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SECOND UPDATE: Man dead after Friday shooting in Brinnon

Two Jefferson County deputies on administrative leave

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Lots of Record, recruitment bonuses before county commissions

Local government agencies will meet next week on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Photo by Fran Reisner Thompson / From left, Denali (skippered by Bob BacCauley), Pinafore (skippered by Bernie Armstrong) and Sirius (skippered by Durkee Richards) compete in the Reach and Row for Hospice on Sequim Bay on Sunday.

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Sequim’s Reach and Row for Hospice draws big crowd

SEQUIM — Some good-natured competition on Sequim Bay in mid-September proved to be another boon for local hospice…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles, shown on Wednesday, will be closed starting today through Sunday for maintenance, including replacement of a torn section of play surface and installation of donor-sponsored bricks around the gazebo.

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Dream Playground to close for maintenance

The Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield will close for maintenance from Thursday through Sunday, according to the city’s…

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Counties ask that DOT not close Hood Canal Bridge on tourist weekends

Clallam sends letter; Jefferson to consider it soon

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Workers move materials on Wednesday at the site of a future planned four-story, 106-room hotel being built by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe between First Street and Railroad Avenue at Laurel Street in downtown Port Angeles. Work resumed on the project this week after delays in the permitting process and reassessment of the hotel plans to account for inflation and other factors. Construction is expected to last from 18 to 24 months.

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Work resumes

Workers move materials on Wednesday at the site of a planned four-story, 106-room hotel being built by the…

District 24, Position 1, state Rep. Mike Chapman, a Port Angeles Democrat, shakes hands with Republican challenger Sue Forde during a Port Angeles Noon Rotary Club meeting at Asian Buffet restaurant in Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

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Chapman and Forde tussle over policy in Port Angeles

State legislative candidates outline priorities

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Port Angeles agrees to pact with Clallam County

Joint Public Safety Facilty to go forward without fire station in design

A portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail between the Dungeness River Nature Center and Priest Road was closed for several hours Thursday morning due to an active shooter scenario. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Update: Man dead after officer-involved shooting following a standoff

Independent team from Kitsap County investigating incident

A pair of construction cranes prepare on Tuesday to hoist the second of eight 177-foot, 200,000-pound concrete girders that will support a new bridge being constructed on U.S. Highway 101 over Indian Creek southwest of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Girders arrive for Indian Creek fish passage project

Traffic on new bridge expected early next year

Clallam County Fair attendees stroll the midway during this year’s fair last August. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Good news from Clallam County Fair report

Commissioners pleased with results

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Clallam County 2022 fair by the numbers

• Attendance (gate count): 31,509. Second only to 2006, which had 400-500 more.

Ray Grier, a 30-year resident of Port Townsend, looks at the Halloween display set up by the park host at the entrance to the RV park at Point Hudson Marina while on his daily 2- to 3-mile walk on Tuesday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Halloween show

Ray Grier, a 30-year resident of Port Townsend, looks at the Halloween display set up by the park…

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Two lost in wilderness saved by the phone

But such instances are rare, sergeant says

The cabin cruiser Eudora sits grounded on the north side of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Tuesday as a toilet, which may have been aboard the vessel, sits on the rocks above the high tide line. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Boat remains on the rocks

Owner tells DNR he will have cabin cruiser removed

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Naval base plans security exercise

PORT HADLOCK — Naval Magazine Indian Island has scheduled a training exercise for Thursday.

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Police honor Sequim residents for saving officer

Three men heard ruckus and rushed to help

More than 500 racers from 11 states competed all weekend at the USA BMX Pacific Northwest Gold Cup finals hosted by the Lincoln Park BMX Park. Here, Nixon Thompson (1) of Saratoga Springs, Utah, Jett Fishbaugh (46) of Tacoma, Colton Hackett (1) of Arlington and Sébastien White (5) of Gillette, Wyo., race in the 9 expert class. Winning this class for the second time in two days was Braden Gray of Port Angeles. (Jay Cline/Lincoln Park BMX)

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A bevy of bikes

More than 500 racers from 11 states competed all weekend at the USA BMX Pacific Northwest Gold Cup…

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Viewpoint to be named for late Olympic Discovery Trail advocate

Project backers hope to open it next year

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Clallam County sees COVID-19 rates drop into moderate-risk category

Jefferson County reports increase in cases

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