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Clallam Transit driver Dante Ruiz prepares his bus for the 30 Route to Sequim on Wednesday at The Gateway transit center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clallam Transit free in ’24

Not all services part of 1-year pilot program

A Clallam Transit bus passes through a flooded intersection at First and Lincoln streets in downtown Port Angeles after heavy rains associated with a passing thunderstorm dropped copious amounts of precipitation over a short period around the area on Monday afternoon. Numerous lightning strikes were recorded during the deluge. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sound and fury, but little moisture in storm

Snow on Olympic Mountains only amounts to a trace

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Body cam usage on Peninsula spreading

Clallam sheriff most recent to acquire them

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General election ballots mailed

Voters have until 8 p.m. on Nov. 7

Margaret Shull, 27, of Puyallup leads the female runners at the start of the Run the Peninsula's Larry Scott Trail Run half-marathon Saturday in Port Townsend. Shull went on to win the women's half marathon with a time of 1:38:31.72. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: More than 300 take on the Larry Scott Run

Five of top seven athletes in 5K event are 13 or younger

Clallam County Fair royality candidates are, from left, Kaylyn Baerg, Brooklyn McKnight, Aliya Gillett and Olivia Ostlund.

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Clallam County Fair royalty candidates selected

Four to compete for titles

Kevin Long.

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Stopps award presented

Long recognized for habitat restoration

Mark Nichols.

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Clallam County coroner: OD deaths are among worst in state

Nichols says fatal overdoses likely will exceed previous high

FILE - Youths wear protective glasses to watch a hybrid solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Proper protection is needed throughout the eclipse, from the initial partial phase to the ring of fire to the final partial phase. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

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‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to be seen this Saturday

Moon to go between earth and sun; proper eye protection needed

Artist Carol Rawshanna Williams looks up at her newly unveiled installation, “Dragon Trash Guardian,” at the Jefferson County Transfer Station on Monday evening. As part of the county’s Artist in Residence and Education program, Williams seeks to connect people with art, upcycling and one another. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Sculpture now on display at Jefferson Transfer Station

Artist in Residence program celebrates its debut creation

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Dash Air offering charters

Scheduled passenger flights not determined yet

Thomas Architecture Studios Principal Ron Thomas, left, and Associate Principal Amos Callender hold up a map of the proposed Evans Vista development in Port Townsend on Monday during a tour of the site with members of the Port Townsend City Council and the public. The project is in its final planning stages and a final plan will be determined at a Nov. 6 council meeting. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

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Evans Vista gets ready for developer proposals

Port Townsend hopes to finalize plans next month

Region 6 WDFW Lt. Kit Rosenberger wrote, “from a young age I have always enjoyed fishing and hunting. I saw the intrinsic value of our state’s natural resources and wanted to make sure it is conserved for the future. My mother recently showed me a school project from second grade class she had saved where we had to write about what we wanted to be when we grew up. I had written all the way back in second grade about how I wanted to be a ‘Game Warden.’” (Emily Matthiessen /Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Fish and Wildlife officers patrol waters

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a first-person account of a reporter’s ride-along with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife…

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Port Townsend hosts kinetic skulpture race

Event begins Saturday and will continue at low noon Sunday

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First Friday, Fiber Arts festivities set

SEQUIM — The 18th annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival is set this weekend during First Friday Art…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, and other GOP members, talks to reporters just after voting to advance appropriations bills on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday night. McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press, File)

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If shutdown occurs, parks will close

National sites will shutter and services will be reduced

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Olympic National Park reopens some trails

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Fires burning in Olympic National Park had forced the closure of 10 trails but…

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Music, drama, arts on tap this weekend

Music, fiber arts and drama are among the offerings on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

Tyler Benedict stars in “Tubby the Tuba,” a story that’s part of the Port Angeles Symphony’s Family Pops performances on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Symphony concert: ‘West Side Story,’ William Tell and beyond

Two performances Saturday include PAHS choir in finale

At the London Symphony Orchestra’s home venue in England, an international team of musicians recorded the Port Angeles Symphony’s Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra: from left, producer Fernando Aria of Spain; Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack; composer Sarah L. Bassingthwaighte; double bassist Steve Schermer and the producer’s partner, Ines Aria. (Port Angeles Symphony)

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Concerto recorded in England

PORT ANGELES — September has brought a set of experiences Steve Schermer, a Seattle musician raised in Port…