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Matthew Nash /Olympic Peninsula News Group State funding to complete the Simdars Road bypass was moved up in the latest legislative session from the 2031-33 biennium for the Department of Transportation’s Move Ahead Washington plan to include $2.642 million in the 2023-25 biennium and $26.979 million in the 2025-27 biennium.

State funding for Simdars Road bypass moves up

City projects include deeper well, more park space

Matthew Nash /Olympic Peninsula News Group State funding to complete the Simdars Road bypass was moved up in the latest legislative session from the 2031-33 biennium for the Department of Transportation’s Move Ahead Washington plan to include $2.642 million in the 2023-25 biennium and $26.979 million in the 2025-27 biennium.

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Bridge night closures canceled this week

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will remain open this week. Contractor crews working on the center lock mechanism completed the reinstallation of the bridge’s… Continue reading

Alan Barnard, chair of Clallam County Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) right, and David Woodcock, DART vice chair, cut the ribbon for the opening of the new DART Operations Center at Fairchild International Airport. (CLALLAM COUNTY DISASTER AIRLIFT RESPONSE TEAM )

Clallam DART moves into larger operations center

The Clallam County Disaster Airlift Response Team, known as DART, has moved into an expanded operations center at the Fairchild International Airport.… Continue reading

Alan Barnard, chair of Clallam County Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) right, and David Woodcock, DART vice chair, cut the ribbon for the opening of the new DART Operations Center at Fairchild International Airport. (CLALLAM COUNTY DISASTER AIRLIFT RESPONSE TEAM )
Dan Wilder Jr. pulls the winning duck from a Wilder truck at the 34th annual Great Olympic Duck Derby on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Pluck nets 34 winners

Duck Derby breaks foundation records

Dan Wilder Jr. pulls the winning duck from a Wilder truck at the 34th annual Great Olympic Duck Derby on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Matt Logue.

New Port Townsend building official named

Matt Logue, a former building inspector for Port Townsend, has been appointed the city’s new building official. “With an extensive background in… Continue reading

Matt Logue.
Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue firefighters battle a blaze on Killer Whale Lane. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)

No one hurt in Elwha reservation house fire

Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue fought back a house fire in the 100 block of Killer Whale Lane and all occupants managed to get… Continue reading

Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue firefighters battle a blaze on Killer Whale Lane. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)
Port Angeles Fire Department paramedics Kristin Fox, left, and Brian Gerdes flip pancakes during the department’s annual pancake breakfast on Saturday at the fire hall. The event, which included a complete breakfast with beverage, was a fundraiser for fire department scholarships and community outreach. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Pancake fundraiser

Port Angeles Fire Department paramedics Kristin Fox, left, and Brian Gerdes flip pancakes during the department’s annual pancake breakfast on Saturday at the fire hall.… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department paramedics Kristin Fox, left, and Brian Gerdes flip pancakes during the department’s annual pancake breakfast on Saturday at the fire hall. The event, which included a complete breakfast with beverage, was a fundraiser for fire department scholarships and community outreach. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Townsend’s Seamus Fraser (142) is a step ahead of the rest of the nearly 1,000 competitors in the 2023 Rhody Run on Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Fraser had flown in from classes in Ecuador the night before in order to defend his victory from last year. Fraser won the 10K event with a time of 35 minutes, 24 seconds. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Rhody festivities

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Port Townsend’s Seamus Fraser (142) is a step ahead of the rest of the nearly 1,000 competitors in the 2023 Rhody Run on Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Fraser had flown in from classes in Ecuador the night before in order to defend his victory from last year. Fraser won the 10K event with a time of 35 minutes, 24 seconds. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Scholarship trust named for Port Angeles pioneer comes home to Clallam County

A $600,000 scholarship fund benefiting Port Angeles High School students now will be administered locally after its recent transfer to the Olympic… Continue reading

PDN phones out of order

Peninsula Daily News phones are out of order on Sunday. To reach us, use email or cell phones. If you do not know the individual… Continue reading

FILE - President Joe Biden greets children as he visits the Capitol Child Development Center, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. On Friday, May 19, 2023, The Associated Press reported on a photo circulating online that was manipulated to make it appear that Biden was touching a child inappropriately below the waist. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they… Continue reading

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FILE - President Joe Biden greets children as he visits the Capitol Child Development Center, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. On Friday, May 19, 2023, The Associated Press reported on a photo circulating online that was manipulated to make it appear that Biden was touching a child inappropriately below the waist. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County election assistant Gretchen Weeks, right, spins a tumbler containing the names of candidates a county voter registration coordinator Joshua Hart records the results during a lot drawing for candidate positions on the ballot on Friday at the county courthouse in Port Angeles.

Peninsula election contests coming up

Filing week ends with several races

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County election assistant Gretchen Weeks, right, spins a tumbler containing the names of candidates a county voter registration coordinator Joshua Hart records the results during a lot drawing for candidate positions on the ballot on Friday at the county courthouse in Port Angeles.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Three Clallam County volunteers were honored for their decades of service with Clallam County Community Service Awards. From left are Lloyd Eisenman of Port Angeles, Emily Westcott of Sequim and Mike Dukes, of Clallam Bay-Sekiu.

Three honored for longtime volunteerism

Community Service Awards presented

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Three Clallam County volunteers were honored for their decades of service with Clallam County Community Service Awards. From left are Lloyd Eisenman of Port Angeles, Emily Westcott of Sequim and Mike Dukes, of Clallam Bay-Sekiu.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday's bell-ringing ceremony on National Peace Officer Memorial Day at Veteran's Park in Port Angeles. The event was part of National Police Week to pay tribute to officers how ave lost their lives in the line of duty.
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Officers remembered in Port Angeles

Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday’s bell-ringing ceremony… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday's bell-ringing ceremony on National Peace Officer Memorial Day at Veteran's Park in Port Angeles. The event was part of National Police Week to pay tribute to officers how ave lost their lives in the line of duty.
Mike Healy

Healy named to permanent director of Public Works and Utilities post

Mike Healy has been appointed the permanent director of Public Works and Utilities in Port Angeles. Healy, who has served in an… Continue reading

Mike Healy
Pictured, in the back row, from left to right are Gunnar Thomason, Flavio Aurelio Wilson-Rojero, Thomas Jones, Jacob Oberly, Kayla Grant, Lillian Mahaney, Brooklyn McKnight, Parker Horn and Brenda Manson. Middle row, from left to right, Peter Schiess, Avery Cammisa, Madeline Walton, Stella Fradkin, Teig Carlson, Brett Manson, Sarah Butterworth, Chloe Bruning and Charlotte Curran. And in the front row, from left to right, Audrey Rudd, Addison Fox, Miriam Cobb, Olivia Mesen, Izzy Torgerson and McHenry Miller.

Stevens Middle School competes at state technology conference

The Stevens Middle School Technology Student Association competed in annual Washington State TSA Conference at the Doubletree SeaTac Hotel in March. Faculty advisors,… Continue reading

Pictured, in the back row, from left to right are Gunnar Thomason, Flavio Aurelio Wilson-Rojero, Thomas Jones, Jacob Oberly, Kayla Grant, Lillian Mahaney, Brooklyn McKnight, Parker Horn and Brenda Manson. Middle row, from left to right, Peter Schiess, Avery Cammisa, Madeline Walton, Stella Fradkin, Teig Carlson, Brett Manson, Sarah Butterworth, Chloe Bruning and Charlotte Curran. And in the front row, from left to right, Audrey Rudd, Addison Fox, Miriam Cobb, Olivia Mesen, Izzy Torgerson and McHenry Miller.

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Charging station, early learning center before county boards

Govenbment meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Candidates file on fourth day of filing week

A fourth day of candidate filings led to a primary race forming in the Port Townsend School District while three primary races have emerged in… Continue reading

Garden tools, supplies needed

The Port Angeles School District garden programs are always seeking tools and supplies. The following are especially needed: • gardening gloves (child… Continue reading