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The Sweater Weather String Band, from left, Rico Vinh, Will Jevne, Adam Amr and Joey Gish, perform at Pebble Beach Park behind the Field Hall Arts & Events Hall during a grand opening celebration for the venue in July 2023. On Saturday, the venue will host Field Day, a free public event from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News file)

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Field Hall namesake to be celebrated this weekend

Dorothy Field is among the ‘angels’ who made the arts center possible

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Human remains found in Olympic National Park identified

Man found in July 2000 near the Sol Duc River

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Holiday draws fewer boats

Port of Port Townsend monitoring for summer trend

Prescription locking bags like this one, which zips into a combination lock in the center, are being distributed by the Washington Health Care Authority through pharmacies such as the North Olympic Healthcare Network in Port Angeles and Chinook Pharmacy in Forks. (Washington Health Care Authority)

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Locking pharmacy bags aim to reduce drug abuse

Program available at two locations in Clallam County

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State grants to help install electric vehicle charging stations

Mason County utility partners for charging area at Brinnon location

Sequim Deputy Chief John Southard was given a Distinguished Service Award on May 26 by Police Chief Mike Hill during the Sequim City Council meeting. (Sequim Police Department)

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Deputy chief retires from Sequim Police Department

SEQUIM — A temporary assignment became three more years of service for John Southard.

Demonstrators, some dressed as Handmaids, gather at the corner of Eighth and Race streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday. The group holds signs in support of Planned Parenthood, whose clinic on Eighth Street closed in April, and pro-choice messages. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Signs of support

Demonstrators, some dressed as Handmaids, gather at the corner of Eighth and Race streets in Port Angeles on…

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Five candidates join debate at PABA forum

Clallam County PUD seat draws multiple contenders

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Arts council is working to revitalize Port Angeles

Public art inventory is focus of area nonprofit

Marquise Hagans-Moore was sentenced Wednesday to more than 23 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in March in Clallam County Superior Court to the second-degree murder of Rebecca Rule-Cowles. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles man sentenced to 23 years for murder

Hagans-Moore: ‘I know what I did was wrong’

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Port of Port Angeles buys electric cargo equipment

Special meeting is scheduled to review board candidates

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Agency to help market Clallam County parks

Ovibos Consulting to develop web, social media products

Koyuke Fritchman of Port Townsend applies glitter to Rebecca Katz of Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Pride Festival on Saturday at Pope Marine Park. Fritchman is a teacher at Ocean Alternative School and volunteered her time and talents with glitter as a fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ club. An estimated 3,000 people attended the festival. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Glowing with pride

Koyuke Fritchman of Port Townsend applies glitter to Rebecca Katz of Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Pride…

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Port Angeles man to serve one year in prison

Criminal history includes vehicular homicide in 2011

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Clallam County may ask to change forest law

Commissioners discuss timber counties caucus

Emily Mathiessen / Olympic Peninsula News Group A client shops at The Market at the Port Angeles Food Bank while Operations Manager Kevin Perry stocks the refrigerated cases.

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Port Angeles Food Bank plays critical role as regional distribution hub

Operations manager, executive director lead period of growth

Adaline Hamilton, 9, left, and Eleanor Hagan, 8, take advantage of the wind to blow bubbles on Saturday at the Port Angeles Maritime Festival. The annual Port of Port Angeles event featured a U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue demonstration, tours of port facilities with commissioners Connie Beauvais and Colleen McAleer, the Flounder Pounder Fishing Derby and a Kids Zone with wooden sailboat making and paddle racing. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Festival bubbles

Adaline Hamilton, 9, left, and Eleanor Hagan, 8, take advantage of the wind to blow bubbles on Saturday…

The men’s winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon Alexander Roederer of Seattle celebrates his victory at the finish line. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON (Updated): Marathon, half-marathon run in near ideal conditions

PORT ANGELES — A near-perfect day with light winds greeted runners in Sunday’s North Olympic Discovery Marathon Sunday…

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Sequim may add Flaura’s Acres

Homeowners, government to fund utility projects

Sequim School District leaders anticipate Sequim Middle School being retrofitted with a new safety and security system this summer, funded with money approved through the district’s 20-year, $146 million construction bond that voters approved in February 2025. A bidding process for the project will tentatively go out in the next month so the project can be done this summer, staff said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim School District plans security upgrades

Middle school tentatively first for new cameras, system