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Several orcas are spotted in Port Angeles harbor on Friday with Ediz Hook and the U.S. Coast Guard station in the background. Light rain and cloudy skies are in the forecast for early this week, although the sun and temperatures are in upper 60s to low 70s is expected for the weekend. (Ken and Mary Campbell)

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Orcas in Port Angeles harbor

Several orcas are spotted in Port Angeles harbor on Friday with Ediz Hook and the U.S. Coast Guard…

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Avian flu outbreak at Fort Flagler

Initial tests find infection in seals

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9/11 memorials today in Jefferson County, Port Angeles

Observances honor those who lost lives in terrorist attacks

Crime & Justice

Port Angeles man sentenced on drug charges from June traffic stop

Digital scales, about 5,000 pills found during vehicle search

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Ocean Smith gets ready to hand off a vase of flowers to a Northwest Maritime Center sailing team member already aboard during an early Friday morning delivery of flowers purchased on Thursday. Looking on are teammates Ava Butterfield and Charley Capel.

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Sail team sells flowers for festival boats

Posies welcomed at Wooden Boat Fest

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Contested timber sale advancing

DNR’s ‘Power Plant’ sale near Elwha River being finalized

Port of Port Angeles District 3 Commissioner Connie Beauvais, left, and former Port Angeles City Council member Lee Whetham answer questions from the audience during a meeting of the Port Angeles Kiwanis Club on Thursday at Joshua’s Restaurant. Both Beauvais and Whetham are running for the District 3 Port seat this year, the only Port commission seat on the ballot. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port of Port Angeles hopefuls cite experience

One seat on commission on November ballot

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Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn jokes with Port Townsend City Manager John Munro and Mayor David Faber, center, on Thursday at a groundbreaking for a $84 million project.

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Ceremony launches hospital expansion

Jefferson Healthcare breaks ground for $84 million project

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Gravel pit project withdrawn

Applicant: Threats to family led to decision

Riptide, a 47-foot wooden boat from Port Ludlow owned by Pete Leenhouts, built in 1927 by Schertzer Bros. of Seattle, is gently nudged to the dock by volunteer harbormasters on Thursday in preparation for today’s opening of the 46th annual Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend. The festival runs through Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Festival preparation

Riptide, a 47-foot wooden boat from Port Ludlow owned by Pete Leenhouts, built in 1927 by Schertzer Bros.…

Small plumes of smoke rise from the Eagle Point Fire, as seen from the Hurricane Hill Trail, as rain moves into the area. (Olympic National Park)

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Firefighters sent to interior park

Crew members to help visitors in North Fork Quinault, Skyline areas

Ray Chen.

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Olympic Music Festival hosts recital in its finale

Concerts set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday

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Olympic Medical Center to talk finances at public forum series

Olympic Medical Center will share information on its plan for financial recovery at three public forums next week…

“Catch of the Day” helped Bruce Fryxell, Olympic Peninsula Camera Club president, take home the gold medal for the top photograph in his group at the National Inter-club Photo Competition. (Bruce Fryxell)

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Sequim camera club scores in international competition

‘Catch of the Day’ captures pelican off coast of Namibia

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Dash Air: Aircraft gets OK

Scheduled flights closer, firm says

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Feedback to shape stock plan program

Port Townsend, Jefferson County work toward building designs

Organizer Corey Edwards said for the inaugural Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show on Saturday in the Guy Cole Event Center in Sequim, he encouraged vendors to bring “more vintage, funky items” and he anticipates a “spread of 1950s toys to more modern, rarer toys.” (Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show)

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Inaugural toy show slated for Saturday

Organizer aims for rare collectibles that are ‘vintage, funky items’

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COVID is on rise; few seen in hospitals

Official: ‘This is not going back to 2020’

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Counseling services available for Forks High School students after boy’s death

Superintendent: ‘Whole school community is grieving the loss’

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Wooden boats feted in annual Port Townsend festival

Hundreds of vessels expected this weekend