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Polar bear plunges set for Sunday

High temperatures are expected to be in the mid-40s with partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies for the…

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OUUF speaker planned in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Dianne Whitaker will present “Luminescence” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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Housing Fund, appointments before county commissions

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mike French, left, signs documents as Clallam County Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson sorts election certificates during a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Swearing into office

Newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mike French, left, signs documents as Clallam County Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson…

Keith Harper.

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New judge named for Jefferson County

Appointee to move from Clallam court role

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Deadline for business support program Saturday

Small businesses, startups and nonprofits encouraged to apply

Judi Lindberg

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Port Angeles writer’s poem set to music

PORT ANGELES — Poet Judith Lindberg of Port Angeles has had one of her poems set to music…

Outgoing Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, right, looks at a variety of gifts and tributes at a retirement party on Tuesday in Port Angeles. Pictured with Benedict is wife, Kathy, and longtime friend Jack Flanagan. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Clallam County honors sheriff, commissioner with ceremonies

Careers of outgoing elected officials are remembered

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Million dollars donated to Olympic Medical Center

Money from foundation goes to equipment

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Following strong winds, typical weather to return

Light rain expected after week of variable weather

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Clallam County jail inmate found dead

Port Angeles man is discovered hanging from blanket in his cell

A group of Admiralty Audubon members look out over the Strait of Juan de Fuca to count birds for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula Christmas Bird Count nearing completion

Volunteers still needed for Friday’s Port Angeles outing

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Clallam County gets millions in funding

$1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill sets aside money for regional projects

Crime & Justice

Man sentenced to 7 years for distributing drugs

Smith, 50, had prior arrests in Port Angeles in 2014 and 2021

Barb Maynes, a member of First United Methodist Church in Port Angeles, breaks up ice on the sidewalk on the Laurel Street side of the church on Saturday. Warming temperatures and rain were helping to melt nearly a foot of snow that had fallen earlier in the week, but remaining accumulated ice required physical attention in many locations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula escapes worst of winter storm

Heavy rain, high wind forecast for this week

Decorated trees and bushes light up the night on the grounds of 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Scenic lights

Trees wrapped with strings of lights on the south campus of the Jamestown S’Klallan tribal center make up…

Thea Bey of Port Angeles watches as her dog, Thuja, tries to retrieve a stick from incoming waves on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles and her other dogs, Williwaw, center, and Lollie look on during Saturday’s king tide on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The astronomical high tide in Port Angeles on Saturday was 8.98 feet, prompting coastal flood advisories for most shorelines in Northwest Washington. The highest king tide on the North Olympic Peninsula was a predicted 10.9 feet Friday and Saturday at La Push. Port Townsend’s highest tide was on Christmas Day with an estimated 9.9 feet. High tides at Dungeness were 8.8 feet throughout the holiday weekend and including today. King tides will be seen again on the Peninsula beginning Jan. 21. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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King tide

Thea Bey of Port Angeles watches as her dog, Thuja, tries to retrieve a stick from incoming waves…

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Water quality impacts Island View Water District on West End

Water use restrictions are in effect for the Island View Water District west of Sekiu due to water…

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After days of frozen streets and sidewalks the downtown Port Townsend business district is covered with slush and puddles after an overnight rain on Thursday and Friday morning. The temperature climbed to 37 degrees at mid-day Friday.

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Minimal disruptions as ice, snow begin to melt

Rain forecast for holiday weekend

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PDN available online only on Monday

The U.S. Postal Service is taking Monday as its Christmas Day holiday so the Peninsula Daily News will…