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McKinley reimbursed for energy efficiencies

Updates happened before mill’s closure

Derek Kilmer.

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Kilmer’s final speech in Congress includes Port Angeles, Olympic Peninsula

Congressman continues practice of writing letter to his children

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Peninsula College tuition to rise 3.3 percent

Increase to add about $54 per quarter, institution says

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WSDOT still cleaning up after bomb cyclone

Transportation budget faces uncertainty in coming state session

Dustin Hines of Port Townsend won the Jamestown Glow Run 5K, a year after finishing second in the same race. John Mauro, also of Port Townsend, won the 10K. Matt Sagan/Cascadia Films

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JAMESTOWN S’KLALLAM GLOW RUN: More than 600 enjoy the lights and the gloaming

BLYN — More than 600 people from the Olympic Peninsula and the Pacific Northwest enjoyed what is turning…

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Sequim passes its 2025 budget

Capital projects include expanded utilities

Holiday Lane stretches most of Diamond Point Road and features ornaments, homemade signs and more through the holidays. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Diamond Point’s decorating crew keeps holiday tradition

Volunteers decorate about 4 miles of Holiday Lane

Sam Grello, the executive director of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, strings lights on a tree in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday. The district procured professional-grade lights to last several years and will work to brighten the downtown area for the holiday season. (Kelley Lane/Peninsula Daily News)

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Holiday spirit

Sam Grello, the executive director of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, strings lights on a tree in downtown…

From left to right, donors Ann Soule and Dave Shreffler, Clallam County commissioner Randy Johnson, Peninsula Behavioral Health (PBH) CEO Wendy Sisk, PBH Board President Dave Arand and Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West break ground for PBH’s new housing project, North View. Once completed next December, North View will have 36 units available to provide permanent, supportive housing for those who have experienced chronic homelessness. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula Behavioral Health breaks ground on 36-unit housing project

North View to serve those chronically homeless

Cherie Kidd of Port Angeles was crowned the champion of the 70s age category during the Ms Senior World Pageant on Nov. 23 in Biloxi, Miss. (Holli Hobbs Photography)

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Former mayor wins crown at Ms Senior World Pageant

The first runner-up last year, Cherie Kidd brings home title

Surveillance footage released by the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office shows a suspect allegedly holding a Frugals employee at gunpoint on Thursday. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

Crime & Justice

Police: Frugals robbed at gunpoint

PORT ANGELES — Frugals was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday and law enforcement officers are seeking information from…

Crime & Justice

Deputies seize 36 livestock animals

Dead sheep found on property

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Health care model relies on reimbursement

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center is unlike almost any other business on the North Olympic Peninsula.

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The Commons at Fort Worden to close through winter

Hospitality services will move to The Guardhouse beginning Monday

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City of Port Angeles adopts balanced budget

Revenue, expenses set about $157 million

Olympic Medical Center commissioners will consider potential partnerships with other health organizations to help the hospital’s long-term viability. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Olympic Medical Center to explore outside partnership

Process to explore long-term viability

After learning about each other through a genealogy service 15 years ago and speaking on the phone for years, Steven Hanson of Montevideo, Minn., and Sue Harrison of Sequim met for the first time a few weeks ago. The siblings were placed for adoption by their biological mother about 10 years apart. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Adopted as babies, siblings meet decades later

Sequim woman started search for biological family 15 years ago

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Permits for Christmas trees available in national forests

PORT ANGELES — If you have a vision of walking into the woods and finding the perfect Christmas…

Derek Kilmer.

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Kilmer looking to next chapter

Politician stepping down after 20 years

Jefferson County PUD General Manager Kevin Streett plans to retire next summer. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County PUD general manager to retire

Kevin Streett plan to serve until June 2025