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Clallam, Jefferson counties win grants for broadband

Funding to build out systems during the next two to three years

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Miller Peninsula State Park planning update presented Thursday

State Parks commission to hear plan on Thursday

Cynthia Daily cradles an injured red-tailed hawk, one of the patients at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue. Birds from across the North Olympic Peninsula receive care at Daily’s avian hospital in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Winter weather hits birds

Rescue center answers calls to help injured animals

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Lawsuit against mandate delayed

Proof of vaccine may be lifted by March

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DOT sets overnight closures of Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE — The state Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight closures of the Hood Canal Bridge for two…

The Possin family are the new owners of the Cedarbrook Herb and Lavender Farm in Sequim. From left are Annaliece, Ashley, Aaron and Jayden.

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New owners take over Cedarbrook Herb and Lavender Farm in Sequim

SEQUIM — Aaron and Ashley Possin have purchased Cedarbrook Herb and Lavender Farm from Gary and Marcella Stachurski.

Derek Kilmer.

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Kilmer meeting with government agencies to speak about infrastructure

Congressman highlights roads, bridges and other projects

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Peninsula reaches peak of omicron, but risk factors remain

Case rates expected to drop off sharply in coming weeks

Crime & Justice

Three months for vehicular assault

PORT ANGELES — Donavan Patrick Murphy, a former U.S. Coast Guardsman who started a six-vehicle chain-reaction collision in…

Crime & Justice

Pair sought after stealing purse from woman in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police are looking for a man and woman they suspect of stealing a…

Wilma Beckmann showers her dog Fozzie, a 2-year-old Saint Bernard, at Sonny’s Self Wash. Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Business

Sonny’s Self Wash is a new place to clean your dog

American Rescue Plan funds help create new business, jobs

An artist's rendering shows the expected view of the Jamestown Healing Clinic.
(Courtesy of the Jamestown Tribe)

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Sequim, tribe agree to MAT navigator partnership

Position to be filled by March

Clallam County Fire District 3 officials look to move Dungeness Station 31 east away from a flood and tsunami zone. They’ve begun recruiting an architect to design new stations for Dungeness and Carlsborg Station 33. Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group

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Clallam County Fire District 3 seeks architects for new fire stations

Carlsborg and Dungeness need upgrades, staff say

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Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks leads on coyote carcass dumping

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks information about the killing and dumping of multiple dead coyotes…

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Expansion approved for Sequim City Band’s rehearsal space

SEQUIM — Sequim City Council members have unanimously approved the expansion of the James Center for Performing Arts’…

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Forks federal disaster recovery center to remain open through Feb. 4

FORKS — A federal disaster recovery center in Forks that was originally scheduled to close Sunday will remain…

Life

Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County to meet Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County will host its annual meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday.

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DOT sets overnight closures of Hood Canal Bridge again

Fifth time in as many weeks; others were canceled

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EYE ON CLALLAM: Kilmer to attend several government meetings

Government meetings throughout the county

By Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News 

First Sgt. Kent Keller of Sequim, left, presents to Linda Featheringill of Port Angeles the Purple Heart her brother was never able to receive in person as well as a United States of America War Office document. Her brother, Army Cpl. Marvin D. Actkinson, was declared missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950 and presumed dead in 1953. He was 18. His remains were returned in 2018 and will be buried in Colorado City, Texas, on Feb. 12. The Thursday ceremony was hosted by the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. Featheringill was accompanied by her daughter Eilenah Moon. About 70 people attended the ceremony, which honored Actkinson 71 years after his death.

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Presenting a Purple Heart

First Sgt. Kent Keller of Sequim, left, presents to Linda Featheringill of Port Angeles the Purple Heart her…