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Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Mortar board art display on Chimacum graduating seniors during a ceremony at Memorial Field on Saturday in Port Townsend.
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Jefferson County seniors 2021: Oh, they places they’ll go

Chimacum graduating seniors display their creative side with mortar board art display during a commencement ceremony at Memorial Field in Port Townsend on Saturday. Chimacum… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Mortar board art display on Chimacum graduating seniors during a ceremony at Memorial Field on Saturday in Port Townsend.
Gone with the Wind, with a Port Angeles crew, arrived first in the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) B class in the Pacific Northwest Offshore Yacht Race. (Rebecca Close)

Peninsula team first in its class in yacht race

Port Angeles hosts awards ceremony after 193-mile route

Gone with the Wind, with a Port Angeles crew, arrived first in the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) B class in the Pacific Northwest Offshore Yacht Race. (Rebecca Close)
Coronavirus

Change in tactics to tackle COVID beginning

Officials going from pandemic to endemic

Keith Thorpe/Peninsua Daily News A pair of vacant building pads, once surrounded by fencing, stand next to an unoccupied building on Front Street near Lincoln Street at the entry to downtown Port Angeles.

Fence blocking panhandlers removed

Buyer in the wings for parcel

Keith Thorpe/Peninsua Daily News A pair of vacant building pads, once surrounded by fencing, stand next to an unoccupied building on Front Street near Lincoln Street at the entry to downtown Port Angeles.
Port Townsend artist Jonah Trople sculpted the city's Creative District "art markers" from local fir. The wayfinding markers will be cause for celebration at five sites around town this Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. photo courtesy PT Main Street Program

Creative District markers invite discovery in Port Townsend

Celebration scheduled Tuesday

Port Townsend artist Jonah Trople sculpted the city's Creative District "art markers" from local fir. The wayfinding markers will be cause for celebration at five sites around town this Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. photo courtesy PT Main Street Program
Northwest Maritime Center Executive Director Jake Beattie has announced the purchase of the Swan Hotel from co-owner Cindy Finnie. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Maritime center to expand

Swan Hotel, community classroom to be added

Northwest Maritime Center Executive Director Jake Beattie has announced the purchase of the Swan Hotel from co-owner Cindy Finnie. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Nordland murder trial begins Monday in Port Townsend

Sixty-year-old man accused of killing 24-year-old

Coronavirus

State COVID-19 officials coming to Peninsula

Focus on outbreak, antibody testing

Seattle-based flamenco artist Savannah Fuentes brings her art form back to Port Townsend this Sunday and Tuesday and to Sequim on Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy of Savannah Fuentes)

Flamenco returns to Peninsula

Concerts scheduled in Port Townsend, Sequim

Seattle-based flamenco artist Savannah Fuentes brings her art form back to Port Townsend this Sunday and Tuesday and to Sequim on Wednesday night. (Photo courtesy of Savannah Fuentes)
Celebrating the reopening of the Quimper Grange this Saturday are, from left, George and Jo Yount, Susan Stone, Barbara Tusting, Kathy Ryan, Sheila Long, Mary Beth Haralovich, Doug Groenig and J.J. Johnson. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Grange hall hosts open house

Community can get together again with new ventilation system, remodeled space

Celebrating the reopening of the Quimper Grange this Saturday are, from left, George and Jo Yount, Susan Stone, Barbara Tusting, Kathy Ryan, Sheila Long, Mary Beth Haralovich, Doug Groenig and J.J. Johnson. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Inmate not up to trial

Attempted murder charged in attack on corrections officer

Team High Seas Drifters Scott Wood, left, Mark Boston, Shad Lemke and Jefferson Franklin finished first and rang the bell while hoisting the first place belt for the WA360 on Thursday. The team finished the 360-mile race at 12:59 p.m., after leaving Port Townsend at 6 a.m. Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

WA360 teams come in

First arrivals ring the bell to cheers

Team High Seas Drifters Scott Wood, left, Mark Boston, Shad Lemke and Jefferson Franklin finished first and rang the bell while hoisting the first place belt for the WA360 on Thursday. The team finished the 360-mile race at 12:59 p.m., after leaving Port Townsend at 6 a.m. Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
Coronavirus

COVID cases at Clallam County long-term care facility remain at 15

Small rise seen in Jefferson County

Sequim High School principal Shawn Langston (foreground, left) and photography teacher Jim Heintz look on at an SHS graduation rehearsal on Jan 9. An estimated 187 seniors will graduate at the school’s commencement ceremony on Friday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Clallam County high school graduations this weekend

Ceremonies less restrictive than in 2020

Sequim High School principal Shawn Langston (foreground, left) and photography teacher Jim Heintz look on at an SHS graduation rehearsal on Jan 9. An estimated 187 seniors will graduate at the school’s commencement ceremony on Friday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Clallam County to consider remedies for code violations

Lake Dawn property owners urge action

Hilary Franz

Department of Natural Resources addressing hardwood shortage

Director solicits help from North Olympic Peninsula

Hilary Franz
The Hood Canal Bridge was closed in both directions following an overnight or early morning collision that caused damage to the bridge. State Department of Transportation crews worked to fix the damage Wednesday afternoon. The State Patrol is investigating the incident as a hit-and-run. (Washington State Patrol)

Hood Canal Bridge reopens after emergency repair

State Patrol investigating hit and run

The Hood Canal Bridge was closed in both directions following an overnight or early morning collision that caused damage to the bridge. State Department of Transportation crews worked to fix the damage Wednesday afternoon. The State Patrol is investigating the incident as a hit-and-run. (Washington State Patrol)
Chimacum School District has lined the fence outside of the school along Rhody Drive with banners honoring its 2021 graduating class. Public high schools across the North Olympic Peninsula are conducting their graduation ceremonies this weekend. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County high school graduations this weekend

Ceremonies to be less restrictive than ones for last year

Chimacum School District has lined the fence outside of the school along Rhody Drive with banners honoring its 2021 graduating class. Public high schools across the North Olympic Peninsula are conducting their graduation ceremonies this weekend. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles-based Gone with the Wind is one of 24 sailboats entered in the Pacific Northwest Offshore race from the Columbia River to Port Angeles. The race begins today and runs through Sunday.

Peninsula crew on home stretch of 193-mile race

Instead of Victoria, finish line this year is in Port Angeles

Port Angeles-based Gone with the Wind is one of 24 sailboats entered in the Pacific Northwest Offshore race from the Columbia River to Port Angeles. The race begins today and runs through Sunday.
Coronavirus

Long-term care facility outbreak up to 15 cases

The long-term care facility outbreak in Clallam County has risen to 15 cases, with 11 residents and four staff testing positive for COVID-19 as of… Continue reading