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Clallam commissioners to send letter on timber sales

Document: Six-month pause has been extended

Dr. Sabrina Prime, a radiation oncologist at Jefferson Healthcare, demonstrates the new $2.5 million linear accelerator that will be used in the treatment of cancer patients during a dedication and open house on Sunday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Ribbon cutting

Dr. Sabrina Prime, a radiation oncologist at Jefferson Healthcare, demonstrates the new $2.5 million linear accelerator that will…

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Sequim to fund half of requests

Final decision to be decided in November

Sequim city staff report that they plan to request city council members to change Seal Street Park from right-of-way to a parcel so they can enforce no-camping rules. Complaints have continued in recent years about people camping in the area and allegedly committing crimes. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Legal changes proposed for Seal Street Park

Downtown space a place of concern for businesses, residents

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Leaders with Holiday Inn Express & Suites, from left, Namaste Stayton, vice president of hotel operations, Bret Wirta, owner, and Shelby Schleve, general manager, stand in “The Great Room” of the Sequim hotel. It was part of a massive $4 million remodeling project that opened up this space, refreshed hotel rooms and suites and added new amenities throughout the building.

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Holiday Inn Express finishes its $4 million remodeling project

Six-month effort adds more open space, new amenities

Kyra Toner, 8, of Burien kicks a soccer ball through a narrow goal as part of an informal soccer skills test during Saturday’s Party at the Park at Elks Playfield in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the Port Angeles Naval Elks Lodge, featured a variety of activities for children and adults, food and live music. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Party at the Park

Kyra Toner, 8, of Burien kicks a soccer ball through a narrow goal as part of an informal…

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Port Angeles School District board approves annual budget

Salaries, benefits top list of expenses

Crime & Justice

Man charged with multiple felonies, including burglary

Report: Suspect stole vehicle, body cameras

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Pat Marcy stands by the organ in Faith Lutheran Church that she’s played since it was built in 1991. This summer marks her 50th year leading music at the church, and with her retirement, a new director of parish music started on Aug. 3.

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Musician retires after 50 years at Faith Lutheran

Pat Marcy also taught students in Sequim school choir classes

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Port Angeles expanding permitting program

Temporary position to become full time

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Jessica Adams scrapes off flaking paint from a bollard along the parking area at Haynes Viewpoint on Thursday in Port Angeles. Adams said the bollards and adjoining guard chains are scheduled for future repainting. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Beautification efforts

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Jessica Adams scrapes off flaking paint from a bollard along the…

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Counties awarded $2.1M in grant funds

Agencies aim to protect near-shore habitat

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OMC hires interim CEO, works to resolve CMS issues

Hospital has fixed many deficiencies cited by state agency

Joel Kawahara prepares his famous fish head stew in 2018. (Kellie Henwood)

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Longtime Quilcene fisherman lost at sea

Loved ones remember him for his work, personality

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Council narrows vacancy to three

Candidates to be interviewed Sept. 2

Former Olympic Peninsula YMCA employee Mikki Hughes, center, stands on Wednesday in front of the Port Angeles YMCA with friends and co-workers who protested Hughes’ dismissal from her longtime duties as fitness instructor and fitness coordinator. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Former YMCA fitness instructor says she was fired after 30 years

Demonstrators say organization needs to follow its values

Arts & Entertainment

Butoh performances set at Fort Worden

Dance form seeks to connect with the primordial

Val and Tim Cullinan of Sequim walk past stalks of sunflowers on their way to the pickleball courts at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The sunflowers are among several towering stands in the park and surrounding area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sunflower scenery

Val and Tim Cullinan of Sequim walk past stalks of sunflowers on their way to the pickleball courts…

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Woman dies in crash near Lake Crescent

Fire district, park rangers among responding agencies

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Port Townsend to pursue housing project grants

Evans Vista project could add affordable units, city official says