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The Mount Tom Creek fire is still estimated to be about 86 acres with zero percent containment following more than an inch of rain over the weekend. (Bill Kintner)

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Growth minimal at Mount Tom Creek fire

PORT ANGELES — The Mount Tom Creek Fire continued to smolder and burn with slow, creeping behavior over…

Crew members with Pioneer Builders Supply Co. deliver shingles on June 17 for the new roof being installed at Sequim Middle School. It’s the first new roof since it opened in 1998. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim schools set laundry list of summer building projects

Cold potable water line at Greywolf, roof at middle school included

Sequim City Council members chose RRM Design Group to lead the design for the renovation of Margaret Kirner Park. City staff report the consultant’s work is funded and construction is included in the city’s 2027 Capital Improvement Plan. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Designer selected for Sequim park revamp

Features will include expanded play area, new equipment

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

From left, Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, Jimmy Thompson, an officer for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Clallam County Corrections Deputy Don Wenzl and Port Angeles Chief of Police Brian Smith walk the Olympic Discovery Trail on Friday during the Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics Washington. A contingent of at least a dozen walked the route from Laird’s Corner to 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn in a relay format before they handed the torch to Jefferson County law enforcement officials. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Carrying the torch

From left, Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, Jimmy Thompson, an officer for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Clallam…

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Church to host unhoused parking

Program will move for four July nights

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Free music series continue next week

Free concert series will continue in Sequim and Port Angeles next week.

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Ecology plans to stick with Rayonier cleanup

Public comments wanted full removal of materials

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Board to discuss tribal trust applications

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m.…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Getting to the root of a weed problem

WEEDS DESIRE YOUR garden and will do whatever it takes to overrun it.

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Campfire restrictions in effect in Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest

OLYMPIA — Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park have implemented campfire restrictions due to rising temperatures and…

Clallam County 4-H horse teammates Matilda Redlin, Isabella Garrison, Reagan Doan and Ellie Adamire won the Reserve Champion title in the 4-H Horse Bowl Competition, which combined equine science and husbandry with horse judging and public speaking on May 3 at Moses Lake.

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HORSEPLAY: Clallam County 4-H place high at Hippology

REMINDER: GRASS CLIPPINGS are highly dangerous for horses and should NEVER BE FED to them. Even though horses…

Charlie Albright will return to Port Angeles for a concert with the symphony orchestra in November.

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Port Angeles symphony unveils a new season

Concerts feature Peninsula natives, new soloists

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Clallam PUD receives state grant for heat pumps

CARLSBORG — The Clallam County Public Utility District has received more than $1 million in Home Electrification and…

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Garden tour, preparedness fair this weekend

A self-guided garden tour, an emergency preparedness fair and the nationwide amateur radio Field Day are set as…

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Clallam PUD receives clean audit reports

Financial health of district ‘really strong’

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Mighty Pine Brewing to host park benefit event

PORT ANGELES — Washington’s National Park Fund will celebrate Olympic National Park’s 88th birthday from 5 p.m. to…

A lightning-caused fire is burning about 5 miles west of Mount Olympus in Olympic National Park.

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Fire reported in Olympic National Park

PORT ANGELES — Fire crews were responding Thursday to the Mt. Tom Creek fire in Olympic National Park,…

Firefighters work at the scene of a wildland fire on Wednesday on Maletti Hill Road east of Port Angeles. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)

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Firefighters contain half-acre wildland fire

Three departments, DNR respond to burning hillside