Kayla Oakes, former director of the Juan de Fuca Festival Foundation and current director of education for Field Arts & Events Hall, hangs student artwork in the Port Angeles City Hall atrium on Thursday in preparation for this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts. The three-day festival features music, food, a craft market and other entertainment spread over four stages. Additional festival information is available at jffa.org. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Festival preparation

Kayla Oakes, former director of the Juan de Fuca Festival Foundation and current director of education for Field…

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Olympic Medical Center commissioners vote to move forward

Hospital will continue to pursue partners

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Operation Shielding Hope helping to reduce overdose deaths

Clallam County drops from second-highest death rate to 11th in state

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Properties suggested for conservation

Project locations around Quilcene

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

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Port Angeles' Nathan Basden bats against North Mason on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP NOTEBOOK: Olympic League baseball and Evergreen League boys soccer All-League teams released

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles and Sequim athletes are well-represented on the Class 2A Olympic League’s All-League baseball…

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DISTRICT TRACK & FIELD: Neah Bay, Clallam Bay, Crescent, Forks and East Jefferson athletes all qualify for state

TACOMA — Neah Bay, Clallam Bay and Crescent athletes all came away with Quad-District Track &Field Championships and…

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Arrest made in Sequim hit and run

Suspect found in Oklahoma

A crane lifts the framework for a new scoreboard being installed at Port Angeles Civic Field. The nearly $1 million, 40-foot-wide scoreboard, which dwarfs the field’s old board, is expected to be operational in time for opening day of the Port Angeles Lefties baseball season on May 30. About $800,000 came from state funding through the West Coast League, and $120,000 in Port Angeles Lodging Tax funds also were awarded. Due to technical issues, final placement of the structure was postponed on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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New scoreboard

A crane lifts the framework for a new scoreboard being installed at Port Angeles Civic Field. The nearly…

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Joint Public Safety Facility pared down

Clallam County, Port Angeles aim for bids in August

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Clallam Transit appoints McNickle as its interim general manager

Operations manager will move into new role starting Aug. 1

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New administrators named for Port Angeles school district

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District has announced new personnel to fill some of the district’s…

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One transported to hospital after crash

PORT ANGELES — A man was transported to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles following a two-vehicle collision.

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Special filing period set in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Auditor will conduct a special three-day filing period from 8:30 a.m. May…

Port Angeles Fire Department Capt. Travis McFarland, left, and firefighter/EMT Tom Muir spread landscaping bark as part of a project to beautify the landscape around the fire hall. Fire department personnel spent time on Tuesday sprucing up the station grounds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fire hall landscaping

Port Angeles Fire Department Capt. Travis McFarland, left, and firefighter/EMT Tom Muir spread landscaping bark as part of…

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Chimacum High School to host Memorial Day program

CHIMACUM — Chimacum High School will host a Memorial Day program for local veterans, community members and the…

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Applications open for tourism marketing grants

PORT ANGELES — Visit Port Angeles is accepting applications for six $2,500 tourism marketing grants through June 9.

U.S. Highway 101, pictured from the Black Diamond bridge, is set to reopen late Thursday or early Friday, the state Department of Transportation said. The section has been closed since early March for fish passage work on Tumwater Creek with a detour set up on state Highway 117. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Reopening soon

U.S. Highway 101, pictured from the Black Diamond bridge, is set to reopen late Thursday or early Friday,…

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Amazon submits permits with the city of Port Angeles

Project larger than one previously proposed

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Port Townsend likely to see increases in recycling fees

Changes coming due to adjustments with Jefferson County Solid Waste