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Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to a fire hydrant near the corner of 12th and I streets on a warm Friday in Port Angeles. The work was part of an on-going effort to maintain the city's water systems.

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Hello, yellow hydrants in Port Angeles

Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to a fire hydrant near the corner of… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to a fire hydrant near the corner of 12th and I streets on a warm Friday in Port Angeles. The work was part of an on-going effort to maintain the city's water systems.

GAREY IS CQ

How do districts compare?

Here are comparisons of three North Olympic Peninsula public school districts. Port Angeles School District (nine schools, 3,400 students) Class size caps • K-1, 23… Continue reading

Sequim's Kyle Kautzman enjoyed an excellent day of fishing near Salt Creek on his Old Town kayak. Kautzman caught a pair of good-sized hatchery coho after spending time releasing a number of kings and lingcod.

OUTDOORS: Coho taking their sweet time to return in bulk

HATCHERY COHO APPEAR to be taking their time to return en masse to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound. Fishing has been… Continue reading

Sequim's Kyle Kautzman enjoyed an excellent day of fishing near Salt Creek on his Old Town kayak. Kautzman caught a pair of good-sized hatchery coho after spending time releasing a number of kings and lingcod.

Peninsula agencies meet next week

Government agencies will meet next week on the North Olympic Peninsula. Clallam County The three Clallam County commissioners will hear a presentation on the preliminary… Continue reading

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Actors Casey Bowen, left, as Paris and Emily Huntingford, right as Romeo, rehearse sword play before the opening of Key City Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet at Chetzemoka Park on Friday night. The play will be performed today and Sunday at 6 p.m. Director Mike Lion observes from the background.

Rehearsing a fight in Port Townsend

Actors Casey Bowen, left, as Paris, and Emily Huntingford, right as Romeo, rehearse sword play before the opening of Key City Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in… Continue reading

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Actors Casey Bowen, left, as Paris and Emily Huntingford, right as Romeo, rehearse sword play before the opening of Key City Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet at Chetzemoka Park on Friday night. The play will be performed today and Sunday at 6 p.m. Director Mike Lion observes from the background.

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… Continue reading

Whidbey SAR crew rescues hiker in Olympic National Park

A Search and Rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island rescued a 68-year-old male hiker suffering from a medical condition… Continue reading

Wooden Boat Festival to launch next weekend

Races, demonstrations, dancing among activities

Mediator steps in to PASD talks

No resolution as strike looms

Jefferson County schools staffing sufficent amid workforce strains

Districts are comfortable with personnel levels

Labor Day Weekend events lined up

A free Labor Day concert will cap this weekend’s offerings on the North Olympic Peninsula. Black Diamond Junction will present a free concert at 1… Continue reading

ONP: Visitor dies while camping in wilderness

A Canadian visitor to Olympic National Park died Tuesday night when a tree fell on his tent at Elk Lake, a… Continue reading

Members of the Port Angeles Education Association and its president John Henry, right, rallied at the Port Angeles School District’s Lincoln Center administrative building Wednesday evening just hours before the union called for a strike to begin Tuesday if an agreement is not reached. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles educators to strike Tuesday if no pact reached

School district would close its buildings

Members of the Port Angeles Education Association and its president John Henry, right, rallied at the Port Angeles School District’s Lincoln Center administrative building Wednesday evening just hours before the union called for a strike to begin Tuesday if an agreement is not reached. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
The Dekoboko Taiko drumming group will perform Sept. 24.

Port Townsend Film Festival returns in person

Nearly 60 films, special guest visits planned

The Dekoboko Taiko drumming group will perform Sept. 24.
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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson, center, slips past East Jefferson's Lonnie Kenney and Jerome Reaux Jr., right, as Nickerson's teammate, Brantyn Fisler, left, follows behind on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field.
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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson, center, slips past East Jefferson's Lonnie Kenney and Jerome Reaux Jr., right, as Nickerson's teammate, Brantyn Fisler, left, follows behind on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

Public employee strikes illegal in Washington

No penalties in place for such action

A customer enters Sears Hometown Store in Port Angeles on Monday after the store announced it will close following a clearance sale. Both the Sears Hometown Stores in Port Angeles and Sequim are closing, and their former owner said she wanted to keep one open but had disagreements with her corporate partners. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Sears Hometown stores in Sequim, Port Angeles to close

Region’s shutdowns follow nationwide trend

A customer enters Sears Hometown Store in Port Angeles on Monday after the store announced it will close following a clearance sale. Both the Sears Hometown Stores in Port Angeles and Sequim are closing, and their former owner said she wanted to keep one open but had disagreements with her corporate partners. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Speaker set for Unitarian service

Roddy Biggs will present “Chaplaincy: Heart-Wrenchingly Painful Holy Work”

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Matter and DeChardin — Labor Day” at Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Matter and DeChardin — Labor Day” at 11 a.m. Sunday The service is at Unity in… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith