Cynthia Malane, left, accepts the Olympic Leader of the Year award on behalf of her late husband, Ryan Malane, during the Clallam Economic Development Council’s annual gala on Friday night at 7 Cedars Casino. At the podium is Jeremy Weist, plant manager for Port Angeles Hardwood, which was the award sponsor. (Peggy Simmons/Clallam Economic Development Council)

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EDC gala honors businesses, individuals

Malane receives posthumous award for work with ferry line

An estimate to build a new Dungeness Station 31, a volunteer station, came in more than $3 million than what Clallam County Fire District 3 officials were looking to spend. They’re now reassessing options for the facility with a $2 million budget. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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New fire station is over budget

Chief seeks finish of facilities plan

Crime & Justice

Man charged with attempted murder

Several agencies coordinate to locate suspect in Puyallup

Education

Firm picked for site work of Monroe Playfield

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board has approved hiring Bruch &Bruch Construction of Port Angeles for…

Annalise Sanchez, 2, along with her mother, Yvonne Bolstron of Port Angeles, look in awe at Sasquatch, portrayed by Jess Grello, an organizer of the annual Squatchcon comic and arts convention, during Saturday’s Kiwanis KidsFest and Clallam County Community Safety Day in and around Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The free event brought together a variety of organizations and agencies to promote parenting and community awareness. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sasquatch and friends

Annalise Sanchez, 2, along with her mother, Yvonne Bolstron of Port Angeles, look in awe at Sasquatch, portrayed…

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Conservation easements applications accepted

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Conservation Futures Program is accepting applications for conservation futures easements on farmland.

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Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert set for Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble will host its Winter Quarter Concert on Tuesday.

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Sequim School Board backs Habitat, expansion of shop

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board has unanimously offered letters of support for two local efforts, one for…

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Fire Protection District 3 special meeting set for Tuesday

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Fire Protection District 3 commissioners will discuss 2024 budget priorities during a special…

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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.…

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…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Spring into action with gardening chores

NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 20, at 2:24 p.m., Spring officially begins here on the Peninsula!

Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol.Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol (Coach Katie’s horse). (Photo courtesy of KATIE SALMON-NEWTON)

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HORSEPLAY: Cold weather for Washington High School Equestrian Meet

ARE Y’ALL TIRED of the freezing cold temperatures? March 20 is officially the first day of Spring. I…

A Laysan Albatross found on the Columbia River in February was released from the back of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter off the coast of Cape Flattery Wednesday after spending a month at a wildlife sanctuary in Lynnwood. (Courtesy photo / USCG Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier)

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Albatross released off Cape Flattery after surgery

Rare in coastal waters, bird needed a hand getting home

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District 24 scorecard

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Sen. Kevin Van De Wege is pictured during Senate deliberations before voting on a hospital staffing bill.

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Peninsula hospitals exempt from bill

Staffing legislation that passed Senate opposed by district’s senator

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Sequim, Port Angeles schools prepare for cuts

Officials keep eye on state Legislature

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Arts & Entertainment

First Clallam County poet laureate named

Inauguration in April

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Arts & Entertainment

Sequim City Band plays ‘Music, She Wrote’ on Sunday

SEQUIM — “Music, She Wrote,” a show with the theme of music composed by women, will be performed…

Crime & Justice

Fourth sentenced in drug ring run from OCC

FORKS — The last of four people involved in a drug smuggling operation in 2021 at the minimum-security…