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Rain is keeping park fires in check

New team arrive to assess damage

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Clallam County finalizing 6-year transportation plan

Thirty-four funded projects, including ODT, under review

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, pull yarn on spinning wheels as part of a demonstration of the art during the Pacific Northwest Fiber Exposition on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day expo featured workshops, demonstrations and a marketplace of yarns and fibers. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pulling yarn

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle…

Clallam County Fire District 3 conducts a rescue on Thursday for an injured teenager in the Dungeness River. (Chris Turner)

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Firefighters rescue teen from middle of Dungeness River

SEQUIM — A 15-year-old boy was rescued from the middle of the Dungeness River with a dislocated knee.

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Harvest of Hope raises funds for cancer center

SEQUIM — The Olympic Medical Center Foundation raised $382,000 at its 21st annual Harvest of Hope for the…

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Etta Street construction to take up to eight weeks in downtown Sequim

SEQUIM — A piping and pavement project along the Etta Street alleyway begins today and will take up…

Michaela Christiansen, 14, left, and Pen DeBord, 14, both of Port Angeles, use a cider press to crush fresh apples into juice and pulp during Saturday’s Applestock celebration in Sequim. The event, a benefit for several area charities, featured food, music, crafts and games in the orchard at Williams Manor B&B/Vacation Rental. Applestock 2023 beneficiaries were the Salvation Army Food Bank, Angel Tree Christmas, Coats for Kids and area food banks. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pressing apples

Michaela Christiansen, 14, left, and Pen DeBord, 14, both of Port Angeles, use a cider press to crush…

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The Sequim Logging Show, seen in May 2023, will operate next year as its own nonprofit organization to seek insurance coverage separate from the Sequim Irrigation Festival. Organizers of both the festival and show say it was a pragmatic decision and is similar to what the festival did in late 2017 after leaving the umbrella of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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Logging Show to be separate from festival

New nonprofit formed, but event will continue

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Sequim downtown lot to be prepped for redesign with three potential concepts

City purchased Centennial Place property in 2013 for 100th anniversary

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Head-on collision injures five people

La PUSH — A head-on collision on U.S. Highway 101 Saturday sent one person to Harborview Medical Center…

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Port Angeles School District student scores inching up

Board hears results of state assessments, approves teacher contract

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A GROWING CONCERN: For autumn, don’t procrastinate — propagate

CAN YOU BELIEVE it? October begins tomorrow! We will all see a tremendous change in both the weather…

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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…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

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Olympic National Park visitor Sandra Schmidt of Leipzig, Germany, right, looks over a map of the park with interpretive ranger Emily Ryan on Friday at the park's visitor center in Port Angeles.

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Federal shutdown appears imminent

Coast Guard to work without pay during shutdown

The Ruth Moody Band will perform at Field Hall during CrabFest.

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Field Hall, CrabFest collaborating with concerts next weekend

PORT ANGELES – Field Arts & Events Hall will present Ruth Moody Band and Sammy Miller & The…

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Work slated to winterize Hurricane Ridge

PORT ANGELES — The plans as of Friday were for American Abatement &Demo of Auburn, under contract with…

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Year-round tourism aim for Peninsula

Businesses emphasize winter, shoulder seasons

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Haida artist work to be on display in House of Learning

PORT ANGELES — Artwork by Susan Hamilton, Haida Master Bead Artist, will be on display in House of…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, right, and other GOP members, talks to reporters just after voting to advance appropriations bills on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday night. McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press, File)

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If shutdown occurs, parks will close

National sites will shutter and services will be reduced