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Clallam Transit bus is stolen

Woman to enter plea on Monday

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Jefferson County approves loan for Port Hadlock sewer project

Funds will provide cash before grants reimburse agency

Evette Allerdings of Port Angeles created “Orangy,” a silk painting, for the “Burst of Color” show opening today at Port Townsend’s Jeanette Best Gallery. (Evette Allerdings)

Arts & Entertainment

‘Burst of Color’ opens at Northwind Art’s gallery

Exhibition shows work of 37 fiber artists

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UPDATE: Electrical power restored on West End

UPDATE: Electrical power was restored to West End customers by 1:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the Clallam Public…

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New state laws take effect

Gun purchases, street racing, voting rights among issues

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Port Townsend transportation tax goes into effect

Additional sales tax projected to generate $800,000 for streets

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Life

‘Whodunnit Downtown?’ contest coming up in Sequim

First Friday Art Walk offers variety of venues

Crime & Justice

Alleged arsonist faces arraignment Jan. 12

Manhunt led to arrest of Sequim man

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Tree recycling

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas…

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Hundreds of state health jobs cut

Federal COVID-19 funds to expire by end of July ’25

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Health officer: Little data doesn’t mean less risk

PORT ANGELES — Sparse information about COVID-19, RSV, flu and other respiratory diseases doesn’t mean risks are diminished.…

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Clallam approves $500K for affordable housing project

Habitat for Humanity units to be sited in Sequim

Education

Cape Flattery putting levy on February ballot

Replacement measure would collect nearly $2M over four-year period

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Taking the plunge

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the…

Politics

Congress faces two shutdown deadlines

No agreements yet as spending bills loom

Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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It’s a girl! First baby of new year born in Port Angeles

Fiona Springer born just before 6 a.m.

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Clallam Transit approves annual budget, wage increases for union

PORT ANGELES — The Board of Clallam County Transit at its Dec. 20 meeting unanimously approved a $17.3…

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Stairclimb donations

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar…

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clallam Transit provides free rides

One-year pilot program aims to boost ridership

The Center for Whale Research has received reports of a new calf with J pod on Dec. 26. (Maya Sears)

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Researchers spot newborn orca in L Pod on the day after Christmas

Southern Resident population now at 77