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Different kinds of drought on the North Olympic Peninsula? In the mountains — and economic?

Published 12:01 am Friday, March 13, 2015

Snow-free parking lot and hillsides at Hurricane Ridge this morning. (Hurricane Ridge/Olympic National Park webcam)
Snow-free parking lot and hillsides at Hurricane Ridge this morning. (Hurricane Ridge/Olympic National Park webcam)

DIFFERENT KINDS OF DROUGHT . . .

In case you missed these stories from earlier this week:

1. Unemployment stands at 10.3 percent in Clallam, 9.4 percent in Jefferson — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150311/NEWS/303119979

(And today’s related stories:

(Port of Port Angeles representatives attend Paris conference on composite materials — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150312/NEWS/303129990

(Port commissioner: Passenger airline expresses interest in Port Angeles — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150312/NEWS/303129986 )

2. It’s official: Olympic Mountains — source of our water supply — in a state of drought — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150311/NEWS/303119983

(And today’s drought-related story — Port Angeles Utility Advisory Committee told to delay water measures — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150312/NEWS/303129992 )