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Canoe event a physical and spiritual journey for Lower Elwha pullers

PORT ANGELES — Hewn from a solid cedar log, 46½ feet from prow to stern, the “Spirit of…

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Logistics going well for Tribal Canoe Journey

PORT ANGELES — Whip up batter from three 50-pound boxes of pancake mix. Cook 20 cases of sausage.…

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“They will be remembered”: Tribal Canoe Journey pullers pay respect at Tse-whit-zen

PORT ANGELES — With oil tankers on the horizon behind them, airplanes crisscrossing the sky overhead, steel pilings…

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Canoes arrive in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — One by one they rounded City Pier on Monday, forming a great waterborne circle off…

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Tradition, warm greetings mark tribal canoes” Jamestown landing

JAMESTOWN — Songs, drums and the scent of alder cook fires greeted Native American canoe paddlers from Puget…

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A canoe journey through time: Paddle to Elwha designed to instill participants with cultural identity, pride

PORT ANGELES — Scores of young paddlers on the 2005 Tribal Canoe Journey are following ancient paths across…

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Rough seas bring canoes ashore at Freshwater Bay

PORT ANGELES — The past paddled into Freshwater Bay on Thursday afternoon, bound for a bright future. The…

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Filmmakers following “Spirit of Elwha” on canoe journey

PORT ANGELES — Native American filmmakers from Tacoma are tracing the voyage of the “Spirit of Elwha” as…

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County commissioners seek legal opinion on proposed real estate excise tax

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will seek legal advice on four questions about a proposed real estate…

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Canoe journey preparations intensifying

PORT ANGELES — Sounds of sawing, sanding, digging and mowing rode the breeze Tuesday at the Lower Elwha…

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Retail sales keeping county afloat, administrator says; Costco move to Sequim would hurt revenues

PORT ANGELES — A debt-free Clallam County, buoyed by retail sales taxes, stayed afloat in black ink during…

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Sequim city, Clallam County officials tug over sewer, water issues

Sequim city councilmen pushed, Clallam County commissioners pulled, but Sequim’s proposed $21 million regional sewer project remained unresolved…

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Deputy assessor seeks to fill remaining assessor term in first day of Clallam candidate filings

Clallam County Deputy Assessor Mike Hopf filed Monday as a candidate in the Sept. 20 primary for the…

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Clallam County: Sequim council, Clallam commissioners to meet

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will meet with Sequim City Council members in a joint session at…

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Peninsula: Counties, cities face escalating costs caring for inmates

NICK KOVESHNIKOV, DEAN RHODES AND ALAN CHOATE Medical bills for inmates in Clallam and Jefferson county jails are…

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Peninsula: Officials keeping an eye out for West Nile virus

PORT ANGELES — What do birds, horses and humans have in common? It’s no joke. West Nile virus…

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Sequim: New bids sought for medical park expansion

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center must seek new bids for its expanded Sequim Medical Park. Although a…

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Clallam memorial remembers late assessor

PORT ANGELES — More than 40 colleagues of Linda Owings-Rosenburgh gathered on Monday for a brief memorial to…

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Clallam: Transit system donates $30,000 to downtown police officer fund

SEQUIM — Chances that downtown Port Angeles will have its own police officer on the beat got a…

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West End: U.S. funding cuts would hurt tribes” housing efforts

NEAH BAY — A proposed $90 million cut in federal funds could cripple low-cost programs of the Makah…