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High school graduation ceremonies scheduled today, Saturday on North Olympic Peninsula

Commencement ceremonies are planned at nine high schools on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Here is the…

A proposed Clallam County Public Utility District solar energy system would share space with the district's Johnson Creek substation off Washington Harbor Loop in east Sequim. (Alana Linderoth/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Clallam County Public Utility District’s solar project gains traction through reduced payback period

SEQUIM — A reduced payback period is expected to tip the scale toward the completion of a community…

A garage is engulfed in flames Monday at a property in Coyle. (Denise Karp/Quilcene Fire Rescue)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Fire destroys several buildings on Coyle property; residence escapes severe damage — PHOTO GALLERY

COYLE — A structure fire destroyed several buildings but left most of the main residence intact. No one…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Clallam County approves $500,000 funds transfer pact for Spruce Railroad Trail work

PORT ANGELES — Construction of the Spruce Railroad Trail will resume after Labor Day near Devil Point on…

Jefferson County Public Works Director Monte Reinders

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WEEKEND REWIND: Jefferson County still considering options for failing West End road

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County commissioners are as yet undecided about the repair of Undi Road as…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Four finalists named for Port of Port Angeles executive director post

PORT ANGELES — Four Washington state residents, including Karen Goschen of Sequim and David Walter of Port Angeles,…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Quilcene School District earns accreditation for first time

QUILCENE — The Quilcene School District has earned accredited status for the first time in its history, which…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Jefferson County moving forward with Big Quilcene River floodplain purchases

QUILCENE — Jefferson County is going ahead with the purchase of 2.5 acres of land that is subject…

A Port Angeles police cruiser with its windows shot out after a short police chase that ended with the driver of the fleeing vehicle being shot by police after firing on them. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Authorities: Port Angeles man recovering from four bullet wounds after May gunfight with law enforcement

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly initiated a gunfight with law enforcement officers over Memorial…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Officials at Sequim’s Greywolf Elementary School praised for bomb threat evacuation process

SEQUIM — Greywolf Elementary School officials got high marks from law enforcement for their response to a fake…

Deputy Adam Newman searching for a spot to practice his archery in the forest on “Dark Woods Justice.” (Discovery Channel)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Olympic Peninsula featured in new Discovery Channel program ‘Dark Woods Justice’

PORT ANGELES — A new Discovery Channel program, “Dark Woods Justice,” will peel back the bark on forest…

More than 200 tires once placed as shoreline armoring along Sequim Bay will be removed as part of a restoration project spearheaded by the North Olympic Salmon Coalition. (Charles Darland)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Tire litter to be removed in shoreline project along Sequim Bay

SEQUIM — Hundreds of abandoned tires are littering the shoreline and intertidal zone of what appeared to be…

Kay Rottell

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WEEKEND REWIND: Sequim schools to replace Greywolf’s water fixtures after lead study; tests on other buildings planned

SEQUIM — The Sequim School District plans to replace every sink fixture in Greywolf Elementary School and two…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Second-class city effort passes hurdle in Port Angeles; date of election to be determined

PORT ANGELES — A petition to change Port Angeles city government to second-class-city status has enough valid signatures…

State Patrol troopers Jason Fallon

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4TH UPDATE: Sequim man dies in four-vehicle crash in Blyn

BLYN — A Sequim man died in a four-vehicle crash in which two cars burned on U.S. Highway…

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Church hosts open house at its Port Angeles gallery on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Mended, a nondenominational Christian Church, will host an open house at its art studio in…

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Sequim’s Emblem3 reforms, returns to Northwest as part of tour

SEQUIM — This time, Sequim’s Emblem3 is doing things on their terms. Brothers Keaton and Wesley Stromberg and…

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High school graduation ceremonies scheduled today, Saturday on North Olympic Peninsula

Commencement ceremonies are planned at nine high schools on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Here is the…

Military personnel with Geographic Task Force 2 take part in a region-wide telephonic briefing from their command post set up in the passenger terminal at William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles on Thursday as part of the four-day Cascadia Rising earthquake drill. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Cascadia Rising: The Big One would create whole new landscape

A 9.0-magnitude earthquake would rearrange the landscape in Clallam and Jefferson counties, law enforcement and emergency management personnel…

The Lincoln Theater in downtown Port Angeles is now locally owned after Sun Basin Theaters completed the sale of the building. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Completed sale brings Lincoln Theater in Port Angeles a step closer to life

PORT ANGELES — Shuttered and silent for more than two years, the landmark Lincoln Theater is on the…