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Music, flight, art celebrated on Peninsula this weekend

Music festivals and a celebration of flight are among activities topping the list of entertainment on the North…

Arts & Entertainment

Auditions set for ‘Goldilocks and the Ultimate Rampage’

PORT ANGELES — PA Panto is back. The theater group, which is the creative brainchild of writer Shannon…

A construction crew prepares support structures for a new elevated walkway that will link the historic railroad trestle to the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim and the existing Olympic Discovery Trail. The work is part of a project to restore the floodplain of the Dungeness River while providing improved access to the plaza of the recently opened nature center. The new walkway will include a bypass span, providing a direct route for pedestrians and bicyclists using the trail. Work is expected to be completed this fall. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Railroad bridge construction

A construction crew prepares support structures for a new elevated walkway that will link the historic railroad trestle…

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US grant funds a new program

Media tech school expected to spur living-wage jobs

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Port of Port Angeles delays its Maritime Trade Center design

Projected cost of 16,000-square-foot building over budget

The stolen black 2022 Dodge sits mangled on the roadside. The pickup had collided head-on with a 2016 Honda Pilot after a short pursuit. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

Crime & Justice

Chase leads to discovery of ‘stacks’ of mail, counterfeit drugs

PORT ANGELES — An early-morning police chase in west Port Angeles on Wednesday led to the discovery of…

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Child-care facility funding before Clallam commissioners

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

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Frances Charles, chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallanm Tribe, right, talks about items representaing native heritage as tribal members Dawn Stephan, holding a Pendleton blanket, left, and Tessa Velasco, holding a drum, listen in during a kick-off celebration for a newly-established Indian Child Welfare Court on Wednesday at the Clallam County Juvenile Services Center in Port Angeles. The court, developed through the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, will serve and assist Native American families whose children have been found to be dependent on the state.

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Youth court kickoff in Port Angeles

Frances Charles, chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, right, talks about items representing native heritage as tribal…

A hot air balloon piloted by Captain Crystal Stout drifts over the Dungeness Valley west of Sequim in this 2012 file photo. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Life

Air Affaire to showcase aviation industry

Saturday event includes last hurrah for balloon program

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Drought plan water rules in effect on West End

Water restrictions are in effect on the West End, with water to be trucked in for some Clallam…

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Olympic Medical Center ER patients to get two bills

Change to come into effect Oct. 1

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Body is recovered from Lake Crescent

Man identified as tourist from Minnesota

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Police chase leads to wreck, trio of charges

PORT ANGELES — A police chase early Wednesday morning in western Port Angeles ended with a wrecked vehicle…

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Divers search for body at Devil’s Punchbowl after witness reports

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Divers from Olympic National Park were searching Tuesday for the body of a man…

Opinion

PAT NEAL: A short history of fire

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, but we still have plenty of fresh air.

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Politics

Hopefuls debate housing policies

County commission candidates priorities differ

Cole Anderson, 14, of Port Angeles, a member of the East Clallam Livestock 4H Club, shows off his Angus-cross steer, Oreo, in the Clallam County Fair auction ring. The 1,200-pound steer fetched $10.50 per pound at the sale. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Young exhibitors win big at Junior Livestock Auction

Forty lots raise about $150,000

Olympic Medical Physicians has hired Michelle McCullough for its orthopedic team.

Business

McCullough hired for orthopedic team

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Physicians has hired Michelle McCullough for its orthopedic team.

Life

Green thumb lecture slated

PORT ANGELES — Norm Schaff will present “Forest Management for Landowners” at noon Thursday.

To usher in the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe's Healing Clinic, from left, Dana Ward, tribal council member; Loni Greninger, council vice-chair; Elaine Grinnell, elder, and W. Ron Allen, chairman, cut the ribbon on the facility that aims to help locals overcome opioid use disorder. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Jamestown Tribe ushers in healing clinic

Facility a place to help those with opioid use disorder