Anne Koomen and baby Jasper, 6 weeks, browse the Port Townsend Library children’s section for books Jasper’s two older siblings might like. Libraries across the North Olympic Peninsula are now open for short in-person visits and self-checkout of books, CDs and DVDs. The Port Townsend Library’s grab-and-go hours are from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Anne Koomen and baby Jasper, 6 weeks, browse the Port Townsend Library children’s section for books Jasper’s two…

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 State Highway 112 at milepost 36.9, where the highway has dropped more than 13 feet due to roadway settlement.

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Big fix needed on state Highway 112

Stretch of road between Joyce, Clallam Bay could fully reopen by fall

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Navy plans training at Indian Island

PORT HADLOCK — Naval Magazine Indian Island has scheduled a training exercise for Tuesday.

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Peninsula counties drop into low-risk category

Health officers optimistic with decreasing numbers

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Man seeking pot grow permit could buy one

Charges being considered against applicant

The Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles and the Kiwanis Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the North Olympic Library Foundation the United Way of Clallam County for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. 

The book-gifting program will mail a book monthly to every child in the county who is younger than five. 

Pictures in the bottom row, from left to right are Tasha Fitzgerald and Peggy Norris; in the middle row, left to right are Carmen Geyer, Nina Pitts and Patrick Irwin; and in the the top row, from left to right, Sara Dutrow and Christy Smith.

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Kiwanis make donation for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library

The Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles and the Kiwanis Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the North Olympic Library…

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No weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station…

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Friends of the Sequim Library book sale set Saturday

SEQUIM — The Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3…

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Volunteer Hospice to add nurse team manager

PORT ANGELES — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County has created a new leadership position.

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Vaccination error in Port Townsend

Some to be tested for proper antibodies

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Tens of thousands may have to repay jobless benefits

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Pamela Conrad will present “Climate Positive Landscape Design” at noon Thursday. 

The free lecture is part of the Green Thumb Garden Tips series streaming on Zoom meetings.

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Green Thumb lecture series set for Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Pamela Conrad will present “Climate Positive Landscape Design” online at noon on Thursday.

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Cherie Kidd is a three-term Port Angeles City Council member and former mayor and longtime volunteer.

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Six win Clallam County Community Service Award

2020 recipients to be honored in virtual ceremony

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Bagpiper Erik Evans of Port Angeles, right, leads children and staff members down Francis Street from the old clubhouse of the Port Angeles Unit of the Boys & Girls Club to the new Turner Clubhouse on its first day of occupancy on Friday.

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New clubhouse opens for Port Angeles children

Boys Girls Clubs project doubles size of old facility

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Film documents building of village

PORT TOWNSEND — “Peter’s Place: A Community Spirit Village,” a short film by Dennis Daneau of Port Townsend,…

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Four PT men suspected in assault, kidnapping

Event happened in November; victim identified attackers last weekend

Womanfest board member Barbara Wise talks with the fall retreat participants at Lake Crescent in 2016. The retreat will return this September, organizers hope. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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International Women’s Day to be celebrated together apart

Donations made during pandemic year

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Peninsula ready for school/childcare staff vaccinations

Both Jefferson and Clallam counties are on track to add COVID-19 vaccinations of teachers and child care workers,…

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EYE ON CLALLAM: Harbor settlement before Port of PA commissioners

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EYE ON JEFFERSON County to consider sixth policy on emergency response to pandemic

The three Jefferson County commissioners will discuss a sixth temporary policy regarding emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic…