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Stephen Fisher, from the Kenmore area, tows 2-year-old Juniper and pugs Jackie and JoJo, with wife Catherine Creason following. They participated in the couple’s sixth Tour de Lavender this weekend. Creason said they were married during the event five years ago. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Tour de Lavender enjoys its biggest turnout to date

More than 900 people register for annual bike ride

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Secure entrance eyed for Clallam County courthouse

Grant would pay 70 percent of upgrade

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Trails still closed after cougar attack in park

Trackers haven’t found animal, officials say

Race official Erin Bertleson, right, of Joyce watches with clenched fists as Seattle Spew and Slug-o-War jostle for the finish line. All proceeds benefit Clallam County Fire District No. 4 in Joyce. (Sam Nugent)

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Slugs wow race fans in Joyce

JOYCE — Race fans in Joyce were treated to a real nail-biter this year at the annual Extreme…

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Deadline in September for fiber arts entries

SEQUIM — The deadline is Sept. 16 for artwork for the 18th annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival…

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Man found dead in structure fire identified

PORT ANGELES — The man who died in a structure fire off East Sequim Bay Road last week…

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Erotic art sought for upcoming show

PORT ANGELES — Artists can submit work on Wednesday and Thursday for the fourth Annual Bring Your Own…

First responders prevent a vehicle from sliding farther down an embankment after it went off U.S. Highway 101 Monday evening. Its driver, a 61-year-old Sequim woman, died in the crash. (Clallam County Fire District 3)

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Sequim woman dies after car goes over embankment

Collision between SUV, log truck injures another

Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce (third place, youth), Janice Harsh of Port Angeles (third place, adult), Haylie Tenneson, 11, of Port Angeles (first place, youth), Tamara Stephens, Clackamas, Ore. (first place, adult) and Ariana Varholla, 15, of Sequim (second place, youth) display their pies and ribbons at the end of judging on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Joyce Daze

Blackberry pie contest winners, from left, Rachel Rice of Joyce (second place, adult), Audry Rice, 11, of Joyce…

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State seeking comment for northern spotted owl

Input could keep it on endangered list

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OMC Foundation announces $500,000 program contribution

Scholarship fund aims to increase health care workers

The charred remains of a pair of mobile homes sit on Saturday at the Emerald Mobile Home & RV Park in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Travel trailers burn at Port Angeles facility

PORT ANGELES — Firefighters extinguished blazes in two travel trailers at Emerald Mobile Home & RV Park on…

Firefighters work to contain a brush fire on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Deer Park on Monday. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)

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Brush fire burns about 1.5 acres near Deer Park

PORT ANGELES — Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue crews contained a brush fire that burned about 1.5 acres south of…

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Jazz on the Lawn offered free on Monday

PORT ANGELES — The Thirteenth Annual Jazz on the Lawn concert on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula…

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Free outdoor concerts on Peninsula next week

Free outdoor summer concerts are scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula next week.

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Junior livestock auction set at Sequim Grange

SEQUIM — Community members have a chance to support local youngsters through the Clallam County Junior Livestock Auction,…

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Friends group donates $150k to library expansion

SEQUIM — Consider the Friends of Sequim Library officially behind the renovation and expansion project of the Sequim…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Summer days aren’t lazy in the garden

IT’S MIDSUMMER (AUG. 1-10), a benchmark for you and the garden.

John McNutt

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BACK WHEN: Washington couple responded to life’s calling

WHAT IS YOUR life’s calling? Whatever it may be, that calling makes your life meaningful. People who answer…

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Mike Nossal of Seattle, along with his dog, Pico, reads a book on a rocky outcrop overlooking Tongue Point at the Salt Creek Recreation Area on Thursday north of Joyce. A minus 2 tide revealed large areas of the point, allowing access to the area for tidepool exploration or just enjoying the view.

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Rocky read at Tongue Point

Mike Nossal of Seattle, along with his dog Pico, reads a book on a rocky outcrop overlooking Tongue…