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WEEKEND: Port Angeles, Sequim residents to take to soccer field in inaugural cup event this Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles and Sequim residents will break out their community pride —and their old high…

G. Michael Gawley

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Longtime fire volunteers head for November showdown for Clallam Fire District No. 3 commissioner seat

PORT ANGELES — Two longtime fire department volunteers appear headed for a November showdown for a Clallam County…

Heather Short

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Dust settles in Sequim School Board election with large leads

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board general election appears to be settled with the first count of ballots…

Heather Short

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Short takes half the vote while Payne leads Meyer in primary race for Sequim School Board director post; other school director race neck and neck

SEQUIM — After the first count of ballots, Heather Short took more than half of the vote, and…

G. Michael Gawley

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Gawley, Ryan enjoy comfortable margin over Slind in primary race for Clallam County Fire District No. 3 commissioner

SEQUIM — G. Michael Gawley and Sean Ryan held strong leads over Alan. W. Slind in the Clallam…

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Paradise firefighters change tactics as blaze reaches Bob Creek

Firefighters changed their tactics in fighting the Paradise Fire on Tuesday after the blaze reached Bob Creek. The…

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Fences go up today in preparation for demolition at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s tennis courts will soon be gone, making way for a new Allied Health…

A firefighter hoses down a hot spot at a small wildfire at a wooded hillside at the edge of the Valley Creek gorge

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Brush fire burns about 2 acres along Valley Creek in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A brush fire just west of Port Angeles High School burned about 2 acres early…

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 responded to a call early Tuesday off Ranger Road west of Port Angeles. Clallam County Fire District No. 2

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Port Angeles teen badly hurt in wreck on Lower Elwha Reservation

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man was in surgery in a Seattle hospital Tuesday afternoon after an…

Heather Short

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Short takes half the vote while Payne leads Meyer in primary race for Sequim School Board director post

SEQUIM — After the first count of ballots, Heather Short took more than half of the vote, and…

G. Michael Gawley

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Gawley, Ryan enjoy comfortable margin over Slind in primary race for Clallam County Fire District No. 3 commissioner

SEQUIM — G. Michael Gawley and Sean Ryan held strong leads over Alan. W. Slind in the Clallam…

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 responded to a call early Tuesday off Ranger Road west of Port Angeles. Clallam County Fire District No. 2

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Port Angeles teen badly hurt in wreck on Lower Elwha Reservation

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man was in surgery in a Seattle hospital Tuesday afternoon after an…

A firefighter hoses down a hot spot at a small wildfire at a wooded hillside at the edge of the Valley Creek gorge

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Brush fire burns about 2 acres along Valley Creek in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A brush fire just west of Port Angeles High School burned about 2 acres early…

Smoke from the Paradise Fire billows from the forest near the Queets River in Olympic National Park on Monday. The blaze grew by 504 acres over the weekend. — Olympic National Park

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Paradise Fire still growing in Olympic National Park; blaze blossoms by 504 acres

QUEETS — The Paradise Fire grew by 504 acres between Thursday and Sunday and as of Monday had…

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Fairview Water District users can water lawns, gardens, crops again [corrected]

Corrects when the new water system went online. PORT ANGELES — Residents of the upper Fairview Water District…

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Hot, dry conditions stir up Paradise Fire in West Jefferson County

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The Paradise Fire flared up Saturday evening and Sunday morning, creating a smoky haze…

Revitalize Port Angeles founder Leslie Robertson on Wednesday carried a sign from Port Angeles to the Lee Highway memorial for victims of the July 16 shootings at the adjacent Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga

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Revitalize Port Angeles founder Leslie Robertson returns after delivering condolences, support in Chattanooga

PORT ANGELES — Leslie Kidwell Robertson of Revitalize Port Angeles has returned from her visit to Chattanooga, Tenn.,…

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WEEKEND: Participants to ‘Boot Cancer’ at Relay For Life in Forks

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 31. FORKS — Thirteen teams and 114 registered participants in…

A rare yearling piebald deer was seen at an Elwha River side channel near Hunt Road in June. — Anna Geffre/Olympic National Park

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Rare piebald fawns spotted in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — Unusual piebald blacktail deer are appearing in Clallam County, with as many as four brightly…

Ezra Peiffer

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North Olympic Peninsula rivers at historic low flows amid worsening drought

As drought conditions intensify on the North Olympic Peninsula, rivers are struggling at record-low flows, and there is…