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Block to be guest speaker at Port Ludlow Art League event

Leila Block will present “Touching Your Craft, Touching Your World” at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Block will be the guest speaker at a… Continue reading

Bypass roads to be installed at two fish passage sites

Contractors will begin construction of one-lane bypass roads at two sites on U.S. Highway 101 south of Forks on Monday. The bypasses will… Continue reading

Capital budgets include Peninsula

Millions in state funds earmarked

Mike Chapman.

Chapman asks not to employ legislative privilege

State senator removes an exemption to Public Records Act

Mike Chapman.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

Earlier this month, the Neon Rider 4-H group held a very successful fundraising bake Grocery Outlet in PA .Photo by Katie Salmon-Newton.
Earlier this month, the Neon Rider 4-H group held a very successful fundraising bake Grocery Outlet in PA .Photo by Katie Salmon-Newton.

Jefferson library director to start new job May 19

Meet-and-greet event scheduled for May 22

Man taken to hospital after car hits tree

A man was transported to a hospital after a single-car wreck into a tree. Trent Wuest, 26, of Port Angeles was traveling eastbound… Continue reading

From left, photographers Phil Tuaran, Ernst-Ulrich Schafer, Thompson Holmes and Richard Kohler will be featured in a photo show opening Tuesday at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles.

Photography show to be featured at Field Hall gallery

Four photographic journeys will be chronicled beginning Tuesday at the Cooksey Gallery at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. “Voyages… Continue reading

From left, photographers Phil Tuaran, Ernst-Ulrich Schafer, Thompson Holmes and Richard Kohler will be featured in a photo show opening Tuesday at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles.

Port of Port Townsend considering Short’s Farm access

Commissioners aim to balance public, agricultural use

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club member Robert Beaudette recorded his first hole-in-one on the par-3 11th hole on April 3.

AREA SPORTS: Cedars member Bob Beaudette notches ace

The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club member Robert Beaudette recorded his first hole-in-one while playing the course… Continue reading

The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club member Robert Beaudette recorded his first hole-in-one on the par-3 11th hole on April 3.
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Clayton Ernst of Port Angeles, right, rides through the holeshot leading to the Desert 100 motorcycle races’ first turn last Sunday near Odessa. Ernst went on to win the 386-participant overall 50-mile race along with his 15-and-younger age division on his KTM.
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Clayton Ernst of Port Angeles, right, rides through the holeshot leading to the Desert 100 motorcycle races’ first turn last Sunday near Odessa. Ernst went on to win the 386-participant overall 50-mile race along with his 15-and-younger age division on his KTM.

AREA SPORTS: Peninsula College’s Pirate Zombie Mud Run back May 17

The Pirate Zombie Mud Run is back — and organizers say it’s bigger, muddier and more thrilling than ever. The action-packed, family-friendly… Continue reading

Steven Park created this work in response to Diane Moser’s poem “The Attic Visit.” Both appear in the Ars Poetica show at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery, which will host an art and poetry party Saturday. (Northwind Art)

Art and poetry party Saturday in Port Townsend

A celebration of art, poetry and inspiration will be open to the public Saturday at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water… Continue reading

Steven Park created this work in response to Diane Moser’s poem “The Attic Visit.” Both appear in the Ars Poetica show at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery, which will host an art and poetry party Saturday. (Northwind Art)

Easter services set for Trinity United Methodist

Trinity United Methodist Church has announced its schedule of services for Easter week. • Maundy Thursday, service at 5 p.m. Thursday at Olympic… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Find joy in the promise of Easter

AS A MISSIONARY in France, I shared a movie called “Together Forever” with those we were teaching. The film emphasizes that our happiest memories often… Continue reading

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Stew Cockburn stands in the spring annual section prior to it being for early spring gardeners.

New Dungeness Nursery planted in landscaping industry

Family and their employees work 2-acre location in Sequim

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Stew Cockburn stands in the spring annual section prior to it being for early spring gardeners.