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Port Townsend Marine Science Center to host lecture on marine microplastics

Andrew Mason will present “Microplastics as Marine Debris” at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The presentation, sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center,… Continue reading

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Traffic signal maintenance scheduled in Port Townsend

Work crews from the Department of Transportation will replace outdated signal heads in Port Townsend from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday… Continue reading

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Children and parents roam through the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Piort Angeles.

Updated playground celebrated

Community build sparks renewed interest in park

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Children and parents roam through the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Piort Angeles.

A GROWING CONCERN: Make use of the last sighs of summer

WELL, I CAN certainly see that the trees are beginning to change color. Labor day is over and school has started, but hold your horses… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sol Duc, Quillayute fishing closed

The Quillayute and Sol Duc rivers outside of Olympic National Park were closed to all fishing Friday by the Washington Department of Fish… Continue reading

Saturday at 8:46 a.m., East Jefferson Fire & Rescue and Port Townsend Police Department crew members bowed their heads for one minute of silence. A brief ceremony outside the EJFR station at Lawrence and Harrison streets honored the first responders who served at the sites attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
Saturday at 8:46 a.m., East Jefferson Fire & Rescue and Port Townsend Police Department crew members bowed their heads for one minute of silence. A brief ceremony outside the EJFR station at Lawrence and Harrison streets honored the first responders who served at the sites attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.

COVID-19 deaths overwhelm Cowlitz County morgue

A recent increase in COVID-19 deaths has overwhelmed a southwest Washington county’s storage capacity, prompting the coroner to ask the… Continue reading

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Dr. Ned Hammar
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Dr. Ned Hammar

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Virtual meetings Tuesdays via Zoom. This week features candidates forum between Heather Jeffers and Karen Rogers for Hospital Commissioner… Continue reading

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Cutline: Ready for the Hunt seat class at the 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are Lela Bankson, left, on Banjo, KK Pitts on Mikey and Lila Torey on Smokey.

HORSEPLAY: Time to get 4-H, other groups going again

SMASH AND GRABS are on the rise at Olympic Peninsula trailheads. Recently, there were a number of break-ins reported by trail users at Miller Peninsula… Continue reading

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Cutline: Ready for the Hunt seat class at the 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are Lela Bankson, left, on Banjo, KK Pitts on Mikey and Lila Torey on Smokey.
Damon Stamoolis of Sequim’s Clear Image Custom Framing and Photo holds up two of the historic images he digitally cleaned, printed, and framed for the Port Angeles Police Department. Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Law enforcment legacy documented with historic photos

Port Angeles Police sergeant, Sequim business work together

  • Sep 12, 2021
  • By Emily Matthiessen Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Damon Stamoolis of Sequim’s Clear Image Custom Framing and Photo holds up two of the historic images he digitally cleaned, printed, and framed for the Port Angeles Police Department. Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group
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Lecture to tell of old master restoration

Elisabeth Mention, who led the restoration team that repaired a damaged painting at the National Museum of Art in Bucharest in Romania,… Continue reading

Elisabeth Mention

Security training exercises set Wednesday and Thursday

Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct security training exercises on Wednesday and Thursday. The exercise on Wednesday will involve sirens and flashing… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Branch of 1st Security Bank make a cash donation to Jefferson Elementary School from its Stuff the Bus campaign. 

Pictured, from left to right, are John James, Tyrone Beatty, Erica Rudesill, Rhonda Kromm and Britney Martin. 

The bank has hosted the annual fundraiser for more than ten years; this year’s campaign raised more than $41,000 state-wide in cash and essential supplies, like backpacks and notebooks, for local schools.

Stuff the Bus campaign yields school donations

The Port Angeles Branch of 1st Security Bank make a cash donation to Jefferson Elementary School from its Stuff the Bus campaign. Pictured, from left… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Branch of 1st Security Bank make a cash donation to Jefferson Elementary School from its Stuff the Bus campaign. 

Pictured, from left to right, are John James, Tyrone Beatty, Erica Rudesill, Rhonda Kromm and Britney Martin. 

The bank has hosted the annual fundraiser for more than ten years; this year’s campaign raised more than $41,000 state-wide in cash and essential supplies, like backpacks and notebooks, for local schools.

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

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Authorities said an SUV was torched early Friday morning in the Goodwill Industries parking lot in Port Angeles.

Vehicle fires linked to arson

Multiple tampering reports

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Authorities said an SUV was torched early Friday morning in the Goodwill Industries parking lot in Port Angeles.