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COVID-19 variants gain ground in Clallam County

Jefferson County sees no sign of UK variant

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Peninsula College cancels women’s basketball games due to COVID-19

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team has canceled its next three games due to confirmed…

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Port Angeles Harbor cleanup plan to be discussed

Public meeting to cover damage asssessment, restoration

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Ice skating free for active duty military on Friday

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Maintenance crews from the state Department of Transportation replaced damaged guardrail and repaired some of the ditches Monday along the eastbound U.S. Highway 101 offramp to state Highway 117 in Port Angeles. The road was closed through the afternoon as drivers followed a detour via South Airport Road and West Lauridsen Boulevard. (Washington State Department of Transportation)

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Roadside repairs

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Friends of the Sequim Library to hold book sale

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Bob Crain will discuss fungicide use at noon Thursday

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Green Thumb lecture to focus on fungicides

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Margery Whites will discuss gardening for newcomers to the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday morning.

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Lecture to focus on gardeners new to North Olympic Peninsula

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Ryan French, Jim’s home health director, hands a $558.86 check to Hermina Solomon of the Port Angeles Food Bank. The food bank was the January recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity. The funds are raised through monetary donations, used book sales, donated employee casual days and a percentage of over-the-counter sales at Jim’s.

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Donation to Port Angeles Food Bank

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Ballet Victoria — whose dancers have included Julia Jones Whitehead and Tymin McKeown, seen in 2019 — is among the dozens of performing ensembles to appear in the 2021 Juan de Fuca Festival, a blend of in-person and virtual shows May 28-31. Passes for the virtual festival are on sale now. Tickets for in-person shows will be available later this month. For information about the festival and its COVID-19 safety protocols, see JFFA.org under the Festival menu; the Juan de Fuca Foundation office phone is 360-457-5411. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Festival passes on sale

Ballet Victoria — whose dancers have included Julia Jones Whitehead and Tymin McKeown, seen in 2019 — is…

Jefferson County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour.

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Letter supports breaching dams

Jefferson County Commissioners encourage implementation of controversial proposal

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Spiking case numbers worry health officers

Unidentified basketball team among those affected

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Sequim City Council agrees to future salary increases

Positions, not people, funded

Plans to expand Sequim’s Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory are in early stages, but the biggest priority is connecting to the City of Sequim’s water and sewer lines so the site can support more people and projects, said Genevra Harker-Klimes, director of coastal sciences for the Sequim lab. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

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National laboratory in Sequim planning facilities expansion

Contractors sought for both current and future projects

Sequim Irrigation Festival’s 2021 royalty get their first look at the float set for this year’s schedule of parades at a reveal event on Saturday at 7 Cedars Hotel and Casino. Pictured, from left, are princesses Allie Gale and Zoee Kuperus, queen Hannah Hampton and princess Sydney VanProyen. The float bears the theme “A Place For You to Rome,” complete with Roman architecture and designs overseen by longtime float builder/coordinator Guy Horton. The reveal preceded the annual Kick Off Dinner and Auction, a major annual fundraiser for the festival. With some COVID-related restrictions still in place, most of the events have been moved to May 8. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Irrigation Festival float

Sequim’s annual Irrigation Festival, Washington state’s longest continuous community festival now in its 126th year, kicked off the…

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Arson arraignment delayed for mental health check

PORT ANGELES — A 29-year-old woman’s mental health will be evaluated to determine the direction of first-degree arson…

The First Presbyterian Church of Port Angeles held an Easter Sunrise Service modified to meet COVID-19 protocols. Almost 50 worshippers gathered in a circle near the back entrance of the church at 7 a.m. in 40-degree but sunny weather. The group sang songs and heard the story of Jesus' resurrection. The Rev. Matt Paul, in beret, lead the service while Bruce Emery led the music. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Easter Sunrise Service

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State seeing ‘significant surge’ of virus variant

Health officials encourage masking, distance

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Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau seeks applications for tourism marketing project grants

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau is accepting applications for tourism marketing project grants.

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Jason Chapman, a member of the Cllalm Colunty chapter of the Roughnecks Motorcycle Club, places an egg in a clearing near West 10th Street and Estes Court in west Port Angeles on Saturday so that neghborhood children could hunt Easter eggs today. Egg My Yard is a fundraising project for the nonprofit group made up of law enforcement and first responders. It will support support their annual “Shop with a Roughneck” in December. Club members take Clallam County foster children Christmas shopping, giving each child $100 to spend.

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Clallam County Roughnecks hide eggs for kids

Jason Chapman, a member of the Clallam County chapter of the Roughnecks Motorcycle Club, places an egg in…