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Sequim man settles over ticket received during park shutdown

TACOMA –– The federal government has dismissed a trespassing ticket issued to Sequim Army veteran Benjamin Schrenzel for…

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Sequim man settles over ticket received during park shutdown

TACOMA –– The federal government has dismissed a trespassing ticket issued to Sequim Army veteran Benjamin Schrenzel for…

A Puget Sound harbor porpoise breaches. Pacific Biodiversity Institute

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Harbor porpoise calls tracked near Fort Worden with ‘C-Pod’ device

PORT TOWNSEND –– One of the more demure denizens of the Salish Sea has been passed the microphone.…

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Eye on Olympia: Legislators make last push on drones, pot, toxics bills

OLYMPIA –– As bill season closes for the 2014 Legislature, the North Olympic Peninsula’s contingent of lawmakers spent…

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Eye on Olympia: Legislators make last push on drones, pot, toxics bills

OLYMPIA –– As bill season closes for the 2014 Legislature, the North Olympic Peninsula’s contingent of lawmakers spent…

A Puget Sound harbor porpoise breaches. Pacific Biodiversity Institute

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Harbor porpoise calls tracked near Fort Worden with ‘C-Pod’ device

PORT TOWNSEND –– One of the more demure denizens of the Salish Sea has been passed the microphone.…

In this King County Sheriff’s Office photo

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Quilcene man shot after chase involving heisted Port Townsend truck, Pacific police car

PACIFIC — A 41-year-old Quilcene man reportedly was recovering in Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center after being shot several…

This is a Douglas fir that suffers from so-called root rot.  —Department of Natural Resources photo

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Douglas fir root rot could worsen, state DNR study says [Corrected]

Foresters are looking to hone their management of Douglas fir trees in the wake of a new state…

Very little of the formerly 210-foot Glines Canyon Dam remains in this Saturday webcam photo as crews set explosives

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‘We’re getting close to the bottom’: Blast at Glines Canyon Dam expected today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK –– Another chunk of Glines Canyon Dam will be blown away sometime today as work…

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Clallam Bay prison still on lockdown

CLALLAM BAY –– Visitations and a prison ministry program were called off this weekend as the Clallam Bay…

In this King County Sheriff’s Office photo

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Quilcene man shot after chase involving heisted Port Townsend truck, Pacific police car

PACIFIC — A 41-year-old Quilcene man reportedly was recovering in Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center after being shot several…

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Clallam Bay prison still on lockdown

CLALLAM BAY –– Visitations and a prison ministry program were called off this weekend as the Clallam Bay…

The United States' Jamie Anderson

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Olympians ride on Carlsborg-built snowboards in Sochi qualifying runs

CARLSBORG –– With the help of 209 people in Carlsborg, American snowboarder and gold medal favorite Jamie Anderson…

The United States' Jamie Anderson

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Olympians ride on Carlsborg-built snowboards in Sochi qualifying runs

CARLSBORG –– With the help of 209 people in Carlsborg, American snowboarder and gold medal favorite Jamie Anderson…

Orchestra director Phil Morgan-Ellis walks a strings class through some early level songs at Greywolf Elementary School. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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WEEKEND: Sequim Community Orchestra concert today aims at region’s youth

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 7. SEQUIM –– As it celebrates reaching the ripe old…

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Elk dies of infected gunshot wound in Sequim pasture

SEQUIM –– An elk that died in a Happy Valley pasture apparently had an infection from a gunshot…

Uptown Theatre manager Carli Rose sits in the newly installed VIP section while inspecting the menu that will be served to patrons in that section. The renovated theater opened in January. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Townsend’s Upotown Theatre reopens with beefed-up interior, lighting

PORT TOWNSEND –– Like so many Hollywood stars whose age has started to show, the Uptown Theatre has…

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Elk dies of infected gunshot wound in Sequim pasture

SEQUIM –– An elk that died in a Happy Valley pasture apparently had an infection from a gunshot…

New traffic monitoring signs have been posted on Sequim’s Spruce Street to gauge the speed of passing traffic after neighbors complained of excessive speeding.  —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Neighbors take speeding beef to City Hall

SEQUIM –– Complaining of traffic zipping through their neighborhood, residents of Spruce Street are asking the city for…

Bernie Arthur looks over a rusting piece of a ship near the beach in downtown Port Townsend he is donating for a memorial to sailors lost at sea. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Townsend beach property to be donated for lost sailor memorial in Wednesday ceremony

PORT TOWNSEND –– Stationed on the peninsula where the Strait of Juan de Fuca turns into Puget Sound,…