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Peninsula districts look ahead to enrollment next year

School district enrollment trends on the North Olympic Peninsula are split — judging by averages over the just-finished…

A Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deputy and others looks over the scene after a car ran into a porch swing in front of the QFC grocery store in Port Hadlock on Thursday afternoon. One woman was injured in the crash

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Two wrecks in one day at same place in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — In an unusual coincidence, two unrelated wrecks on the same day and place sent two…

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Beach crews will hunt tsunami debris beginning Monday

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Ecology on Monday will begin its first efforts to locate and remove…

Three visitors to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park — Jeff Bayard from Minnesota

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At Hurricane Ridge, it’s summertime … and the living is ICY

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Summer visitors to Hurricane Ridge expect the high mountain meadows to be bursting with…

The Hawaiian Chieftain sails into Port Angeles Harbor in 2010. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Hawaiian Chieftain sets sail for Port Angeles, Port Townsend stopovers

Would-be swabbies, ahoy. A tall ship’s a-comin’. The sailing ship Hawaiian Chieftain will make a stop in Port…

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Peninsula schools release calendars for 2012-2013 year

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Peninsula school districts have released calendars for the 2012-2013 school year that include…

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Houseful of debris found near Cape Flattery traced to Japan

NEAH BAY — Part of a house found on a Cape Flattery beach may be the latest large…

A capped bottle is part of the flotsam found on Cape B beach just south of Cape Flattery.

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Debris found on Neah Bay beach thought to be part of a house

NEAH BAY — Part of a house found on a beach north of Hobuck Beach may be the…

Twelve-year-old heart transplant recipient looks ahead

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Twelve-year-old heart transplant recipient looks ahead

PORT ANGELES — When the sixth-grade class at Dry Creek Elementary school graduates Wednesday, heart transplant survivor Haille…

Daughters of the American Revolution members Meg Gill

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Happy 150th birthday: Ice cream, home-grown root beer kick off Port Angeles’ sesquicentennial celebration

PORT ANGELES — On June 19, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln ordered a reservation for military uses and a…

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Round-the-clock DJ event not music to some ears

PORT ANGELES — By midnight Friday, a loud 36-hour concert at the KOA Campground had prompted 18 calls…

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Charge filed in death of Marysville man, 48

PORT ANGELES — A charge of second-degree murder has been filed against a Sequim man accused in the…

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Second-degree murder charged filed against Sequim man

PORT ANGELES — A charge of second-degree murder was filed this afternoon against a Sequim man accused in…

During the 2011 Pink Up Port Angeles “celebrity” dinner

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WEEKEND: Pink Up Port Angeles begins today

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles will be in the pink during the next week as the Soroptimists’ Pink…

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Some classroom pets get reprieve; others must go

PORT ANGELES — Some classroom pets got a reprieve while others were banned by the Port Angeles School…

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Two face trial in theft of steel from bridges

QUINAULT — Two Aberdeen men face a September trial on theft charges after they were accused of stealing…

Chart by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Peninsula school districts above-average on spending for classroom instruction

Six of nine North Olympic Peninsula school districts spent a higher percentage of their budgets on classroom instruction…

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Two bald eagles electrocuted in freak accident that caused brief power outage in downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Two bald eagles have been killed in a freak accident in Port Angeles that also…

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Neighbor dies of heart attack after next-door fire in Port Ludlow; student’s graduation marred

PORT LUDLOW — A Port Ludlow man died after his neighbor’s home burned to the ground late Friday…

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Seven arrested in drug investigation

PORT ANGELES — Seven Port Angeles and Sequim residents have been arrested for investigation of possession with intent…