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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)

Port Angeles educators to strike Tuesday

Union members will work today and Friday as classes resume

North Olympic Peninsula Auditor: Elections safe and secure

Public showing increasing interest in election security

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Sequim Art Walk to feature dancing, art, books

Variety of venues open late for visitors on Friday

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Summer ridership on ferries climbing

Heavy travel expected over weekend

UPDATE: PASD Late night bargaining session ends without resolution of possible strike

Competitive pay, adequate staffing and better support among demands

Marc Titterness.

Clallam County sheriff candidates share visions for department

Similar goals, different priorities emerge in debate

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Icelandic cellist Saeunn Thorsteindottir is among the performers in this weekend’s Music on the Strait festival. (Music on the Strait)

Last weekend of Music on the Strait livestreamed

Internationally known musicians to perform

Icelandic cellist Saeunn Thorsteindottir is among the performers in this weekend’s Music on the Strait festival. (Music on the Strait)

Shellfish closures continue on Peninsula

State issues new warning for Oak Bay

Case rates hitting plateau

Official: Vaccines, same variant likely cause

County starting pilot medical respite program for homeless

Two-year program could go to health care network afterward

Mike Daniels, a janitor at Hamilton Elementary School in Port Angeles, does some last-minute preparation to get the school ready for kids returning on Thursday. Quilcene and Brinnon schools started class today, while the first day for other Peninsula schools is Wednesday for Forks, Thursday for Cape Flattery, Sept. 6 for Port Townsend and Chimacum, and Sept. 7 for Sequim. Crescent started school last Thursday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Finishing touches

Mike Daniels, a janitor at Hamilton Elementary School in Port Angeles, does some last-minute preparation to get the school ready for kids returning on Thursday.… Continue reading

Mike Daniels, a janitor at Hamilton Elementary School in Port Angeles, does some last-minute preparation to get the school ready for kids returning on Thursday. Quilcene and Brinnon schools started class today, while the first day for other Peninsula schools is Wednesday for Forks, Thursday for Cape Flattery, Sept. 6 for Port Townsend and Chimacum, and Sept. 7 for Sequim. Crescent started school last Thursday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Paper mill helps destroy black market marijuana

Previous trips had been made to Spokane

Singer-songwriter Greeninger to perform at Palindrome in Port Townsend

Artist has won top awards; Jenner Fox to be special guest

Sterling Bradby lays out plants to line a new walkway. (Steve Murakami)

Quilcene volunteers repurpose old bus barn

Outdoor learning center created for school

Sterling Bradby lays out plants to line a new walkway. (Steve Murakami)
Grayson Kelm, 9, sits on the shoulders of his father, Jon Kelm of Happy Valley, Ore., to get a better look inside the cockpit of a Boeing Stearman PT-17 biplane at Air Affaire on Saturday at Sequim Valley Airport near Carlsborg. The event featured an aircraft fly-in, along with displays, airplane and helicopter rides, a car show, food and live music. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A closer look

Grayson Kelm, 9, sits on the shoulders of his father, Jon Kelm of Happy Valley, Ore., to get a better look inside the cockpit of… Continue reading

Grayson Kelm, 9, sits on the shoulders of his father, Jon Kelm of Happy Valley, Ore., to get a better look inside the cockpit of a Boeing Stearman PT-17 biplane at Air Affaire on Saturday at Sequim Valley Airport near Carlsborg. The event featured an aircraft fly-in, along with displays, airplane and helicopter rides, a car show, food and live music. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Water from the Elwha River flows unimpeded through what was once the north spillway of the former Elwha Dam on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, west of Port Angeles. Demolition crews removed a coffer dam above the demolished spillway, rerouting the water from the south side of the dam site to allow deconstruction of the south side of the dam and an adjoining powerhouse. Penstocks leading to the powerhouse are visible at left. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News file)

Dam removal topic of gathering

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe hosts presentation of research, discussion of river restoration

Water from the Elwha River flows unimpeded through what was once the north spillway of the former Elwha Dam on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, west of Port Angeles. Demolition crews removed a coffer dam above the demolished spillway, rerouting the water from the south side of the dam site to allow deconstruction of the south side of the dam and an adjoining powerhouse. Penstocks leading to the powerhouse are visible at left. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News file)

Vessel recovery devices arrive off San Juan Island

Orcas turned back just before diesel sheen from sunken boat

The $3.35 million Spartan Stadium grandstand replacement project is projected to be completed by Oct. 28, when the Forks High School football team plays its final home game of the season. The Quillayute Valley School District is using timber dollars from the Junior Taxing District, not a bond measure, to fund Phase I of the project that includes the new grandstand and ticket booth. Paula

Spartan Stadium on track for end-of-season debut

$3.35 million facility funded with timber dollars

The $3.35 million Spartan Stadium grandstand replacement project is projected to be completed by Oct. 28, when the Forks High School football team plays its final home game of the season. The Quillayute Valley School District is using timber dollars from the Junior Taxing District, not a bond measure, to fund Phase I of the project that includes the new grandstand and ticket booth. Paula