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Some 800 jars with insects and plants suspended in colored jelly glisten the windows of the Esther Webster Gallery at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center where Jennifer Angus' exhibition, Hidden World, opens today and runs through July 6. Angus' site-specific work links nature, science and art that hopes will spark curiosity and a sense of responsibility toward the natural world. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Artist Jennifer Angus sees beauty in insects

Hidden World at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center melds art, science and nature

Prevailing wage by trade across multiple counties in Washington state.

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Prevailing wages are driving up housing

Administrative burden may decrease competition

Port Angeles Fire Department responds to a residential structure fire on West 8th Street in Port Angeles. (Jay Cline)

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Police: Woman arrested in arson investigation

Niece of displaced family allegedly said house was ‘possessed’

Crime & Justice

Sequim man gets 20 years for crime

Luoma pleaded guilty to attempted murder

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Foundation purchases hospital equipment

Linear accelerator to be installed in May

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Capital budgets include Peninsula

Millions in state funds earmarked

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Jefferson library director to start new job May 19

Meet-and-greet event scheduled for May 22

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Jefferson sets short-term rental rules

County establishes 4 percent cap, one rental per operator

A portion of the crowd at the Hands Off rally, which started at the intersection of Laurel and First Street. An estimated 800 to 1,000 people attended in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Hands Off! protests on Peninsula

A portion of the crowd at the Hands Off rally, which started at the intersection of Laurel and…

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Port Townsend Farmers Market opens Saturday

Farm-fresh eggs, mexican pastries and smoked fish available

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Clallam letter details Trump administration impacts

Clallam cites economy, tourism, healthcare

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sisters Jasmine Kirchan, left, and Shawnta Henry and their mom Nicole Kirchan all work at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. After work on Feb. 26, they all helped save the life of a man in front of Walmart.

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Sequim woman uses CPR training to save man outside Walmart

She credits training to Boys Girls Club, fire district

Crime & Justice

Suspect arraigned on scam charges

Reportedly involved in three additional schemes

Joshua Wright, program director for the Legacy Forest Defense Coalition, stands in a forest plot named "Dungeness and Dragons," which is managed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Currently, the DNR is evaluating Wright's claim that there is a rare plant community in one of the units, which would qualify the parcel for automatic protection from logging. Locating rare plant communities is just one of the methods environmental activists use to protect what they call "legacy forests." (Joshua Wright)

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Activists answer call to protect forests

Advocacy continues beyond timber auctions

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Rayonier #4 logging locomotive on display at Chase Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles, is the focus of a fundraising drive to restore the engine and further develop the site.

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Locomotive viewing event scheduled for Sunday

“Restore the 4” project underway

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend High School culinary arts student Jasper Ziese, left, watches as fellow students Emil Brown sauces the dish and Raivyn Johnson, right, waits to box it up. The students prepared and served a free lunch from the program's food truck, Culinary Cruiser, for a senior project on Saturday.

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Culinary Cruiser delivers practical experience for Port Townsend students

Part of Career and Technical Education culinary arts program

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PC’s enrollment rates show steady growth

Numbers reverse ten-year trend

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Fire districts concerned about tax increment financing

Measure could remove future revenue, hurt budgets

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Nominations open for Community Service awards

Forms due March 25; event scheduled for May 1

Jefferson Healthcare’s $98 million expansion is set to open in August. (Jefferson Healthcare)

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Jefferson Healthcare on track for summer opening

New building to include range of services