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Jones on Spokane honor roll

SPOKANE —Shelby Jones, of Sequim, has been named on Spokane Community College’s summer 2023 honor roll.

Emmett Boyack, 18, holds a freshly picked pumpkin as his sister, Lucy Boyack, 8, looks on at the pumpkin patch behind Agnew Grocery east of Port Angeles. The Sequim youngsters were on a family outing to harvest the gourds for Halloween. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Spooky fun offered this weekend

Halloween comes to the Peninsula

The award, for Being Excellent Everyday, was presented by Daryl Wolfe, the center’s CEO, and Katrin Junghanns-Royack, the ICU/Telemetry director.

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McKee recognized by OMC

Jennifer McKee has received a BEE award from Olympic Medical Center.

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Clallam PUD rates to increase in April ’24

Average bill for electricity to rise by 3.5 percent

Mark Ozias

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Clallam County is facing budget deficit

Commissioner: Costs are driving $2M gap

A two-vehicle wreck ended in a pickup driving into Caregivers Home Health at 622 E. Front St. early Tuesday afternoon, according to Port Angeles Police Sgt. Kevin Miller, pictured far right. The pickup, driven by Linda Turman of Port Angeles, was on the far right of the road when it switched to the left lane, which was occupied by a late model Ford Mustang, Miller said. The pickup hit the building. Turman was reported in satisfactory condition at Olympic Medical Center later in the day. The Mustang was damaged but did not crash into anything or block traffic. Turman was cited for improper lane use, Miller said. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Driver cited after two-vehicle wreck

A two-vehicle wreck ended in a pickup driving into Caregivers Home Health at 622 E. Front St. early…

City of Port Angeles
The seal play structure at 9/11 Memorial Park has been removed.

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Seal structure removed from 9/11 park after vandalism

PORT ANGELES — The seal play structure located at 9/11 Memorial Park has been removed following vandalism, according…

Arts & Entertainment

Sequim City Band brings ‘Haunted Harmonies’ to Port Angeles

SEQUIM — Sequim City Band moves its concerts indoors for its 2023-24 season on Saturday with “Haunted Harmonies”…

Eva Abram.

Arts & Entertainment

Storytellers to tell Haunting Tales at Olympic Theatre Arts

SEQUIM — Storytellers Eva Abram and Tobey Ishi-Anderson will be featured at Haunting Tales, an event Wednesday at…

Dancen Charles, a member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, fishes the Elwha River, which is open only to tribal fishermen. A quota of 400 fish can be taken by pole and later by netting, with future quotas determined by the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fishing the Elwha

Dancen Charles, a member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, fishes the Elwha River, which is open only…

Life

Green thumb lecture slated

PORT ANGELES — Sara Farinelli will present “Propagation of Hardy Ferns” at noon Thursday.

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Book discussion groups set for North Olympic libraries

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will host book discussions in person and online this month.

Armed with matching knives, Emma Briggance, 10, left, and Layla Newlon, 12, both of Port Angeles, prepare pumpkins for decorating during a pumpkin carving workshop on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Jack-o’-lanterns created during the session were to be displayed in a pumpkin walk in the nearby Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pumpkin carving

Armed with matching knives, Emma Briggance, 10, left, and Layla Newlon, 12, both of Port Angeles, prepare pumpkins…

A tsunami alert siren in the public parking lot at First and Lincoln streets in downtown Port Angeles sounded during Thursday’s Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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ShakeOut practice evaluated

Drill is preparation for big earthquake

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Peninsula College welcomes two new members to its board

Full-time enrollment slightly above last year’s full-time figures

Crime & Justice

Man accused of child rape has four-day trial scheduled

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man is set to stand trial for four days beginning Jan. 8…

A shed fire was extinguished early Friday morning. Chief Jake Patterson said firefighters knocked down the flames in about 10 minutes. The district responded with two fire engines, one ambulance and two chief officers. The Port Angeles Fire Department responded with one fire engine and one chief officer, along with Port Angeles police officers and Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)

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Shed burns in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A 15-foot by 15-foot wooden shed filled with firewood on Bean Road just north of…

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Olympic National Park seeks comment for bridge project

Log jams to mimic natural river dynamics

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Get to the root of fall gardening

BOY, THE WEATHER has changed! Now the cool, damp days of fall are definitely upon us. That change…

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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…