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🌱 How Port Angeles’ harm reduction program is changing overdose and safety numbers

Port Angeles, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Port Angeles! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Port Angeles’ harm reduction program is changing overdose and safety numbers
  • Why Clallam County wants another attorney instead of pricey outside counsel
  • How Port Angeles stayed on top in a tense rivalry match

Also on today's calendar: "Eternal Echoes" at P.A. Fine Arts Center and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 66 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 46.
  • Monday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 66 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Health program addresses perception (peninsuladailynews.com) — Port Angeles residents are hearing sharply different views on Clallam County’s Harm Reduction Health Center from candidates in the District 3 commissioner race, even as the program reports a major drop in overdose deaths. The center, based on West Second Street, offers syringe services, Narcan, wound care, hygiene items, menstrual products, and mobile syringe collection, aiming to improve safety and health for people who use drugs and unhoused neighbors alike.
   

2. Clallam Prosecutor Seeks Additional Attorney to Tackle Civil Case Backlog (myclallamcounty.com) — Clallam County’s prosecutor, based in Port Angeles, is asking commissioners to restore a third civil attorney position to tackle a growing backlog of lawsuits, legal reviews, and public records work. He argues an in-house hire, tentatively added to the draft budget, could speed response times and save taxpayers money compared with expensive outside legal counsel.
   

3. GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles fends off Sequim to remain in first (peninsuladailynews.com) — Port Angeles’ girls soccer team stayed atop the Olympic League standings with a 3-1 home win over Sequim at Civic Field, where games temporarily returned while Monroe Playfields lighting is fixed. The Roughriders scored twice late in the second half after Sequim briefly tied the match, and now prepare to host North Mason on Tuesday evening in Port Angeles.
   

4. Peninsula College hosting solo photography exhibit (peninsuladailynews.com) — Port Angeles art lovers can visit “Soulful Edge,” a solo photography exhibit by Lower Elwha Klallam and Nez Perce artist Dana Edgington, at Peninsula College through December 11. Open midday Tuesday through Thursday at the ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ House of Learning on Lauridsen Boulevard, the show features local landscapes like Ediz Hook and a reception planned for November 13.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • In search of apples.
    Does anyone have apples that they don't have time to pick? My kids would love to help gather them to make cider. (Nextdoor Mount Pleasant)
  • Greetings, friends.
    I am trying to find someone that repair and install Mailbox. Any suggestions for a trustworthy, honest person? Many thanks! (Nextdoor Race-Lincoln/8th-Water)
  • Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Port Angeles. Apply here.
  • Maurices posted a job opening for Retail Assistant Manager - Part-Time in Port Angeles. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Port Angeles here.

Ok Port Angeles! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Port Angeles

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Port Angeles

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.