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Humane society board votes on transparency

Meeting minutes, financial statements won’t be shared with public

Sequim Police investigators report they continue to submit items for DNA and fingerprint evidence to discover person behind the murder of Sequim’s Valerie Claplanhoo in January 2019. (Rebecca Ruby)

Crime & Justice

Claplanhoo homicide investigation ongoing

Alliance with Missing and Murdered Indigenous team continues

Arts & Entertainment

Billy Frank Jr. statue to be unveiled in Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — The Makah Cultural and Research Center will unveil the model statue of Billy Frank Jr.…

Arts & Entertainment

DeCou to host lecture at Studium Generale

PORT ANGELES — Rob DeCou will present “Fulbright Exchange to India” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday.

Recipients of Port Angeles Community Awards gather after Saturday night’s awards gala at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. Winners were, from left, counselor Jason Gooding of the Port Angeles School District, educator of the year; Rose Thompson, executive director of the Dungeness Crab Festival and owner of Fogtown Coffee Bar, young leader of the year; Danny Steiger, CEO of Lumber Traders Inc., citizen of the year; Alicia Campion, administrator of Ridgeline Homecare Cooperative, emerging business of the year; Don Droz, general manager of Swain’s General Store, business of the year; and Elisia Anderson, executive director of First Step Family Support Center, organization of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Citizen, business of year honored at awards gala

Three finalists named in six categories for efforts in 2024

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Winter virus season continues

Flu affecting students; RSV, COVID-19 mild

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Warming shelters open as cold snap in forecast

Clallam, Jefferson county agencies have set hours

Crime & Justice

Port Angeles man charged with murder to have hearing Feb. 21

PORT ANGELES — Marquise Gregory Hagans-Moore, who is accused of killing a Port Angeles woman in September, appeared…

Arts & Entertainment

Sequim cellist, Port Angeles violist take top prizes

PORT ANGELES — Thirteen-year-old cellist Travis Baros was shocked when he found out he had won his division…

Mark Simpson sits atop the Sequim Skate Park in July 2023 where he had skated for years and advocated for its expansion. Community members rallied to support him and his family through the next year as he battled cancer. He died in April 2024. Sequim Mayor Brandon Janisse has proposed naming the skate park after him for his years of dedication to skating, the park and children. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group, file)

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Proposal aims to rename skate park

Sequim mayor seeks change to honor advocate

A part of the Sequim School District’s proposed bond includes improvements to its stadium bleachers so they comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Other improvements could include new or renovated bleachers, a resized track and an improved field. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Proposed Sequim schools bond would evaluate stadium, bus loop

Prior to resurfacing last summer, track was unsuitable for competition

The USS Argonaught stationed at Pearl Harbor and Brisbane, Australia during WWII.

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BACK WHEN: The human cost of war hit the Peninsula in WWII

SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7,…

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Nominations open for Community Service awards

Forms due March 25; event scheduled for May 1

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Readers give $112K in donations to fund

Grant program to be announced this spring

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam board to discuss funding for federal prisoners

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

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Port Angeles launches over-the-counter permitting

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles is launching an over the counter, same-day permitting program in…

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.…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Make the most of the last weeks of winter

TODAY IS THE eve of Groundhog Day. Regardless if the furry rodent sees his shadow, we still have…

Mike McAleer.

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Mike McAleer, a ‘community pillar,’ dies at 86

Volunteer work included Rotary, Sequim chamber board