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Clallam commissioner hopefuls share concerns, priorities at forum

District 2 candidates discuss housing, childcare as top issues

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Makah Cultural and Research Center to celebrate 45th anniversary

NEAH BAY — The Makah Cultural and Research Center will celebrate its 45th anniversary from 10 a.m. to…

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Wilder Junior's Bryce DeLeon, left, arrives at second ahead of the throw to Sedro-Woolley shortstop Cail Wilson on Tuesday afternoon at Port Angeles Volunteer Field.

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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Seibel, Hanan lift Wilder Juniors in doubleheader sweep of Sedro-Woolley

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball Club’s Junior Squad stayed red hot entering the Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Classic,…

Port Angeles Lefties’ Spencer Dickinson holds the team’s home run championship belt after connecting on his second long ball in as many games at Civic Field Tuesday night against the Redmond Dudes. (Maevis Photography)

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LEFTIES: Long ball lifts Port Angeles past Redmond

Dickinson homers in back-to-back games

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The McKinley Paper Mill in Port Angeles is scheduled to close at the end of August, laying off nearly 200 employees.

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Mass layoffs planned at McKinley paper mill

Employees receive 60 days notice; facility may reopen in future

Spencer Dickinson of Saipan and is greeted at home plate at Civic Field on Sunday by teammate Zach Blair after hitting a home run for the Port Angeles Lefties. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Saipan native Spencer Dickinson has traveled half the world for baseball

PORT ANGELES — Members of the Port Angeles Lefties certainly come from far and wide, especially this season,…

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McKinley paper mill to lay off 193 employees

PORT ANGELES — McKinley Paper Company plans to lay off 193 employees at its Port Angeles location on…

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Shellfish closure lifted at Oak Bay

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Health has lifted its closure of shellfish harvesting from Oak Bay.

Lydia Madruga, left, and Judy Perry, both of Port Angeles, examine plants and flowers in the backyard garden of Lorenzo Portelli and Darlenme Sabo, a stop on Saturday’s Petals and Pathways garden tour. The event, hosted by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County, showcased a collection of private and public gardens in Port Angeles and served as a fundraiser for the Woodcock Demonstration Garden near Agnew and Master Gardener plots at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles, as well as community outreach and education programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Garden tour

Lydia Madruga, left, and Judy Perry, both of Port Angeles, examine plants and flowers in the backyard garden…

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Bayside Housing to take over Port Townsend shelter July 1

Jefferson County, service agency reach $350,000 agreement

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Clallam County Fire District 2 places two measures on ballot

Levy lid lift, EMS levy ‘a big ask,’ fire chief says

Joshua Percival of the Washington State Emergency Management Agency at Camp Murray installs a communications antenna on the recently replaced tsunami alert siren near Port Angeles Boat Haven on Friday in preparation for bringing a second siren into the downtown area online. The original siren at the same location was destroyed when an automobile struck the pole in April 2023, sending the siren crashing to the ground. The unit supplements a siren at First and Lincoln streets, covering the central Port Angeles area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Siren replaced

Joshua Percival of the Washington State Emergency Management Agency at Camp Murray installs a communications antenna on the…

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Work to begin on fish project on Highway 101 south of Forks

FORKS — Work crews will begin a fish passage improvement project on U.S. Highway 101 south of Forks…

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Port Angeles to host webinar on short-term rental process

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles will host a webinar on its new short-term lodging regulations…

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Health warning lifted at East Beach on Marrowstone Island

NORDLAND — Jefferson County Public Health has lifted the health warning from East Beach on Marrowstone Island.

Abby Counts, 8, with assistance from her father, Taylor Counts, an EMT with Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue, gives a newly acquired tender truck a ceremonial wash down during a push-in ceremony on Saturday at the district’s Station 22. The truck, tender 22, cost $459,439 and was paid for by the fire district’s 2020 levy lid lift. Saturday’s ceremony also included a blessing by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and a “push-in” of the truck into its berth. The tender replaces a 31-year-old truck that had reached the end of its useful life. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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New tender

Abby Counts, 8, with assistance from her father, Taylor Counts, an EMT with Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue, gives a…

The 95 Port Townsend High School seniors walk through the rhody garden at Fort Worden State Park on their way to the graduation ceremony on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Graduation walk

Port Townsend, Chimacum ceremonies

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Lands commissioner wary of federal plan to kill thousands of owls

Washington’s public lands commissioner, Hilary Franz, is voicing skepticism about a federal proposal to kill thousands of barred…

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Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to…

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…