Lavender Cowder, 7, in her front yard on A street in west Port Angeles, tries to taste a snowflake during a brief snow shower Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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A taste of winter

Lavender Cowder, age 7, in her front yard on A street in west Port Angeles tries to taste…

The Clallam Bay Early Learning Center opened Monday to help provide service to an area with an identified childcare desert. At first, the center will accept nine children under 6 years old, with the goal of expanding to a total of 30 children. (Clallam Economic Development Council)

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Daycare opens in Clallam Bay to address ‘childcare desert’

Nine slots available to start, with plans to expand to 30 children

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Port of Port Angeles matching grants to aid infrastructure projects

Recompete funds will be used to purchase barges

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Humane society board votes on transparency

Meeting minutes, financial statements won’t be shared with public

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PREP SPORTS: Snow postpones games all over Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Multiple basketball games around in the Olympic Peninsula were postponed Monday and Tuesday nights due…

Sequim Police investigators report they continue to submit items for DNA and fingerprint evidence to discover person behind the murder of Sequim’s Valerie Claplanhoo in January 2019. (Rebecca Ruby)

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Claplanhoo homicide investigation ongoing

Alliance with Missing and Murdered Indigenous team continues

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Billy Frank Jr. statue to be unveiled in Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — The Makah Cultural and Research Center will unveil the model statue of Billy Frank Jr.…

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DeCou to host lecture at Studium Generale

PORT ANGELES — Rob DeCou will present “Fulbright Exchange to India” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday.

Recipients of Port Angeles Community Awards gather after Saturday night’s awards gala at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. Winners were, from left, counselor Jason Gooding of the Port Angeles School District, educator of the year; Rose Thompson, executive director of the Dungeness Crab Festival and owner of Fogtown Coffee Bar, young leader of the year; Danny Steiger, CEO of Lumber Traders Inc., citizen of the year; Alicia Campion, administrator of Ridgeline Homecare Cooperative, emerging business of the year; Don Droz, general manager of Swain’s General Store, business of the year; and Elisia Anderson, executive director of First Step Family Support Center, organization of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Citizen, business of year honored at awards gala

Three finalists named in six categories for efforts in 2024

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Winter virus season continues

Flu affecting students; RSV, COVID-19 mild

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Warming shelters open as cold snap in forecast

Clallam, Jefferson county agencies have set hours

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Port Angeles man charged with murder to have hearing Feb. 21

PORT ANGELES — Marquise Gregory Hagans-Moore, who is accused of killing a Port Angeles woman in September, appeared…

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Sequim cellist, Port Angeles violist take top prizes

PORT ANGELES — Thirteen-year-old cellist Travis Baros was shocked when he found out he had won his division…

Port Angeles’ Keatyn Hoch (10) goes up for a basket against the defense of Sequim’s Jamison Gray (33) on Friday night in Sequim. The Wolves rallied in the fourth quarter to win 58-49. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Sequim rallies to sweep rumble

Wolves still alive for league title; Port Angeles girls in solid shape for second place

Brody Lausche, Forks basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Brody Lausche, Forks basketball

Forks’ Brody Lausche has been an absolute beast on the boards all month as the Spartans not only…

Port Angeles’ Zoey Van Gordon finished seventh at the West-Central District III tournament with a 508 three-game series. (Port Angeles Bowling)

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DISTRICT BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Port Angeles to send full team to state

Riders send five to Tukwila, Sequim two

From left, Ryan Halfacre, Airius Ingle, Quince Chanway and Eagle Zuniga from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association compete in the under-15 men’s 500-meter race in Tacoma on Saturday. Under-17 competitor Mason Mai and OPRA head coach Sean Halberg look on. (Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association)

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YOUTH ROWING: OPRA hauls in trophies from NW Ergomania! in Tacoma

TACOMA — The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association team brought back lots of hardware from the NW Ergomania! indoor…

Mark Simpson sits atop the Sequim Skate Park in July 2023 where he had skated for years and advocated for its expansion. Community members rallied to support him and his family through the next year as he battled cancer. He died in April 2024. Sequim Mayor Brandon Janisse has proposed naming the skate park after him for his years of dedication to skating, the park and children. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group, file)

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Proposal aims to rename skate park

Sequim mayor seeks change to honor advocate

A part of the Sequim School District’s proposed bond includes improvements to its stadium bleachers so they comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Other improvements could include new or renovated bleachers, a resized track and an improved field. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Proposed Sequim schools bond would evaluate stadium, bus loop

Prior to resurfacing last summer, track was unsuitable for competition

Forks Spartans

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks girls second at Mascara Madness

BELFAIR — The Forks girls wrestling team finished second out of 13 schools at the Mascara Madness Wrestling…