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Clallam County Search and Rescue crews walk the beach at Dungeness Spit on Friday. The sheriff’s office suspects the remains found are from a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island on Sept. 4. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

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Dungeness Spit torso suspected to be from seaplane crash

Discovery on beach under investigation

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Clallam County Poet Laureate program launched

Applications open Oct. 17

Jackson Chapman, 3, of Sequim plays with a model train display during the 22nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet on Saturday at the Home Arts Building at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The two-day event, hosted by the North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders, featured a variety of model railroad sets and accessories for sale or trade, as well as operating train layouts on display. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Model trains

Jackson Chapman, 3, of Sequim plays with a model train display during the 22nd annual Train Show and…

Ralph Parsons of Port Angeles, an employe of the Clallam County Parks, Fair and Facilities department, scrapes sand and gravel from the public boat launch at Cline Spit County Park. Parsons said readying the ramp is part of an effort to facilitate boaters and anglers during fishing season. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Readying the ramp

Ralph Parsons of Port Angeles, an employe of the Clallam County Parks, Fair and Facilities department, scrapes sand…

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Port Angeles closes Waterfront Trail portion

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles will close a portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail for…

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Man arrested after incident briefly locks down Port Angeles High School

Man arrested; no injuries reported

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Elaine Bradford and Cecelia Schouten participate in a variation of balloon volleyball in which participants keep three balloons going by hitting them with pool noodles. Schouten, according to her daughter Valerie Schouten, was always very athletic and loved climbing trees as a child. She was recruited to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, but her father said, “no.”

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Respite for all at Tim’s Place

Community rallies to support people dealing with memory loss

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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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Intentional aging group to meet Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Library System’s Intentional Aging discussion group will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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YMCA eyeing 2024 for early learning center

$4.5M facility to serve up to 92 children

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A pleasure boat sits aground on the north side of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Friday.

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Cabin cruiser washes onto Ediz Hook

No environmental threat, said Coast Guard, DOE

Ruby Beach has reopened to the public after improvements were completed. NPS Photo

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Ruby Beach reopens after upgrades

PORT ANGELES — The Ruby Beach parking area and access road at Olympic National Park has reopened after…

Nancy Hughes via Unsplash Ornamental Cabbage (Brassica Oleracea) can give your garden color and interest though the winter.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t leave fall chores to last minute

WELL HERE WE go, autumn officially begins this Thursday at 6:04 p.m., and that means there are a…

Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News Composer Noah Michael Smith, left, and Camaraderie Cellars winemaker Don Corson admire “Spirit of Hildegard,” Corson’s sculpture in jade. Smith and Corson have collaborated on a performance celebrating Hildegard von Bingen this Saturday.

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Saturday performance blends music, poetry

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

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Entertainment ranges from plays to fairs and concerts this weekend

A variety of entertainment is planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement in the Media Tech and Stagehand Training School with KING-5 television interviewer Eric Wilkinson and camera operator Robin Lile during a taping session at Field Hall Arts & Events Hall on Thursday in Port Angeles. The training school, which features a new media technicians certificate program, will be hosted by Field Hall and accredited by the college. The program will be funded through a $1 million grant by the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to develop skills that can be put to living-wage jobs on the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Tech talk at Field Arts & Events Hall

Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement…

Fencing surrounds the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles after parks department officials closed the equipment because of play surface tiles that are shrinking and becoming dislodged. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Shane Park playground closed for repairs

Dislodged tiles deemed to be a tripping hazard

Waterleaf Architecture created this latest rendering of the downtown Port Angeles hotel planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to start site work on Port Angeles hotel

Project manager expects minimal impact on downtown traffic

Smoke rises from a wildland fire along a side spur from Joyce Access Road east of Joyce on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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State Department of Natural Resources takes over small brush fire near Joyce

Cause had not been determined on Thursday