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Car chase, drugs net 26-year sentence

Prosecutor highlights impact of fentanyl

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Dash Air shuttle plans flights Aug. 1

Service expects certification in two weeks

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Life

New Sunset Speaker Series set at Dungeness River Nature Center

Experts to begin presentations this Saturday

The "Old Barn" in Old Barn Lavender Company possibly dates back to 1910 for a cattle ranch, owners say. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Business

Old Barn is a new lavender business

Sequim couple aims to make a welcoming environment for all ages

Ian Campbell of Bellevue, left, and Colette Campbell of Orlando, Fla., grandchildren of the late Port Angeles City Council member Orville Campbell, examine a table collection of family photos prior to a memorial service for the elder Campbell on Tuesday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Civic leader Orville Campbell mourned

‘A very special person in this community’

Mike Chapman.

Politics

Chapman to run for state Senate

Aims to fill seat vacated by Kevin Van De Wege

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Primary election ballots mailed today

Vote for open seats contested on Aug. 1

Navarra Carr, left, and Nick Merrigan.

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Port Angeles City Council hopefuls discuss development fees

Scooters, homelessness also topics at forum

Susan McKay, a volunteer with the Welfare for Animals Guild, right, holds Athena, a Chihuahua, as Karen Mercil of Sequim, left, and fellow volunteer Jinx Bryant look on during an open house for the organization on Saturday near Sequim. The event allowed animal lovers an opportunity to visit the non-profit group’s dog shelter and to adopt a canine for its forever home. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Animal guild open house

Pictured left: Susan McKay, a volunteer with the Welfare for Animals Guild, right, holds Athena, a Chihuahua, as…

Carol Pearson of Sequim-based Lizzie Betz Jewelry assists Maureen Kennedy of Port Angeles with a bracelet during Saturday’s Rain Shadow Artisans Fair at the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim. The event brought together more than a dozen local crafters with the opportunity to market their wares. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rain Shadow Artisans Fair set in Sequim

Carol Pearson of Sequim-based Lizzie Betz Jewelry assists Maureen Kennedy of Port Angeles with a bracelet during Saturday’s…

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Olympic National Park Arist-in-Residence Program manager Eliza Goode provides an introduction to "Terminus: A Glacier Memorial Project" during an opening reception for a collection more than 40 art pieces themed around the effects of climate change on glaciers on Friday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Most most of the installations will be exhibited at the fine arts center through Sept. 3. The center is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.

Arts & Entertainment

Terminus project talks glaciers

Olympic National Park Arist-in-Residence Program manager Eliza Goode provides an introduction to “Terminus: A Glacier Memorial Project” during…

Port Angeles police and firefighters examine a utility pole and a downed powerline along the Tumwater Truck Route at Third Street that disrupted traffic and caused power outages on Wednesday afternoon. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Downed power lines cause brief outage, prompt closure of truck route

PORT ANGELES — Blown transformers and downed powerlines knocked out power briefly in downtown Port Angeles and other…

Shelby Bell

Life

Parent to Parent meetups planned in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Parent to Parent will host two meetups to introduce Shelby Bell, its new…

Will Purser

News

Purser honored at conference

SEATTLE — Will Purser received the Spence Vanderlinden Public Official Award during the American Public Power Association’s National…

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Joint Public Safety Facility to have two project managers

County, city each will designate leaders

Damage from a July 9 fire can be seen at this residence on the 300 block of Thornton Drive. (Chris Turner/Clallam County Fire District 3)

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Fire damages two-story Sequim home

Residents get out safely with minor injuries

Deputy Chief Mike Hill recently graduated from 286th session of the FBI National Academy.

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Hill graduates from FBI National Academy

SEQUIM — Deputy Chief Mike Hill recently graduated from 286th session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico,…

Wes Fitzpatrick and Lorna Konopaski, grand pioneers for the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days parade, wave to the crowd on Saturday. The three-day celebration ended Sunday with a beach cleanup, fun run, tournaments and other activities. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Grand pioneers

Wes Fitzpatrick and Lorna Konopaski, grand pioneers for the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days parade, wave to the crowd…

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High fire risk expected to continue on Peninsula

Dry conditions predicted at least through September

Mike Nikolaus of Chico polishes up his 1955 Ford Fairlane Sunliner during Friday’s 26th annual Ruddell Cruise In car show at Ruddell Auto Mall in Port Angeles. The event drew hundreds of people to view dozens of antique and vintage automobiles for an evening of food, music and automotive nostalgia. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Cruise In

Mike Nikolaus of Chico polishes up his 1955 Ford Fairlane Sunliner during Friday’s 26th annual Ruddell Cruise In…