Ordez Eugene Kompkoff

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Judge sets $750,000 bail for suspect in standoff near Joyce

PORT ANGELES — A judge set a $750,000 bail Wednesday for a man who surrendered to law enforcement…

Law enforcement personnel stage at the scene of a standoff and reported hostage situation involving Ordez Kompkoff at the Salt Creek RV Park near Joyce on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fugitive surrenders after day-long standoff near Joyce; man reportedly held hostage uninjured

PORT ANGELES — A police standoff at the Salt Creek RV Park ended just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday…

Law enforcement personnel stage at the scene of a standoff and reported hostage situation at the Salt Creek RV Park near Joyce on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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2nd UPDATE: Police standoff with felon near Joyce ends with two men in custody

PORT ANGELES — A police standoff with a wanted felon who said he was holding another man hostage…

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Tickets going fast for Feiro Marine Life Center’s 35th anniversary celebration in February

PORT ANGELES — Fine foods, wine and art will meet marine science at the 35th anniversary celebration of…

Conor Haggerty

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Port Angeles day care’s ailing tree set to come down starting today

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — The iconic big leaf maple tree at the corner…

A 47-foot motor lifeboat crew trains in the surf off First Beach in La Push. (Cheryl Barth/for U.S. Coast Guard)

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Dramatic rescues — highlighted in silver screen’s ‘Finest Hours’ — are all part of the job for Peninsula Coast Guard personnel

PORT ANGELES — While the U.S. Coast Guard’s finest hours will be on the big screen beginning Friday,…

The Quileute tribe is seeking funding for a new school building away from First Beach in La Push. The existing school site is directly in the path of possible tsunamis or flooding from the Quillayute River. — Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News ()

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Quileute Tribal School competing for federal funds to move school to higher ground

LA PUSH — The Quileute Tribal School is preparing to compete with nine other tribal schools for millions…

Bob Campbell

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WEEKEND REWIND: Feiro Marine Life Center in pursuit of new octopus after Ursula’s release

PORT ANGELES — A tank of colorful anemones and sponges and another housing lion nudibranchs frame a large,…

Howie Ruddell

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WEEKEND REWIND: Weather nixes swim in Florida, but Port Angeles businessman will still go distance for fundraiser

PORT ANGELES — Severe weather cancelled the 5K Tampa Bay Frogman Swim on Sunday, but Port Angeles participant…

Bob Campbell

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Feiro Marine Life Center in pursuit of new octopus after Ursula’s release

PORT ANGELES — A tank of colorful anemones and sponges and another housing lion nudibranchs frame a large,…

Port Angeles School District mechanic Mike Lundtedt secures the rear lift door on a school bus after it was struck near the front loading door by a minivan at the corner of Kemp Street and Mount Pleasant Road in east Port Angeles on Wednesday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Minivan driver injured in collision with Port Angeles school bus

PORT ANGELES — A collision involving a school bus for physically disabled students and a minivan left one…

Sean Louis Washburn ()

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Port Townsend man wanted in alleged assault is arrested in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A Port Townsend man wanted for allegedly assaulting his wife earlier this month was in…

An early morning wreck west of Port Angeles that involved a 1990 Mitsubishi pickup

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Wreck on icy U.S. Highway 101 injures two drivers

PORT ANGELES — Two men were injured in a morning wreck on icy roads 9 miles west of…

A red pickup truck

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Two injured when pickup trucks collide in wreck west of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Two men were injured in an early morning wreck on icy roads 9 miles west…

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Gammill Family Foundation’s $15,000 donation boosts Port Ludlow firefighters

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Ludlow firefighters will be able to breathe easier, thanks to a $15,000 donation from…

Howie Ruddell

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Weather nixes swim in Florida, but Port Angeles businessman will still go distance for fundraiser

PORT ANGELES — Severe weather cancelled the 5K Tampa Bay Frogman Swim on Sunday, but Port Angeles participant…

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Hurricane Ridge Road closed Sunday by weather; check hotline for today’s free admission in park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Today is a free day of admission in the U.S. National Park system for…

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Woman in Port Angeles wreck moved out of intensive-care unit; Disalvo in stable condtion at Harboview Medical Center in Seattle

PORT ANGELES — A woman who was injured in a one-car wreck in Port Angeles last week has…

Terry Ward

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Jim’s Pharmacy raises $846.36 for Home Fund as its annual charity of the month

PORT ANGELES — Jim’s Pharmacy employees and customers gave the Peninsula Home Fund one last shot in the…

Alex Brown of Port Angeles jumps off the ground while skiing through the trees on Hurricane Ridge. (Peninsula Daily News)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Poma lift open for long weekend at Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The Poma lift has begun operating and is expected to be open Saturday, Sunday…