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West End streams re-open Monday

NO TRICKS, AND mostly a treat starting Monday for anglers looking to get back on West End rivers. Fishing is reopening on most rivers and… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Overseeding a great way to avoid overworking

I GOT A recorded message from the Peninsula Daily News voicing an emotional rant that stated, “If Andrew May wants a green lawn in Sequim… Continue reading

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Four-year-old Marlee Sargent of Port Angeles plays with a bucket and water on Friday on the shore of Port Angeles Harbor. The youngster and her family were taking advantage of a warm autumn day to pay a visit to Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles.

Day at the beach in Port Angeles

Four-year-old Marlee Sargent of Port Angeles plays with a bucket and water on Friday on the shore of Port Angeles Harbor. The youngster and her… Continue reading

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Four-year-old Marlee Sargent of Port Angeles plays with a bucket and water on Friday on the shore of Port Angeles Harbor. The youngster and her family were taking advantage of a warm autumn day to pay a visit to Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

First Fed sets date for centennial celebration

Bank with branches across Peninsula to have festivities in hometown

Forks football players suspected of hazing fellow player

Alleged incident triggers criminal investigation

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Halloween celebrated all weekend

Merchants in downtowns across the North Olympic Peninsula are offering trick-or treating on Monday after haunted houses and other offerings have set the stage throughout… Continue reading

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LION plans open forum Wednesday

The Local Investing Opportunity Network will host an open forum from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The forum is at the Finnriver… Continue reading

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Port Townsend’s Harry Dudley, center, whose family has owned the historic Hastings building in downtown Port Townsend since it was built in 1889, shows off an Italian stone fireplace, one of the highlighted features on the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend tour produced by the Main Street Organization, as he conducts a tour on Friday.  For more about the multi-venue festival, which continues today, see ptmainstreet.org.

Mysteries and histories in Port Townsend

Port Townsend’s Harry Dudley, center, whose family has owned the historic Hastings building in downtown Port Townsend since it was built in 1889, shows off… Continue reading

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Port Townsend’s Harry Dudley, center, whose family has owned the historic Hastings building in downtown Port Townsend since it was built in 1889, shows off an Italian stone fireplace, one of the highlighted features on the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend tour produced by the Main Street Organization, as he conducts a tour on Friday.  For more about the multi-venue festival, which continues today, see ptmainstreet.org.

Quilcene Bay now open for shellfish gathering

Other beaches remain closed to recreational harvesting

Road work set at Lake Crescent

Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be working near Lake Crescent from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday though Thursday. The crews… Continue reading

Senior football players will get their night

Cancellation of final game forces rescheduling of annual event

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Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty, from left, Queen Isabella Williams, Princess Lauren Willis, and Princess Katherine Gould helped promote Down Syndrome Awareness Month in front of Sequim Walmart.

Sequim Festival princess promotes Down Syndrome awareness

Looking at the message on her T-shirt, Sequim teen Lauren Willis said she believes what it says. “Down Syndrome is not a disability;… Continue reading

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Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty, from left, Queen Isabella Williams, Princess Lauren Willis, and Princess Katherine Gould helped promote Down Syndrome Awareness Month in front of Sequim Walmart.

Slides, outages repaired

Rain and wind led to three closures on state Highway 112, all of which had been cleared by Friday afternoon. Early Friday… Continue reading

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Drug Take Back Day is Saturday in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Unwanted prescription drugs can be taken for safe disposal

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Rival’s Avo Shiflett, #15, beats out Viking’s Lucy Carrel for control during a rain soaked game on Tuesday played in Port Townsend’s Memorial Field.

PREP ROUNDUP: Last-second score fells East Jefferson girls soccer

Sequim beats Bremerton in soccer and volleyball

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Rival’s Avo Shiflett, #15, beats out Viking’s Lucy Carrel for control during a rain soaked game on Tuesday played in Port Townsend’s Memorial Field.
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Peninsula's Tim Deser pushes back against Bellevue's Thomas Nguyen on Wednesday in Port Angeles.
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Peninsula's Tim Deser pushes back against Bellevue's Thomas Nguyen on Wednesday in Port Angeles.

Clallam County approves creating opioid abatement council

Clallam County commissioners have unanimously approved an interlocal agreement designating the Salish Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization as the Olympic Opioid Abatement… Continue reading