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No-shoot zone requested in East Jefferson County

‘Multiple unsafe shooting situations’

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New state laws affect guns, hospital costs

License plate fees also go up in measures that went into place Friday

Ian Mackay rides his motorized wheelchair on a section of the Olympic Discovery Trail at Robin Hill County Park west of Sequim on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Ian Mackay sets wheelchair record

Mouth-controlled ride measures 184.4 miles

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Port Angeles driver hits vehicle stopping for deer

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Angeles woman was treated and discharged from Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend…

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Part of Chimacum Creek Tidelands closed

Rise of E. coli bacteria detected in area

A motor home in the 11000 block of Rhody Drive burns early Thursday morning. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

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Blaze burns motor home on Rhody Drive in Chimacum

CHIMACUM — A motor home burned on the 11000 block of Rhody Drive on Thursday.

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Fire destroys shop, damages garage in Agnew

AGNEW — A brush and structure fire destroyed a shop and its contents and damaged a garage on…

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

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Strawberry shortcake sales set for noon today (Sunday)

Public safety issue only delayed fundraiser a day

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Freia Palmer of Port Angeles and Tom Cox of Port Townsend dance to the music of Olympic Express Big Band during Wednesday night's kickoff show in the Concerts on the Pier music series at Port Angeles City Pier. The free summer music series, hosted by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts and sponsored by Erika Ralston Word Windemere Real Estate, D.A. Davidson & Co., Elwha River Casino, Washington State Department of Commerce and the Peninsula Daily News, continues at 6 p.m. next Wednesday with the classic rock of Sweet Justice.

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Free outdoor concerts set throughout summer

Outdoor summer concerts are back in full swing in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend.

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Health officer: Wear masks indoors

Covid tranmission remains high on Peninsula

Paul Dunn/Peninsula Daily News In an effort to clean up its site due in part to illegal dumping, Midway Metals, at 258010 U.S. Highway 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles, shut down in April 2021 over environmental concerns and an unsightly appearance that prompted Clallam County officials to call it an eyesore.

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Criminal action sought for Midway Metals

Sheriff requests charge for illegal dumping

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A crew applies a sponsorship logo on the riding surface of a new pump track at Erickson Playfied in Port Angeles on Friday in preparation for the grand opening on Wednesday.

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Port Angeles’ pump track opens next week

Track measures 14,442 square feet

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The tug Red Bluff moves the Western Flyer out of the Port Townsend Boat Haven on Thursday and was towed to Seattle for the installation of an engine and other components.

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Western Flyer sails again

Boat made famous by John Steinbeck has been under restoration in Port Townsend

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Police Detective Trevor Dropp, left, and Sgt. Kevin Miller keep watch at The Gateway in downtown Port Angeles after a suspicious package was found at the Port Angeles Farmers Market on Saturday morning. The market was evacuated and the 200 block of North Lincoln Street was barricaded until a Washington State Patrol bomb squad arrived from Bremerton early Saturday afternoon.

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Suspicious package found to be no threat

Farmers market in Port Angeles closed until bomb squad could arrive

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Kira Watson replenishes inventory at the Olympic Fireworks stand at U.S. Highway 101 and Gales Street on the east side of Port Angeles on Thursday.

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Consumers reminded of fireworks rules

Bans in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Sequim

Cmdr. Joan Snaith, outgoing commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, left, and incoming officer Cmdr. Brent Schmadeke stand on the tarmac after Thursday’s unconventional change of command ceremony that took place during a helicopter flyby at the base. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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A change in change-of-command ceremony

Former commanding officer promoted to captain

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OMC says it’s ready for Fourth

Emergency department to be fully staffed, it announces

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Fort Worden glamping in doubt

Money suggested to be used for restructuring finances

Port Angeles icon Scooter Chapman has been named the Grand Marshall of the Port Angeles Fourth of July Grand Parade. The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce recently made that announcement. After 70 years on the air at radio KONP Scooter retired from broadcasting recently. The PAHS class of ’52 grad has followed sports all of his broadcasting life and most recently was the MC at the Duck Derby. (the Chamber told me they just recently sent you a press release about this) dlogan

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Fourth of July marked on Peninsula

Forks, Port Angeles, Sequim announce events

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