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Sequim entrepreneur, volunteer remembered

Sudden death shocks family, friends

Port Angeles Public Works and Washington State Department of Transportation officials examine a sinkhole in the middle of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday after water from a broken water main tore up the pavement. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Water main break, sinkhole close Port Angeles intersection

Repairs expected to be finished Thursday afternoon

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Crime & Justice

Man held in jail after death of newborn

Arraignment hearing scheduled for Feb. 2

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Jefferson commissioners ask DNR to consider swap

Agency may ‘donate’ conservation acres to Clallam County

Tamara Galvan, facilities director for the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, seated, talks about an interactive traveling bull kelp exhibit with Feiro volunteer Anni Lanigan on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Bull kelp exhibit visits Feiro Marine Life Center

Traveling display created at Port Townsend Marine Science Center

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OMC CEO updates on staffing, legislation

Hospital says it lost about $24 million in 2023

Sequim City Council members Rachel Anderson and Brandon Janisse were voted in by fellow council members to serve as deputy mayor and mayor through the end of 2025. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Janisse elected mayor by Sequim City Council

SEQUIM — A tenured city council member is Sequim’s mayor after newly elected and re-elected council members were…

Deputy chief Justin Grider with Clallam County Fire District 2, center, has accepted an offer to become Fire District 3’s next fire chief. Here he stands with, from left, Port Angeles Fire Department Chief Derrell Sharp, Joel McKeen, Port Angeles Fire Department assistant chief, Joyce Fire and Rescue chief Greg Waters and Fire District 3 interim fire chief Dan Orr. (Jay Cline)

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Fire District 3 chooses Grider as new chief

Finance manager, new district leader set to start March 1

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Night lane closures this week at Morse Creek

PORT ANGELES — Contractors for the state Department of Transportation will replace plants in the median of U.S.…

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Crime & Justice

Child dead, father arrested

Manhunt leads to deceased newborn

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Sequim agave victim of cold weather

Stalk grew to 22 feet

Several possible layouts for Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County's proposed Mason Street neighborhood in Port Hadlock was shown to the public Thursday, though no plans have been finalized. The future Mason Street neighborhood seeks to add more than 100 units of housing to Port Hadlock, and is being made possible by the over $30 million expansion of sewer infrastructure in the area. (Courtesy photo / Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County)

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Habitat unveils layouts for Port Hadlock development

Master plan expected in May

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Grant covers installation of electric chargers

Port Angeles funding to cover 50 chargers

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Ridge fire cause unknown, report says

Several potential ignition sources found

Aurora Oceguera, Puget Sound Restoration Fund's habitat lab technician, looks through the lab’s petri dishes of sorted kelp male and female gametophytes. (Tiffany Royal/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)

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Tribe, partners preserving kelp for restoration needs

Researchers say they’ve seen an 80 percent decline

Politics

Ruling: Trump to stay on primary ballot

Eight voters argued Jan. 6 actions made him ineligible

The former Lincoln School, shown on Thursday, will be examined by the City of Port Angeles for possible conversion into multifamily housing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Housing study set at school

City of Port Angeles wants to transform former Lincoln building

Education

Sliding enrollment, special ed expenses hitting Port Angeles School District hard

PORT ANGELES — Stagnating enrollment and an increase in students needing special education were worrisome trends when it…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Noah Glaude, executive director of the North Olympic Library System, shovels snow from the front sidewalk at the Port Angeles Public Library after a fast and furious band of snow showers rolled across Port Angeles on Wednesday morning.

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Brief snow, then rain for Peninsula

Warmer temperatures with rain expected, even at elevation

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STRs can operate in Port Angeles this summer

Letters sent, but no further action taken

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