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Woman charged with stealing transit bus pleads not guilty

Status hearing in April, three-day trial May 13

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Clallam County eyes four locations for reservoir

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will know more about the four potential locations for the Dungeness River off-channel…

June Claypool.

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Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market names new executive director

SEQUIM — The Sequim Farmers &Artisans Market’s board of directors has appointed June Claypool as the new executive…

Evelyn Jefferson, a crisis outreach supervisor for Lummi Nation, stands at the grave of her son Patrick George Jr., who died last September due to an overdose of street drugs containing the synthetic opioid carfentanil, at the Lummi Nation cemetery on tribal reservation lands on Feb. 8 near Bellingham. Jefferson had to wait a week to bury her son due to several other overdose deaths in the community. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)

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State tribes battling a devastating opioid crisis

Legislation could provide annual funding to help

Tom Ferrell.

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Former Sequim mayor announces resignation from council

Ferrell said work obligations overseas limit his time

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Port Angeles City Council to address STR regulations

Tuesday meeting will tackle contentious topic

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Marina in Port Townsend to reopen on March 1

Grand opening celebration set April 24

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Towne Road could go to bid March 26

Next update to be March 4

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Man jailed after newborn’s death released

Charges dismissed without prejudice

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UPDATE: Spokane Valley man found dead near Highway 112

JOYCE — Clallam County sheriff’s deputies have identified a man found dead off state Highway 112 about 12…

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Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson rises to shoot while defended by Steilacoom’s Chace McSherry during the Roughriders’ come-from-behind 63-49 bi-district tournament victory Thursday night. Port Angeles will face Enumclaw today [Saturday] in a winner-to-state, loser-out contest at 4 p.m. at Foster High School in Tukwila. For more information, see Page B1.

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Port Angeles’ comeback kids

Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson rises to shoot while defended by Steilacoom’s Chace McSherry during the Roughriders’ come-from-behind 63-49…

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Quilcene EP&O levy fails in second ballot count

Other Peninsula-area measures pass

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Port of Port Angeles updates on John Wayne Marina, Marine Trade Center

New tariffs to take effect next month

Small Island Big Song brings artists of Taiwan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea and Tahiti to the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles on Sunday.

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Field Hall presents Small Island Big Song’s ‘Our Island’

International tour supports Maui Strong Fund

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Most school levies approved in Jefferson County

Initial results show Quilcene’s measure narrowly behind

Barry and Ellen Lerich of Marrowstone Island are pictured in front of the Anuradhapura Monastery in Sri Lanka.

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Couple chosen Marrowstone Citizens of Year

Husband, wife moved to Marrowstone in ’01

Cellist Julian Schwarz, pictured rehearsing in spring 2023, rejoins the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra for two performances this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Port Angeles Symphony)

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Cellist, full orchestra to present two performances Saturday

Historic instrument was made in 1743

After five years of investigations, Sequim police have sought additional help from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Investigation Unit through state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office to help solve the 2019 homicide of Valerie Claplanhoo, a Makah tribal member, pictured with her son Brandan. (Cindy Lee Claplanhoo)

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Sequim police working with state unit on Claplanhoo homicide

Task force focuses on cases involving indigenous people

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Clallam County voters approving all propositions

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voters supported Forks Community Hospital and Crescent and Cape Flattery public school districts…

Animal tracks dot the otherwise smooth surface of the putting surface after a 2-inch blanket of snow fell on parts of Jefferson County on Thursday morning, including Discovery Bay Golf Course in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Snow quickly replaced by rain on Peninsula

Falling tree branches cause power outages