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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

National park reports lightning-caused blaze near Mount Olympus

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Pool board continuing its shower policy talks

Program open during week while it’s fine-tuned

Johnny Steven Talbert, 43, appears in Clallam County Superior Court earlier this month. He is wanted in North Carolina for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree robbery with a dangerous weapon. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)

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Talbert extradition to be heard in July

Man facing two counts of first-degree murder in North Carolina

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Clallam County burn ban goes into effect

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Fire Marshal has ordered a burn ban in unincorporated Clallam County beginning…

P.J.’s Garden is one of the eight Port Angeles gardens on this year’s Petals and Pathways self-guided tour on Saturday.

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Master Gardener Foundation to host annual self-guided tour

Eight private gardens to be featured Saturday

Prime Voci, an ensemble of the Seattle Girls Choir, will perform at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave. in Sequim as a pre-tour send off before departing for Europe.

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Girls choir to perform at Sequim church

SEQUIM — Prime Voci will perform a pre-tour concert at 5 p.m. Thursday.

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Eight-piece band to play at Field Hall on Friday

PORT ANGELES — Batuka will present Sounds of Santana at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Donna M. Morris…

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Film series to feature ‘Cabaret’ on Friday

PORT ANGELES — The Fourth Friday Film Series will present a screening of “Cabaret” at 8 p.m. Friday.

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PAT NEAL: Revenge of the fool hen

IT WAS DAYLIGHT in the forest, my favorite time of day. A time to revel in the absolute…

From left, Lt. Jim Thompson of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Police, Special Olympian Deni Isett and Clallam County Sheriff Brian King run a leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run on the Olympic Discovery Trail at Port Angeles City Pier last year. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

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Torch run to benefit Special Olympics

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County law enforcement agencies will support Special Olympics athletes during a Torch Run on…

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Port Angeles traffic signal disabled at Fifth and Lincoln streets

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Public Works Department and state Department of Transportation crews are responding to…

Firefighters from multiple jurisdictions contained a wildland fire on Monday off Storm King Road near Lake Crescent. Residual smoke may be in the area on Tuesday, Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue officials said. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)

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Firefighters contain wildland fire near Lake Crescent

PORT ANGELES — Firefighters from multiple agencies contained a wildland fire near Lake Crescent on Monday.

Kelly Kidwell is the new Port of Port Angeles District 2 commissioner. The founder and CEO of Port Angeles-based Citizen Air was unanimously chosen on Tuesday to fill the vacant seat. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port of Port Angeles appoints Kidwell to vacant seat

Entrepreneur to be sworn in on June 30

A parade of Peninsula College graduates walk across the campus to the gym for commencement ceremonies on Saturday. A morning ceremony had 175 students and the afternoon ceremony had 180 for a total of 355 graduates. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Graduation walk

A parade of Peninsula College graduates walk across the campus to the gym for commencement ceremonies on Saturday.…

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Teen advisory board forming in Clallam County

Group will help provide perspective for local government

Tom Daugherty, a retired Marine, was one of many retired military personnel who helped retire American flags according to protocol on Flag Day. Eighteen cloth American flags were burned June 14 during the flag retirement ceremony at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. It was organized by the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Flag retirement

Tom Daugherty, a retired Marine, was one of many retired military personnel who helped retire American flags according…

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Clallam County, Port Angeles City Council to discuss criminal justice contracts

Joint meeting Tuesday to cover separate aspects of agreement

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Bones recovered at possible Native American burial site

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has taken over the investigation of human…

Swimmers enjoy a day of recreation at Clallam County’s Lake Pleasant Park on June 14. An advisory has been issued by Clallam County Health and Human Services that swimmer’s itch has been detected in the popular lake north of Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Swimmer’s itch advisory issued for Lake Pleasant

FORKS — Clallam County Environmental Health has posted a swimmer’s itch advisory for Lake Pleasant in Beaver.

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Sequim Food Bank volunteer Skylar Kryzworz, who graduated from Sequim High School last year and continues to volunteer when she comes home from college, hands a plastic bag full of food items to teen volunteer Trinity McNorris.

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Teenagers lead volunteer efforts on Saturdays at Sequim Food Bank

Besides job skills, students are filling community need