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Holiday bazaars slated across Peninsula

Holiday arts and crafts fairs will be conducted across the Peninsula this week. They include:

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Tickets on sale for United Way of Clallam County fundraiser

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for the United Way of Clallam County’s Galentine’s Day Posh Pajama…

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Thanksgiving meals scheduled on Peninsula

Thanksgiving meals are being offered across the Peninsula this week.

Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias, left, has been elected to serve as president of the Washington State Association of Counties for the coming year.

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Ozias elected president of state association of counties

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias has been elected to serve as president of the Washington…

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Applications to be open for Section 8 housing vouchers

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Housing Authority will accept applications for its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program…

Crime & Justice

Deputies: Barricaded man dies by suicide

Negotiators work for nearly two hours for peaceful resolution

Crime & Justice

Police: Person of interest in custody following reports of shooting

School district says situation contained, operations will continue

Candidates for the 2026 Clallam County Fair royalty are, from left, Tish Hamilton, Keira Headrick, Julianna Getzin, Makenzie Taylor and Jasmine Green. Molly Beeman is not pictured.

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Six candidates running for Clallam County Fair royalty

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Fair Royalty has announced six candidates running for 2026 Clallam County Fair royalty.

Eric and Tina Thomson, owners of Tedesco’s Italian Fresh, moved to Sequim in 2016. They fell in love with the area after they visited Tina’s son, Dustin Miller, who is the restaurant’s bar manager. Eric serves on the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors, and he and his family support several local causes. (Monica Berkseth/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Tedesco’s restaurant built on family name

Owners, support WAG, food bank and other local causes

Crime & Justice

Suspects in murder cases get hearings

Update on four defendants headed to trial

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Thanksgiving meals slated on Peninsula

Thanksgiving meals are being offered across the Peninsula next week.

Carolyn Edge.

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First year of Recompete data shows projects gaining momentum

OCTOBER MARKED ONE year since the Recompete initiative started, with the goal of creating and connecting people to…

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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…

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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…

Olympic Medical Center Foundation
The Nutcracker is highlighted in a set piece from Westlake Park in Seattle that will be part of Tuesday’s Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Festival of Trees. The outdoor welcome on the Vern Burton Community Center lawn also will include huge, LED-lighted Christmas ornaments, a ballet and a snow-making machine.

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Festival of Trees returns bigger and earlier

Opening Ceremonies move to Tuesday

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A GROWING CONCERN: Don those decorations like a pro

LAST WEEK, WE discussed how this is the ideal time of year to prune your conifers. I hinted…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Peninsula boards and commissions set to meet

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Some of the many dogs rescued by Fox-Bell Farm Humane Society. Be sure to visit its Facebook page. (Submitted photo)

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HORSEPLAY: Robot repairs and Fox-Bell news

NO HORSING AROUND for me this month as I’ve undergone a successful left knee replacement surgery thanks to…

Eli Hammel, City Of Port Angeles employee, puts just under 20,000 lights on the city Christmas tree in front of the Conrad Dyar fountain in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Tinsel technician

Eli Hammel, City Of Port Angeles employee, puts just under 20,000 lights on the city Christmas tree in…

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OMC approves deficit budget

Projecting $7.4M loss for 2026