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COVID is on rise; few seen in hospitals

Official: ‘This is not going back to 2020’

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Wooden boats feted in annual Port Townsend festival

Hundreds of vessels expected this weekend

Serina Fast Horse, of Sicangu Lakota & Blackfeet Tribes, left, talks with Jacy Bowles, of Xicana and Diné descent, as they walk to the former Elwha Dam site during the 2023 Tribal Climate Camp on the Olympic Peninsula on Aug. 16 near Port Angeles. Participants representing at least 28 tribes and intertribal organizations gathered to connect and share knowledge as they work to adapt to climate change that disproportionally affects Indigenous communities. More than 70 tribes have taken part in the camps that have been held across the United States since 2016. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)

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Tribes consider how to combat climate change

Native nations gather west of Port Angeles to discuss practices

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Wildfire danger high into October

Dry conditions will persist on Peninsula

Active crew members rescue loggerhead sea turtles that had become tangled in fishing gear during their 58-day counternarcotics patrol.

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Coast Guard cutter Active returns to Port Angeles

Crew back from 58-day patrol that included counternarcotics

A mural by Craig Robinson in downtown Sequim represents a new partnership between Olympic Angels and Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County. Executive director Morgan Hanna with Olympic Angels, left, said they seek volunteers and mentors to help foster families. Colleen Robinson, chief executive officer for Habitat, said people are welcome to take photos on the wall of Habitat’s Boutique Store and they’ll place a sandwich board sign with information outside, and provide pamphlets about Olympic Angels during business hours. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Olympic Angels, Habitat partner on family support systems

New mural a vision leaders hope to bring to Peninsula

Jefferson County Public Works employee Monte Reinders, center, project manager Samantha Harper and county commissioner Greg Brotherton stand above the percolation pond for the new Port Hadlock sewer treatment facility that will be built along Loperman Road in Port Hadlock. The pond will treat, at its maximum, 700,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day. By the time the wastewater is treated and sent to this pond, it will be classified as class A reclaimed water, the highest category. The groundbreaking was held on Tuesday evening with about 35 guests on hand for the groundbreaking. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Kickoff celebrates Port Hadlock sewer

Construction on facility 20 years in making

Grammy-winning violist Richard O’Neill, pictured rehearsing for a 2022 Music on the Strait performance, is back in Clallam County for the 2023 festival’s finale this weekend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Classical music to highlight weekend

String quartet to play at Peninsula College

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THING set for three-day event at Fort Worden

Variety of music, comedy, podcasts

In mid-July, an RV parked partially on public and private property was towed at the request of the City of Sequim after it was deemed abandoned after 18 months parked in one spot. It’s one of a handful of RVs and vehicles illegally parked in the City of Sequim as nonprofit agencies seek safe housing options for residents. (Michelle Ridgway)

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Cities, Clallam County to partner on RV project

Housing crunch continues as locals seek removal options

Demolition of a derelict building at 204 E. Front St. in downtown Port Angeles is slated to begin next Monday, prompting temporary lane closures on Front Street leading into the downtown area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Building demolition to disrupt Port Angeles traffic

Site to be taken down beginning Monday

Rowan Geraco, 6, of Port Angeles, a member of the East Clallam County 4H Livestock Club, shows his white Cochin chicken for judging on Thursday at the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Beer garden a first for Clallam County Fair

Juan de Fuca Foundation awarded concession contract

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Sequim graduate loses home in Maui fire

‘Lahaina’s just not there anymore’

Eric Coufal signs a letter urging Olympic National Park officials to ensure access to Hurricane Ridge this winter. Locals have been concerned about winter access after the ridge’s day lodge burned down in May. A local coalition held a meeting at the Red Lion Hotel in Port Angeles on Wednesday to discuss the situation. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

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The Ridge in winter concern of group

Coalition hopes to aid efforts to maintain access

“Jammers” Cindy Kelly, left, and Shelly Romero prepare freshly baked scones for distribution on Wednesday in the scone kitchen at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dry Creek Grange celebrates 60 years of scones

Sales are primary fundraiser, help with scholarships

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Port Angeles city policy draws criticism

Short-term rental owners bristle at moratorium

Sen. Patty Murray, center, listens to Olympic National Park Superintendent Sula Jacobs, right, explain the ongoing investigation into the cause of the fire that destroyed the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge on May 7 and the park’s efforts to maintain visitor access this summer and possibly into the winter. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Murray vows for help in rebuilding lodge

Senator tours sites in Olympic National Park

Clallam County Fair royalty, from left, Princess Olivia Ostlund, Queen Allison Pettit and Junior Princess Kendall Adolphe ride their festival float, which received the Irrigation Festival Chairman’s Award at the Sequim Irrigation Festival in May.

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Clallam County Fair opens four days of entertainment

Live music, rodeo, carnival in store at community event

Eugenia Vargas is among the performers who will perform Japanese Butoh in Port Townsend this week.

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Butoh Fesitval begins with free performance

Japanese art form to be seen also Wednesday, Saturday

This agave plant, pictured in 2020, was bought nearly 30 years ago by Isobel Johnston when it was about the size of a baseball, and it's now preparing to bloom with a sprout that could grow more than 25 feet tall. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Agave plant getting ready to bloom after nearly 30 years

Large succulent could reach heights more than 25 feet