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Examiner to issue decision on MAT clinic by Dec. 18

Olbrechts to consider options to add upon city, tribe conditions

Pam Nelson, Punky Goakey, Janet Marion and Sharla Fraker decorate . This group of ladies has been participating in the Festival of Trees for years and start planning their next tree as soon as the auction is over.

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Forks celebrates the holidays this weekend

FORKS — The holiday season in Forks will be kicked off with a Festival of Trees Walkabout and…

A sitting area on Little River dedicates the project to Rick Skelly, a supportive landowner of the project. Skelly died during the second year of construction. (Tiffany Royal/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)

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Lower Elwha Tribe finishes 2-year restoration project

Work dedicated to man who died before its completion

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Matthew Wetherington sentenced to life in prison

He pleaded guilty to aggravated murder Monday

The Roubik Family builds upon a pre-exisiting snowman in the kids’ sledding area at Hurricane Ridge on Nov. 27, 2020. From left  is David, Maya, 6, grandfather David, Liz Jones and Vera, 8. (Laura Foster/Peninsula Daily News)

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Hurricane Ridge begins its winter operations

Families, friends enjoy outdoors in Olympic National Park

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State launches voluntary COVID-19 tracing app

Notifications for iPhone, Android users aim to let people know of possible exposures

Fat Smitty's restaurant in Discovery Bay has been subjected to three burglaries this year, with thieves stealing dollar bills that patrons personalize and attach to the walls and ceiling. Thursday's latest robbery is the first time law enforcement have been able to catch the suspect thieves, however it is still under investigation if Thursday's robbers are connected to the prior robberies. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

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Popular Discovery Bay eatery burgled

Suspects found with signed dollar bills after Fat Smitty’s hit

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Nurse and COVID-19 survivor Laura Dotlich sits next to a small pond at her home in rural Port Angeles on Thursday.

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COVID-19 survivor issues plea to follow guidelines to protect all

Medical-surgical nurse tells of ordeal

Matthew Wetherington

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Port Angeles man expected to plead guilty to murder

Plea, sentencing set for Monday

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Peninsula counties report COVID-19 cases

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula reported 23 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, Friday and Saturday as a…

Port Angeles Food Bank Executive Director Emily Dexter stands outside the food bank's new warehouse and distribution center at 632 N. Oakridge Drive near the Port Angeles Walmart. The covered canopy area will become the food bank's drive-thru distribution lane. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles Food Bank moving to larger building

Site offers more refrigeration, covered distribution point

Alpenfire's Nancy Bishop has donated a private orchard tour and cider tasting to the Jefferson County Historical Society's AHA Auction. (Jefferson County Historical Society)

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AHA Auction highlights experiences

Funds raised will support Jefferson County Historical Society

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Believe: Your Local Holiday Shopping Guide

The 2020 Believe special section is now available to read online.

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Giving Tuesday

The 2020 Giving Tuesday special section is now available to read online.

Volunteer Phyllis Meyer of Sequim adds broth to make stuffing for Wednesday's traditional Thanksgiving Eve lunch at the Port Angeles Salvation Army. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Salvation Army volunteers provide carry-out meals

Free meals planned today at several Peninsula locations

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Peninsula Home Fund campaign begins

Donations will go to local residents in need of ‘a hand up, not a handout’

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First vaccines expected in mid-December

Initial shots for front-line workers

Miguel Angel Medel Lopez, 38, appears in Clallam County Superior Court Thursday accused of rape of a child. Bail was set at $100,000. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Crime & Justice

Forks man receives 9 years to life for child rape

Clallam County Superior Court jury finds Miguel Angel Medel Lopez guilty after 4-day trial

Betsy Schultz, left, and Sue Chance work on their tree Saturday morning inside Edna’s Place. Their tree, based on the Captain Joseph House Foundation, is called “Starway to Living." Today is the last day for trees to be decorated. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Festival of Trees offers virtual gala, Family Days

Funds raised will go toward COVID-19 rapid testing at OMC

Family members say 89-year-old Lorraine (Reandeau) Anderson had “boundless energy packaged in a petite frame.” She succumbed to injuries following a Nov. 14 collision where she was hit by a vehicle while walking in a crosswalk, Sequim Police officers report. (Photo courtesy of Debbie Thompson)

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Crosswalk collision kills Sequim woman

Video footage sought of incident near church