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Marella Coff, a member of the Lambchops 4H Club, poses with her goat Danny Boy at the Clallam County Fair on Friday. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Clallam County fair draws returners and newcomers alike

Individuals enjoy exhibitions, food and animals at annual agricultural event

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Expenses outpacing revenues for Port of Port Townsend

Boat Haven, RV camping, moorage down from last year

The McKinley Paper Co. mill in Port Angeles sits mostly idle on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clarity sought for McKinley mill closure

Union, community leaders say there’s been a lack of transparency

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Fire levy to return for fall election

Tax is essential for services, chief says

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Port of Port Angeles approves funds to purchase log loader

Taxi lane to be replaced at William R. Fairchild International Airport

Erin Moilanen of the Crescent Grange arranges the group’s display in preparation for the Clallam County Fair on Tuesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Traditional offerings, new activites highlight Clallam fair

Food, music, events part of annual agricultural celebration

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Tribe seeks to manage refuges

Allen: ‘We can bring a lot more resources’

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, and members of the North Olympic Peninsula Recompete Coalition stand together following a press conference at Harborview Park on Friday in Port Angeles. (Christopher Urquia/Peninsula Daily News)

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Coalition celebrates $35M federal grant award

NOPRC chosen as one of six communities nationwide

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Kelly Higgins, left, shakes hands with outgoing Capt. Brent Schmadeke, right, as 13th District commander Charles Fosse looks on during Friday's change of command ceremony. Higgins will lead Air Station / Sector Field Office Port Angeles for two years after serving previously as executive officer and operations officer at Air Station San Francisco and Forward Operating Base Point Mugu in California. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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New commander takes charge at Air Station Port Angeles

Schmadeke hands over reins after two years in job

The City of Sequim hosts 13 manufactured home/mobile home parks with 596 existing units and 786 approved dwelling units. City staff continue to look into zoning options that could protect those sites from redevelopment and help protect affordable housing options in the city. (City of Sequim)

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Sequim extends pause on home parks

Planning commission sets hearing for Tuesday

The former steam tug Elmore, built in 1890 by Elmore and Sanborn Fisheries in Astoria, Ore., sits on the hard at the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina. The Elmore had several owners over the decades, the last being Henning Heinemann, who died recently, leaving the boat abandoned and claimed by the Port of Port Townsend as a derelict to be put up for auction. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Century-old vessel to go up for auction Monday

Diesel engine, brass hardware and glass portholes part of historic boat

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Port Angeles to give away free trees

Around 230 trees available

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Traffic makes its way along State Highway 112 west of Port Angeles on Friday..

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NOAA grant to fund Highway 112 project

Part of $75 million for Washington coast

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Communications officer Ian Harrington oversees a bank of computer screens at the Peninsula Communications emergency dispatch center on Wednesday in Port Angeles.

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The hidden first responders

911 dispatch center struggles with employment crisis

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Port Townsend Council talks to city seat hopefuls

Interviews four candidates for appointment

Olympic Medical Heart Center director Leonard Anderson examines a new echocardiograph at the Port Angeles hospital facility. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Foundation donation aids OMC’s heart center

Echocardiogram machine to help more patients receive care locally

From left, Leland Gibson, Tucker Piontek and Jeff Matthews are lowered into the water aboard Fern, a Nordic folk boat commissioned by Michigan resident Charles Jahn, who was present to see his boat in the water for the first time on Friday at Port Townsend’s Boat Haven Marina. Fern was built over three years by three separate classes of students at The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Boat launched in Port Townsend

From left, Leland Gibson, Tucker Piontek and Jeff Matthews are lowered into the water aboard Fern, a Nordic…

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Siena Vo, 2, of Da Nang, Vietnam roams through a lavender field at B & B Family Farm on Wednesday near Carlsborg.

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Lavender star of weekend fest

Plethora of activities set for annual event

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State Senate hopefuls differ on pathways

Chapman, Kelbon make case for 24th District

The QFC grocery store and pharmacy in Sequim is one of three North Olympic Peninsula groceries scheduled for divestment by The Kroger Co. under terms of a merger between Kroger and Albertsons Companies, Inc. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Three QFC locations could be part of sale

Kroger, Albertsons release statewide list