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Lindsey Coffman, last year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival queen, crowns Hannah Hampton in a virtual royalty pageant.

Life

Queen, princesses crowned for virtual Sequim Irrigation Festival

Scholarship pageant makes its debut with online platform

A landslide blocks safe passage along the Spruce Railroad Trail. Olympic National Park officials said heavy rain was the cause. (Photo courtesy of Noel Carey)

Sports

OUTDOORS: Funding secured for repairing Spruce Railroad Trail

PORT ANGELES — Funding has been secured and a contractor lined up to repair a 280-foot-long stretch of…

Politics

Clallam County to receive additional funds from state health department

Contract to cover distancing center, contact tracing

Sophie Elan and Mark Katsikapes enjoy Tuesday afternoon at Port Townsend's Chetzemoka Park, which has received a $127,000 bequest from a Sequim woman who loved the spacious park. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Life

Sequim benefactor supports three places

Funds split between PT park, pet care and hospice support

Marshall Jay Lewis enters Clallam County Superior Court in 2016 on charges related to the New Year's Day arson fire of the Beaver-area home of a woman who cut off a dating relationship with him. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Crime & Justice

Arsonist’s sentence reduced

Man to serve 8½ years after 24 months dropped

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Children run beneath a volley of tempra paint cannons at the start of Saturday's 1k Sun Fun Color Run at Carrie Blake Park, a featured event of the inaugural Sequim Sunshine Festival. The two-day fete, a celebration of Sequim's "sunny" reputation, featured a wide variety of events, displays, performances and activities.

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Sequim Sunshine Festival kicking off March 5

SEQUIM — The City of Sequim’s second Sequim Sunshine Festival is back with a number of community events…

Opinion

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Getting a real shot at hope

Phil confided in me as we drove toward the hospital.

Opinion

PAT NEAL: A fouled future for nature

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News

Teachers, school staff and childcare professionals now vaccine eligible

Specific appointment availability varies

News

Geoduck harvesting area shut down after diver’s death

Port Angeles man, 35, dies after air tube apparently entangled in debris

Joan and Bill Henry of Sequim stroll along the Johnson Creek Trestle, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail spanning Johnson Creek east of Sequim. The 410-foot-long trestle was refurbished in 2003 from a former railroad span and opened to pedestrian traffic. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Spanning the trestle

Joan and Bill Henry of Sequim stroll along the Johnson Creek Trestle, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Dennis Bauer

Crime & Justice

Trial for triple murder reset

Proceedings to start April 26

Leo Goolden stands in the wooden hull of Tally Ho, a 1910 cutter he is restoring in the Sequim area. Goolden posted a YouTube video Sunday discussing issues he's had with a neighbor and Clallam County's Department of Community Development. (Sampson Boat Co. via YouTube)

News

Boat restoration project may be asked to move

Video series documents building efforts since 2017

News

North Olympic Peninsula libraries open to some in-person browsing

Short sessions include distance protocols

News

Increased vaccine supply expected on Peninsula in April

Clinics continue for those in specified age groups

Beach walkers stroll beneath the bluffs on the shore of Sequim Bay near Marlyn Nelson County Park at Port Williams east of Sequim on Saturday. The area is popular with beachcombers and offers views of Protection Island and the Miller Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Views from the beach

Beach walkers stroll beneath the bluffs on the shore of Sequim Bay near Marlyn Nelson County Park at…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Skaters make their way around the rink in January 2020 at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village.

News

Ice rink to open, require masks

Skating to be offered for one month

Congressman Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor.

Politics

U.S. House passes Wild Olympics bill with public-lands package

Legislation targets more than 126,000 acres for protection

News

North Olympic Library System to host lecture on avoiding scams

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will host “Avoiding Scams: Tips to Protect Yourself” at 2:30…

News

Clallam, Jefferson officials encourage any of three COVID-19 vaccines

Johnson & Johnson receives emergency use authorization