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Workers at Port Angeles Plaza ready the facade of a storefront for the Big Lots sign. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

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Big Lots returning to North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Discount retailer Big Lots Stores Inc. is planning to open a store in Port Angeles…

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Crash near Hood Canal sends Sequim man to hospital

PORT HADLOCK — A wreck between two pickup trucks near the Hood Canal Bridge on Saturday resulted in…

Gas price rose above the $4 mark Friday at the 76 station in Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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Pain at the pump: Gasoline prices take off like a rocket

Gas prices in the North Olympic Peninsula have broken the $4 mark for a gallon of regular unleaded…

Officers get a body spotted near a boat ramp in the Quillayute River into a boat on Saturday afternoon. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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Autopsy hoped to ID body found in river near LaPush

FORKS — A body found in the confluence of two rivers near LaPush has not yet been identified,…

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Crash near Hood Canal sends Sequim man to hospital

PORT HADLOCK — A wreck between two pickup trucks near the Hood Canal Bridge on Saturday resulted in…

The body discovered Saturday afternoon is taken to a jet boat by authorities on the Bogachiel River near Leyndecker Park east of LaPush. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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UPDATE — Body found near LaPush badly decomposed, deputy says

FORKS — A body discovered Saturday at the confluence of two rivers near LaPush has not yet been…

Clallam County District Court Judge Rick L. Porter

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Clallam County District Court judge admonished by state commission

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County District Court Judge Rick L. Porter has received an admonishment from the state…

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Sequim says no to charter schools; Port Townsend mulls them

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board will not authorize charter schools in its district, at least for the…

Jason Simons Simons family

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Authorities still seeking missing Forks man

FORKS — Law enforcement officers and family members continued to seek information this week on the whereabouts of…

Jason Simons Simons family

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Authorities still seeking missing Forks man

FORKS — Law enforcement officers and family members continued to seek information this week on the whereabouts of…

Former Jefferson Elementary School student Margie Faires

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Port Angeles elementary school to celebrate 90th year

PORT ANGELES — Jefferson Elementary School, the oldest school still operating in the Port Angeles School District, will…

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Sequim board to mull charter schools at meeting today

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board will talk about public charter schools at a workshop tonight. It will…

Port Angeles High School's Chamber Orchestra includes

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Peninsula musicians place high at state music contest

A May 7 article on Page A5 erroneously reported the results of the Washington State Solo and Ensemble…

Visitors examine the touch tanks at the Feiro Marine Life Center on Port Angeles' City Pier last week. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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New $12 million marine center envisioned for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Some time in the next five years, an “iconic” 27,902- square-foot, $12.6 million marine life…

Ford Mustang Shelbys and Mercury Cougars brought out car-lovers and sun-worshippers on a hot and sunny Sunday in downtown Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

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Dog days of . . . May? Peninsula cities break heat records

At the close of a spectacularly sunny weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula, high-temperature records for the date…

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Motorcyclist dies Sunday on Highway 101; 2 others killed Saturday

Three motorcyclists died in a deadly weekend on Highway 101 on the North Olympic Peninsula. One motorcyclist died…

The winner of the Washington state bike poster contest and drawn by Ruby Harris of Dry Creek Elementary School in Port Angeles. Fifth Grade National Poster Contest

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Port Angeles student seeks online votes in national poster contest (with related story about “Step On It” biking and walking campaign in Jefferson County)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Related story today: “PENINSULA PROFILE: He blends love of bicycles with desire to build community” —…

The winner of the Washington state bike poster contest and drawn by Ruby Harris of Dry Creek Elementary School in Port Angeles. Fifth Grade National Poster Contest

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Port Angeles student seeks online votes in national poster contest (with related story about “Step On It” biking and walking campaign in Jefferson County)

PORT ANGELES — A bicycle poster created by a Port Angeles fifth-grader has advanced to a national contest…

Sarah Methner Peninsula Daily News

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Port Angeles School Board incumbent to run again

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles School Board member Sarah Methner announced her intention to seek a second term…

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Clallam Public Utility District to consider new rate plan

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Public Utility District is considering a plan to budget for annual rate…