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A Washington State Patrol officer was seriously injured Tuesday morning when the driver of a stolen pickup struck his vehicle on U.S. Highway 101 at Discovery Bay. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Patrol)

Crime & Justice

Authorities: Gas station fire, stolen pickup lead to crash on 101

State Patrol officer, truck driver airlifted to Harborview

Mike Aman.

News

School board appointee also candidate for Chimacum seat

Father of two fills open seat, will run unopposed this fall

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No charges in Port Angeles High School graffiti case

Slur, shooting threat on bathroom wall

Clallam County Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry updates the status of COVID-19 during the last scheduled weekly briefing on Friday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Woman in her 80s dies of COVID-19

Whole family unvaccinated, health officer says

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Members of the Port Angeles High School Chamber Orchestra practice in class on Tuesday under the direction of instructor Nathan Rodahl, right.

Arts & Entertainment

Young musicians to play ‘Ode to Joy’

Orchestra members to gather Saturday

Dahlia expert Harold Jensen works with Cecile Culp on plant starts for the Quilcene Brinnon Garden Club's big plant sale Saturday and Sunday at the Brinnon Community Center. 
photo by Laurie Mattson

Arts & Entertainment

Pancakes, flowers replace ShrimpFest

Plant sale supplants canceled festival

Bicyclists ride through a recent slide area at milepost 3.5 on the Waterfront Trail on Wednesday near Four Seasons Ranch east of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles City Council discusses possible upland route for section of Olympic Discovery Trail

No decision yet on troublesome part of pathway

News

Memorial Day remembrance set for Sunday at Captain Joseph House

The Captain Joseph House Foundation will conduct a memorial service at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Lefties' Damiano Palmegani, center, gets caught in a rundown between second and third as Bellingham second baseman Mason Margenco, left, looks at the toss from shortstop Collin Burns in the bottom of the third in June 2019 at Port Angeles Civic Field. Palmegani was forced out on the play.

Sports

LEFTIES: Baseball team returning to Civic Field on Tuesday after hiatus

Team will feature Pac-12, Big Ten, WCC players; Host families still needed

Arts & Entertainment

Juan de Fuca Festival details

Schedule, ticket prices

Hayley Sharpe, owner of MOSS, left, talks with Kayla Oakes, executive director of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, on Tuesday next to a display of festival merchandise offered at the downtown Port Angeles shop. The festival’s concerts and street fair return to the Vern Burton Community Center this Friday through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Juan de Fuca Festival in person, online, outdoors

Hybrid event offers extended virtual concert viewing

Geoff James.

News

Flurry of job action at Port of Port Angeles

Executive director signs new contract

News

Employers chafe over lack of workers

Issues cited: Child care, housing, ‘funemployment’

Search and Rescue team members used the Dosewallips State Park’s field as their command post for the multi-agency rescue of two hikers who had fallen down the Brothers Mountain on Sunday afternoon. Teams from Jefferson Search and Rescue, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue and Olympic Mountain Rescue responded to the emergency. (Jefferson Search and Rescue)

News

Seattle hiker dies during Brothers Mountain hike

Woman lost footing, fell into crevasse

Julia Buggy of Sequim knees on a flatbed trailer as she lays her hands on a traveling totem created by carvers from the Lummi Nation during a stop on Tuesday at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Totem pole welcomed before summer’s journey

Lummi carving to travel from Washington state to Washington, D.C.

P.E. teacher Logan Stegner and life skills teacher Jennifer Kruse co-created a Wednesday library program to help Port Townsend High School students deal with pandemic-related challenges. For their efforts, they received the Howard Learned Award for Community Education Engagement. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pair of Port Townsend teachers honored for their dedication

Duo work to connect with students during difficult circumstances

Ron Allen, CEO of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, has fun grabbing one of the 40 winning ducks for the Duck Derby on Sunday at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles. The tribe is one of the major sponsors of the event. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Virtual Duck Derby event breaks fundraising record

Annual showcase nets $115,000 for Olympic Medical Foundation

Crime & Justice

Sex assault at Olympic National Park cabin

Kent man, 36, pleads guilty

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Protected from the public by a clear barrier, Clallam County Elections Deputy Chris Umbarger, left, reads off candidates names after a lot draw to determine how candidates will be listed on the ballot as Elections Surpervisor Susan Johnson records the results on Friday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles.

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Candidates flood Clallam County ballot

Seventy-two file for 40 positions

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A sign at the west entrance informs of the indefinite closure of the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Clallam County Fair officials have cancelled the annual fair for a second year.

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Board cancels 2021 Clallam County Fair

Smaller 4-H shows planned