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Paraeducator Ginni Beard, right, hands out breakfast bags to kindergarten students during the first day of school for Quilcene School District. Quilcene and Brinnon school districts both began instruction Monday, with COVID-19 prevention protocols, including mask wearing and social distancing for students and staff. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Quilcene, Brinnon welcome students back full-time

Safety precautions include mask wearing, social distancing

Paraeducator Ginni Beard, right, hands out breakfast bags to kindergarten students during the first day of school for Quilcene School District. Quilcene and Brinnon school districts both began instruction Monday, with COVID-19 prevention protocols, including mask wearing and social distancing for students and staff. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

No peak yet for new virus cases

Clallam records 161 over weekend; Jefferson adds 17

Man accused of hate crime ordered into treatment

Court finds him not competent to stand trial

Ian Mackay, right, briefs motorized wheelchair riders, from left, Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton and Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson as they prepare to participate in a leg of Ian’s Ride on Saturday at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sea to Sound illustrates accessibility of ODT

Clallam, Jefferson commissioners join in on wheelchairs

Ian Mackay, right, briefs motorized wheelchair riders, from left, Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton and Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson as they prepare to participate in a leg of Ian’s Ride on Saturday at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

West End DSHS plans to cut its presence

Agency has online, phone access

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Clallam Transit buses line up at the The Gateway Transit Center in downtown Port Angeles on Friday.

Clallam Transit approves increase in service

Evening trips planned in Port Angeles

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Clallam Transit buses line up at the The Gateway Transit Center in downtown Port Angeles on Friday.

More health mandates likely

Vaccination proof in restaurants under discussion

Plea in works on Longhouse arson, wreck

Case spans Clallam, Jefferson counties

Wooden Boat Festival canceled

Vaccination requirement prompts pullouts

Satria McKnight, 12, of Port Townsend is among the performers who studies at the Pop-Up Movement gym in Port Hadlock. She’ll appear in Pop-Up’s shows this weekend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Pop-Up Movement offers shows, classes

‘Pandemic project’ gains velocity

Satria McKnight, 12, of Port Townsend is among the performers who studies at the Pop-Up Movement gym in Port Hadlock. She’ll appear in Pop-Up’s shows this weekend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam Public Utility District General Manager Doug Nass is retiring in January.

Rich payout as PUD head retires

Nass lauded for 15 years service

Clallam Public Utility District General Manager Doug Nass is retiring in January.

COVID, staffing burden Olympic Peninsula hospitals

The hospital system on the North Olympic Peninsula is strained by the increase of COVID-19 patients and staffing shortages. Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Kristi Schmeck

Primary win fuels campaign for Sequim schools candidate

Hopeful previously attempted to withdraw from race

Kristi Schmeck
Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys — from left, Joey Gish, Hayden Pomeroy, Abby Sill and David Rivers — will give a reunion concert outdoors at the Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm in Sequim on Friday. (Photo courtesy Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys)
Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys — from left, Joey Gish, Hayden Pomeroy, Abby Sill and David Rivers — will give a reunion concert outdoors at the Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm in Sequim on Friday. (Photo courtesy Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys)
Deputy Rick Bray watches surveillance monitors from the control room at the Clallam County Jail on Wednesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jail space not keeping up with expectations

Medical services among aspects that require more room

Deputy Rick Bray watches surveillance monitors from the control room at the Clallam County Jail on Wednesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
John Walsch, mental health navigator for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, recently had his position extended through the end of June 2022, after the Sheriff’s Office was awarded a year-long grant by the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs to fund the position. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Navigating difficulties: Help offered to those in crisis

Mental health professional joins police on calls

John Walsch, mental health navigator for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, recently had his position extended through the end of June 2022, after the Sheriff’s Office was awarded a year-long grant by the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs to fund the position. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
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Sgt. Mike Hill of the Sequim Police Department thanks fellow essential workers at the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual picnic and Citizen of the Year presentation. The chamber honored essential workers with its 2020 award. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sgt. Mike Hill of the Sequim Police Department thanks fellow essential workers at the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual picnic and Citizen of the Year presentation. The chamber honored essential workers with its 2020 award. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

COVID, tuberculosis outbreaks grow at Clallam Bay prison

The outbreaks of COVID-19 and tuberculosis at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center continue to grow, as officials try to limit the spread of the unrelated… Continue reading