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Firefighters extinguish porch fire in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A back porch of a Port Angeles home caught fire but was quickly extinguished on…

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Port Angeles School Board to interview semi-finalists for superintendent

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District board has selected five semi-finalists for its next superintendent who…

The ferry MV Coho backs into its landing after returning to Port Angeles on Tuesday following annual dry dock and maintenance in Anacortes. During the maintenance period, extensive work was performed on the dock, including replacement of a wing wall used to steer and secure the vessel during loading and unloading of cars and passengers. The ferry is scheduled to resume daily service between Port Angeles and Victoria on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Coho returns

The ferry MV Coho backs into its landing after returning to Port Angeles on Tuesday following annual dry…

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Building association calls for city to cease utility charges

Association says charges unconstitutional

Clallam PUD Cindy Kimble, Clallam PUD’s customer and community outreach programs coordinator, can help residents navigate the utility district’s revamped low-income energy assistance program.

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Clallam PUD hires staff to help low-income customers

SEQUIM — Clallam County Public Utility District has overhauled its low-income energy assistance program, bringing its operations in-house…

Jen Colmore, left, and June Nichols of the Sequim Food Bank serve a sample of chili to Monica Dixon of Sequim during Saturday’s Community Chili Cookoff at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. The event, organized by the club and Boy Scout Troop 90, showcased the culinary skills of six community organizations with each group receiving a share of the proceeds and the winner taking a $500 prize. The food bank’s chili recipe took top honors in the competition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Chili cookoff

Jen Colmore, left, and June Nichols of the Sequim Food Bank serve a sample of chili to Monica…

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PAT NEAL: The day after Valentine’s

“IT MUST BE nice to be a fishing guide.” If I had a dollar for every time I…

Cheryl Gertsch of Sequim, left, talks with Krista Meyers, project manager with Cascadia Solar of Port Townsend during the annual Home Building, Remodeling and Energy Expo on Saturday at Sequim Middle School. The event, hosted by the North Peninsula Building Association, featured a variety of booths, displays and presentations dedicated to home construction, repair and improvement. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Building expo

Cheryl Gertsch of Sequim, left, talks with Krista Meyers, project manager with Cascadia Solar of Port Townsend during…

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Undersea research to be presented at Studium Generale

PORT ANGELES — John R. Teal and Deborah Kelley will present “Undersea Research and Opportunities for Rural College…

Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter will perform “Celtic Harps, Rare Instruments and Wondrous Stories” this weekend during concerts in Port Angeles and Port Townsend.

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Multi-instrumentalists to perform on Peninsula this weekend

Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter will present “Celtic Harps, Rare Instruments and Wondrous Stories” during performances in Port…

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‘Amadeus’ to be screened at Field Hall

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Music Festival will host a screening of “Amadeus” at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Anna Andersen, left, and Sean McDaniel, both of Port Angeles, rehearse for “Enchanted April,” a Port Angeles Community Players production that will be on stage through March 9.

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Port Angeles Community Players to produce ‘Enchanted April’

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Players will present its production of “Enchanted April” at 7:30 p.m.…

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Port Angeles Arts Council to host open house

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Arts Council will host an open house at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday following…

About 800 people from Jefferson and Clallam counties spill out from the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse onto Jefferson Street in Port Townsend on Monday to take part in a National Day of Protest organized by the 50501 Movement, which stands for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement.” (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Hundreds protest actions of Trump administration

Activists cite USAID, worry about Treasury, impacts of immigration

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Peninsula to welcome Canadian visitors

Celebration of Coho passengers planned

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Fish barrier removal to impact highway traffic

Portions of roadway to have long-term closures

The state is looking to turn Miller Peninsula, a 2,800-acre undeveloped park east of Sequim, into a destination state park with a visitors center, cabins, picnic areas and more. Some locals oppose the move. (Warren Wilson)

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Opponents want park to stay day use

State updates plan for Miller Peninsula

Sequim staff plan to send a proposal to the state this month to potentially fund sewer and water lift stations on West Sequim Bay Road using new developments’ property taxes through a Tax Increment Area by Sequim Bay in a 363-acre area. It would require the city to prove that developments in the area wouldn’t happen without the stations. The city council also would have to approve it. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim exploring funding mechanism to incentivize development

City would create district, repurpose tax dollars for lift stations

Contestants for the 130rd Sequim Irrigation Festival’s royalty court include, from left, Roxy Woods, Glenna Cary, Lily Tjemsland, Malachi Byrne and Joanna Morales. The pageant will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Sequim High School’s auditorium. (Keith Ross, Keith’s Frame of Mind)

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Five candidates set for Irrigation Festival royalty

Creative displays, QA featured on Saturday

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A GROWING CONCERN: Dig this dozen garden must-haves

AS WE MOVE closer to the first days of spring, and thus lay our plans for our coming…

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