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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

Marley Reeder of Sequim will receive the first Juan de Fuca Foundation-PA Panto scholarship this weekend.

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JFFA, PA Panto award first scholarship

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

Wind Child, skippered by Rudy Heessels, one of the perennial participants in the annual Reach and Row for Hospice, competes in a Duck Dodge race in August. Heessels’ crew in this race included Charlie Roberts, Mylo Hauptli and Leon Skerbeck. (Fran Thompson)

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Reach, Row for Hospice to set sail this weekend

Annual fundraiser to be conducted on Sequim Bay

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ISSUES OF FAITH:

AS A FRIEND of mine often says about the world at large, “I worry, I worry.”

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United Way celebrates the kickoff of new campaign year

SEQUIM — The United Way of Clallam County will kick off its annual community campaign at Club 7…

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Clallam to view Field Hall funding; Jefferson conducts workshop

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Photo courtesy of Danni Breen Sequim resident Danni Breen and walking companion Mike Schefers are pictured on their second day of their Camino de Santiago adventure this summer, after staying in a monastery in Roncesvalles in Spain.

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Peninsula woman travels Camino de Santiago

Breen, 65, makes 500-mile pilgrimage to assess her life

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Clallam County to support water right application for Carlsborg

As county seeks development, PUD wants stakeholder meetings

Port Angeles police arrest a man at the corner of First and Albert streets in Port Angeles on Tuesday after he allegedly created a disturbance and brandished a handgun replica at passers-by. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Crime & Justice

Man subdued with ‘sponge round’ after standoff

Street blocked, crisis negotiator called in

Sequim City Band members break ground on the rehearsal hall expansion project. Pictured with ceremonial shovels are, from left, band president Debbi Soderstrom, band director Tyler Benedict and Neeley Construction superintendent Eli Collier. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim City Band breaks ground for expansion

$350K still needed to complete rehearsal hall construction

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Roughriders to conduct 70th year class reunion

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Class of 1952 will conduct its 70th year class reunion.

Hannah Klaus Hunter's monoprint 'Spring Wind' is among those on display at 'Turning Point."

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Fine arts center to host opening reception for ‘Turning Point’

Whidbey Island artist also to lead printmaking workshop

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Voluntary conservation encouraged in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The City of Port Angeles has declared a Stage II water shortage due to low…

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Merrin Packer as Elaine Parker leans in for a kiss from self-absorbed Mortimer Brewster, played by Mario Arruda in OTA’s upcoming “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

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‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ to begin three-weekend run

Balusters, banisters, serial killers, a cellar and the Society of Deceased Gentlemen

Will Purser, left, and Ken Hayes.

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Clallam PUD commissioner candidates debate county’s energy future

Purser and Hays spar over PUD’s direction

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Hearing set in Port Angeles on Lost Mountain Road land swap

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Natural Resources wants to swap 7-acre parcels at the end of…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Marlene McCurdy of Port Angeles, left, purchases coffee mugs from Gary Gort of Port Angeles at a sale table in front of the Crescent Grange Hall in Joyce on Saturday. The location was one of dozens of garage and yard sales taking part in the Great Strait Sale, stretching along and near State Highway 112 from Port Angeles to Neah Bay.

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Shopping Great Strait Sale

Marlene McCurdy of Port Angeles, left, purchases coffee mugs from Gary Gort of Port Angeles at a sale…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Julie Moen of Port Angeles, right, points the quirks of a "rat rod" built from a 1928 Ford Roadster by Dennis Broderson of Port Angeles, in drivers seat, during Saturday's Kiwanis Car Show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The event a fundraiser hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles, featured more than 70 vintage and customized autos and trucks.

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‘Rat rod’ at Kiwanis car show

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