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Sequim schools agree to $40K settlement over public records dispute

District updates policy to ‘beef up’ consultation with third parties

Author John Vaillant stands in front of the iconic tower at Port Angeles City Pier. (Elijah Sussman/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Author visits Peninsula for Writer in Residence program

Vaillant awarded Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

Alex Toombs of Port Townsend was among the first visitors to the Welcome Center at the Northwest Maritime Center on Thursday.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News

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Maritime themes highlight new space at campus

Former PT retail space now welcoming center for visitors

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Six to be honored with Community Service awards

Free event Thursday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Port Angeles

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Primary races top ballot in August

Congress, state Senate seat will be contested

Crime & Justice

Alleged bank robber shot by police is identified

PORT ANGELES — A man who allegedly attempted to rob a bank in downtown Port Angeles and was…

Volunteer Al Oman, right, guides an auger operated by Steve Fink during site preparation for rebuilding the Dream Playground on Wednesday at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. A community rebuild is scheduled for May 15-19 to replace portions of the popular playground that were destroyed in an arson fire on Dec. 20. Volunteer signups are available at https://www.padreamplayground.org. The nonprofit Dream Playground Foundation, which organized and orchestrated previous versions of the playground, is also seeking loaner tools with more information available at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084DA4AC23A5F85-48241857-dream#/. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Site preparation for playground

Volunteer Al Oman, right, guides an auger operated by Steve Fink during site preparation for rebuilding the Dream…

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Hood Canal bridge closures begin Monday

Roundabout work also starts next week

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Some water system users face steep price hikes

County commissioners’ letter asks rates to be examined

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Reforms making a difference at Fort Worden, PDA director says

Organization moving toward stability; challenges remain

Education

Port Angeles School District aims to use attrition to close budget gap

District facing smaller deficit than last year, won’t require job cuts

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Palmer to resign from Port Townsend City Council

City to open process for replacement

A new mural at Sequim High School honors 2020 graduate Alissa Lofstrom, who started the mural in 2019 but had to stop due to COVID-19 shutdowns. She died in 2021, but past and current students finished her mural for the Interact Club. (Chelsea Reichner)

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Teens put finishing touches on mural to honor student

Teachers, students remember Lofstrom as welcoming, talented, artistic

Crime & Justice

Woman gets 20 years for murder

Court adds four months for max penalty

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Roundabouts, timber industry top discussion

Peninsula’s state lawmakers recap session

Bryant Volker smiles for Irrigation Festival photographer Keith Ross during the Kids Parade awards with help from festival Princess Kailah Blake. Volker won first place for his bicycle float. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Parade, logging show highlight festival weekend

Car show, historic walking tour part of 129th annual event

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Funds to rebuild lodge at Ridge will not be in ’25 federal budget

Park superintendent tells commissioners she’s ‘committed’

Crime & Justice

Former ER physician still faces civil trial

Hill pleaded guilty to lesser charges Friday

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Council vice chair Loni Greninger, left, and tribal elder Celeste Dybeck sing the S’Klallam paddle song, a call for people to pull together. Despite a chilly rain, scores of people attended Sunday’s 120th anniversary celebration of the golf course, an event that included the unveiling of a banner with its new name: the Camas Prairie Park and Camas Prairie Golf Course. The park is designed to serve a more diverse group of users than in the past, said Bob Wheeler, Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park president. He added that in addition to stick golf, disc golf, foot golf, a playground, trails and native planting areas are part of the plans. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

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New park unveiled

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Council vice chair Loni Greninger, left, and tribal elder Celeste Dybeck sing the S’Klallam paddle…

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Sequim sets ‘Flow’ theme for downtown park

Carrie Blake Park bridges set for 2025 replacement