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Suspected meth found on school playground destroyed

PORT ANGELES — A small amount of suspected methamphetamine has been destroyed and a search of the Franklin…

Jack and Marcella Ridge of Sequim talk about power tools with Tony Contestable, tool specialist with Hartnagel Building Supply of Port Angeles, right, during last year’s Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo in the Sequim High School gym. This year’s two-day event is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Two-day building expo set for this weekend

SEQUIM — The North Peninsula Building Association will host a two-day Building, Remodeling and Energy Expo this weekend.

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Downed trees knock out power to West End

More than 5,000 were without electricity

Makah Fisheries Management staffers shifted to trapping year-round in 2023 for the European green crab due to its continued presence in the Neah Bay area. The crab was also discovered within Neah Bay for the first time late last year. Staff also plan to continue tracking the crabs with a new system that tags their muscles instead of their shells to better see their movements and growth. (Makah Tribe)

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Makah Tribe steps up green crab trapping

Dungeness Refuge sees its highest catch rate

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Peninsula College taps Hattendorf for vice president post

PORT ANGELES — Bruce Hattendorf has been appointed vice president for instruction at Peninsula College.

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Port Angeles man hurt in wreck

FORKS — A 21-year-old Port Angeles man was taken to Forks Community Hospital early Sunday morning after a…

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Proposed STR regulations meet pushback from residents, commissioners

Planning commission urges amendments to 2017 code

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A work crew from Lakeside Industries lays down a layer of asphalt to patch a sinkhole in the pavement at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Friday morning after the water from a broken 4-inch main collapsed the road surface on Wednesday morning. Port Angeles reopened the intersection on Friday afternoon. Ten customers lost water briefly but were back on the system and off a boil-water advisory by late Thursday.

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Intersection repaired in Port Angeles

A work crew from Lakeside Industries lays down a layer of asphalt to patch a sinkhole in the…

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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…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

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Melody Johnson with mini donkey Maximus

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HORSEPLAY: The magical and musical world of training donkeys

WITH A FIRST name like Melody, it seems appropriate that Sequim’s self-proclaimed “Donkey whisperer” Melody Johnson has a…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Warm up to garden tasks as weather improves

I GUESS MY penance for the Green Bay Packers’ loss was to experience my hometown’s weather — here…

A Port Angeles Public Works crew examines the hole left at 11th and Oak streets after a water main break sent a geyser of water into the air Saturday morning, damaging the road surface. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles Public Works patches third water main break in four days

Director says such blowouts common after pipes thaw

The paving work planned for Thursday at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets has been delayed until today, Port Angeles Public Works Director Mike Healy said early Thursday afternoon. “The stabilizing material didn’t stabilize as well as it should, probably because of the rain and temperatures. About 20 percent isn’t as firm as we would like,” he said. “If you pave that, there will be a soft spot and we don’t want that. We have a lot of confidence that it will be ready Friday sometime around evening rush hour. Who knows? We hope Mother Nature cooperates,” he said. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Intersection paving delayed

The paving work planned for Thursday at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets has been delayed until…

The DAISY Foundation has recognized Shawn Gould with its DAISY leadership award.

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DAISY Foundation recognizes Gould

PORT ANGELES — The DAISY Foundation has recognized Shawn Gould with its DAISY leadership award.

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Activities for young and old set this weekend

A variety of activities are in the works for this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Sunday program set for OUUF

PORT ANGELES — Joseph Bednarik will present “Revenge” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

A tree trunk sculpture looks over the scorched site of what was once the main play structure of the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dream Playground build dates tentatively scheduled

Variety of fundraisers set to contribute to cost of new facility

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Clallam County seeking volunteers

PORT ANGELES — Applications are due Monday, Feb. 12, for 92 volunteer positions on 20 Clallam County advisory…

Pictured, from left to right, are Billie Jean Liedahl, Sandra Lytle, Sarah Kincaid, Mandy-Tsoi Hallam, Jodi Jones and Stephanie Day.

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Republican women announce officers

Billie Jean Liedahl, the president of the Washington Federation of Republican Women, installed new officers of the Republican…