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Port Angeles school cutbacks: Sports receive more board support than elementary music
PORT ANGELES — School Board members expressed far more reluctance to cut sports programs than they were elementary…
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Coast Guard examining security breech after man later found dead was escorted off
PORT ANGELES — A 32-year-old Navy veteran who died of hypothermia two weeks ago at an abandoned industrial…
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Teen accused of killing her baby rejects plea offer; trial likely
PORT ANGELES — An attorney for Lauryn Last said that her client rejects a plea offer that would…
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Another delay in Port Angeles infant-murder case
PORT ANGELES — A plea agreement under which teen Lauryn Last, who is accused of killing her newborn…
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Hearing delayed on teenager accused of killing her newborn
PORT ANGELES — A court hearing on the admissibility of statements accused teenage murderer Lauryn Last made to…
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Who’s next after Kessler? Scramble begins after Peninsula representative abruptly announces retirement
PORT ANGELES — A flurry of exclamatory e-mails between 24th District party leaders greeted state Rep. Lynn Kessler’s…
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Double-murder sentencing hearing delayed; retrial request set for today
PORT TOWNSEND — Sentencing for convicted double-murderer and arsonist Michael J. Pierce has been delayed by almost a…
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Ecology says closed Port Angeles landfill not affecting Strait; Dry Creek Coalition says danger is real
PORT ANGELES — On a bluff overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca sits the city’s closed landfill,…
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Man found dead at Rayonier site died from hypothermia, autopsy shows
PORT ANGELES — A visitor whose body was found Wednesday on the site of the former Rayonier Inc.…
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Jury got testimony wrong, convicted murderer’s attorney says; new trial sought
PORT TOWNSEND — Richard Davies, the lawyer for convicted double-murderer and arsonist Michael J. Pierce, is asking for…
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Throat slit two months ago, tiny dog finally losing its fear, has new family in Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES — After his throat was deliberately slit and he was left for dead, 5-pound Harley is…
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Word on convicted terrorist’s appeal in two weeks
PORT ANGELES — Convicted terrorist Ahmed Ressam expects to learn by April 15 if the 9th Circuit Court…
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Dogs in shoreline archeological survey stick up noses at most locales, but find some areas interesting
PORT ANGELES — The four forensic canines who patrolled 50 acres of Port Angeles’ waterfront late last year…
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Dog that attacked Port Angeles boy won’t be euthanized
PORT ANGELES — Jack, a family dog that mauled an 11-year-old boy last month, has been spared the…
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The smell of gas: Jury quickly decided Pierce was guilty of Quilcene double-murder
PORT TOWNSEND — The jury in Michael J. Pierce’s double-murder trial had a general sense from the onset…
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Pierce guilty of two murders, other charges
PORT TOWNSEND — Michael J. Pierce was found guilty this afternoon of two counts of first-degree murder in…
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Double-murder trial in jury’s hands; cost of proceedings adds up for Jefferson County
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County had paid $282,202 in expenses related to the case of double-murder defendant Michael…
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Jury to begin deciding fate of double-murder defendant Pierce today
PORT TOWNSEND — Michael J. Pierce is a cold-blooded killer motivated by a desire for meth — or…
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UPDATE: Pierce double-murder trial heads to jury Thursday
PORT TOWNSEND — Closing arguments and jury instructions from Superior Court Judge Craddock Verser were wrapping up today,…
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Forensic photography expert ties Pierce to slayings in Quilcene
PORT TOWNSEND — The man who used the ATM card of Pat and Janice Yarr the same night…