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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Big Lots! store in the Port Angeles Plaza Shopping Center is among those being closed by the company for performing under expectations.

Big Lots at Port Angeles Plaza plans to close

The Big Lots in Port Angeles will close its doors soon. About 149 Big Lots stores across the nation revealed they are… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Big Lots! store in the Port Angeles Plaza Shopping Center is among those being closed by the company for performing under expectations.

Fort Worden Public Development Authority may dissolve

PT council must approve; state parks would take over

PA committee recommends funding pier tower repairs

Members also hear proposal for annual funding for Field Hall

Secretary of State discusses election security, misinformation

Steve Hobbs reassures integrity of state, federal elections

The former steam tug Elmore, built in 1890 by Elmore and Sanborn Fisheries in Astoria, Ore., sits on the hard at the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina. The Elmore had several owners over the decades, the last being Henning Heinemann, who died recently, leaving the boat abandoned and claimed by the Port of Port Townsend as a derelict to be put up for auction. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Century-old vessel to go up for auction Monday

Diesel engine, brass hardware and glass portholes part of historic boat

The former steam tug Elmore, built in 1890 by Elmore and Sanborn Fisheries in Astoria, Ore., sits on the hard at the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina. The Elmore had several owners over the decades, the last being Henning Heinemann, who died recently, leaving the boat abandoned and claimed by the Port of Port Townsend as a derelict to be put up for auction. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Car, bike show to benefit Masonic Temple

Masonic Lodge #69 will host its third car and bike show from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. The show will be… Continue reading

Derelict vessels present problems for ports

Although the age and historic relevance of the tugboat Elmore that the Port of Port Townsend will auction Monday makes it something… Continue reading

Pickleball players, clockwise from upper left, Richard Reed and Lucah Folden of Port Angeles, and Yukon Lam and Marike Nel of Sequim play on the courts at Elks Playfield in Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Elks Playfield pickleball courts to receive upgrade

Surface expected to close for two weeks this month

Pickleball players, clockwise from upper left, Richard Reed and Lucah Folden of Port Angeles, and Yukon Lam and Marike Nel of Sequim play on the courts at Elks Playfield in Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Joyce Daze pancake breakfast canceled

The Joyce Blackberry Daze annual pancake breakfast scheduled for Saturday has been canceled. Mike Hazelett, who organized the Crescent School District scholarship fundraiser… Continue reading

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopened four days ahead of schedule after repairs to the dock were completed.

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopens

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park has reopened for public use after the piling replacement project and repairs to the floating docks were… Continue reading

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopened four days ahead of schedule after repairs to the dock were completed.

Motorcycle rider airlifted to Seattle hospital

One motorcycle rider was airlifted to a Seattle hospital after she went into a ditch along northbound U.S. Highway 101. Jaelinn C. Farmer,… Continue reading

Motorcycle rider dies after colliding with deer

A motorcycle rider who was airlifted to a Seattle hospital following a collision with a deer earlier this month has died. Alexander L.… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District eyes two measures this fall

Operations levy, capital bond to go before voters

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of a larger safety project to improve 13 intersections across the city. Plans call for replacing signal timing equipment and inclusion of ADA-compliant curb ramps as well as sidewalk repairs around work sites. The $5.6 million project is expected to be completed by December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Rewiring traffic lights

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of… Continue reading

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of a larger safety project to improve 13 intersections across the city. Plans call for replacing signal timing equipment and inclusion of ADA-compliant curb ramps as well as sidewalk repairs around work sites. The $5.6 million project is expected to be completed by December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County commissioners re-establish animal advisory committee

Volunteer members sought with applications due Aug. 19

Clallam County Fire District 3’s newest probationary firefighters, from left, Madison Bowe, Steve Oberley, Matthew Aston and Nicole Simson, recent graduates of the State Fire Academy in Snoqualmie.

Firefighters graduate from state academy

Clallam County Fire District 3 has announced the graduation of four firefighters from the State Patrol’s fire academy in Snoqualmie. Firefighter/EMT Madison Bowe,… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 3’s newest probationary firefighters, from left, Madison Bowe, Steve Oberley, Matthew Aston and Nicole Simson, recent graduates of the State Fire Academy in Snoqualmie.

Humane Society considers options

Dogs are still available for adoption

Jefferson County fires destroy travel trailers

East Jefferson Fire Rescue responded to two fire incidents involving travel trailers within a span of three days. Both fires resulted in total… Continue reading

Mountain View Pool reopens in Port Townsend

Flooding had caused facility to be closed for more than a month

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed Conformation Show and Obedience and Rally Trials near Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured hundreds of dogs from around the region in a show of rally obedience and conformance to style, as well as a Fast CAT coursing ability testing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Dog show

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed… Continue reading

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed Conformation Show and Obedience and Rally Trials near Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured hundreds of dogs from around the region in a show of rally obedience and conformance to style, as well as a Fast CAT coursing ability testing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)