A syringe of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is shown Thursday, March 4, 2021, at a drive-up mass vaccination site in Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle. Officials said they expected to deliver approximately 2500 second doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the site Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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State to expand vaccine eligibility to more groups on March 22

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Children run beneath a volley of tempra paint cannons at the start of Saturday's 1k Sun Fun Color Run at Carrie Blake Park, a featured event of the inaugural Sequim Sunshine Festival. The two-day fete, a celebration of Sequim's "sunny" reputation, featured a wide variety of events, displays, performances and activities.

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Sequim Sunshine Festival kicking off March 5

SEQUIM — The City of Sequim’s second Sequim Sunshine Festival is back with a number of community events…

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Teachers, school staff and childcare professionals now vaccine eligible

Specific appointment availability varies

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Geoduck harvesting area shut down after diver’s death

Port Angeles man, 35, dies after air tube apparently entangled in debris

Joan and Bill Henry of Sequim stroll along the Johnson Creek Trestle, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail spanning Johnson Creek east of Sequim. The 410-foot-long trestle was refurbished in 2003 from a former railroad span and opened to pedestrian traffic. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Spanning the trestle

Joan and Bill Henry of Sequim stroll along the Johnson Creek Trestle, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail…

Leo Goolden stands in the wooden hull of Tally Ho, a 1910 cutter he is restoring in the Sequim area. Goolden posted a YouTube video Sunday discussing issues he's had with a neighbor and Clallam County's Department of Community Development. (Sampson Boat Co. via YouTube)

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Boat restoration project may be asked to move

Video series documents building efforts since 2017

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North Olympic Peninsula libraries open to some in-person browsing

Short sessions include distance protocols

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Increased vaccine supply expected on Peninsula in April

Clinics continue for those in specified age groups

Beach walkers stroll beneath the bluffs on the shore of Sequim Bay near Marlyn Nelson County Park at Port Williams east of Sequim on Saturday. The area is popular with beachcombers and offers views of Protection Island and the Miller Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Views from the beach

Beach walkers stroll beneath the bluffs on the shore of Sequim Bay near Marlyn Nelson County Park at…

Eron Berg is the executive director for the Port of Port Townsend.

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Plastics into fuel process studied

Port of Port Townsend consultant to report on local viability

Jaimie Maciejewski, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County, stands at property destined to be developed for 20 homes on Landes Street in Port Townsend. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Habitat for Humanity invests in 20-house project

Homes for those who ‘keep this community going’

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Skaters make their way around the rink in January 2020 at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village.

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Ice rink to open, require masks

Skating to be offered for one month

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks to a news conference as the Democratic-led House is poised to pass a bill that enshrines protections in the nation's labor and civil rights laws for LGBTQ people, a top priority of President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)

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U.S. House approves conservation package

WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation that would create about 1.5 million acres of new wilderness and…

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North Olympic Library System to host lecture on avoiding scams

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will host “Avoiding Scams: Tips to Protect Yourself” at 2:30…

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Jefferson County settles 10 lawsuits with Sequim resident for $275,000

Agreement includes 5-year moratorium on public records requests

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Clallam, Jefferson officials encourage any of three COVID-19 vaccines

Johnson & Johnson receives emergency use authorization

National Geographic Photo Ark (natgeophotoark.org) founder Joel Sartore, seen here with a clouded leopard cub at Ohio's Columbus Zoo, is the speaker Monday night in Centrum's online Communiversity program.  Copyright Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark

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Photographer to tell about his global work

Project aims to picture the animal kingdom

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Peninsula prosecutors weigh impacts of Supreme Court decision

They worry about drug court, oveddoses

Author Roshani Chokshi will speak on Wednesday.

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NOLS hosting author talk online Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will host a conversation with author Roshani Chokshi at noon…

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Drive-by chicken fundraiser

SEQUIM — Orders must be received by Saturday, March 6 for the Sequim Prairie Grange’s “Drive by Chicken…