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NEWS BRIEFS: Tuna drive begins Wednesday in Port Angeles … and other items

The 23rd annual Community Tuna Fish Drive to benefit local food banks will be held from Wednesday until…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Free smoke detectors are available … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fire Department is giving free smoke/carbon monoxide detector alarms to people in…

State official urges Port Townsend students toward maritime industry opportunities

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State official urges Port Townsend students toward maritime industry opportunities

PORT TOWNSEND — The state lead for maritime sector economic development wants students to know there are opportunities…

Clallam health officer highlights needle exchange’s progress

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Clallam health officer highlights needle exchange’s progress

PORT ANGELES — About 400 people in Clallam County use the county’s syringe exchange, which is intended to…

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Port Angeles research center to reopen Tuesday after storm prompts leak, damage

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Elwha River bridge open houses set Tuesday in Forks, Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — State Department of Transportation officials will review the status and future of the U.S. Highway…

“I suffered the whole time”: Sequim man, found safe, tells story of surviving in car for five days

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“I suffered the whole time”: Sequim man, found safe, tells story of surviving in car for five days

SEQUIM — He thought he was as good as dead.

Olympic Medical Center limiting surgeries after sterilization equipment malfunctions

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Olympic Medical Center limiting surgeries after sterilization equipment malfunctions

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center’s Operating Department has temporarily stopped performing non-emergent and elective surgeries after a…

The recovery boiler and smokestack at Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles topple in a controlled implosion Oct. 30, 1998. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rayonier: 20-year anniversary sees site still dormant, with 2026 as cleanup target

PORT ANGELES — Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the Rayonier Inc. pulp mill’s demise, the death of…

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Port of Port Angeles backs call to extend halibut fishing season

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles has joined the city of Port Angeles in its efforts…

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Public hearing set in March for Port Townsend short-term rentals

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend City Council has set a public workshop for March to further discuss…

Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Clockwise from top left are 2016 Sequim Citizen of the Year candidates Dave Bekkevar, giving a thumbs-up in September 2010 after successfully sawing off a piece of wood with an old-fashioned chain saw at his family’s farm centennial celebration near Blyn; Deon Kapetan at the Sequim Irrigation Festival float unveiling at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn in 2016; 10-year-old River Jensen of Carlsborg handing out gift bags full of socks, hats and toiletries at the Salvation Army in Port Angeles on Dec. 20; and Patsy and David Mattingley.

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Sequim chamber picks finalists for Citizen of Year award

SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year nominees have been announced, and a…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Artist’s reception today at Port Angeles coffeehouse … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles artist Megan Davis will feature in an artist’s reception from 1 p.m. to…

Woman injured in rollover wreck near Sequim

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Woman injured in rollover wreck near Sequim

SEQUIM — A woman suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle roll over accident early Saturday morning.

In face of delays, finicky wind, Shipwrights Regatta kicks off sailing season

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In face of delays, finicky wind, Shipwrights Regatta kicks off sailing season

PORT TOWNSEND — Despite delays and changing winds, the 26th annual Shipwrights’ Regatta kicked off the sailing season…

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EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners to mull funds for Port Angeles Boys & Girls Club

Meetings across Clallam County.

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend School Board to take input Monday on naming new elementary school

The Port Townsend School Board will take public input on the naming of the new elementary school when…

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Jefferson Public Utility District works out the kinks on low-income rates program

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners are still working out the final details on a…

Clallam auditor to replace elections supervisor after ballots mishap

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Clallam auditor to replace elections supervisor after ballots mishap

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Auditor Shoona Riggs will start preparing next week to replace former Elections Supervisor…

Sails unfurl Saturday for 26th Shipwrights’ Regatta on Port Townsend Bay

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Sails unfurl Saturday for 26th Shipwrights’ Regatta on Port Townsend Bay

PORT TOWNSEND — Local sailors will kick off the sailing season Saturday with the 26th annual Shipwrights’ Regatta…