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Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday

Help needed to honor veterans

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit Sprouting Hope Greenhouse operated by The Answer for Youth on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swag, wreaths and other holiday items will be for sale at the greenhouse, 826 E. First St., as a benefit for the organization’s homeless and at-risk youth programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Weaving a bow

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a…

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Yule ball, concerts, dramatic presentations on Peninsula

A Yule ball, concerts and plays are offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

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Ken Balcomb, researcher who championed orcas, dies at 82

SEATTLE — Ken Balcomb, a researcher who spent nearly five decades studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered…

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Jingle Jazz Returns with tribute to Vince Guaraldi

PORT ANGELES — Jingle Jazz will return to Peninsula College’s Little Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School Choir, including seniors, from left, Kaelyn Herringer, Rayna Mathison and Grace Possinger, on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The wreath sale was a benefit to help fund a spring trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York with members of the school’s choir, orchestra and band. Leftovers from Saturday’s sale, along with a bake sale and silent auction, will be available during the school’s holiday concert at 7 p.m. tonight at the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Choir fundraiser

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by…

Crime & Justice

Sequim woman accused of attempted murder

Allegedly drives over hill with two kids

Crime & Justice

Sequim baby dies after breathing smoke suspected to be fentanyl

Mother arrested, then released while investigation continues

Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team displays drugs and money fter an arrest.

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Port Angeles man accused of intent to sell over $48,000 worth of drugs

Investigated for multiple counts of delivery

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Clallam 4-H clubs schedule meetings

PORT ANGELES — The Washington State University Clallam County Extension has announced the 2023 meeting schedules for 4-H…

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Scholarships available from Center for Quality Communities

PORT ANGELES — The City of Port Angeles is accepting applications for the Association of Washington Cities’ Center…

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Sequim woman in 90s escapes car fire

Neighbor provides aid

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS An excavator picks up woody debris for loading onto a nearby truck for disposal on Tuesday at the site of the former aquaculture site near the boat ramp on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The Ediz Hook Shoreline Restoration project, conducted by Western Marine Construction, Inc. in conjunction with the Navy Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Northwest, is designed to return a section of shoreling on the harborside section of the hook to its former condition with the removal of an area formerly used for maintining fish pens in Port Angeles Harbor.

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Ediz Hook restoration

An excavator picks up woody debris for loading onto a nearby truck for disposal on Tuesday at the…

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PAT NEAL: The mysteries of steelhead season

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, when the state Department of Fish and Wildlife decided to…

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Kids book club meeting Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — The Kids Book Club will discuss “Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows” by Asia Citro…

Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in the Shop with a Hero program at Wal-Mart in Port Angeles. About 80 kids from the community got to go on a shopping spree with law enforcement officers from Port Angeles, Sequim and other agencies and spend $100 however they wished. They also had a chance to take photos with Santa, sip on hot chocolate, decorate cookies and see police vehicles up close. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Shop with a Hero

Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers…

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Dave Rice, a principal water resources engineer with Anchor QEA — the lead engineering company for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project — gives an overview of the project to the audience at an open house at the Dungeness River Nature Center.

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Plans detailed for Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project

Residents concerned about proposed height of embankment

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Visitors look at the Dungeness River near the site in 2017 where Clallam County officials continue to seek support for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir.

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Sequim council drafts letter to support county reservoir project

SEQUIM — Sequim City Council members have unanimously agreed to a letter of support for the Dungeness Off-Channel…

Members of The Fractal Phase, from front, Nova Cain, Pumba Burns and Ahnrix Bishop, breathe fire and preform dance with flames during Saturday’s Wintertide Festival of Light at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The event featured music, entertainment, a lantern parade and other yule activities to celebrate the winter solstice. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Breathing fire

Members of The Fractal Phase, from front, Nova Cain, Pumba Burns and Ahnrix Bishop, breathe fire and perform…

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Election numbers: turnout, rejections

Data shows Peninsula’s general election markers