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Port Angeles program to fund 2 full-time paramedics

Grant expands project through ’23

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Sequim City Council seat draws 9

Potential appointees apply for unexpired term

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Sequim mayor to host Coffee with the Mayor on Thursday

SEQUIM — William Armacost will host Coffee with the Mayor at 8 a.m. Thursday.

A sign indicates the speed limit for motorists near Eighth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles. City officials are considering lowering the limit to 25 mph along South Lincoln Street. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Lower speed limit on Lincoln Street in Port Angeles in sight

City Council to consider final approval Feb. 2

President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden moved swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy on his first day in office,…

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Trump’s pardon largesse a boon for patrons, friends

By Eric Tucker

Scores of people turned out Nov. 7 for a Port Townsend rally supporting President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. A celebration of the inauguration is planned for noon Wednesday the Pope Marine Plaza in downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Inauguration rally set Wednesday in Port Townsend

Noontime event scheduled downtown

Congressman Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor.

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Congressman Derek Kilmer reflects on historic impeachment

U.S. Representative says violence made Jan. 6 ‘awful and dark day’

A Clallam County Superior Court judge this week denied an injunction seeking to block the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic. (Graphic courtesy of City of Sequim)

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Judge warns against using divisive language prior to MAT hearing

SOS leaders say online post taken out of context

Port Townsend police chief candidate D.F. Pace comes from the Philadelphia Police Department. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend police chief candidates meet the public

Finalists talk drugs, race, empathy

Midway Metals, 258010 U.S. Highway 101 east of Port Angeles, is the subject of a cease and desist order approved by Clallam County Commissioners for operating an illegal scrapyard. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Midway Metals to get cease and desist letter

Owner asked to fix Clallam County code violations

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State lawmakers agree on goals; disagree on remote session

By Patric Haerle

Sen. Kevin Van De Wege.

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District 24 legislators relieved Monday remained calm

State legislative session now virtual

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday in Washington. (Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press)

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President impeached in historic second charge

Trump calls for no violence, vandalism

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Clallam County eyes new district borders

Five-member commission to draw boundaries

Sequim City Council member Dennis Smith, seen in 2019 at a groundbreaking for the West Fir Street Rehabilitation Project, announced his resignation Friday due to personal reasons. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Former Sequim mayor resigns from city council

Dennis Smith cites personal, family reasons

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Jefferson County moves toward Port Hadlock sewer

Commissioners call for bids on bio reactor

The Capitol in Olympia where members of the National Guard work with the Washington State Patrol to protect the Capitol campus ahead of the state Legislature opening its 2021 legislative session Monday, as several protests and rallies are expected. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

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Washington state Legislature convenes under tight security

OLYMPIA — Security fencing at the state Capitol was defended by National Guard members Monday as the Legislature…

Sequim City Manager Charlie Bush, seen here in March 2020, will no longer be city manager after City Council members voted 4-2 Monday to accept his resignation. The reasons for resignation were not made public as of Monday night. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim City Council votes for city manager’s resignation

No reason given; 2 oppose move

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Washington’s 12 electors cast votes for Biden, Harris

By Rachel La Corte | The Associated Press