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New principal tapped for Blue Heron Elementary School in Port Townsend; School Board to vote later this month

PORT TOWNSEND — An administrator now working in Brazil has agreed to become Blue Heron Middle School principal, said David Engle, Port Townsend School superintendent.… Continue reading

Vehicular homicide trial date set in case in which driver was allegedly drunk

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend man faces a Sept. 14 trial on charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault stemming from a fatal crash… Continue reading

Renovations at Fort Worden include the front desk area. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

Executive director: Fort Worden campus a top Jefferson County employer after 1 year under Public Development Authority

PORT TOWNSEND — One year after the Fort Worden Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Authority took over management of the campus portion of the state… Continue reading

Renovations at Fort Worden include the front desk area. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)
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Medal of Honor recipient Marvin Shields honored on 50th anniversary of his death with graveside ceremony in Gardiner

GARDINER — Fifty years to the day of his death fighting in Vietnam, a Medal of Honor recipient was remembered and honored by fellow sailors,… Continue reading

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Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

New commander takes reins at Naval Magazine Indian Island

INDIAN ISLAND — Cmdr. Nicholas Vande Griend is the new commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, which stores and assembles munitions for the Pacific… Continue reading

Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)
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Return of fireworks display, three days of festivities planned for Port Townsend’s Fourth of July

PORT TOWNSEND — This year's Fourth of July weekend in Port Townsend will be one to remember, with three days of festivities with an old-fashioned… Continue reading

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Renovations at Fort Worden include the front desk area. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

Executive director: Fort Worden campus a top Jefferson County employer after 1 year under Public Development Authority

PORT TOWNSEND — One year after the Fort Worden Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Authority took over management of the campus portion of the state… Continue reading

Renovations at Fort Worden include the front desk area. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)
Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

New commander takes reins at Naval Magazine Indian Island

INDIAN ISLAND — Cmdr. Nicholas Vande Griend is the new commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, which stores and assembles munitions for the Pacific… Continue reading

Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)
Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

New commander takes reins at Naval Magazine Indian Island

INDIAN ISLAND — Cmdr. Nicholas Vande Griend is the new commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, which stores and assembles munitions for the Pacific… Continue reading

Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)
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Medal of Honor recipient Marvin Shields honored on 50th anniversary of his death with graveside ceremony in Gardiner

GARDINER — Fifty years to the day of his death fighting in Vietnam, a Medal of Honor recipient was remembered and honored by fellow sailors,… Continue reading

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Return of fireworks display, three days of festivities planned for Port Townsend’s Fourth of July

PORT TOWNSEND — This year's Fourth of July weekend in Port Townsend will be one to remember, with three days of festivities with an old-fashioned… Continue reading

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Medal of Honor recipient Marvin Shields honored on 50th anniversary of his death with graveside ceremony in Gardiner

GARDINER — Fifty years to the day of his death fighting in Vietnam, a Medal of Honor recipient was remembered and honored by fellow sailors,… Continue reading

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Return of fireworks display, three days of festivities planned for Port Townsend’s Fourth of July

PORT TOWNSEND — This year's Fourth of July weekend in Port Townsend will be one to remember, with three days of festivities with an old-fashioned… Continue reading

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Port Townsend School Board discusses resignation of chairwoman, but no action taken; topic to be addressed at June 22 meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — The remaining members of the Port Townsend School Board lamented the sudden resignation of its chairwoman this week. Following Monday’s night’s lengthy… Continue reading

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Jefferson County commissioners debate a recreational marijuana ordinance Monday. From left are Kathleen Kler

Jefferson recreational marijuana moratorium lifted; regulations now in place for pot entrepreneurs

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses has been lifted, with a new set of rules officially in place for pot entrepreneurs.… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioners debate a recreational marijuana ordinance Monday. From left are Kathleen Kler
Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday. —Photo by Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()

CEO gives Jefferson Healthcare a good bill of health during talk to Chamber of Commerce

PORT TOWNSEND — Successfully weathering the Great Recession, Jefferson Healthcare hospital is thriving, with revenues increasing and new investments in infrastructure and technology, according to… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday. —Photo by Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()
Jefferson County commissioners debate a recreational marijuana ordinance Monday. From left are Kathleen Kler

Jefferson recreational marijuana moratorium lifted; regulations now in place for pot entrepreneurs

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses has been lifted, with a new set of rules officially in place for pot entrepreneurs.… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioners debate a recreational marijuana ordinance Monday. From left are Kathleen Kler
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Actress Lynda Day George pays it forward to Sequim youth with scholarship effort

GARDINER — Not content to sit on her laurels, actress Lynda Day George keeps busy helping to raise scholarship money for area students. The Sequim… Continue reading

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Amy Hall of Sequim checks on her crop of pink Hawaiian coral peonies at Peony Farm. — Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()

Business is blooming: Sequim’s Peony Farm to be featured in national magazine

SEQUIM — The colorful blooms of Peony Farm will grace the pages of a national magazine next year after a photographer from Garden Design documented… Continue reading

Amy Hall of Sequim checks on her crop of pink Hawaiian coral peonies at Peony Farm. — Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()
The 36th annual Port Townsend Chili Cook-Off will be held today at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. Competitors from 2014 from left are Chris Trapp of Edmond

36th annual Port Townsend Chili Cook-Off Port Townsend begins at 12:30 p.m. today

PORT TOWNSEND — Heated competition is expected among “chili-heads” seeking to craft the tastiest chili and cornbread around during the 36th annual Port Townsend Chili… Continue reading

The 36th annual Port Townsend Chili Cook-Off will be held today at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. Competitors from 2014 from left are Chris Trapp of Edmond