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Seaview Academy instructor Eric Pickens, top, and Olympic Nature Experience teacher Amanda Erickson, right, sit with Outdoor, Real-world, Child-centered Academic Program students during an outdoor gathering at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles. (Keith Thope/Peninsula Daily News)

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ORCA classroom features weekly lessons outdoors

Child-centered academic program offered weekly

A road crew from the Port Townsend Public Works Department — Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with hard hat, Chris MacDonald and Lane Dotson in the background — finishes repaving a section of Walnut Street on Thursday. The section of street was degraded for months with barriers set up to direct traffic around the worst part, essentially making it a one-lane roadway. The street was slated to be open for traffic later in the afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Repaving Walnut Street

A road crew from the Port Townsend Public Works Department — Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with…

Diana Dupuis, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission director, talks about development of the Miller Peninsula State Park property with meeting attendees following an open house in Blyn. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Residents still oppose park plan

Scrutiny continues for Miller Peninsula

Robert Collins, left, and Heidi Gali.

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Habitat hires two to help keep up with demand for housing

Need for affordable homes ‘unprecedented’

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Property tax payments due Oct. 31

The second half of this year’s property taxes are due by Oct. 31 in Clallam and Jefferson counties.

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Trail, COVID before county commissions

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Smoke from the Cascade fires paints the sunrise in Port Townsend on Monday as the MV Salish heads for Whidbey Island on its 7:30 a.m. run. Continuing air pollution from the fires prompted a National Weather Service air quality alert that lasts until midnight today in Jefferson County. For more information, see Page A14.

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Smoky skies over Port Townsend

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

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Big ships in North Puget Sound asked to slow down for orcas

The Associated Press

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WAVE Food Drive ‘gigantic act of kindness’

Food, financial donations can be dropped off on Saturday

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Port Angeles approves utility rate hikes

Expansion of assistance to be considered

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Friday rain expected to clear smoke

Air quality alerts in place today

A boat floats placidly on Dungeness Bay on Saturday as hikers walk along Dungeness Spit in the background and Striped Peak stands on the horizon. Unseasonably warm and dry conditions made for good boating weather, despite hazy skies from wildfire smoke from east of the Cascades. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Hazy Day on Dungeness Bay

Hazy day on Dungeness Bay

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Great ShakeOut includes tests on MyShake App, tsunami sirens

The Great Washington ShakeOut on Thursday will feature a test using the MyShake Earthquake Early Warning App.

A bulldozer levels dirt along a new levee being built along the Dungeness River on Saturday not far from the mouth of the river near the Dungeness community north of Sequim. The first phase of the multi-year levee setback project includes construction of a new levee and an embankment to realign Towne Road, as well as culverts and restoration of the river’s floodplain. In the background is the historic Dungeness Old Schoolhouse. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Levee construction

A bulldozer levels dirt along a new levee being built along the Dungeness River on Saturday not far…

At the Sunday Chimacum Farmers Market, Jill and Kevin — aka Jill McAnally and Kevin McConell — sing country, swing and blues songs to vendors and shoppers. The produce and artisan market, outside the Chimacum Corner at 9122 Rhody Drive, will be held just two more Sundays before it wraps up for the season on Oct. 30. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Farmers Market music

At the Sunday Chimacum Farmers Market, Jill and Kevin — aka Jill McAnally and Kevin McConell — sing…

Michael Rocha.

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Sequim school leaders pick Rocha for open director position

Michael Rocha selected for seat

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Jefferson County eyes extending emergency

COVID action to be considered on Monday

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Ballots sent out on North Olympic Peninsula

Midterm election voting now underway

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Property value notices sent out in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Local values see large increase from 2021, assessors say

From left, Nancy Mandell, Julia Escobedo and Mandy Escobedo partake in the inaugural Witches’ Walk through downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. Some 50 witches — women, children and men among them — assembled at Haller Fountain and sashayed through traffic to Pope Marine Park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Witches’ walk

From left, Nancy Mandell, Julia Escobedo and Mandy Escobedo partake in the inaugural Witches’ Walk through downtown Port…

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