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Multi-million-dollar illegal pot grow operation seized

OPNET: Six addresses had over 3,100 plants, about 370 pounds of processed marijuana

Port Townsend High School Orchestra teacher Daniel Ferland will engineer this Saturday's virtual concert. photo courtesy Port Townsend High School

Port Townsend High School music benefit set

Donations to fund backpack program for students

Port Townsend High School Orchestra teacher Daniel Ferland will engineer this Saturday's virtual concert. photo courtesy Port Townsend High School
Documents created by Pfizer for the meeting with the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, as Pfizer seeks approval for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine, are seen on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The meeting of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration represented the next-to-last hurdle before the expected start of the biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history. Depending on how fast the FDA signs off on the panel's recommendation, shots could begin within days. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting… Continue reading

Documents created by Pfizer for the meeting with the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, as Pfizer seeks approval for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine, are seen on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The meeting of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration represented the next-to-last hurdle before the expected start of the biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history. Depending on how fast the FDA signs off on the panel's recommendation, shots could begin within days. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Port Angeles homeless shelter lease extended

Port erecting trespass fence

Beverly Michaelsen, left, and her daughter Kaiya Lily Hubbard are ready to start a new chapter. They have put their shop, the Wandering Wardrobe, up for sale. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Wandering Wardrobe owners put vintage clothing shop up for sale

Retro dresses, suits could find homes with internet sales

Beverly Michaelsen, left, and her daughter Kaiya Lily Hubbard are ready to start a new chapter. They have put their shop, the Wandering Wardrobe, up for sale. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula ports requesting federal money for projects

Funds for Marine Trades Center, Point Hudson jetty

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Police say fatal crosswalk collision an accident

Lorraine (Reandeau) Anderson remembered

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Peninsula health officers preparing for vaccine distribution

7 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Clallam County; 5 in Jefferson County

Downtown music making, such as that by cellist Sage Coy, has long been part of Port Townsend's cultural identity. Now, with the state officially naming a Creative District within the city, artists are invited to submit proposals for wayfinding art markers downtown, Uptown and at Fort Worden State Park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Artists sought for Port Townsend sign project

Work to define Creative District

Downtown music making, such as that by cellist Sage Coy, has long been part of Port Townsend's cultural identity. Now, with the state officially naming a Creative District within the city, artists are invited to submit proposals for wayfinding art markers downtown, Uptown and at Fort Worden State Park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Townsend Public Works installed permanent wooden bollards that have replaced the "road closed" signage on Adams Street after the city council voted to keep the street closed. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Adams Street in Port Townsend now closed

City may connect path to existing system of trails

Port Townsend Public Works installed permanent wooden bollards that have replaced the "road closed" signage on Adams Street after the city council voted to keep the street closed. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
The large madrona tree on Eighth Street near Cherry Street in Port Angeles was dismantled on Monday. Some of the larger pieces were to be hauled away. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Ted’s Tree, one of the largest in the state, dismantled

85-foot-tall madrona stood for more than 400 years

The large madrona tree on Eighth Street near Cherry Street in Port Angeles was dismantled on Monday. Some of the larger pieces were to be hauled away. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Clallam commissioners OK federal relief fund distribution

Funding will go to Port Angeles medical and mental health clinics

Port Townsend City Council supports affordable housing tax

County commission to conduct public hearing Dec. 21

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The state announced a new statewide coronavirus exposure notification program Monday that uses smartphone technology in the ongoing effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. People with Apple iPhones can now enable the 'exposure notifications' feature that is already in their phone's settings, and Android devices can download the app. Use of the service is voluntary and users can opt-out at any time. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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COVID-19 restrictions on dining, gyms extended to Jan. 4

‘What we do now literally will be a matter of life and death for many of our citizens’

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The state announced a new statewide coronavirus exposure notification program Monday that uses smartphone technology in the ongoing effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. People with Apple iPhones can now enable the 'exposure notifications' feature that is already in their phone's settings, and Android devices can download the app. Use of the service is voluntary and users can opt-out at any time. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
An illuminating drone show at Carrie Blake Park lights up the Sequim sky in March. Instead of the drone show for the 2021 Sunshine Festival, Barbara Hanna, Sequim’s communications and marketing director, said they’re considering another special event in the park with lights for the holidays. City officials say they intend to tentatively bring the drone show back in 2022. Photo by Barb Hanna/City of Sequim

Sunshine Festival likely limited in second year

Sequim considering fireworks on July 4 as alternative to drone show

An illuminating drone show at Carrie Blake Park lights up the Sequim sky in March. Instead of the drone show for the 2021 Sunshine Festival, Barbara Hanna, Sequim’s communications and marketing director, said they’re considering another special event in the park with lights for the holidays. City officials say they intend to tentatively bring the drone show back in 2022. Photo by Barb Hanna/City of Sequim
Scott Bahlmann, youth and teen services librarian at the Jefferson County Library, kneels next to the start of the storywalk outside the library. Bahlmann, along with public services manager Chris HoffmanHill, curated the three storywalks that are now located throughout Jefferson County. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County Library creates reading paths

Three storywalks encourage families to enjoy outdoors

Scott Bahlmann, youth and teen services librarian at the Jefferson County Library, kneels next to the start of the storywalk outside the library. Bahlmann, along with public services manager Chris HoffmanHill, curated the three storywalks that are now located throughout Jefferson County. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles man arrested in string of crime

Investigation on more than a dozen burglaries

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Veteran honors stretch across America to Sequim

Wreath event in planned for Dec. 19

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Lawyers prepared for closing arguments last week in a Clallam County Superior Court trial involving Olympic Medical Center presided over by Judge Brent Basden at Vern Burton Community Center. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Jury rejects bid for damages for medical treatment

Man had been seeking $10.3 million

Lawyers prepared for closing arguments last week in a Clallam County Superior Court trial involving Olympic Medical Center presided over by Judge Brent Basden at Vern Burton Community Center. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)
Jefferson Transit operator Linda Baumgaertner steps out from behind the barrier around her driver's seat. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson Transit Authority plans to continue almost all free fares

New route would connect with Kingston ferry

Jefferson Transit operator Linda Baumgaertner steps out from behind the barrier around her driver's seat. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)