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Monthly tech help available at NOLS

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will launch drop-in Tech help beginning Friday.

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Taking the plunge

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the…

Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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It’s a girl! First baby of new year born in Port Angeles

Fiona Springer born just before 6 a.m.

Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The Production Alliance created an all-ages experience for New Year’s Eve. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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First Night acrobatics

Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the…

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Keira Johnson made history for the Forks girls basketball program last week.

Pictured from left to right are Marty Brewer, Port Angeles School District superintendent; Michelle Turner, Port Angeles Education Foundation president; Michell Gentry, Port Angeles AmeriCorps coordinator; and Kayla Oakes, Field Arts and Events Hall.

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Grants awarded to Port Angeles district educators

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Education Foundation recently awarded SPICE grants totaling $65,410 to educators throughout the…

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Clallam Transit approves annual budget, wage increases for union

PORT ANGELES — The Board of Clallam County Transit at its Dec. 20 meeting unanimously approved a $17.3…

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Stairclimb donations

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar…

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clallam Transit provides free rides

One-year pilot program aims to boost ridership

The Center for Whale Research has received reports of a new calf with J pod on Dec. 26. (Maya Sears)

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Researchers spot newborn orca in L Pod on the day after Christmas

Southern Resident population now at 77

The first phase to revamp the parking and stormwater collection at Dr. Standard Little League Park is anticipated to be finished in January. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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First phase of Sequim Little League park revamp nears finish

No timeline, funding for final phases yet

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Open house Monday for Port Townsend golf course

Soft opening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Peninsula prepares for polar bear plunges

New Year’s Day dips scheduled across Clallam, Jefferson counties

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Port Angeles releases STR inventory report

City considering additional regulations for rentals

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Christina Ballew outside Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend on Friday.

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Help from Home Fund‘miracle’ for PT woman

Donations from neighbors help neighbors

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OMC counts 2023 losses, looks ahead

$24 million lost through November for year

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First Night to celebrate last night of 2023

Port Townsend’s family-friendly New Year’s Eve bash returns

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

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Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Christ Light: Watch Tower of Peace” at 11 a.m.…

Clallam County Fire District 3 Firefighters fight a house fire in the 900 block of Hooker Road on Wednesday. Law enforcement continued to seek a Sequim man suspected for the blaze on Thursday.

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UPDATE: Sequim man taken into custody after alleged assault, arson

SEQUIM — David R. Burgess was taken into custody by Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies in the 1900 block…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Assignments, conservation projects before county boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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