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Scaffolding goes up at the chimney stack in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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PenPly mill stack demolition scheduled

PORT ANGELES — Workers at the slowly vanishing former Peninsula Plywood site are preparing a 175-foot chimney stack…

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Discover Passes needed at Fort Worden now

PORT TOWNSEND — The last day of 2012 was the last day for Fort Worden State Park’s one-of-a-kind…

Construction crews level the site that once was occupied by the former Odd Fellows hall and an adjacent store building.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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Remains of October fire cleared in downtown Forks

FORKS — The charred mess that scarred the center of this often-rainy town for more than two months…

Work continues Friday on the construction of a biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles. A hearing is scheduled Monday on the cooling tower permit. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Hearing set on Port Angeles mill project’s final stage

PORT ANGELES — A public hearing at 5 p.m. Monday will air issues surrounding the final stage of…

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Clallam Public Utility District commissioners elect new president

PORT ANGELES — Hugh Haffner, a four-term commissioner on the Clallam County Public Utility District’s board, is the…

Dave Cole of the stat Department of Natural Resources stands in front of the burned-out building in Forks on Monday. Lonnie Archibald/Peninsula Daily News

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Salvaging effort starts at burned DNR building in Forks

FORKS — A 20-foot container was due to arrive at the state Department of Natural Resources’ Olympic Region…

Levon Mathews

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Back home in Indiana: Ex-First Federal CEO says he quit for personal reasons connected with family business

FRANKFORT, Ind. — Levon Mathews, the former president-CEO of First Federal, said Friday he is working at a…

First Federal interim President and CEO Larry Hueth.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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First Federal realigning in wake of resignations and retirements; interim chief in line to take helm

PORT ANGELES — Larry Hueth, the interim president-CEO of First Federal, is on track to step up to…

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Del’s Feed & Farm Supply shutters store in Sequim

SEQUIM — A chain store that catered to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley’s agriculture and livestock community has closed its…

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Dungeness water rule comes into effect today

SEQUIM — As of today, owners of 3,400 undeveloped parcels from Bagley Creek to Sequim Bay must abide…

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Decision coming soon on big retail store in Sequim

SEQUIM — Word is expected this month on whether a Bellevue developer will be submitting preliminary plans for…

Paul Camper

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Former Port Angeles supermarket transforming into auto restoration shop and hot-rod themed cafe

PORT ANGELES — With help from a cadre of car enthusiasts, a long-vacant building that for 14 years…

An excavator razes one of the huge mill buildings at the former Peninsula Plywood plant in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Tear-down of 71-year-old Port Angeles mill begins

PORT ANGELES — Heavy equipment operators seated inside giant-clawed excavators are demolishing a plywood mill complex that for…

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Poulsbo man treated after fall into creek near Rialto Beach

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A 72-year-old Poulsbo man who fell into a frigid creek at popular Rialto Beach…

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OlyCAP selling two Port Townsend homes

Olympic Community Action Programs is selling two Port Townsend homes intended to house people with chronic mental illnesses…

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Hypothermic man rescued from Rialto Beach

LAPUSH — A hypothermic man was transported from Rialto Beach to Forks Community Hospital on Christmas Day, authorities…

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Chimney fire sparked by wad of paper

CAPE GEORGE — A homeowner wielding a garden hose doused a Christmas morning chimney fire caused by a…

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Legislative upheaval upsets Hargrove’s plans

With his 28 years in the state Legislature and a solid general election victory behind him, 24th District…

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Family IDs remains of Forks fire victim

FORKS — Family members have identified the body of a man found in house trailer that was destroyed…

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Sequim lawmaker fights to keep horses in wildlife refuge

SEQUIM — State Rep. Kevin Van De Wege is taking on the federal Fish and Wildlife Service over…