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Cellist Julian Schwarz, pictured rehearsing in spring 2023, rejoins the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra for two performances this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Port Angeles Symphony)

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Cellist, full orchestra to present two performances Saturday

Historic instrument was made in 1743

After five years of investigations, Sequim police have sought additional help from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Investigation Unit through state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office to help solve the 2019 homicide of Valerie Claplanhoo, a Makah tribal member, pictured with her son Brandan. (Cindy Lee Claplanhoo)

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Sequim police working with state unit on Claplanhoo homicide

Task force focuses on cases involving indigenous people

Ethel Butler, a Sequim High graduate and longtime Olympic Peninsula resident, bequeathed nearly $1 million to the Albert Haller Foundation. (Marilyn Newton)

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Bequest gives $959K to Haller Foundation

Cousin: ‘She didn’t live like a millionaire’

From left, Jack Tatom, Wally Jenkins and Dan Kalinski cut, chop and split wood for cords, whose sales go directly to help the Path From Poverty nonprofit. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim woodcutters raise funds for nonprofit

Group of men come together for a cause

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group Community members have 20 days to comment starting this week on the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s proposed evaluation and treatment inpatient facility in Sequim that staff say helps people having psychiatric issues, such as suicidal thoughts.

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Comment period open for clinic in Sequim

Jamestown Tribe proposes $29M inpatient facility

Winners of the 2024 Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Community Awards gather after Saturday night’s ceremony at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. The winners are, from left, Becky McFarland and Stevie Boggard of Kindred Collective, emerging business of the year; Tom Baermann of Pacific Office Equipment, business of the year; Stacey Sanders, educator of the year; Sheryl Hamilton of Oxford House, organization of the year; Kennedy Cameron, young leader of the year; and Jeff Bohman, citizen of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Six awards presented during community gala

Trails advocate wins PA chamber’s Citizen of Year nod

Men’s 5K winner Langdon Larson of Port Angeles crosses the finish line at the Elwha Bridge Run held Saturday morning. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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Elwha Bridge Run kicks off five-race series

Larson siblings win men’s, women’s 5-kilometer events

A portion of Sequim’s original Sequim Prairie irrigation ditch is tentatively set to be piped as part of a conservation effort to help the Dungeness River’s flow and endangered fish. Some neighbors and shareholders are opposed to the project because they feel they weren’t given an opportunity to provide input to project owner the Sequim Prairie-Tri Irrigation Association (SPTIA). They feel enclosing the ditch will kill nearby vegetation and negatively impact wildlife. (Lucinda Hayes)

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Sequim irrigation pipe proposal draws ire

Conservation District says it’s within legal right

Kay Harper’s Tulip is among the artwork to be seen at Port Townsend Gallery.

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Artists and their work on display in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A variety of artwork will be on view during the First Saturday Gallery Walk in…

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Jamestown Healing Clinic looks to expand services

Demand for its services growing

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Hearing set for proposed YMCA childcare facility in Port Angeles

$6.7 million project would serve more than 90 children

Gin Hammond stars in “Living IncogNegro,” her solo show at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend tonight through Feb. 11. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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‘Living IncogNegro’ arrives on Port Townsend stage

New play tells of being Black with light skin

Nordland General Store Co-op CEO Patti Buckland, left, points to an area of the store to a group of visitors at the open house on Saturday in Nordland on Marrowstone Island. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Nordland General Store reimagined as a cooperative

Island investors work to raise funds, formulate inventory

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Water reserves low in Olympics

Warm weather, rain diminish snowpack

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Port Angeles chamber gala set for Saturday

Six community awards to be presented

“Samish, B.C.” by Vivian Chesterley is among the new works in Showcase 2024, opening this week at Northwind Art’s gallery in downtown Port Townsend.

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Updated Showcase 2024 to be unveiled this week in Port Townsend

Show opens with 17 artists from across Peninsula

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Grants to help pay for housing

Trust fund awards $10M in Jefferson County

Makah Fisheries Management staffers shifted to trapping year-round in 2023 for the European green crab due to its continued presence in the Neah Bay area. The crab was also discovered within Neah Bay for the first time late last year. Staff also plan to continue tracking the crabs with a new system that tags their muscles instead of their shells to better see their movements and growth. (Makah Tribe)

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Makah Tribe steps up green crab trapping

Dungeness Refuge sees its highest catch rate

A Port Angeles Public Works crew examines the hole left at 11th and Oak streets after a water main break sent a geyser of water into the air Saturday morning, damaging the road surface. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles Public Works patches third water main break in four days

Director says such blowouts common after pipes thaw

The paving work planned for Thursday at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets has been delayed until today, Port Angeles Public Works Director Mike Healy said early Thursday afternoon. “The stabilizing material didn’t stabilize as well as it should, probably because of the rain and temperatures. About 20 percent isn’t as firm as we would like,” he said. “If you pave that, there will be a soft spot and we don’t want that. We have a lot of confidence that it will be ready Friday sometime around evening rush hour. Who knows? We hope Mother Nature cooperates,” he said. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Intersection paving delayed

The paving work planned for Thursday at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets has been delayed until…