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Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim schools propose fee hike

Board may approve changes in October

Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)

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Sequim school board fills its vacant seat

Nicholas Bell to be sworn in on Nov. 3

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Board names middle school

Hurricane Ridge to replace Stevens

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

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Forty years later, residents remember West End blaze

East wind picked up embers from slash fire in Forks

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Jefferson County officials connecting with STR owners

Plan implemented in April starting to permit rentals

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Peninsula counties receive state grants

Funding will go toward habitat, conservation projects

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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American Constitution

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution…

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fall is in the air

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley…

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Jefferson utility settles dispute

PUD to pay $62,500 to property owner

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Port of Port Townsend examines fee increases in draft budget

Cruise ship docking would see bump to $2,000 per day

Ann Livingston.

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Trails coalition names first executive director

Livingston says she has passion for hiking, biking

As Above, So Below festival organizer and DJ Mark Hardy load sound systems into the venues at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Wednesday.

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Dance festival set at Jeffco Fairgrounds

Three stages to host performances for all ages

Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez, left, stands with an attorney outside of the ICE detention center where he was held for nearly four weeks. Hernandez, a firefighter who was detained while battling a wildfire in Washington state, was released Tuesday, his attorneys said. (Courtesy photo/Innovation Law Lab)

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Firefighter arrested at wildfire released by ICE

A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been…

Lummi master carver Jewell James stands with the totem pole at a rally in Olympia. (Se’Si’Le)

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Totem pole reaches Elwha after 1,700-mile journey

Conservation movement focuses on stopping repeal of Roadless Rule

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Sequim man is sentenced in assault

‘Rare’ incident on Olympic Discovery Trail

Violist Tyrone Beatty of Sequim will join more than 80 musicians in the Port Angeles Symphony’s Family Concert on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

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All-ages symphony concert set for Saturday

PORT ANGELES — This Saturday, with 75 singers and an orchestra of 82 musicians, the Port Angeles Symphony…

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Clallam approves $5 parcel charge

Conservation District to use funds for programs

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State port association honors Sen. Chapman

Sen. Paul Harris also receives WPPA’s Compass Award

Seattle-based architecture firm Olson Kundig is known for its kinetic architecture, portrayed in the short film "Counterweight."

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Festival features talk on housing situations

Shorts, documentaries describe environments

Damian Eldritch, a resident of the encampment located behind the Department of Social and Health Services building in Port Townsend. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Homeless camp will close on Nov. 3

Port Townsend city officials cite public health, safety