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Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area eyeing possible Saturday opening

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area’s opening day is tentatively planned for Saturday…

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Port Angeles School Board takes applications after two members sworn in

PORT ANGELES — Two new Port Angeles School Board members have been sworn in and applications are being…

WEEKEND REWIND — Port Angeles fluoridation poll: Most of the 43 percent who responded are against water treatment

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WEEKEND REWIND — Port Angeles fluoridation poll: Most of the 43 percent who responded are against water treatment

PORT ANGELES — The water fluoridation survey results are in, and of the 43 percent who responded, most…

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal member Ben Charles Sr. looks over a rain-swollen Elwha River after it left its banks and spread out over Lower Elwha Road on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation west of Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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WEEKEND REWIND — Torrent of rain on Peninsula causes flooding in Olympic National Park

A rainstorm dropped more than 3 inches of rain in Port Angeles and more than 2 inches on…

The semi-submersible heavy lift ship Dockwise Vanguard

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WEEKEND REWIND — Giant ships to begin lifting oil rigs in Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — Two giant heavy-lift ships are anchored in Port Angeles Harbor to begin loading operations. The…

The semi-submersible heavy lift ship Dockwise Vanguard

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Giant ships to begin lifting oil rigs in Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — Two giant heavy-lift ships are anchored in Port Angeles Harbor to begin loading operations. The…

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Joyce’s Crescent High School, Greywolf Elementary School in Sequim get state award

Crescent High School in Joyce and Greywolf Elementary School in Sequim have been named 2015 Schools of Distinction.…

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Ex-Forks City Council member appointed to Quillayute Valley School Board

FORKS — Kevin Hinchen has been appointed to the Quillayute Valley School Board. Hinchen, a former Forks City…

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal member Ben Charles Sr. looks over a rain-swollen Elwha River after it left its banks and spread out over Lower Elwha Road on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation west of Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Torrent of rain on Peninsula causes flooding in Olympic National Park

A rainstorm dropped more than 3 inches of rain in Port Angeles and more than 2 inches on…

Port Angeles fluoridation poll: Most of the 43 percent who responded are against water treatment

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Port Angeles fluoridation poll: Most of the 43 percent who responded are against water treatment

PORT ANGELES — The water fluoridation survey results are in, and of the 43 percent who responded, most…

Jeffrey Jennings with his grandmother

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Joyce family grieving death of boy in Michigan; GoFundMe accounts seeks to help with expenses

JOYCE — A boy who spent his summers and holidays in Joyce is dead and a father and…

Damage to the Forks Library after a car hit the building at about 5 p.m. Monday. — North Olympic Library System

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Newly renovated Forks Library damaged after car crashes into wall

FORKS — Cleanup is expected to begin today at the Forks Library after a car crashed into the…

Anthony Joshua Freitas

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Port Angeles man who had escaped from jail has bond set at $100,000

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who had escaped from the Clallam County jail was back behind…

The oil drilling platform Polar Pioneer

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Port of Port Angeles: Oil-drilling rigs to be loaded up this week; Polar Pioneer headed to North Sea

PORT ANGELES — When the giant oil drilling rig presently parked in Port Angeles Harbor departs, it is…

Law enforcement officers are searching for Anthony Joshua Freitas

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Fugitive back in custody in Port Angeles after escape from Clallam County jail

PORT ANGELES — A man who escaped from Clallam County jail Saturday was back in custody by Sunday…

Law enforcement officers are searching for Anthony Joshua Freitas

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UPDATE: Fugitive back in custody in Port Angeles after escape from Clallam County jail

PORT ANGELES — A man who escaped from Clallam County jail Saturday was back in custody by Sunday…

Paid and volunteer firefighters decorate the Port Angeles Fire Department’s 31st annual “Operation Candy Cane” engine inside the fire hall on East Fifth Street in Port Angeles. — Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

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WEEKEND: Operation Candy Cane returns to Port Angeles starting Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Sparky and the firefighters aren’t a band — but they will be bringing plenty of…

Frosty and Santa enter the parade route on the JT’s Sweet Stuffs float in Forks’ 2014 Twinkle Light Parade. — Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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Twinkle Light Parade to blaze Saturday before holiday tree is lit in Forks

FORKS — The lights will twinkle brightly Saturday in Forks at the 14th Annual Twinkle Light Parade. The…

M.E. Bartholomew

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WEEKEND REWIND: Winter coats offered for any who need them in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Sculptures and posts in downtown Port Angeles were briefly well-dressed for the cold in November,…

Shelly Haupt of Sequim

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WEEKEND REWIND: Sequim fitness instructor moves from World Indigenous Games to Paris climate conference

SEQUIM — A Sequim fitness instructor has found herself in the center of two global events — the…