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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…

Pacific Reign youth group committee members

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WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles teen group looking at possible home of its own after offer of building space

PORT ANGELES — Only a few weeks after the first Pacific Reign teen event, the nonprofit youth activity…

Krista Winn

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WEEKEND REWIND: Krista Winn, Port Angeles physical education teacher, honored with Leadership Award from President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition

PORT ANGELES — Krista Winn, a physical education teacher at Hamilton Elementary School, is one of 60 people…

Port Angeles City Attorney Bill Bloor ()

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WEEKEND REWIND: Seattle lawyer finds ethics complaint again Port Angeles city attorney to be without merit

PORT ANGELES — A three-part ethics complaint against Port Angeles City Attorney Bill Bloor over fluoridation of the…

Heart of Service Award recipients honored at a luncheon Tuesday are

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WEEKEND REWIND: Jefferson County Heart of Service awards hail seven for their work in the community [PHOTO GALLERY]

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s volunteer spirit was celebrated Tuesday at the 11th annual Heart of Service awards,…

Sam Gibboney

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WEEKEND REWIND: Port of Port Townsend selects new director with local ties

PORT TOWNSEND — Port of Port Townsend commissioners have selected as the next port director a long-time government…

Corey Delikat

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WEEKEND REWIND: LED lighting to be installed at Port Angeles’ Civic Field by Aug. 31

PORT ANGELES — Low-maintenance LED lighting will be installed at Civic Field by Aug. 31, thanks to a…

Cole and Elizabeth Donelson of Washington

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WEEKEND REWIND: Couple visiting Olympic National Park on mission to reach all parks in one year

PORT ANGELES — Cole and Elizabeth Donelson were in a rut. It was early 2014 and the couple…

Blue Heron Middle School seventh grader Sorina Johnston

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WEEKEND REWIND: Blue Heron School students win bikes in reading reward competition

PORT TOWNSEND — A contest at Blue Heron Middle School that awards bicycles to students who do the…

Alisha Stone

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WEEKEND REWIND: Sequim woman training for U.S. Army combat artillery role

FORT SILL, Okla. — Should Alisha Stone of Sequim be called into combat in a war zone, she…

A pile of rubble is all that remains of a house at 715 E. Caroline St.

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WEEKEND REWIND: Debris to be cleared soon from burned home on Port Angeles bluff

PORT ANGELES — The owner of a burned home will soon begin removing debris that has prolonged the…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles seeks new Ziomkowski civil trial or lower award; plaintiff’s attorney asks sanctions — corrected

EDITOR’S NOTE: Corrects that the jury in former Port Angeles Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski’s Clallam County Superior Court…

Aisha Lesh of Port Angeles displays a selection of hand-painted stones that are destined to be placed around the city for lucky finders to keep. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

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WEEKEND REWIND: Hand-painted art rocks rolling out across North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles totally rocks, according to a group of art and community-minded residents who are…

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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…

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…

Superintendent Rick Thompson ()

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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…

Robert Birman

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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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Former Makah tribal council member to be sentenced today for theft

PORT ANGELES — Former Makah Tribal Council member Ryland Chad Bowechop will be sentenced in federal court today…

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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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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GOOD FRIDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews, has the highlights, but the print edition…

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