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New Year’s Day fire damages Port Angeles home

PORT ANGELES — A New Year’s Day fire in the attic destroyed one guest bedroom and a portion…

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New Year’s Day fire damages PA home

PORT ANGELES — A New Year’s Day fire in the attic destroyed one guest bedroom and a portion…

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Former Port Angeles family wrestles with medical bills after child hurt

PORTLAND, Ore. — In the new year, Jennifer Johnson-Ramos hopes her son won’t have to face the multitude…

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Meet North Olympic Peninsula’s first newborn of 2011: Eden Marie Holloway

A baby girl born in a Port Hadlock home is the first reported birth of a North Olympic…

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Hardy jump in chilly water across Peninsula to welcome New Year’s (***Gallery***)

Mark Ostroot heard that all he needed to do to stay warm during annual Polar Bear Plunge was…

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Trap set for black bear at Port Angeles home

PORT ANGELES — Every night since Christmas Eve, a black bear has wandered into Brad Burkett’s backyard. The…

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Holiday shopping improved in Clallam, lagged in Jefferson, merchants say

The holidays for Clallam County retailers improved this year over last — perhaps the sign of a slightly…

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Pot holder sales help no-kill shelter

PORT ANGELES — This fundraiser is hot. The group — which has grown to six women who routinely…

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Students hatch colorful artwork on fence to fish for funds

PORT ANGELES — The fence surrounding The Landing mall is starting to look more and more like something…

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Former Port Angeles man delivers Christmas gifts in Afghanistan outpost

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Petty Officer 1st Class James Bowes, 32, a Port Angeles High School graduate, could…

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Go play in the snow: Hurricane Ridge open over holiday weekends except Christmas Day (***GALLERY***)

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Those new skis, snowshoes or sleds can be tried out at Hurricane Ridge the…

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Applications for student aid soar at Peninsula College

Applications for financial aid at Peninsula College have nearly doubled over the course of the past two years,…

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Collector’s Nativity scenes come in all shapes, sizes from throughout world [**Gallery**]

PORT ANGELES — The Bible has two versions of the Nativity scene. Sandy Roedell has more than 200.…

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Ex-Forks man shot to death in California

TURLOCK, Calif. — A man who was shot several times and died on a sidewalk in this Central…

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Oil spill operation in Port Angeles the nation’s biggest-staffed, Chamber of Commerce told

PORT ANGELES — The three oil spill response teams based in Port Angeles make the spill response operation…

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Tribes’ canoe project is art and an educational tool

PORT ANGELES — Darrell Charles Jr. rubbed his hand along the side of the 30-foot cedar canoe he’s…

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Volunteer steps down but not out in Sequim

SEQUIM — Betty Barnard, 85, is a volunteer by nature. And though she is giving up her duties…

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Port Angeles School Board to mull suggestions to improve district

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will evaluate 47 ideas for action to improve the district,…

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Dicks introduces bill giving some Olympic National Park land to Quileute tribe

LAPUSH — Congressman Norm Dicks on Thursday introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that, if…

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Peninsula school districts reel from midyear cutbacks as more on the way

The state Legislature’s midyear cuts to public schools slash more than $3.74 million from North Olympic Peninsula Schools.…