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Wildfire smoke from the Olympic National Park makes its way over Sequim and the Dungeness Valley from Dungeness Cemetery on Saturday. (Steve Jones)

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Wildfires surge in Olympic National Park

Smoke, ash seen in Peninsula communities

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Sequim City Council discusses its affordable housing options

City staff to draft declaration, reduced park fees proposal

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North Olympic Land Trust seeks harvest season donations

Celebration dinner slated for Sept. 30

Karin and Juan Haley of Port Angeles do volunteer beach cleanup on Ediz Hook on Saturday morning. The event at Harborview Park and other spots along the coastline was sponsored by Washington CoastSavers, a program of the Washington Clean Coast Alliance. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Cleaning up the coast

Karin and Juan Haley of Port Angeles do volunteer beach cleanup on Ediz Hook on Saturday morning.

Actor Erik Odom, a Forever Twilight in Forks Festival regular, and a Very Important Twilighter (VIT) ticketholder prepare for a professional photo at the actor’s signing event on Friday at Tillicum Park. VITs passed through the big tent, meeting Odom as well as Ashley Greene and Rachelle Lefevre. The Twilight series actors greeted ticketholders and signed books and other memorabilia. Volunteers also were in place to take extra photos with the VIT’s cameras/phones. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Forever Twilight Festival in Forks

Actor Erik Odom, a Forever Twilight in Forks Festival regular, and a Very Important Twilighter (VIT) ticketholder prepare…

Mike Theune, Regional Fire Communication and Education Specialist with the National Park Service, listens to the radio at Hurricane Ridge on Wednesday as fire crews prepare for a helicopter to help move equipment out of the park. Several wildfires have been burning in Olympic National Park and firefighters are mostly letting the fires run their course.  (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

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Posing little threat, Olympic National Park fires allowed to burn

Crews letting wildfires run their course

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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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OMC talks finances at public forums

Government reimbursement among hospital’s challenges, officials say

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Homelessness, housing top issues for PA city council candidates

Political newcomer aims for change

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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…

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Hanger development before Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners will discuss Century West Engineering’s hangar development site prep design…

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Inaugural Community Conversation set for Monday

Pixar co-founder to speak

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Lanes to shift on Highway 101 at Elwha River Bridge

PORT ANGELES – Westbound travelers using the US 101 Elwha River Bridge on U.S. Highway 101 will see…

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Rosh HaShanah observances slated on the Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic B’nai Shalom congregation will observe Rosh HaShanah this week.

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OUUF presentation rescheduled Sunday in person, on Zoom

PORT ANGELES — Joan Cotta will present “Our Trip to Malawi” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Weston Jorgensen, capital projects inspector, at left, watches as workers dewater a trench for a sewer main installation on Marine Drive at Tumwater Truck Route in Port Angeles after a water main was damaged Thursday morning. Work on the sewer main crossing at Tumwater Truck Route was expected to be finished on Thursday, but the water main damage slowed that work, according to city civil engineer Lucio Baack. He anticipated the Tumwater Truck Route traffic signal to be shut off temporarily today while the water main is repaired. The work is part of a larger project to install a new sewer force main for Pump Station 3. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Sewer main repair

Weston Jorgensen, capital projects inspector, at left, watches as workers dewater a trench for a sewer main installation…

Dash Air Shuttle President Clint Ostler speaks to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday about the regional carrier’s flight schedule and fares from Port Angeles to Seattle. Although Ostler did not give a date service would start, he said an announcement would be made “very soon.” (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dash Air to take off ‘very soon’

Schedule, fare information shared at chamber meeting

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Clallam County sign code bans new electronic signs, billboards

Aim is to preserve area’s rural character

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Beach cleanup, Twilight Saga fest, Seahawks among activities on Peninsula

A coastal cleanup, a Twilight festival and a Seahawks vs. Lions Watch Party are among activities slated for…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: True enjoyment of life: Love is more

AS YOU MIGHT remember, last month I wrote about how “less is less,” about how, as we age,…