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Forks Community Hospital chief on administrative leave

FORKS – Forks Community Hospital Administrator Bill McMillan has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, hospital…

Bill McMillan

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Forks Community Hospital chief placed on administrative leave; investigation planned

FORKS — Forks Community Hospital Administrator Bill McMillan has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, hospital…

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4% water, sewer rate increase, 1% property tax hike voted by Sequim City Council

SEQUIM –– Water and sewer rates each will go up 4 percent in Sequim next year. On a…

Leroy

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Lawsuit seeks return of dog from Olympic Animal Sanctuary

FORKS –– A Seattle animal rescue organization has petitioned Clallam County Superior Court to compel Steve Markwell, owner…

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Drives net more than 1,000 pounds of food for embattled Olympic Animal Sanctuary

FORKS –– A week after 18 protesters marched through the city demanding officials shut down Olympic Animal Sanctuary,…

Zach Fraser

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Snowboard maker Mervin sees growth following sale for $51.5 million

CARLSBORG –– Already employing 209 people at its North Olympic Peninsula snowboard plant, executives with Mervin Manufacturing expect…

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State agency to take public comment on experimental forest

FORKS — A new analysis has been done on the impacts of the Olympic Experimental State Forest, a…

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Forks residents support dog sanctuary as group protests

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News FORKS –– Residents expressed support for Steve Markwell’s Olympic Animal Sanctuary as…

Evergreen Collision workers and crews from Clallam County Fire District No. 3 pull a minivan out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the Port Williams boat launch Saturday morning. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Police seeking thief who stole, submerged minivan in Strait of Juan de Fuca

SEQUIM –– Port Angeles police are investigating who might have stolen a white Pontiac minivan that was pulled…

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Sequim City Council to consider budget, water and sewer revenues

SEQUIM –– A $55.3 million budget and a possible 4 percent water and sewer rate increase for 2014…

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Forks council approves 1 percent property tax hike

FORKS –– For the first time in five years, the City Council has increased property taxes. Council members…

Evergreen Collision workers and crews from Clallam County Fire District No. 3 pull a minivan out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the Port Williams boat launch Friday morning. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Minivan pulled from water near Sequim believed to have been stolen from Port Angeles

SEQUIM –– A white Pontiac minivan believed stolen from Port Angeles was pulled out of the Strait of…

Evergreen Collision workers and crews from Clallam County Fire District No. 3 pull a minivan out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the Port Williams boat launch this morning. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Minivan pulled from water near Sequim believed to have been stolen from Port Angeles

SEQUIM –– A white Pontiac minivan believed stolen from Port Angeles was pulled out of the Strait of…

Protesters carry signs against the Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks today. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Eighteen people protest dog shelter in Forks

EDITOR’S NOTE: See PDN stories of Oct. 6 on Steve Markwell and the Olympic Animal Sanctuary: “Refuge or…

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Forks council approves 1 percent property tax hike

FORKS –– For the first time in five years, the City Council has increased property taxes. Council members…

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Sequim City Council to consider budget, water and sewer revenues

SEQUIM –– A $55.3 million budget and a possible 4 percent water and sewer rate increase for 2014…

Protesters carry signs against the Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks today. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Eighteen people protest dog shelter in Forks

EDITOR’S NOTE: See PDN stories of Oct. 6 on Steve Markwell and the Olympic Animal Sanctuary: “Refuge or…

Jordyn Caldera

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Another call issued for uptown Port Townsend public art

PORT TOWNSEND –– Round two in the quest to put a public art display uptown has begun. The…

Jordyn Caldera

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Another call issued for uptown Port Townsend public art

PORT TOWNSEND –– Round two in the quest to put a public art display uptown has begun. The…

Sequim School District Superintendent Kelly Shea speaks at the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday at SunLand Golf & Country Club. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Sequim schools superintendent lays out plans

SEQUIM –– Modern, comfortable schools are vital to ensuring children learn, Sequim School District Superintendent Kelly Shea said…