Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Richard Foster picks up spent fireworks on Tuesday at Sail and Paddle Park on Ediz Hook. Despite a city-wide ban on fireworks on Port Angeles, many people purchased the devices in Clallam County and nearby Native American reservations and brought them into town for Independence Day celebrations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fireworks cleanup

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Richard Foster picks up spent fireworks on Tuesday at Sail and…

A hallway at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Healing Clinic at 526 S. Ninth Ave. leads to several meeting rooms, where patients with opioid-use disorder (OUD) treatment receive counseling. The facility officially opens today. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Healing clinic opens in Sequim

First day to see patients is today

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North Olympic Library System to host book discussion groups

Some meetings in person, some online

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New death reported from COVID-19

Berry disagrees with CDC reporting of risk

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Lavender gets melodramatic in Olympic Theatre Arts production

SEQUIM — Cheer the hero, boo the villain and sigh for the damsel in what Olympic Theatre Arts…

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Nature backpacks for children available at North Olympic Library System

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System now has nature backpacks designed for toddlers and pre-schoolers available…

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US Coast Guard encourages safe whale-watching practices

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard has kicked off Operation Be Whale Wise to encourage the public to practice…

Brandon Elliott, right, of Port Angeles, ate 7 1/2 hot dogs to win a contest Monday next to the Wharf in downtown Port Angeles. Richard Wright, left, of Port Angeles finished second and K.T. Nall of Santa Barbara, Calif., placed third. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Hot dogs, apple pie highlight Fourth of July

Contest winners take home cash as part of festivities

Visitors get a look at the Dungeness River Nature Center’s 3-D Dungeness River watershed table relief map. The center hosts open houses this week. (John Gussman/Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

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Open house days set at Dungeness River Nature Center

Hurricane Coffee Co. opens second location at center

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New state laws affect guns, hospital costs

License plate fees also go up in measures that went into place Friday

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Author to discuss her book ‘Fat Girls Hiking’

PORT ANGELES — Summer Michaud-Skog will talk about her new book “Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to…

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Hurricane Coffee to open second location in Dungeness River Nature Center

SEQUIM — Hurricane Coffee opened a second retail location Tuesday in the the Dungeness River Nature Center at…

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North Olympic Library System to hold Discovery Club

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System’s Summer Reading Program will host Steam Stations at all its…

Ian Mackay rides his motorized wheelchair on a section of the Olympic Discovery Trail at Robin Hill County Park west of Sequim on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Ian Mackay sets wheelchair record

Mouth-controlled ride measures 184.4 miles

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Port Angeles driver hits vehicle stopping for deer

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Angeles woman was treated and discharged from Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend…

The Field Day event at Fort Worden State Park had something for everyone, including Port Townsend’s Rosie Dunham, 6, who is getting her face painted by artist Alexa Rose. Other activities Saturday included tug-o-war, music, bouncy houses and delicious foods. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fourth of July marked on North Olympic Peninsula

Events planned today in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks

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Fire destroys shop, damages garage in Agnew

AGNEW — A brush and structure fire destroyed a shop and its contents and damaged a garage on…

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Strawberry shortcake sales set for noon today (Sunday)

Public safety issue only delayed fundraiser a day

Mora Park c1880, Courtesy of North Olympic History Center

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BACK WHEN: The life behing the name on Port Angeles building

THERE IS A building in downtown Port Angeles that bears the name K.O. Erickson Building. SAVINGS BANK is…

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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…