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State Patrol seeks witnesses to fatal Forks collision

FORKS — State Patrol detectives are looking for witnesses to events leading up to an incident that killed…

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State Patrol seeks witnesses to fatal Forks collision

FORKS — State Patrol detectives are looking for witnesses to events leading up to an incident that killed…

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CLALLAM COUNTY: 10th-graders more likely to smoke pot than tobacco, state-sponsored survey says

Clallam County’s 10th-grade students are more likely to smoke marijuana than tobacco — and far more likely to…

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JEFFERSON COUNTY: Youth survey results also above state averages in pot smoking, drinking

Jefferson County’s 10th-grade students are more likely to smoke marijuana than tobacco — and are far more likely…

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Lower Elwha tribal elder Adeline Smith, 95, dies

PORT ANGELES — Adeline Smith, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal elder who played key roles in preserving the…

Fairview School east of Port Angeles is officially on the market by the Port Angeles School District. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Shuttered Port Angeles school for sale

PORT ANGELES — Fairview Elementary School is officially for sale, and prospective buyers can make an offer anytime,…

Lt. Cmdr. Edward Geraghty of Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles delivers an update at Monday's Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

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Coast Guard budget takes hit from sequestration cuts

PORT ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard has had its operational budget cut by 25 percent because of…

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Workers begin dismantling tsunami dock

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — After two days of weather delays, workers began removal of a 65-foot-long dock that…

Forks High School senior Nate Brock carries an antique chain saw that was auctioned over the weekend at the 49th Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction pulls in $65,556

FORKS — A little Forks rain didn’t dampen the 49th Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction during the weekend, as…

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Man with gun leads to lockdown of Port Townsend store

PORT TOWNSEND — The local Safeway store went into a brief security lockdown Saturday after a man with…

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Given away at age 7, Clallam Bay woman seeks lost sisters

CLALLAM BAY — A Clallam Bay woman is searching for her sisters, but the trail is cold —…

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Crew poised to begin dismantling beached tsunami dock starting today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A salvage crew’s plan to begin work today to remove a dock from Japan…

The empty lots of the International Order of Odd Fellows and Dazzled by Twilight buildings collect rain earlier this week. Lonnie Archibald/Peninsula Daily News

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Forks outlines expectations for building in burned lot

FORKS — Business leaders have asked that a replacement for the burned historic International Order of Odd Fellows…

Forks High School senior adviser Patty Brandt

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WEEKEND: Auction to benefit Forks scholarships

CORRECTED VERSION — This story has been corrected. Wilder Auto of Port Angeles donated a 2000 Honda Accord…

Garrid Larson

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Forks teen jailed in fatal hit-and-run released without bail

FORKS — A 19-year-old Forks man arrested after a fatal collision with a pedestrian Monday in Forks was…

Aamanda Louise LaGambina

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Alleged driver in fatal Forks hit-run due in court today; social-media tributes to young mom build

FORKS — A 19-year-old Forks man allegedly struck a young mother with his pickup truck, carrying her for…

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Port Angeles woman jailed in connection with two attempted robberies

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman is being held for investigation of two attempted armed robberies downtown,…

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Chimacum man serious after Port Hadlock crash

PORT HADLOCK — An elderly Chimacum man injured in a two-car wreck near Port Hadlock on Saturday was…

Port Angeles High School maintenance staffers Josh Winters and Jon Keywood install a new sign on the north wall of the auditorium. Port Angeles School District

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Friends of Port Angeles Performing Arts Center tout new sign

PORT ANGELES — In its first year, the Friends of the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center brightened and…

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Peninsula school boards to seek funding answers in Olympia

School Board members from at least seven of nine North Olympic Peninsula school districts are expected to attend…