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Terri Johnson of Sequim, a member of Sequim Prairie Grange No. 1108, puts the finishing touches on her organization’s display entry on Wednesday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The display follows this year’s fair theme, “Bee-lieve in the Magic of the Fair.” The fair begins its four-day run today with agricultural judging, food, entertainment and other activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clallam County Fair opens four-day slate

Live music, shows highlight various events this weekend

Crime & Justice

Man gets 11-plus years for sex crimes

Incidents in Jefferson County and Portland

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Home sharing could help with high rent

Presentation focuses on senior population

Roger Fisher performs at a previous Moon Fest. This weekend’s event will begin Friday and conclude Saturday in Quilcene. (Moon Fest)

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Moon Fest to open Friday in Quilcene

Event to provide music, education with a view

Still suspended and held in steady by a heavy lift crane, a 50-ton crossmember beam of the new 300-ton variable width Travelift acquired by the Port of Port Townsend is bolted down by an employee, lower right, on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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New Travelift

Still suspended and held in steady by a heavy lift crane, a 50-ton crossmember beam of the new…

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Creek cleanup in new phase

Focus now turning to recovery response

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Peninsula Daily News sells its home in a historic transition

Newspaper is moving to First Street location

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Port of Port Angeles moves ahead with grant applications

Funding sources could help agency’s facilities

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Dosewallips brush fire under control

Three acres burned, Level 1 evacuation alert deployed

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Clallam County to consider energy efficiency projects

Two buildings are out of compliance with state law

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Port Angeles School Distict to host meetings with firms

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District’s board of directors will interview architectural firms vying to design…

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of Effort festival of military, law enforcement and first responders in Sequim. The event, hosted by Security Services Northwest, featured a variety of military equipment, law enforcement and public safety displays, food, music and other activities as well as a helicopter fly-in. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Honoring first responders

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of…

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Board considers selling property

Transit hub would increase access, agency says

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

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Sequim schools narrow choices

District negotiating on its bond projects

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

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Surf board builder crafting ultralight tiny home

Innovative structures could help with housing crisis, he says

Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Nonprofit provides students with shoes for school

Shopping event provides 25 kids with $100 gift cards

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pinks are running

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach…

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Raptor Experience

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson…

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Peninsula food banks bracing for SNAP cuts

Demand could outpace supply, executive director says

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Port Angeles school board reviews renaming Stevens

Discussion, decision expected in September

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