Arts & Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Live music is set tonight at Metta Room … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Metta Room, 132 E. Front St, beginning at 8 tonight and Sunday will host…

Arts & Entertainment

Community invited to participate in concert

SEQUIM — Celebrate the Christmas season in Baroque fashion during an upcoming performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Singalong…

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Cold weather impacts electric bills

CARLSBORG — Cold weather means higher utility bills, and so far this winter has been colder than usual,…

New $18 million medical office building almost finished

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New $18 million medical office building almost finished

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center’s new $18 million medical office building is nearing completion.

Three drug stores on the brink: Deal to involve Rite Aids

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Three drug stores on the brink: Deal to involve Rite Aids

PORT ANGELES — The sale of the North Olympic Peninsula’s only Rite Aid Corp. stores — two in…

At 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Clallam Fire District No. 2 responded to a structure fire at 237979 U.S. Highway 101 in the old Clallam Timber log yard, west of Port Angeles (Clallam Fire District No. 2)

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Arson suspected in mobile home fire

PORT ANGELES — Firefighters believe a fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home west of Port Angeles on…

Jon Gray of Sequim stands in his attic with boxes of Star Wars toys he’s collected since the mid-1990s. He buys two of each action figure with the goal to keep one in box and a second to display. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Carlsborg man’s ‘Star Wars’ collection likely one of the biggest on Peninsula

Jon Gray remembers his first action figures well from the original 1977 “Star Wars: A New Hope.” His…

Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles

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Arson suspected in mobile home fire near Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Arson is being investigated as the possible cause of a fire that destroyed an abandoned…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Disappointed in Port Angeles School Board for voting in new sex education program

When my friend Bill told me in the coffee shop that the Port Angeles School Board was about…

Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”

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Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”

SEQUIM — The failed economy of 1939 meets the worlds of carnivals and gypsies in Michael Bunnell’s “American…

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Sequim readies economic development plan; retention program rolls out tentatively in June 2017

SEQUIM — The city of Sequim plans to move forward with an economic development plan starting in 2017.

Judge to rule after Jan. 1 on radio, cellphone tower near Sequim

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Judge to rule after Jan. 1 on radio, cellphone tower near Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Judgment will be rendered after the first of the year on whether a 15-story radio…

Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc

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PA OKs overtime; Move will cost city but keep fire insurance rating stable

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council agreed on a split vote to guarantee minimum 24-hour staffing…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles holiday lights tours are underway … and other items

PORT ANGELES — All Points Charters & Tours is offering tours of Christmas lights in Port Angeles through…

1 year after Oregon refuge takeover, quieter land battle unfolds

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1 year after Oregon refuge takeover, quieter land battle unfolds

By Andrew Selsky

State narrows choices for replacing Elwha River bridge

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State narrows choices for replacing Elwha River bridge

PORT ANGELES — State officials have decided to replace the dilapidated U.S. Highway 101 Elwha River bridge rather…

Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots

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Robotics team fundraising: Gift-wrapping to help students build robots

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County students, supported by the Applied Education Foundation, are wrapping gifts to raise money…

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Port Angeles mayor suggests new approach to opioid addiction problem

PORT ANGELES — The mayor of Port Angeles wants to see a community-based plan put in place to…

Business

BUSINESS BRIEFS: PA Realtors induct board members; Platypus Marine employees win prizes

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Association of Realtors inducted its board members for 2017 Dec. 9 at…

Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild grants Fire District 3 Christmas wish

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Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild grants Fire District 3 Christmas wish

By Erin Hawkins