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‘A wonderful peace officer’: Forks neighbors, friends mourn slain forest officer

FORKS — As Nedra Reed turned Saturday onto U.S. Highway 101, she spotted a familiar sight in her…

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Slain officer known for canine partners

SEQUIM — “I work by myself,” Kristine Fairbanks told the Peninsula Daily News just over a year ago.…

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Senior games lure 243 athletes to competition

PORT ANGELES — Serious competition that doesn’t take itself too seriously, the Port Angeles Senior Games, opens tonight.…

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New bus service connects North Olympic Peninsula to rest of nation

PORT ANGELES — A new intercity bus service aims to whet your appetite for travel, not to mention…

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Ancestors’ reburial brings closure to Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members

PORT ANGELES — The ancestors have come back home. In two days of painstaking earth moving, the intact…

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Fate of disc golf course delayed as Clallam commissioners widen public participation

PORT ANGELES — Disc golf proposed for Robin Hill Farm Park got a mulligan Monday from Clallam County…

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Clallam opens new jail wing for Chain Gang inmates today

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County jail trustees and inmates serving their time on the Sheriff’s Chain Gang are…

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Crematory opponents mount two-prong attack

CARLSBORG — As land-use controversies go, the quarrel between Jason Linde and his opponents turns on a life-or-death…

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Marine mammal commission declines to comment on Makah whaling; activists fume

BETHESDA, Md. — The federal advisory Marine Mammal Commission had little comment, with no major objection, to an…

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Clallam County grants franchise for Diamond Point water

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday approved a franchise for the Diamond Point water system in…

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Orcas make rare visit to Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — A pod of three orcas made a rare trip Tuesday afternoon into Port Angeles Harbor,…

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Clallam PUD candidates tout experience and leadership

PORT ANGELES — An incumbent saying, “Experience counts” faced a challenger offering “a new generation of leadership” Monday…

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Levy election won, but Olympic Medical Center still watches the money

PORT ANGELES — A man once asked a sage how life had been before the master became enlightened.…

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Port Angeles’ longtime duty-free store to close mid-month

PORT ANGELES — After 17 years and a 14-fold growth in both size and work force, Northwest Duty…

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Clallam first in line for funds to take trail through old railroad tunnels

When does 1 equal 999,000? When 1 is Clallam County’s ranking atop 36 hiking/biking trail proposals in Washington…

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Ever want a Crown Victoria patrol car? Here’s your chance

C’mon, admit it: You really want that white 1995 Ford Crown Victoria, the kind Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies…

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Land-use rulings draw ire of Clallam property owners

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County property owners have begun to bite back at a state ruling that could…

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60 demonstrate in Forks against Border Patrol checkpoints, detention of two youths

FORKS — About 60 people protested Saturday in the wake of U.S. Border Patrol detention of Forks residents,…

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Lower Elwha building casino; hoping to open by Christmas

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe hopes to open by Christmas a $4 million casino it…

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Disability Awareness Day set at Clallam courthouse

PORT ANGELES — Walking that proverbial mile in another’s moccasins will shift to wheeling in another person’s chair…