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Counties can collect up to $1.80 of property tax per $1,000 of assessed value, but they are only allowed to increase their property tax collection amount by 1 percent each year, excluding new construction, without voter approval.

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Clallam already eyeing 2026 cuts

If county can’t raise revenue, it may cut employees, services

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County election workers Neva Miller, right, and Debbie Kracht, both of Sequim, open election ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles.

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Ballot sorting in Port Angeles

Clallam County election workers Neva Miller, right, and Debbie Kracht, both of Sequim, open election ballots on Tuesday…

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Jefferson County board to select interim sheriff

Chosen candidate will serve until next election

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State funding challenges dominate legislative conversations

Multiple bills may have local relevance

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PA’s Platypus Marine looks to expansion

Growth benefits local economy

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Port of Port Angeles updates delegation of authority

Debt collections, Amazon site among other business

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Voters approving all Peninsula school measures

Sequim bond passing with required supermajority

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group Rick Godfrey stands with his Boy Scouts of America achievements on his office’s wall, including his merit badges and Troop 490 photos. In 1950, he was the youngest scout in the state to earn his Eagle Scout, the highest rank in scouting. The troop celebrated 100 years at a special dinner on Saturday at the Sequim Masonic Lodge.

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Sequim troop celebrates centennial with dinner

Scout organization began in 1925 in a Sunday school class

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Jefferson County board takes on transportation benefit district

Tax, license fee expected to bring in $1 million

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Clallam County commissioners discuss reservoir design

Consensus reached on two-cell option

Firefighters respond to a house fire at West Sixth Street and Cherry Street on Friday in Port Angeles. (Port Angeles Fire Department)

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Home destroyed in Port Angeles house fire

PORT ANGELES — Residents escaped a house fire at West Sixth Street and Cherry Street, but the home…

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Five workshops to repair broken items set this spring

PORT TOWNSEND — JeffCo Repair will sponsor five workshops where fixers will repair electronics, small appliances, broken jewelry…

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PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim boys earn share of Olympic League title

SEQUIM — The Sequim boys basketball team overcame a hot-shooting Bremerton squad with a furious comeback in the…

Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and his players celebrate during the Eagles' 40-22 Super Bowl LIX victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in New Orleans.

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SUPER BOWL: Coach Nick Nick Sirianni and the Eagles stayed true to themselves

NEW ORLEANS — Nick Sirianni stood in his private locker room, taking temporary refuge from the revelry around…

Kathy Cruz/Olympic Peninsula News Group Mary Montgomery-Crumley dishes up helpings of salad at “Soup’s On.” Lunch also included a biscuit, two versions of minestrone soup, one vegetarian, one with chicken, and chocolate chip butterscotch bars.

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‘Soup’s On’ free lunch at St. Luke’s draws varied crowd of helpers, diners

SEQUIM — Melissa, a member of Sequim’s Friends Together, a group that includes those with disabilities, was dropped…

At a recent site visit, North Olympic Library System Facilities Manager Brian Phillips and SHKS Architect Pia Westen examine construction progress at the Sequim Library as it’s being renovated and expanded. NOLS leaders anticipate reopening the facility in June. (North Olympic Library System)

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Sequim library may open in June

Fall campaign brings in more than $500K in donations

Mike Speer of Bonney Lake, the brother of Sherry Nagel, a former board member of the YMCA of the Olympic Peninsula, cuts a ceremonial ribbon on Jan. 28 courtesy of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce to commemorate a new bus that Nagel’s estate helped fund. The bus is dedicated in Nagel’s honor. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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YMCA honors late board member with new bus

Sherry Nagel’s estate, Forest Foundation provide funds

The Forks boys wrestling team won its fifth straight District 4 championship this weekend. (Forks wrestling)

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks boys, East Jefferson girls district champs

WINLOCK — The Forks boys and East Jefferson girls both walked away this weekend with district wrestling championships.

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Cayleith Alward, top, passes over the head of Bremerton's Tiana Barber on Friday night on the Port Angeles home court.

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GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles in position for second with win

​PORT ANGELES — After a slow start that kept an outmatched Bremerton team in the game well into…

Photos by Katie Newton-Salmon 2024 Sequim and Port Angeles Equestrian teams got off to a great start during its first WAHSET competition, bringing home where they brought home nine first place wins. Top row from left: Katelynn Sharpe, Kennedy Gilbertson, Savanah Boulton, Celbie Karjalainen, Asha Swanberg Bottom row left: Coach Misty Gilbertson, PA member Olivia West, Kenzie Winters, Lilly Meyer, Joanna Seelye, Taylor Lewis, Kiaja Johnson, Paisley Morris, PA member Zakara Braun, and coach Ady Crosby. Not pictured non-competing member Paige Reed and advisor Katie Newton.

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HORSEPLAY: First high school equestrian event of the year for Sequim

SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL’S equestrian team had a “great first meet,” said coach Misty Gilbertson of the first Washington…

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