Irrigated peony. Photo by Leslie A Wright

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Work to Learn Party set for Saturday

SEQUIM — The Sequim Botanical Garden Society invites the community to its Work to Learn Party presentation on…

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Milestone: Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s honored

SEQUIM — The Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s was recently selected by the Seattle Children’s Guild Association, from…

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Pruning Japanese maples topic of gardening presentation

PORT ANGELES — An important facet of Japanese maple care includes the proper way to prune them because…

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Clallam Farm Family of the Year nominations sought

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Fair invites the public to submit nominations for the 2022 Farm Family…

A Port Angeles police officer cordons off an empty lot at West Washington Street and Third Avenue Thursday morning as law enforcement officials investigate an incident in the area. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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SECOND UPDATE: Sequim shooting tied to homicide investigation

Dead woman found in suspect’s home, officers say

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Petals & Pathway Tour tickets go on sale Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County is bringing back the Petals &Pathways Home Garden…

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Olympic Medical Center named a top rural community hospital for seventh year in a row

PORT ANGELES — For the seventh year in a row, Olympic Medical Center has been recognized as a…

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Clallam County Fire District 3 fire commissioners now hold their meetings at at the Carlsborg Operations and Training Center at 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month .

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Fire District 3 meeting venue moved

Plans to design future fire stations on hold

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Relive prom, support local nonprofits at United Way event

BLYN — United Way Clallam County is going all out for its 2022 Live United Awards, complete with…

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Bret Wirta, owner of the Quality Inn and Suites in Sequim, left, with General Manager Yolanda Pompa and Kaittlyn Reese, assistant general manager, present Betsy Reed Schultz, executive director of the Captain Joseph House Foundation, second from left, $5,000 to help bring families to the Port Angeles home for respite and support. Pompa applied for the grant through the hotel's parent franchise Choice Hotels.

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Hotel grant goes to Captain Joseph House

PORT ANGELES — A $5,000 grant through Choice Hotels International and the efforts of a Sequim hotel manager…

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Soroptimists’ online garden show auction begins today

SEQUIM — Soroptimist International of Sequim’s Online Garden Show Auction kicks off today and runs through Sunday.

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Sequim Community Orchestra sets 10th anniversary concert

Event will be free, but registration required to attend

Marielle Eykeman, a volunteer, sells a Duck Derby ticket to Vonda Hartman at the downtown Safeway earlier this week. This year’s Duck Derby will be on the Port Angeles waterfront. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Annual Duck Derby tickets now on sale

Races to be in person for first time in two years

Jamestown Family Health Clinic staff and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members help individuals get registered for COVID-19 vaccinations at the tribe’s clinic in January 2021. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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CERT volunteers earn President’s Volunteer Service awards

Eight honored for hours spent working with public safety programs

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Dahlias dazzle at botanical garden

SEQUIM — The Sequim Botanical Garden Society’s next Work to Learn party focused on planting dahlia tubers and…

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Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County to host grief group, volunteer orientations

PORT ANGELES — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County is offering a free online grief support group and volunteer…

Weston Web, 6, prepares to cast a line at the children’s fishing pond at the Water Reuse Demonstration Site next to Carrie Blake Community Park in March 2021, as his brother, Bennet, 4, tends to a freshly caught fish. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Kids Fishing Day set for Saturday

SEQUIM — Local anglers look to make another splash with local youth at the 2022 Kids Fishing Day…

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Tegan Glaude of Port Angeles, center, along with 5-year-old Wolf Schultz-Wade, left, and Odin Glaude, 6, pick up trash in the driftwood along Ediz Hook in Port Angeles as part a beach cleanup effort in 2021. The event was hosted by CoastSavers and the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.

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Earth Day weekend to offer cleanups, activities

The North Olympic Peninsula will offer a variety of Earth Day celebrations next weekend.

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Former Sequim City Council member dies

SEQUIM — Former Sequim City Council member Mike Pence has died.

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Big Library Read explores ‘Music Is History’

PORT ANGELES — Public libraries through April 18 are offering The Big Read, billed as “the world’s largest…