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EYE ON JEFFERSON: County board to consider panel to hear tax appeals Monday

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider convening a county board of equalization to hear property tax appeals…

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EYE ON CLALLAM: County eyes funds for Sequim facility

Clallam County commissioners will conduct a public hearing on a proposal to amend the 10-year capital facilities plan…

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Rear-end collision on Highway 104 sends one to hospital

PORT LUDLOW — A 57-year-old man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday morning after…

The whale-watching boat Island Explorer 4 in the Port Angeles Boat Haven. — David G. Sellars/for Peninsula Daily News ()

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DAVID SELLARS’ ON THE WATERFRONT COLUMN: Whale watching gets going in Port Angeles

ISLAND ADVENTURES WHALE Watching has returned to Port Angeles for another season. Saturday was the first opportunity patrons…

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Sequim woman to hike Pacific Crest Trail starting in June to raise money for wounded veterans

The thought of hiking 2,665 miles is daunting but also thrilling, enticing and something Sarah Marble has dreamed…

A motorcycle driven by Cecil E. Pierce

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Rear-end collision on Highway 104 sends one to hospital

PORT LUDLOW — A 57-year-old man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center on Saturday morning after crashing his…

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WEEKEND: Sequim City Band kicks off its 25th season Sunday at the James Center for the Performing Arts at Carrie Blake Park

SEQUIM — The Sequim City Band will celebrate the opening of its 25th season with a performance at…

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WEEKEND: Jefferson County Historical Society offers document preservation classes; first is set for Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Upcoming classes will teach how to preserve old newspapers, family records, letters and other meaningful…

The Parafiniuk family of Forks — from left

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WEEKEND: Public safety, health and family resources on tap in Forks on Saturday

FORKS — Family activities, family safety and services will be ready for West End residents at the sixth…

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WEEKEND: Letter carriers picking up food donations Saturday around the Peninsula

Food donations can be made without leaving home Saturday during the 24th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger…

Latin musical group Sin Fronteras will perform live at 7 p.m. Saturday in the third-floor ballroom of the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles. (Sin Fronteras)

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WEEKEND: Latin music group to headline concert Saturday in Port Angeles to benefit Mangrove Action Project

PORT ANGELES — Latin musical group Sin Fronteras will perform live Saturday in a concert to benefit work…

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WEEKEND: Bass singer to perform at the Meetinghouse on Saturday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Bass singer Harvey Montgomery will be the featured performer at the Port Townsend Friends Meetinghouse…

Azlynn Judd of Sequim Acrobatics does a cartwheel for the crowd as fellow acrobats Anna Geer

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Sequim Irrigation Fest celebrates grand finale with fireworks, parades, shows

SEQUIM — The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Finale Weekend will offer strongmen, a logging show, a grand parade…

Selinda Barkhuis

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WEEKEND REWIND: Clallam treasurer takes aim at county administrator

PORT ANGELES — County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis told Clallam County Democrats she is working to see County Administrator…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles High School student diagnosed with whooping cough

PORT ANGELES — A student at Port Angeles High School who was diagnosed with whooping cough is the…

Robert Birman

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WEEKEND REWIND: Over $200,000 in grants to support Centrum arts activities at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — Centrum has received two major grants, adding up to $205,000 to support arts activities at…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Chimacum schools superintendent urges board to focus on levy

CHIMACUM — Chimacum School District leaders should take a break from trying to pass a bond to update…

Mike Constant of Port Angeles shows off a 177-pound halibut during a weigh-in at Swain's General Store in Port Angeles on Tuesday. The fish was caught  in Freshwater Bay

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WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles man reels in behemoth halibut in Freshwater Bay

PORT ANGELES — Catching a 177-pound halibut might seem like a fish tale to some, but Mike Constant…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Marine biotoxin increase closes shellfishing in most areas of Clallam County

Recreational shellfish harvesting on Clallam County’s Strait of Juan de Fuca beaches from Cape Flattery east to the…

Snow on Klahhane Ridge in Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles is melting faster than normal because of warmer-than-normal conditions so far this spring. SNOTEL is an automated system of snowpack and related climate sensors operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Specialist: Rapid melt of Olympic snowpack could prompt water worries in late summer

Record-high spring temperatures could trigger mild drought late this summer and raise the chances of another serious fire…