. (KOMO News)

Hood Canal Bridge claims life of Port Ludlow woman; span closed for hours

A Port Ludlow woman died late Thursday afternoon in a six-vehicle collision on the two-lane Hood Canal Bridge, closing the bridge for eight… Continue reading

A crash involving multiple vehicles shut down both directions of the Hood Canal Bridge late Thursday. (KOMO News)
Duck Derby races this Sunday

Duck Derby races this Sunday

Yellow rubber ducks will “race” at Lincoln Park on Sunday in the 29th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. About 26,000 duck… Continue reading

Duck Derby races this Sunday

Rummage sale, gravitational wave astronomy, free community dinner on Peninsula

A rummage sale, gravitational wave astronomy and a free community dinner are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available… Continue reading

Artist stumps for ‘Wild Olympia’ exhibit in Port Angeles

Artist stumps for ‘Wild Olympia’ exhibit in Port Angeles

The space was calling out for it. Port Angeles artist Michael Paul Miller answered. So what if he’s usually a two-dimensional painter?… Continue reading

Artist stumps for ‘Wild Olympia’ exhibit in Port Angeles
Rhody Festival celebrates grand finale weekend in Port Townsend

Rhody Festival celebrates grand finale weekend in Port Townsend

The grand finale of the 83rd annual Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival is this weekend. Seats for Saturday’s parade — lawn chairs, recliners,… Continue reading

Rhody Festival celebrates grand finale weekend in Port Townsend

Free cake to follow Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival parade

The annual Cake Picnic will offer 2,000 slices of “artisan cake” Saturday immediately after the Grand Parade ends. The free community picnic… Continue reading

Men’s choral learning group to perform Thursday

Singers in the Rain, a men’s choral group, will be featured in its eighth return engagement at the May Candlelight Concert at… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Paddling class slated for Tuesday … and other items

“A Paddler’s Guide to Safety” class offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary No. 41 is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday. Preregistration… Continue reading

Peonies, Sequim garden focus of Saturday talk

Peonies, Sequim garden focus of Saturday talk

The Sequim Botanical Garden Society invites the public to its Work to Learn Party at Carrie Blake Park starting at 1 p.m. Saturday.… Continue reading

Peonies, Sequim garden focus of Saturday talk
Portland pair to brings easy Americana to Coyle

Portland pair to brings easy Americana to Coyle

Maria Francis and Jeff Overbo offer modern Americana with Silver Lake 66. Together, they’ll perform duets at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Coyle as… Continue reading

Portland pair to brings easy Americana to Coyle

Regional lawmakers win Association of Washington Cities awards

Two state lawmakers from Sequim have been named 2018 City Championship Award recipients by the Association of Washington Cities. Sen. Kevin Van De… Continue reading

Salish Sea Early Music Festival to present concert Saturday

Salish Sea Early Music Festival to present concert Saturday

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present “The Able Virtuoso,” part of its Spring Baroque Festival, with three contrasting performances of… Continue reading

Salish Sea Early Music Festival to present concert Saturday

Tickets on sale now for Olympic Music Festival’s summer season

Tickets are now on sale for the Olympic Music Festival’s 35th annual summer season. The 2018 season is presented in partnership with… Continue reading

Virtual ‘geo-tour’ to show off British Columbia

Canadian volcanologist and geoscience educator Melanie Kelman will lead an audience on a virtual geo-tour along the popular Sea to Sky Highway,… Continue reading

Ducks race to the finish line during the 28th Annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby in Port Angeles on Sunday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Kids’ event added to Duck Derby

A kids’ “Duck Pluck” will be held in conjunction with the 29th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby at Lincoln Park on… Continue reading

Ducks race to the finish line during the 28th Annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby in Port Angeles on Sunday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Motorcyclist in satisfactory condition after wreck

A Port Angeles motorcyclist airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a two-vehicle wreck south of Quilcene on Saturday was listed in satisfactory condition… Continue reading

First Federal Community Foundation awards grants

First Federal Community Foundation has awarded spring grants to 14 nonprofits, nine of which are on the North Olympic Peninsula. The awards… Continue reading

Light pollution topic of presentation

Two International Dark-Sky Association members will herald their organization’s efforts to combat light pollution during “The Battle Against Light Pollution” at 6… Continue reading