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Eleanor Stopps award nominations sought

PORT TOWNSEND — Nominations for the 2022 Eleanor Stopps Environmental Leadership Award are sought by the Port Townsend…

A Jefferson County Search and Rescue team waits at a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office command post as plans are developed to access the site of a plane crash on Wednesday southwest of Gardiner. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Small aircraft goes down near Gardiner

GARDINER — Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies located a crash site of a small plane about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday…

Centrum Acoustic Blues faculty, from left, Carl Leyland, Rodrigo Mantovani, Andrew Alli and Jimmy Vivino play a set during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at McCurdy Pavilion on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Blues set

Centrum Acoustic Blues faculty, from left, Carl Leyland, Rodrigo Mantovani, Andrew Alli and Jimmy Vivino play a set…

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Kevin Miller, Port Angeles Police Department officer, offers a K-9 demonstration as Kitsap County Sheriff's Office deputy Aaron Baker. and Port Angeles police officer Whitney Fairbanks look on.

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Community celebrates first responders at Unity of Effort event

SEQUIM — Sunny skies, helpings of fresh salmon and numerous exhibits, vehicles and personnel from across the region…

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Ban from Port Townsend pool sparks debate

Acess to locker rooms divides community

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Clallam County approves security staffing

Agency will take over at courthouse this year

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COVID-19 case rates are trending downward

Health officers encourages vaccines before school starts

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Free legal aid clinic scheduled

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers will conduct a free legal aid clinic Saturday, Aug.…

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Fort Worden meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — The Fort Worden Public Development Authority board will discuss proposed changes to term lengths for…

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Primary election numbers updated in Clallam County

The Clallam County Auditor’s Office performed another count of Tuesday’s primary election ballots on Monday, for a total…

Cyclists are required to wear a helmet and keep their number bib visible at all times during Ride the Hurricane. Only registered riders can participate in the popular annual event — one of the rare times the road to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park is closed to traffic. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Cyclists swarm into Olympic National Park for Ride the Hurricane

With an 800-person cap, some stayed on waiting list

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New Clallam County court to begin this month

Program to aid those with mental health issues charged with crimes

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Sims Way project ideas are presented

Final decision could be made Sept. 12

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Port Townsend City Council approves utility relief grant program

More than $30,000 meant for outstanding accounts

Gloria Fitzpatrick, 6, of Port Angeles enjoys a slice of blackberry pie a la mode during Saturday’s Joyce Daze celebration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Joyce Daze

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival chairman John Kent, right, presents a “key to the city” — an ax…

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Port of Port Angeles to meet

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles commissioners will hear a presentation on Greenlink Port Angeles at…

The driver of a stolen Toyota Camry crashed into a utility pole at 13th and C streets in Port Angeles at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday, knocking out power in the area for six hours. (Brian Gawley/Peninsula Daily News)

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Driver of stolen vehicle crashes into utility pole

Power was out in area for six hours

Quileute Tribal Council Chairman Douglas Woodruff Jr. prepares to cut the ribbon at the Quileute Tribal School Blessing Ceremony held Friday morning at La Push. Looking on from behind are council members Rio Jaime, Tony Foster and Skyler Foster. Council member Zachary Jones was not available. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Newly completed Quileute Tribal School blessed

Site puts students on higher ground, away from tsunamis, floods

Colleen McAleer, Clallam County Economic Development Council executive director, speaks at a Port Angeles Business Association breakfast event at Joshua’s Restaurant. McAleer said that the way the state collects and uses data hurts rural communities. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

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Reform urged for rural counties

EDC director says state data skewed to urban areas

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Agnew Little Free Pantry volunteers greet Sarah Irish, a Molina Healthcare community engagement specialist, fifth from left, as she donates $2,000 for food from the agency. Some of the volunteers who work daily to restock the pantry, include, from left, Susan Harris, Dave Large, Florence and Michael Bucierka, Irish, Peggy and John Toppenberg, Dave Iezzi, and Ren Garypie. 

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Little Free Pantries see higher demand, costs

Donations help offset federal programming being reduced