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Bereket Piatt crosses the finish line of a North Olympic Peninsula cross-country meet for Port Townsend High School in 2009. Keith Thorpe/Copyright &Copy; 2013

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Everett bank robbery, kidnapping suspect is former Port Townsend sports champion

EVERETT — A former Port Townsend High School cross-country star was in the Snohomish County jail Saturday after…

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Port Angeles landfill-stabilization proposal to be eyed in March

PORT ANGELES — City staff will next come to City Council members in March for direction on proceeding…

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Some shellfish harvesting restrictions eliminated

A number of beaches on the North Olympic Peninsula are newly reopened to recreational harvesting of most types…

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No charges in stabbing after victim not found

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will not charge a Port Angeles man in an…

Joshua Chenoweth

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Native plants on a ‘zip line’ in Elwha dam removals’ revegetation project [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Young trees and native plants slated for use in the years-long Elwha River restoration…

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Port Angeles students to pit skills in woodwork, machinery

PORT ANGELES — More than two dozen Port Angeles High School students will roll up their sleeves early…

A Clallam County sheriff's deputy and State Patrol trooper respond to a one-car rollover wreck on state Highway 110 west of Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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Sore back reported after car overturns near Forks

FORKS — A 23-year-old Beaver man reported only a sore back after his car drifted off state Highway…

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Landfill work may cost Port Angeles up to $20 million

PORT ANGELES — Shifting about 350,000 cubic yards of accumulated garbage from one section of the city’s landfill…

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Burglar to serve four years, pay $1,300

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man will spend just more than four years in a state prison…

Balbir Singh

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Dilapidated Chinook Motel attracts buyer; fix-up and reopening vowed

PORT ANGELES — The shuttered Chinook Motel on First Street on the city’s east side could be ready…

Andrew David Nilsson

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Wanted Port Angeles man returned from California

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man will be arraigned this week on multiple domestic-violence charges after being…

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Elwha manager recognized for dam project

The manager of the Elwha River restoration project for the National Park Service has been named a top…

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EYE ON OLYMPIA: EMS levy debate begins in House, education reform in Senate

OLYMPIA — A bill sponsored by a 24th Legislative District representative that would allow fire districts and cities…

Thomas Martin Roberts

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Clallam cop killer died in prison of oral cancer, coroner’s report says

MONROE — A Port Angeles man who was serving a life sentence in prison for killing a Clallam…

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Midnight ballot-counting bill: Even prime sponsor Van De Wege says it’s dead

OLYMPIA — A bill sponsored by a 24th Legislative District representative that would have forced county auditors across…

Mario Wayne Hackney is arrested last Oct. 17 in west Port Angeles. Hackney’s case was dismissed this week.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

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Ex-fugitive’s attempted-murder case dismissed for lack of witnesses

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Superior Court case against a Port Angeles man accused of attempted murder…

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Port Angeles police jail man as they seek alleged stabbing victim

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been jailed for investigation of one count of first-degree assault,…

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Peninsula auditors oppose bill on late election night ballot counts

Auditors for both Clallam and Jefferson counties strongly object to legislation proposed by state Rep. Kevin Van De…

A concrete girder is hoisted into place across Ennis Creek at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles on Tuesday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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103-foot girders delivered as part of city’s CSO project

PORT ANGELES — A towering crane braced itself Tuesday morning and lifted each of four 103-foot-long concrete girders…

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Upside-down weather pattern — it was warmer in Olympics than at sea level — ends with rain today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — For the past 12 days, if residents of the North Olympic Peninsula lowlands wanted…