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Vandals attack at least 35 sculptures in Port Angeles art park

PORT ANGELES — An overnight vandalism attack devastated at least 35 sculptures at the Port Angeles Fine Arts…

A large herd of elk crosses U.S. Highway 101 near Sequim in 2000. Tom Thompson/Peninsula Daily News

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Dungeness elk likely to cross highway, officials say

SEQUIM — Drivers beware: Roosevelt elk are massed in the woods near Whitefeather Way and may decide to…

One of the smashed sculptures. Peninsula Daily News

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Vandals raze at least 35 sculptures at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

PORT ANGELES — An overnight vandalism attack devastated at least 35 sculptures at the Port Angeles Fine Arts…

A snowball is chucked from a partially built fort by Melyssa Whiting

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Another storm brings heavy winds to Peninsula’s edges, snow in higher elevations [**GALLERY**]

A chilling shot of winter cold and snow that frosted the North Olympic Peninsula late Monday and early…

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Forks school board seeks levy renewal

FORKS — The Quillayute Valley School Board approved last week a resolution asking voters to renew the district’s…

Snowshoeing at Hurricane Ridge from 2011. -- Peninsula Daily News photo

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[UPDATE] WEEKEND — Hurricane Ridge opens officially today. Snow is above average.

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The lodge building at the North Olympic Peninsula’s ski and snow play area atop…

Pages from the new Klallam language dictionary. [Click on photo to enlarge]

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First Klallam language dictionary revives ancient Native American tongue

PORT ANGELES — The next time someone tries to figure out the unfamiliar alphabet and language of a…

University of Washington senior Justin Gailey

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Port Angeles alum brings the stars back to old campus

PORT ANGELES — When 2009 Port Angeles High School graduate Justin Gailey, 21, returned to his alma mater…

Tyler Moravec

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WEEKEND: Hurricane Ridge snowplay area opens for winter

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The lodge building at the North Olympic Peninsula’s ski and snow play area atop…

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Sequim council allows some add-ons to buildings

SEQUIM — A new city ordinance will allow some buildings to be just a bit taller. But the…

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Port Angeles students to perform big concert

PORT ANGELES — One of the biggest winter concerts on the North Olympic Peninsula will be held Thursday,…

Red Cross volunteers Don Flowers

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Peninsula volunteers recall helping Sandy victims

PORT ANGELES — A team of North Olympic Peninsula Red Cross volunteers is back home after three weeks…

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Sequim charity seeks help in reaching goal

SEQUIM — A 65-year-old holiday charity needs a little help to reach its goal in providing toys and…

Don Grafstrom of Forks looks over the Christmas trees on display during the 2011 Festival of Trees in Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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WEEKEND: Holiday spirit grows at Forks Festival of Trees

FORKS — The smell of fresh-cut trees, the glitter of tinsel, the gleam of silver and gold ornaments,…

Geoff Crump

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OlyCAP gets new executive director effective Jan. 1

PORT HADLOCK — Olympic Community Action Programs will change leadership after New Year’s, OlyCAP board Chair Rich Ciccarone…

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Sequim School District to seek two tax levies

SEQUIM — Voters in the Sequim School District will be asked to approve two property tax levies in…

J.P. Persall

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Happy Valley couple win drawing for one of state’s first same-sex marriage licenses

SEQUIM — A same-sex couple won a drawing to be among the first 10 same-sex couples to receive…

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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Port Angeles women plan to marry on first day it’s legal

SEQUIM — North Olympic Peninsula residents Diana Wickman and Judy Persall are preparing to be among the first…

Children and adults ride in a penguin-adorned float entered by the city of Forks in the 2011 Twinkle Light Holiday Parade. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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WEEKEND: Forks Twinkle Light Parade to illuminate cold December night

FORKS — Neither rain nor snow will keep the 11th annual Twinkle Light Holiday Parade from lighting up…

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Sequim council approves 1% property tax levy hike

SEQUIM — The City Council has approved 6-1 a $27,240,029 city budget that includes a 1 percent increase…