Mary Ann Dangman of Sequim reads a plant description at a vendor booth for One Earth Botanical of Camas at the 26th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. The event on Saturday featured numerous display and vendor booths devoted to plants, gardening and outdoor activities, as well as a slate of guest speakers and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Garden show

Mary Ann Dangman of Sequim reads a plant description at a vendor booth for One Earth Botanical of…

Port Executive Director Paul Jarkiewicz, left, City Fire Chief Derrell Sharp and Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West, right, pose in front of the city’s newly purchased wildland urban interface fire engine. (City of Port Angeles)

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Port Angeles partners with port to purchase fire engine

PORT ANGELES — Through partnership with the Port of Port Angeles, the Port Angeles Fire Department has purchased…

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PAT NEAL: Highway history on the Peninsula

BUILDING ROADS ON the Olympic Peninsula has always been a challenge. In the days before roads, people traveled…

Family members of the late Mike McAleer, from left, McAleer’s wife, Shannon Burke, son Michael McAleer and daughter Colleen McAleer, accept the Clallam Economic Development Council’s Olympic Leader Award at Friday’s annual EDC Gala at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Former volunteer named Olympic Leader at EDC gala

Mike McAleer served on boards, provided support

Rachel Lee Priday will be the guest soloist for the Port Angeles Symphony’s first concert of spring on Saturday. (Lisa-Marie Mazzucco)

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Soloist to play with symphony Saturday

UW music professor to join Port Angeles group

U.S. Rep. Emily Randall, D-Bremerton, speaks about current issues during a town hall meeting on Saturday in the Little Theater at Peninsula College in Port Angeles. Several hundred people attended, including an overflow audience in the Pirate Union Building. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Town hall

U.S. Rep. Emily Randall, D-Bremerton, speaks about current issues during a town hall meeting on Saturday in the…

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Firefighters rescue woman from house fire

SEQUIM — Firefighters and neighbors rescued a woman and three dogs following a house fire in the 700…

Soroptimist International of Sequim’s Medical Loan Closet seeks a business or community organization that can take advantage of its nonprofit status to provide it with an 800- to 1,000-square-foot space. (Soroptimist International of Sequim)

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Soroptimists seek partner for Medical Loan Closet

SEQUIM — Soroptimist International of Sequim’s Medical Loan Closet has provided free durable medical equipment to ensure residents’…

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Shop With a Hero program partners with Mariners

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Shop With a Hero team has partnered with the Seattle Mariners for…

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Celebrations set this week for World Water Day

PORT ANGELES — The Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition and the Earth Law Center will host several events in…

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Forum to discuss Charter Review Commission

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Democrats will host a forum on the Clallam County Charter Review Commission…

Cast members, top row from left, Rick Mischke, Rebecca Gilbert, Mary Kaye O’Brien and, in front, from left, Rich Hendricksen, Susan Bjork and Steve Henrickson, at a rehearsal for “The Man in the Green Truck.”

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Port Angeles Community Players to stage production this weekend

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Players will stage a production of “The Man in the Green…

Sequim City Council members will discuss March 24 how the city’s Fourth of July fireworks display, pictured in 2022, impacts wildlife and residents. Local advocates made the request to council members in February to stop the fireworks display and move the drone show away from wildlife habitat at Carrie Blake Community Park. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

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Sequim City Council to discuss fireworks

Grassroots group advocates for changes

Interact Club members fill jugs and buckets in the Dungeness River for the annual Walk for Water event on March 1. They walk about 4 miles roundtrip to symbolize how far some people must go for drinking water. They raised more than $5,000 to help build a well in a Ghana village. (John Pehrson)

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Sequim High students raise money through Walk for Water

Interact Club helps fund another well in Ghana

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Clallam County Habitat for Humanity chosen for pilot program

Liaison part of efforts to address tribal communites’ needs

Jeannine Vaughn of Carlsborg looks a gems and jewelry at a display table operated by Steve Morgan of Joyce-based Lil’ Log Cabin Creations on Saturday at the Clallam County Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The show, hosted by the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association, brought together rock enthusiasts with vendor booths and demonstrations highlighting the hobby. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Gem show

Jeannine Vaughn of Carlsborg looks a gems and jewelry at a display table operated by Steve Morgan of…

Milan Pohl of Port Angeles points out the features of a greenhouse he built to cover a portion of his plot at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. Pohl said on Friday that the greenhouse and a twin structure on an adjoining bed would be used to grow eggplant, peppers and other heat-loving plants. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Community garden plot

Milan Pohl of Port Angeles points out the features of a greenhouse he built to cover a portion…

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Deputies: Sting results in arrest in complex scam

Sequim woman provides total of $125,000, Sheriff’s Office says

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Port Angeles school board sets enrollment number for new academic year

Figure to have direct impact on state funding

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Nominations open for Community Service awards

Forms due March 25; event scheduled for May 1