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Rotary lunch meeting garners funds for ShelterBox program for Haitian relief
Members of the Port Angeles Rotary Club listened to an American Red Cross presentation on emergency preparedness at…
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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Peninsula Rotarians send emergency shelter to Haiti; other fundraising efforts continue
Residents of earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are in need of shelter, and North Olympic Peninsula Rotary Clubs are stepping…
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Doing what they can: Peninsula groups assist massive Haitian relief efforts with benefits, donations
Haiti is thousands of miles from the North Olympic Peninsula, but local aid groups, individuals and musicians are…
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Public comment period on wolf plan ends today
Today is the final day of the public comment period for the state’s proposed gray wolf management and…
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Little girl, big challenges — Mother thankful for community support
PORT ANGELES — With her big blue eyes and blond hair in perky ponytails, 3-year-old River Larson elicits…
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Spay to Save effort launches in Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES — A group of animal welfare advocates has banded together to start a service offering low…
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A life in balance: Peninsula woman goes beyond traditional medicine
PORT ANGELES ¬– Many immigrants come to the United States seeking a better life. Beatriz Giraldo, 61, came…
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Customers develop glaze-craze as they help Port Angeles business thrive
11″Sometimes I feel like I need more room,” Rees said, standing in her business, looking at tables full…
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Makah, Quileute study what might come of settlement with U.S. government
An announcement Tuesday that the Obama administration has settled a long-running lawsuit with Native Americans could affect directly…
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Port Angeles cancer survivor who knows ‘freedom after fear’ starts program to help others
PORT ANGELES — “On the other side of fear you will find freedom,” Jack Ganster, 47-year-old cancer survivor,…
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Forks, Port Townsend offer plenty of holiday happenings
Holiday events bookend the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend, with Forks’ Twinkle Light Parade and a decorated tree…
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Festival of Trees begins three-day run in Port Angeles today
PORT ANGELES — The smell of hot glue and sounds of Christmas music filled the air at Vern…
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Food banks serve record numbers: More families, working poor need help this year
Across the North Olympic Peninsula, the pressure on nonprofit food banks has increased this year. The rising numbers…
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Deficit forces closure of Peninsula Big Brothers Big Sisters branch
PORT TOWNSEND — More than 150 North Olympic Peninsula children will have to say goodbye next Friday to…
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Peninsula seniors’ stories to be told in song at Veterans Day concert
PORT TOWNSEND — A yearlong collaborative project to create songs with seniors and their families on the North…
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One-man guitar fest . . . and art barrels . . . tonight
PORT ANGELES — The effort to bring art to the forefront of life on the North Olympic Peninsula…
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Clallam, Jefferson voters approve fire district levy
PORT ANGELES — Clallam and Jefferson counties’ voters gave a property tax levy to fund emergency medical services…
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Methner eager to fill Port Angeles School District role
PORT ANGELES — Sarah Methner said she is ready to go to work after she won 64.07 percent,…
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Sequim School Board candidates sound off
SEQUIM — Virginia O’Neil, Stanford English major feels English lit is not for everyone, and Jon Kirshbaum, retired…
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Peninsula’s history includes tales of ghosts and apparitions
While there are several locations on the North Olympic Peninsula to experience a Halloween haunted house this weekend,…