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Bids opened for levee setback project

Lower Dungeness River floodplain to be restored

Cheryl Bentley, left, and Annalee McConnell are among the volunteers who’ve built, painted and furnished a village of tiny shelters off San Juan Avenue in Port Townsend. The Community Build site will host an open house Saturday afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Cheryl Bentley, left, and Annalee McConnell are among the volunteers who’ve built, painted and furnished a village of tiny shelters off San Juan Avenue in Port Townsend. The Community Build site will host an open house Saturday afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

PAT NEAL: Bureaucrats, biologists and bull trout

In our history of the Hoh River, we’ve watched the transfer of ownership from the Native Americans, to warring European nations and eventually to the… Continue reading

Port Townsend student named to Tufts dean’s list

Tufts University has announced that Max Morningstar of Port Townsend has been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2021 semester.… Continue reading

A young girl looks through a window at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center at the exhibit “Conservation From Here” by artist Joseph Rossano. A presentation Thursday will key off the show, done in partnership with Olympic National Park. (Jordyn Owen)

Presentation inspired by Conservation from Here

Aims to show how humans, wildlife can live together

A young girl looks through a window at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center at the exhibit “Conservation From Here” by artist Joseph Rossano. A presentation Thursday will key off the show, done in partnership with Olympic National Park. (Jordyn Owen)

PT Story Slam set for Thursday

The Church of BuVu of Port Townsend will host PT Story Slam from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The free open… Continue reading

Reported shooting under investiagation

Police seek more details from public

Spokane honor roll announced

The Community Colleges of Spokane have released the spring 2021 honor rolls for its two colleges. Kayla Aubertin of Port Angeles and Nathan… Continue reading

Writing career panel offered online

The Jefferson County Toastmasters Club will host “How To Advance Your Writing Career Through Toastmasters” at noon Thursday. The free panel discussion… Continue reading

FILE - In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a restaurant worker holds his face mask in Biloxi, Miss. On Friday, March 12, 2021. The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging, according to a federal official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to make an announcement Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

CDC masking guidelines change due to Delta variant

The Associated Press The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing… Continue reading

FILE - In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a restaurant worker holds his face mask in Biloxi, Miss. On Friday, March 12, 2021. The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging, according to a federal official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to make an announcement Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mark Giordano, a defender from the Calgary Flames, speaks Wednesday, July 21, 2021, after being introduced as a new Seattle Kraken player during the Kraken's NHL hockey expansion draft event in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE: Meet your Seattle Kraken

One thing is for sure with the Seattle Kraken after watching the team’s expansion draft. It looks like they’re going for the slow-and-steady approach. Which… Continue reading

Mark Giordano, a defender from the Calgary Flames, speaks Wednesday, July 21, 2021, after being introduced as a new Seattle Kraken player during the Kraken's NHL hockey expansion draft event in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Wilder Baseball Club.

AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder teams lose state tourney openers in pitchers’ duels

Wilder Sr. players found out in their first game at the Washington State American Legion AAA that the pitching at the state level… Continue reading

Wilder Baseball Club.
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Port Angeles' Landon Seibel bats in the third inning on Saturdays game against North Mason at Port Angeles Civic Field.

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ Landon Seibel will continue career in the land of lakes

Seibel signs with Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Minnesota

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Port Angeles' Landon Seibel bats in the third inning on Saturdays game against North Mason at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Trumpeter swans enjoy an evening on Kirner Pond. (Photo by Bob Phreaner)

Community raises funds to save swans, bury power lines

Kirner Road project expected to finish in August, PUD says

Trumpeter swans enjoy an evening on Kirner Pond. (Photo by Bob Phreaner)
Retired pilot Josh Crabtree of Port Angeles sits in a Dash Air Shuttle Cessna 402c that he helped fly from the East Coast in June. The plane would be used for passenger flights from Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles to Sea-Tac International Airport. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Dash Air flights pushed to late September

Passenger service’s new target will be after Labor Day

Retired pilot Josh Crabtree of Port Angeles sits in a Dash Air Shuttle Cessna 402c that he helped fly from the East Coast in June. The plane would be used for passenger flights from Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles to Sea-Tac International Airport. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)
East Jefferson Fire Rescue Chief Bret Black.
East Jefferson Fire Rescue Chief Bret Black.
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Lefties shortstop Nick Oakley makes a throw to first on Thuirsday night in Port Angeles.

LEFTIES: Oakley named West Coast League Player of the Week

Port Angeles Lefty Nick Oakley’s spectacular week earned him a West Coast League Moss Adams Player of the Week award. Oakley belted… Continue reading

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Lefties shortstop Nick Oakley makes a throw to first on Thuirsday night in Port Angeles.