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Jefferson PUD approves 2024 budget

Decision made to not increase property tax

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Port Angeles' Yau Fu swims to a state qualifying time and a meet victory in the 100-yard butterfly on Wednesday at the Sequim YMCA.

GIRLS SWIMMING: Port Angeles swimmers sink Sequim

Yau Fu enjoys big day in the pool with 4 wins

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Port Angeles' Yau Fu swims to a state qualifying time and a meet victory in the 100-yard butterfly on Wednesday at the Sequim YMCA.
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Sequim's William Hughes, front, returns a shot while doubles partner Tom Laschet looks on during the Wolves' match with Kingston on Thursday.

PREPS: Sequim tennis nets sweep

Volleyball: Sequim sweep North Mason on the road

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Sequim's William Hughes, front, returns a shot while doubles partner Tom Laschet looks on during the Wolves' match with Kingston on Thursday.

A GROWING CONCERN: Still time to give your neighbors lawn envy

IT’S OCTOBER, THE bewitching month! With the advent of late early-autumn, your lawn moves to the top of the list for things to do. Aerating… Continue reading

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Headline about the fatal shooting of Dr. Herrick from an 1893
newspaper.

BACK WHEN: Well-behaved people would make for boring history

WHY CAN’T PEOPLE work out their differences? Why do things turn towards hostility so easily? Wait! Were you thinking I was talking about the streets… Continue reading

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Headline about the fatal shooting of Dr. Herrick from an 1893
newspaper.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

FILE - A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff boat search an area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people. On Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane to crash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Failure of single component caused seaplane crash

Ten died in wreck off Whidbey Island

FILE - A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff boat search an area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people. On Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane to crash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Inaugural WA Local Concert sells out

The Field Arts & Events Hall’s inaugural WA Local Concert sold out. The WA Local Concert series, part of the #FieldHallforAll mission,… Continue reading

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Indigenous People’s Day celebrated at Longhouse

The North Olympic Library System will host the third annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Poetry Reading in celebration of poetry created and performed… Continue reading

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Port Angeles police and rescue workers assist the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a traffic light support pole at Marine Drive and the Tumwater Truck Route at abut 3:30 p.m. Thursday. No more information was available as of Friday.

Marine Drive crash in Port Angeles

Port Angeles police and rescue workers assist the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a traffic light support pole at Marine Drive and the… Continue reading

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Port Angeles police and rescue workers assist the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a traffic light support pole at Marine Drive and the Tumwater Truck Route at abut 3:30 p.m. Thursday. No more information was available as of Friday.

Native exhibit opens Saturday

“We Are One,” a curated exhibit of Native art, opens today at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History. The museum at… Continue reading

Conner Bouchard-Roberts, the newly appointed Port Townsend poet laureate, is about to teach an Intro to Zine Making class starting Monday at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden.  photos by Diane Urbani de la Paz

Newly appointed poet laureate to teach zine-making class

Zines — small, folded and stapled books — can mix type and pictures, graphics and handwriting. They can be about art projects,… Continue reading

Conner Bouchard-Roberts, the newly appointed Port Townsend poet laureate, is about to teach an Intro to Zine Making class starting Monday at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden.  photos by Diane Urbani de la Paz

OUTDOORS: 2024 Halibut planning moving forward

Klahanie Campground meeting Tuesday in Forks

Streamfest to highlight natural resources next Saturday

Festival to be Oct. 14 at Peninsula College

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

John Fitzgerald Barcellos, 59, of Sequim appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Sept. 29 where he was charged with 10 felonies. (Photo screen capture)

Trial set for Sequim man charged with 10 felonies

Charges include assaulting deputy, attempting to hit children with car

John Fitzgerald Barcellos, 59, of Sequim appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Sept. 29 where he was charged with 10 felonies. (Photo screen capture)
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Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival-goers, from left, Shannon Johnson and Krista Campbell, both of Victoria, and Tammi Donison of Saanich, B.C., enjoy crab dinners while adorned with crustacean hats during Friday's opening day. The three-day festival, which continues today and Sunday, features a variety of seafood, music and other activities in downtown Port Angeles.

Up for crabs in Port Angeles

Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival-goers, from left, Shannon Johnson and Krista Campbell, both of Victoria, and Tammi Donison of Saanich, B.C., enjoy crab dinners while… Continue reading

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Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival-goers, from left, Shannon Johnson and Krista Campbell, both of Victoria, and Tammi Donison of Saanich, B.C., enjoy crab dinners while adorned with crustacean hats during Friday's opening day. The three-day festival, which continues today and Sunday, features a variety of seafood, music and other activities in downtown Port Angeles.

CrabFest to mark end of era

This weekend to be last near City Pier