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Port of Port Angeles to pursue federal grants

Project would include runway resurfacing, new LED lights

Firefighters from Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue and the Port Angeles Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to a fire at the Olympic National Park Day Lodge. The building was a total loss and still was burning Monday morning. (Clallam County Fire District 2)

Fire destroys lodge at Hurricane Ridge

Next steps will be to establish a cause

Firefighters from Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue and the Port Angeles Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to a fire at the Olympic National Park Day Lodge. The building was a total loss and still was burning Monday morning. (Clallam County Fire District 2)
Fire commissioner Bill Miano, right, swears in appointed commissioner Mike Mingee on May 2 during a meeting of the Clallam County Fire District 3’s board of commissioners. Mingee told commissioners in April he’s planning to file to run for the position this month. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Clallam County Fire District 3 swears in new commissioner

Appointee has 40 years in service, including chief in East Jefferson

Fire commissioner Bill Miano, right, swears in appointed commissioner Mike Mingee on May 2 during a meeting of the Clallam County Fire District 3’s board of commissioners. Mingee told commissioners in April he’s planning to file to run for the position this month. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim boosts number of police

Chief says additions will help with attrition

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Singers from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and others sing during a commemoration of National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Friday at The Gateway in downtown Port Angeles.
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Singers from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and others sing during a commemoration of National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Friday at The Gateway in downtown Port Angeles.

Local school districts reach settlement with Juul

Part of nationwide class-action lawsuit

Port Angeles council to weigh final OK of raise

Some aspects of proposed ordinance changed

Water outlook good for Peninsula, state

Heavy snowpack makes drought unlikely

PA eyes short-term rental ban

Moratorium would affect new ventures

First time in 10 years, tribe to have limited fishery on Elwha

Lower Elwha Klallam will harvest coho for ceremony, subsistence

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers prepare floating dock sections for installation after they were barged across Port Angeles Harbor from storage to Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The docks, used for transient moorage, have not been deployed since 2021, when a primary float was damaged by a storm. Floats are scheduled to be in place this weekend, although the gangways from the upper pier deck will not be lowered into position until next week. The utility vessel Cheyenne Arrow assisted with bringing the sections across the harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Floating docks

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers prepare floating dock sections for installation after they were barged across Port Angeles Harbor from storage to Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers prepare floating dock sections for installation after they were barged across Port Angeles Harbor from storage to Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The docks, used for transient moorage, have not been deployed since 2021, when a primary float was damaged by a storm. Floats are scheduled to be in place this weekend, although the gangways from the upper pier deck will not be lowered into position until next week. The utility vessel Cheyenne Arrow assisted with bringing the sections across the harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County plans new fair fee schedule

Officials compare other events to discover what they charge for entry

Port Townsend approves supplemental budget

USDA rural designation may jeopardize funding

Proposed increases

The proposed fee schedule for the Clallam County Fair is as follows: Daily Admission • Adult: Increased from $8 to $10. • Adults 80 and… Continue reading

Runners take off from the 2022 Irrigation Festival Fun Run. This year, the festival features 1 mile and 5K races on Saturday in Carrie Blake Community Park, and a half marathon on Sunday, starting at Troll Haven Bandy Farm in Gardiner and finishing at the park. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Irrigation Festival expands with races, arts and crafts

Carrie Blake Park to host most events

Runners take off from the 2022 Irrigation Festival Fun Run. This year, the festival features 1 mile and 5K races on Saturday in Carrie Blake Community Park, and a half marathon on Sunday, starting at Troll Haven Bandy Farm in Gardiner and finishing at the park. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
“Noon Stroll” by Jeanne Edwards of Port Angeles is among the new pieces in “Showcase in Bloom,” the celebration of local artists at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend. The new exhibition opens this week and continues through May. (Northwind Art)
“Noon Stroll” by Jeanne Edwards of Port Angeles is among the new pieces in “Showcase in Bloom,” the celebration of local artists at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend. The new exhibition opens this week and continues through May. (Northwind Art)
A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett on Nov. 8, 2017. A temporary law that makes possession of small amounts of drugs a misdemeanor expires on July 1, so if lawmakers fail to pass a bill, Washington would become the second state — after neighboring Oregon — to decriminalize drug possession. Lawmakers said Tuesday they were increasingly optimistic a compromise will be reached to avoid those consequences. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press, file)

Drug policy sparks special session

State would decriminalize possession if law expires

A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett on Nov. 8, 2017. A temporary law that makes possession of small amounts of drugs a misdemeanor expires on July 1, so if lawmakers fail to pass a bill, Washington would become the second state — after neighboring Oregon — to decriminalize drug possession. Lawmakers said Tuesday they were increasingly optimistic a compromise will be reached to avoid those consequences. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press, file)

Peninsula lawmakers optimistic

Legislators believe compromise will be reached

Lower Elwha Police Chief Sam White was on a task force that explored the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people statewide. (Paul Gottlieb/Special to Peninsula Daily News)

Missing, murdered indigenous legislation signed

Task force to seek answers to unsolved cases

Lower Elwha Police Chief Sam White was on a task force that explored the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people statewide. (Paul Gottlieb/Special to Peninsula Daily News)