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Tommy Farris, founder and owner of Olympic Hiking Co., speaks to the Port Angeles Business Association on Tuesday. The Freshwater Bay native’s business serves 3,000 hikers a year on guided tours, overnight backpacking trips and shuttles to trailheads in Olympic National Park. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Olympic Hiking Co. helps visitors explore national park

Farris: ‘Holding our breath’ about winter sports access at Ridge

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Felix Hernandez was inducted into the Seattle Mariners’ team Hall of Fame on Saturday. Will the National Hall of Fame in Cooperstown be next?

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Will the investigation into Hunter Biden affect President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign?

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Discovery Bay Women’s Golf Club member Jane Peoples was left with a tap-in birdie after she came close to a hole-in-one on No. 14 during the group’s weekly play Thursday.

Sports

AREA SPORTS: North Olympic Youth Football League teams kick off practices Monday night

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Youth Football League season kicks off today with practices in Port Angeles,…

Eron Berg, Port of Port Townsend executive director, left, and U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer listen to members of the marine trade industry. Kilmer is sponsoring a Community Project Funding request for $6.16 million to replace the port’s Boat Haven breakwater. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Maritime industry focus of a Port Townsend visit

Kilmer discusses funding requests

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: The do’s and don’ts of gardening in August

AUGUST IS HERE in all its glory; but as you have already noticed the daylight is getting shorter!

Emma Miller, 11, right, and best friend Lorelei Sanders, 11, both from Sequim, bounce around in the floating bubbles while at the 2023 Jefferson County Fair on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fun bubbles up at Jefferson County Fair

Emma Miller, 11, right, and best friend Lorelei Sanders, 11, both from Sequim, bounce around in the floating…

News

Port of Port Angeles approves Dash Air lease

Waives $2,200 in monthly charges, includes revenue guarantee

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ONRC Evening Talks return Aug. 15, 7 p.m.

FORKS — The Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks will present an Evening Talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

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OUR VIEW: Legislation would stem ‘news deserts’

READERS EXPECT TO find obituaries in their newspapers, chronicling the lives of community members who contributed in ways…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER:Speaking about guns

I’m wondering about the source of the statistic mentioned in the Aug. 5 Speaking Out section 2023 asking…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Stories of fact and meaning

THE HUNT WAS good and the people gathered around the campfire are feasting.

Thousands of seagulls roost and fly near a log boom inside the Port Angeles Harbor earlier this week. This view is looking south from Ediz Hook toward the city. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Birds on a boom

Thousands of seagulls roost and fly near a log boom inside the Port Angeles Harbor earlier this week.…

Some Sequim residents are concerned about the impact of a proposed mining operation on a vacant gravel lot near Happy Valley Road. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Proposed mining operation worries neighbors

Hearing examiner to consider operation Sept. 7

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Should insurance companies be able to refuse coverage for FDA approved, prescribed medication?

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Letters to the Editor

LETTER:Housing idea

This proposal would involve both the community and local government, each having an integral part.

Carol and Greg Shinsky of Port Angeles take an afternoon break on a picnic table at the Port Angeles City Pier with visiting friends. Gay and Russ James, right, are visiting from Orland, Calif., where the temperature has been over 100 degrees. They rested at the pier after visiting Hurricane Ridge and the Dungeness Spit. The couples have known each other for years from when they both lived in Arizona. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Catching up with friends

Carol and Greg Shinsky of Port Angeles take an afternoon break on a picnic table at the Port…

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North Olympic Healthcare Network’s Mobile Health Clinic ends first year of serving students

Behavioral health services top service sought

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2022-2023 NOHN Mobile Health Clinic statistics

• Total number of overall visits: 404