Crime & Justice

Deputies: Scammer directs employees to break into ATM

SEQUIM — Employees at a gas station broke open an automatic teller machine inside the business after they…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: County commissioners, school districts to meet

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Arts & Entertainment

Free concerts set next week across Peninsula

The last week of free summer concerts is scheduled at venues across the Peninsula next week. They include:

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A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t fall into gardening traps

NEXT WEEK IS the end of August, and as we look over the edge of this month, let…

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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.…

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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…

Photo by Karen Griffiths
At the JeffCo fair Future Farmers of America member Ivy Pettit and her horse Kohana completed a fast burn-n-turn in the youth barrel racing competition.

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HORSEPLAY: Vaulting popularity rises at Peninsula events

OH, TO BE young, agile and with a lithe body able to take a running leap onto the…

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Jessica Adams scrapes off flaking paint from a bollard along the parking area at Haynes Viewpoint on Thursday in Port Angeles. Adams said the bollards and adjoining guard chains are scheduled for future repainting. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Beautification efforts

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Jessica Adams scrapes off flaking paint from a bollard along the…

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Counties awarded $2.1M in grant funds

Agencies aim to protect near-shore habitat

Mark Gregson.

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OMC hires interim CEO, works to resolve CMS issues

Hospital has fixed many deficiencies cited by state agency

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Library system seeking public feedback on strategic process

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Library System is seeking public input for its five-year strategic roadmap.

Arts & Entertainment

Makah Days, Butoh festival slated this weekend

Makah Days, a history center fundraiser and the Salish Sea Butoh Festival highlight this weekend’s events on the…

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Tess Gallagher to read from new book at launch party

PORT ANGELES — Tess Gallagher will read from “Surrounded by Weasels” during a book launch party at 5:30…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Faith isn’t a destination, it’s an experience

IT SEEMS LIKE advertisements are always targeting me to take an “experience vacation.”

Joseph Bednarik

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Sunday program set for OUUF

PORT ANGELES — Joseph Bednarik will present “The Druid’s Final Resting Place” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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Council narrows vacancy to three

Candidates to be interviewed Sept. 2

Former Olympic Peninsula YMCA employee Mikki Hughes, center, stands on Wednesday in front of the Port Angeles YMCA with friends and co-workers who protested Hughes’ dismissal from her longtime duties as fitness instructor and fitness coordinator. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Former YMCA fitness instructor says she was fired after 30 years

Demonstrators say organization needs to follow its values

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Primary election results certified in Clallam, Jefferson counties

PORT ANGELES — Clallam and Jefferson county auditors have certified results of the Aug. 5 primary election.

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Tickets on sale for Democrats luncheon

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for the Clallam County Democrats’ Roosevelt Luncheon on Sept. 6.

Val and Tim Cullinan of Sequim walk past stalks of sunflowers on their way to the pickleball courts at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The sunflowers are among several towering stands in the park and surrounding area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sunflower scenery

Val and Tim Cullinan of Sequim walk past stalks of sunflowers on their way to the pickleball courts…