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Hog Wild fundraiser brings in $86,500

Money will go to OMC Children’s Clinic and healthcare scholarships

Amateur radio operator Tyler Tenneson of Port Angeles, who uses the radio call sign WA7TCT, left, watches as fellow operator Patrick Singhose of Port Angeles, call sign W7PGS, makes radio contact with other radio stations during Saturday’s ARRL Field Day from a temporary station at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. During the event, participants attempt to make radio contact with as many other operators scattered across North America and around the world from self-contained stations, simulating conditions that may occur in an emergency. Field Day, sanctioned by the American Radio Relay League, also serves as an open house for the pubic to witness, and in some cases, take part in the world of amateur radio. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Radio field day

Amateur radio operator Tyler Tenneson of Port Angeles, who uses the radio call sign WA7TCT, left, watches as…

Chris and Linzi Yarwood of Buckley search the low tides over the weekend at Murdock Beach, about five miles west of Joyce off state Highway 112. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Low tides

Chris and Linzi Yarwood of Buckley search the low tides over the weekend at Murdock Beach, about five…

Mary Franchini’s “Old Red Barn” will be on exhibit at Blue Whole Gallery throughout July.

Entertainment

Blue Whole Gallery to open exhibit on Friday

SEQUIM — Mary Franchini and Sheri Whetsine will open their joint exhibit, “Fire and Water,” from 4 p.m.…

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Vote now in Best of Peninsula contests

It’s time again to vote for the Best of the Peninsula!

Clallam County Fire District 3
Firefighters, pictured training in Carlsborg, responded to more than 9,000 calls for service in the Sequim area last year.

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District to ask for levy lid lift

Sequim-area agency to be on August ballot

Crime

Sequim police plan to forward charges in school vandalism case

Charges to be determined by prosecuting attorney’s office, detective says

Mark Nichols.

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Prosecutor discusses sentencing reform, court challenges

Nichols highlights 1984 law that standardized punishment

Representatives from the Peninsula Communications team and Port Angeles Police Department were among those from other Clallam County law enforcement agencies who participated in the 2025 Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. (Jesse Major)

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Clallam County’s Torch Run leads state in fundraising

Participation by multiple law enforcement agencies nets $5,000

Jaiden Dokken, former Clallam County poet laureate and grand marshal of the 2025 Sequim Pride Parade, addresses the audience of Sequim Pride from the steps of Sequim City Hall during Saturday’s Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market. The event, celebrating Pride Month to honor the area’s LGBTQIA2S+ community, featured speeches and a march around downtown Sequim with more than 200 participants followed by a group photo at the city hall plaza. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pride celebration

Jaiden Dokken, former Clallam County poet laureate and grand marshal of the 2025 Sequim Pride Parade, addresses the…

Entertainment

Free concerts set in three Peninsula locations

Free concerts are scheduled across the Peninsula next week.

Jeff Bortner, Interagency Fire Management Officer employed by Olympic National Park, explains the history of a Pulaski tool often carried by wildland firefighters. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Park staff keeping an eye on weather conditions

Team ready to coordinate response to fire activity

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Glass recycling is back in Port Angeles

Two locations open for material drop-off

Crime

Arraignment for man charged with Frugals robbery moved to July 3

PORT ANGELES — The arraignment of a man who faces criminal charges related to a robbery at Frugals…

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Burn ban to begin in Clallam County on Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Fire Marshal has ordered a burn ban in unincorporated Clallam County beginning…

Business

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…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m.…

Photos by Karen Griffiths
Top: Earlier this month, Patterned Speed Horse Super Senior Division rider Sam Parks, 74, on Ed, finished the barrel race in just 15.08 seconds at the Crosby arena, 122 Franson Road in Agnew. The next show there will be July 5-6. Bottom: 4L arena belt buckle awards.

Life

HORSEPLAY: The dangers of feeding others’ horses

THE AUDACITY OF throwing grass clippings over a fence to a neighbor’s horses! You may think it’s a…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Commissioners to discuss Dungeness off-channel reservoir

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Sage advice for growing Mediterranean herbs

WELL, NOW THAT July is soon here (Tuesday) and the Lavender Festival is just around the corner, let…