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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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Commissioners told Towne Road plans

Design plans, cost estimate expected soon

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Crime & Justice

Port Angeles police seeking man

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a man suspected…

Should police be allowed to engage in high-speed pursuits if they just suspect someone is engaged in a crime? The state Legislature is set to debate that issue following verification of a citizen initiative that gives police more leeway in decision making. (Mary Murphy/Washington State Journal)

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State Legislature to debate high-speed police pursuits

Initiative 2113 would amend law to be ‘reasonable suspicion’

Katherine Baril, center, and other patrons arrived early for a screening of the movie “Ferrari” in the newly made-over Rosebud cinema, part of the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rosebud cinema blooms under new owners

Rose Theatre, Starlight room policies changed

Pam Petranek, left, is sworn in for her second term as a Port of Port Townsend commissioner on Jan. 10 by Executive Director Eron Berg. (Photo courtesy Port of Port Townsend)

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Poplars targeted for spring removal

Sims gateway project timeline is outlined