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Smoke displaces 60 briefly on Christmas Eve

PORT ANGELES — Smoke from a Christmas Eve cooking fire temporarily displaced 60 residents of the four-story Lee…

The 2020 winter season operations for Hurricane Ridge began Nov. 27 with glistening treetops and a thick carpet of snow for visitors.On Saturday, 39 inches of snow were recorded at the snow sensor at the ridge. The ridge is open for skiing, snowboarding, tubing and other winter sports. (Laura Foster/Peninsula Daily News)

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OUTDOORS: Hurricane Ridge readies for opening as government shutdown looms

THE PIECES ARE in place for an epic winter holiday for skiers, snowboarders and tubers at Hurricane Ridge,…

Port Angeles’ Dru Clark, center, drives down the court surrounded by Lakewood’s Shae Dixon, left, and Andrew Molloy during a 2019 game in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREPS: Port Angeles senior Dru Clark dedicated to his craft

PORT ANGELES — When a coach describes an athlete as possessing “an unbelievable commitment to personal improvement” and…

The family of Leslee Francis, Olympic Peninsula Healthy Communities Coalition executive director, son Austin, 11, husband Doug and daughter Savannah, 13, help arrange 350 'jars of kindness' for disitribution to Clallam County behavioral health workers.

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Gifting Tuesday thanks behavioral health workers

First responders add notes to ‘jars of kindness’

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OUTDOORS: State Rep. Mike Chapman’s committee oversees WDFW

AS THE NEWLY-ELECTED chair of the state House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, State Rep.…

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PREPS: Shining a light on local athletes

THE WINTER SOLSTICE and the snowfall received Monday in parts of the North Olympic Peninsula had me thinking…

Quilcene's Ward Norden sits on a bench at the recently constructed fishing pier at Lake Leland County Park. The Lake Leland day use park, boat ramp, fishing dock and waterfront area are open after a construction project by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Holly Bauman)

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OUTDOORS: Steelhead restrictions up for discussion

Bigger, better fishing pier now open at Lake Leland

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Equitese Pony Club members get certified

Ski, swim lessons being offered

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OMC may get COVID-19 vaccine soon

Inoculations to begin with hospital workers

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OUTDOORS: Steelheaders left bank-bound and baitless

A GRIM VERDICT for steelheaders on the West End as new rule restrictions announced late Tuesday, just two…

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Clallam commissioners OK federal relief fund distribution

Funding will go to Port Angeles medical and mental health clinics

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Don Droz, the current manager of Swains, confers with Penny Doane about their sales from the store’s advertising flyer.

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Pandemic impacts holiday shopping

Some businesses see booming sales

A snowboarder hits a jump on a ski trail at Hurricane Ridge on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (Laura Foster/Peninsula Daily News)

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Hurricane Ridge ski area hopeful for Sunday opening

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Lift inspections set today for Hurricane Ridge’s ski and snowboard operations are the biggest…

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OUTDOORS: Peninsula fishing guide groups alarmed by steelhead proposals

FISHING GUIDES UP and down the Olympic Peninsula have come together to alternately express concern over what they…

Crime & Justice

Port Angeles officer hurt during arrest

Sequim man charged with assault following domestic complaint

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OUTDOORS: Wide-ranging set of steelhead fishing options presented

Ideas include earlier end, fishing only Quillayute River System, gear restrictions, total closure

Seattle Seahawks' DK Metcalf reacts after a first down catch during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

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COLUMN: Seattle’s delightful beast of a wide receiver

FOR SEAHAWKS FANS, there’s never been a ride like this before with a physically dominant wide receiver who…

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Notice to be served for Clallam County code violations

Hearing planned next month for Lake Dawn Road property

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Swain's General Store employee Farrah Springfield, left, assists customer Mauricio Pena of Port Angeles with a purchase on Saturday in Port Angeles.

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Retailers, groceries adjust

Some uncertainty as holidays loom

Peninsula College men's basketball players recently assisted Port Angeles' Lighthouse Christian Center and Convoy of Hope volunteers and staff in setting up non-perishable grocery items for distribution to the community. Pirate players are from left, Isaiah Sampson, Jaylin Reed, Lewis Welsh, Mikey Medlock, KeAndre Hunter-Holliday, Neal Garcia and Coach Donald Rollman.

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Peninsula College Pirates men’s basketball team lends hand to help community

PORT ANGELES — Boxed out from volunteering with traditional partners such as the Boys &Girls Clubs of the…