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Temporary fencing blocks the end of Port Angeles City Pier at the observation tower after the city closed the area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles closes observation tower pending engineering report

PORT ANGELES — The future of the waterfront observation tower, which was fenced off to the public on…

Betsy Reed Schultz (far left), founder of Captain Joseph House, gets a look at a carved bear donated by Bret Wirta’s Black Bear Diner and Holiday Inn & Suites last week at the Port Angeles facility. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Carved bear added to Captain Joseph House grounds

Gold Star families can find respite at Port Angeles facility

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On your mark, get set, shop

Small Business Saturday growing

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Peninsula Home Fund begins annual campaign

Neighbor-to-neighbor unique giving program

Sharmaine Wright of Port Angeles expresses delight while being pushed by her daughter, Kaylee Konopaski, 10, on the ice at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village on Saturday. The village, which features a temporary ice skating rink, opened Friday and will operate daily from noon to 9 p.m. through Jan. 2. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Outdoor adventure

Sharmaine Wright of Port Angeles expresses delight while being pushed by her daughter, Kaylee Konopaski, 10, on the…

Glynda Ball of Sequim puts the finishing touches on a self-made wreath at a wreath-making station at Saturday’s Nature Mart at the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim. The event, a fundraiser for the nature center’s education programs, also featured a gift mart of hand-crafted, nature-related gifts, a bake sale and photo opportunities with the center’s taxidermic animals. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Holiday wreaths

Glynda Ball of Sequim puts the finishing touches on a self-made wreath at a wreath-making station at Saturday’s…

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Easton Joslin clears leaves from the parking lot in front of Port Angeles City Hall. As autumn foliage passes its peak of color across the North Olympic Peninsula, so follows the inevitable falling of leaves across the landscape. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Falling foliage

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Easton Joslin clears leaves from the parking lot in front of…

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Road to Ridge to open for season

Ski area scheduled for Dec. 3 opening

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Holiday bazaars set on Peninsula

Holiday bazaars offer gift ideas and other goods this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Impressions artists are, from left, Cody Hagen, Monica Gutierrez-Quarto, Erika Harada, Eileen Jimenez, Nikki Jabbora-Barber, Thomas Connery and curator Lindsay Shepherd.

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Winterfest, concerts, drama, art exhibits on hand this weekend

A winter sports education fundraiser and a variety of music, drama and art shows are offered on the…

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Politics

Makah Tribal Council member seeks state legislative position

Nate Tyler announces his candidacy for area’s 24th District

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation and Public Works crews lift a 30-foot Douglas fir tree into position at the plaza of the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles on Wednesday before decorating it with lights for the holiday season. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, is scheduled to be lit during a ceremony on Nov. 25. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Holidays are arriving

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation and Public Works crews lift a 30-foot Douglas fir tree into position at…

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Port Townsend City Council OKs pool proposals

Recommendations go to county board

Tommy Robertson of Port Angeles, center, sprays water onto chiller coils that will eventually create the ice skating surface at the Port Angeles Ice Village on Tuesday in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Winter Ice Village to open for season on Friday

Only change is an increase for snacks

Celebrating the expansion of the Dabob Bay Natural Area by adding 671 acres to the state’s new carbon sequestration program are, from left, Peter Bahls, Northwest Watershed Institute executive director; Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton; and state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz at an oyster farm on Dabob Bay. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dabob Bay area expanded

Carbon sequestration first in state program

A bridge section is unloaded at a Clallam County gravel pit facility. (Clallam County Public Works)

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Ferry bridges delivered to Olympic Discovery Trail

Walkways to be used on future segments

Bagpiper Rick McKenzie performs “Amazing Grace” to close Saturday’s Veterans Day ceremony in the hanger at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Veterans honored across North Olympic Peninsula

Ceremonies held in Port Angeles, Forks, PT, Gardiner

Derek Kilmer.

Politics

Congressman will not run for reelection in ’24

Peninsula’s Kilmer serves 6 terms

Soledad Barrio, foreground, and Noche Flamenca give a demonstration last Saturday at Field Arts & Events Hall, where they will give two performances this weekend. (Nora Pitaro/Field Arts & Events Hall)

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Noche Flamenca performs at Field Arts & Events Hall

Ensemble rehearsing for a West Coast premiere

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Veterans Day activities planned for Olympic Peninsula venues

Veterans will be honored with a variety of ceremonies on Saturday as well as school assemblies on Thursday.