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Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic reports increase in services

Agency works with law enforcement, meets patients in field

Paving operation to begin near Forks

Maintenance crews from the state Department of Transportation were set to begin repaving a section of state Highway 110 on Monday. Crews will… Continue reading

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Clallam PUD issues mandatory water restrictions

Stage 3 alert on three of agency’s systems

Alternating one-way traffic near Neah Bay begins today

Travelers on state Highway 112 between Neah Bay and Sekiu will want to add more travel time to help prevent delays. Drivers… Continue reading

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off Port Angeles City Pier. The Stewarts were visiting the North Olympic Peninsula with plans for a journey to Victoria. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Visiting the Peninsula

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off… Continue reading

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off Port Angeles City Pier. The Stewarts were visiting the North Olympic Peninsula with plans for a journey to Victoria. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Vera Eksteen masters an obstacle course at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club while Hunter Brown, left, and Rome Martin look on. (Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula)

Boys Girls Clubs launch new Project L.A.N.E. lifestyle program

Initiative named in honor of late community advocate

Vera Eksteen masters an obstacle course at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club while Hunter Brown, left, and Rome Martin look on. (Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula)
In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim approves school contract

Firm to help with project timelines

In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Highway 101 to close near Tumwater Truck Route

U.S. Highway 101 is expected to be closed to all travelers for close to two weeks near the Tumwater Truck Route, also… Continue reading

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. About 100 people attended the vigil. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Candlelight vigil

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie… Continue reading

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. About 100 people attended the vigil. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Officials to discuss joint public safety facility

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Fundraiser to benefit Olympic Medical Center cancer patients

Harvest of Hope aims to purchase equipment for Sequim clinic

Port Townsend planning for climate resilience

Recommendations will impact policy decisions for next 20 years

Port Angeles, Port Townsend ask customers to conserve water

The cities of Port Angeles and Port Townsend have declared water shortages. In response to continuously decreasing flows in the Elwha River, Port Angeles’ primary… Continue reading

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Jefferson County International Airport until 2 p.m. Sunday. Lopeman, a 1968 Port Townsend High School graduate, died in Vietnam in 1969. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Vietnam Memorial

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at… Continue reading

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Jefferson County International Airport until 2 p.m. Sunday. Lopeman, a 1968 Port Townsend High School graduate, died in Vietnam in 1969. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance ceremony on Thursday at the twin monuments at 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles. The ceremony also included a flag presentation, comments from law enforcement officials and music by the Grand Olympics Chorus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Remembering 9/11

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11,… Continue reading

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance ceremony on Thursday at the twin monuments at 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles. The ceremony also included a flag presentation, comments from law enforcement officials and music by the Grand Olympics Chorus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County to ask for center proposals

Contracts would be set by end of year

Port of Port Townsend planning $56M in projects over five years

Agency preparing to upgrade electric grid at boat yard

Jon Hamilton, right, is sworn in as a Port Angeles City Council member Tuesday evening in council chambers at Port Angeles City Hall. His first meeting as a council member will be Sept. 16. (City of Port Angeles)
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Sworn in

Jon Hamilton, right, is sworn in as a Port Angeles City Council member Tuesday evening in council chambers at Port Angeles City Hall. His first… Continue reading

Jon Hamilton, right, is sworn in as a Port Angeles City Council member Tuesday evening in council chambers at Port Angeles City Hall. His first meeting as a council member will be Sept. 16. (City of Port Angeles)

Waterfront district aims for Main Street inclusion

Designation would open area for grant funding