Charisse Deschenes will remain as Sequim interim city manager until a permanent city manager is hired tentatively this fall. (Photo courtesy City of Sequim)

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Sequim City Council extends interim city manager contract

Deschenes in role until permanent hire in place

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Soroptimists to meet Friday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Brian Albright will address a meeting of Soroptimist International of Port Angeles at noon Friday.

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‘Vigilantism’ a fear in wake of new laws

Sheriff, legislator review police use-of-force limits

Atop the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Sequim, co-owner Bret Wirta recently learned he’d be able to keep his hotel after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the COVID-19 pandemic cut into tourism and his revenues. “I’m glad to have this cloud lifted from over us,” he said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Holiday Inn owner retains hotel in bankruptcy case

More than $2M in penalties sought during pandemic

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Peninsula College requiring COVID-19 vaccinations

Confirmed Thursday: 19 more cases in Clallam, six in Jefferson

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Bids opened for levee setback project

Lower Dungeness River floodplain to be restored

Crime & Justice

Reported shooting under investiagation

Police seek more details from public

A young girl looks through a window at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center at the exhibit “Conservation From Here” by artist Joseph Rossano. A presentation Thursday will key off the show, done in partnership with Olympic National Park. (Jordyn Owen)

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Presentation inspired by Conservation from Here

Aims to show how humans, wildlife can live together

Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith.

Crime & Justice

Police reform laws are criticized

New rules in effect this week

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Spokane honor roll announced

SPOKANE — The Community Colleges of Spokane have released the spring 2021 honor rolls for its two colleges.

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Inslee urges all to wear masks indoors

Face coverings will be required in K-12 schools

Trumpeter swans enjoy an evening on Kirner Pond. (Photo by Bob Phreaner)

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Community raises funds to save swans, bury power lines

Kirner Road project expected to finish in August, PUD says

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Clallam County may approve funds for help with past-due utility bills

Customers owe about $700,000, PUD says

Retired pilot Josh Crabtree of Port Angeles sits in a Dash Air Shuttle Cessna 402c that he helped fly from the East Coast in June. The plane would be used for passenger flights from Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles to Sea-Tac International Airport. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dash Air flights pushed to late September

Passenger service’s new target will be after Labor Day

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Motorcycle rider injured in crash with SUV on U.S. Highway 101

LAKE SUTHERLAND — A Neah Bay man was injured Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding struck an…

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COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Delta strain dominant in state

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Clallam County commissioners to consider rescue funds for utility assistance

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will consider releasing $350,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to Clallam…

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Jefferson Historial Society to present archaeology lecture on Ozette

PORT TOWNSEND — Gary Wessen will present “Examining Cultural Behavior Represented by Marine Shellfish Remains at the Ozette…

Crime & Justice

Assault charges filed for man, 82

Arraignment in case set Friday

Charles Alice of Port Angeles uses a level to line up pickets in a fence around the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dream Playground II nearly ready for final phase

Artificial turf to be installed in August