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Accused murder suspect is dead

Man was on court order at hospital

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Wilder Baseball Club sets tryouts for ages 14-19

PA youth basketball camp set July 17-20

Candidates file on fourth day of filing week

A fourth day of candidate filings led to a primary race forming in the Port Townsend School District while three primary races have emerged in… Continue reading

Ian Maksin will perform in Forks on Sunday.

Cellist to perform in Forks

Ian Maksin will appear in concert in a tour called “Songs of a Vagabond Cello” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday in… Continue reading

Ian Maksin will perform in Forks on Sunday.

Chimacum High School Concert Band superior

The Chimacum High School Concert Band received a Level 1, Superior rating at the Washington Music Educators Association Regional Ensemble Contest in… Continue reading

Garden tools, supplies needed

The Port Angeles School District garden programs are always seeking tools and supplies. The following are especially needed: • gardening gloves (child… Continue reading

Gospel concert set Saturday

Keepers of the Faith will present a Southern gospel concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The free concert is at Sequim Adventist Church, 30… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School junior Jamie Robinson is one of many students helping prepare the school’s community garden for a plant sale on Saturday. All proceeds will be dedicated to the school’s garden program. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Growing plants, knowledge at Port Angeles High School garden

Club to sell vegetable starts as fundraiser; cash accepted Saturday

Port Angeles High School junior Jamie Robinson is one of many students helping prepare the school’s community garden for a plant sale on Saturday. All proceeds will be dedicated to the school’s garden program. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Hood Canal Bridge overnight closures begin Saturday

The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians overnight for four days beginning Saturday. Contractors for the state Department… Continue reading

Allen Fletcher.

Human remains identified as Port Townsend man

Allen Fletcher disappeared in 2013 while captaining a boat from Edmonds to Bellingham

Allen Fletcher.

ISSUES OF FAITH: Amazing Grace

THE FIRST THING anyone will notice about your vessel is the smell of death, desperation and suffering. You’re the captain of a slave ship, sailing… Continue reading

James Garlick of Port Angeles, left, and Richard O’Neill, who grew up in Sequim, are cofounders of the Music on the Strait festival. (photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Music on the Strait summer festival returns

Concerts at Maier Hall and new Field Hall

James Garlick of Port Angeles, left, and Richard O’Neill, who grew up in Sequim, are cofounders of the Music on the Strait festival. (photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Neah Bay woman rescued from burning mobile home

No one was seriously injured in a fire on Bayview Avenue across from the marina that destroyed a mobile home and two… Continue reading

OPNET arrests armed felon after foot pursuit

A man wanted in Utah was tackled on a Port Angeles street as he fled from detectives while apparently reaching for a… Continue reading

Mukilteo angler Alex Malysheff, right, caught and released this lancetfish while halibut fishing off Neah Bay. A number of lancetfish, usually a tropical species, have washed up on West Coast shores in recent weeks.

OUTDOORS: Lancetfish no stranger to area seas, shores

Deep sea denizen caught and released off Neah Bay, washing ashore on West Coast

Mukilteo angler Alex Malysheff, right, caught and released this lancetfish while halibut fishing off Neah Bay. A number of lancetfish, usually a tropical species, have washed up on West Coast shores in recent weeks.
The Rev. Cindy Akana

Program scheduled for OUUF on Sunday

The Rev. Cindy Akana will answer the question “Who am I” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Akana is the guest speaker at Unity… Continue reading

The Rev. Cindy Akana
The Metropolitan Opera’s reimagined “Don Giovanni” will be simulcast live in two locations on the North Olympic Peninsula this Saturday. (photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera)

Reimagined ‘Don Giovanni’ lights the screen Saturday

Don Juan, the mythic seducer of women, will arrive on the North Olympic Peninsula this Saturday morning. He’s at the center of… Continue reading

The Metropolitan Opera’s reimagined “Don Giovanni” will be simulcast live in two locations on the North Olympic Peninsula this Saturday. (photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera)

Rhody Festival offers parades, bed races

The 88th annual Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival continues today with parades, a hair and beard contest and opening ceremonies. “Wild, Wild Rhody”… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Unity and Reincarnation” at 11 a.m. Sunday Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port Townsend,… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith