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Two-lane bypass to be installed Monday

GARDINER — Contractor crews working for the state Department of Transportation will begin constructing a temporary two-lane bypass…

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Twice daily bridge inspections start next week

SHINE — Bridge preservation engineers from the state Department of Transportation will begin in-depth inspections of the state…

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Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz throws in the first inning against Kingston on Thursday at the Dry Creek Athletic Fields in Port Angeles.

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PREP SPORTS: (Updated) Leitz, Port Angeles softball on a roll

Sheahan hits go-ahead homer

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New boutique

PORT ANGELES — Jeanette Locke, Ashley Herring and Alex Herring have opened HeartKept Home and Boutique.

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Grants, budget amendments before boards this week

Meetings across Clallam and Jefferson counties

Port Angeles School Superintendent Marty Brewer, second from right, speaks with members of the Port Angeles Parents for Education, on Friday about the Port Angeles Paraeducation Association strike. Assistant Superintendent Michele Olsen stands at right. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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District, PAPEA to pick up bargaining Sunday

Parent group presses officials for answers on strike

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Funding farm-to-school programs

In the 2021-2023 state budget, Washington set aside money specifically for the farm-to-school program for the first time…

Gus Griffin, 11, second from left, and classmates dig up weeds in one of Port Townsend’s three gardens on March 28. (Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)

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Farm-to-school programs flourish in Washington

Demand from school districts outpacing state funding

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Jefferson enacts 1-year moratorium on STRs

County wants to consider possible regulations for rentals

Forks’ Brody Owen, left, goes head-to-toe with Hoquiam’s Daniel Rosales on Wednesday evening at Spartan Stadium. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Forks can’t find the net against Hoquiam

FORKS — Forks had goal-scoring opportunities, including a penalty kick, but couldn’t find the back of the net…

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Dave Johnson caught this chinook while fishing off of Neah Bay. The Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted ocean salmon season recommendations on Wednesday.

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OUTDOORS: Neah Bay salmon season opening June 22

Coastal Cleanup targets Jefferson County state parks April 20

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Retired teacher Nancy McCaleb speaks in support of striking paraeducators in the Port Angeles School District as Port Angeles Paraeducators Association President Rebecca Winters listens during a rally on Thursday at Shane Park.

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About 130 rally in support of paras

District officials say funding is statewide problem

Sequim's Guillermo Salgado dribbles the ball against Kingston in Sequim on Tuesday. (Michael Dashiell/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim soccer wins game for teammate

Adrian Mendez has been in hospital for several weeks

Port Angeles Roughriders

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PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: PA ranked No. 1 after beating North Kitsap

POULSBO — The Port Angeles softball team showed the defending 2A state champion North Kitsap Vikings that they…

The Hawaiian Chieftain, a 103-foot sailing ship, was returned to the water Tuesday after it spent several years being restored at the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven. The ship, purchased from the Grays Harbor Historical Society by Aubrey and Matt Wilson, will now return to Hawaii, where it will be available for tours and events. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

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Hawaiian Chieftain back in the water

The Hawaiian Chieftain, a 103-foot sailing ship, was returned to the water Tuesday after it spent several years…

State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz speaks with Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro in Sather Park in Port Townsend on Tuesday about the city’s park management. The state Department of Natural Resources recently awarded Port Townsend more than $350,000 to bolster urban forestry. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend awarded grants for urban forestry

DNR allocates $8 million statewide for parks

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Clallam County considering $2.25M in housing fund grants

Peninsula Behavioral Health plans to build

Pickets in support of paraeducators in the Port Angeles School District march along West Eighth Street in front of the district offices at Lincoln Center on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Strike enters Day 4

Paraeducators, district continue to bargain

Laurel Lanes owner Vern Elkhart with Port Angeles Business Association president Anthony Sanders receiving his hall of fame plaque back in January. (Courtesy photo)

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BOWLING: Laurel Lanes’ Vern Elkhart inducted into Westsound bowling hall of fame

PORT ANGELES — Bowling alleys in small towns all across the country have been closing down over the…

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East Jefferson's Cash Holmes tumbles into home for a run during a game against Klahowya on Monday in Chimacum. Despite the Eagles coming in to Monday's game as the defending 1A state champion, East Jefferson gave Klahowya a tough game, but fell in the end 5-4.

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PREP BASEBALL: East Jefferson’s Brody Moore strikes out 14 in tough loss to Klahowya

CHIMACUM — Despite only getting one hit, the East Jefferson baseball team gave defending 1A state champion Klahowya…