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Family impatient over dear carcasses on property
PORT ANGELES – Heather Williams awoke the day after Christmas to the remains of a dead baby deer…
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Political campaign spending soars on the North Olympic Peninsula
There are two kinds of races going on this political season. One is for votes. The other is…
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To our Web readers: Step right up and vent atop Internet soapbox; newspaper develops audio letters to the editor
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Daily News has given its readers another way to vent about issues of…
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Step right up and vent atop Internet soapbox; newspaper develops audio letters to the editor
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Daily News has given its readers another way to vent about issues of…
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Oh, the good old days, when cleanup of Rayonier was scheduled for 2004?
It’s the cleanup that seems to never end. The federal government announced Feb. 1, 2000, that Rayonier’s “moderately…
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Olympic Discovery Trail, Rayonier mill cleanup site at crossroads
Your walk along the Port Angeles waterfront includes a 1.1 mile section of Olympic Discovery Trail that cuts…
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Judge’s pay-or-appear program paying off for Clallam
Rick Porter’s successful 2002 campaign for Clallam County District Court judge was as much about making money as…
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Port Angeles: Do helmet laws save lives?
PORT ANGELES — Would a helmet law have prevented the first skateboard park fatality in the United States…
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State official helps hail $750,000 grant for elderly health care
PORT ANGELES — A missed bus and the need for food can cost four hours of waiting in…
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Criteria for removing children from meth-addicted parents to change in 2007
It’s a run-of-the-mill day when a doctor or neighbor tells Mike Heard that a North Olympic Peninsula resident…
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Numbers tell tale of increasing meth use on Peninsula
Her mother’s drug use is etched into Baby A.’s brief, painful life. The 3-month-old infant has known only…
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Child placements increase on Peninsula as meth-addicted mothers combat their demons
At her lowest point, Kristen Chilson — all 74 pounds of her — was so thin that her…
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Meth withdrawal affects infants of addicted mothers
The impact of a mother’s meth addiction on her newborn can be difficult to discern, even among state…
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Thompson ahead in race for Port of Port Townsend commission
PORT TOWNSEND — Shipwright, land surveyor and Port of Port Townsend tenant Dave Thompson led retired development specialist…
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Special report: Low-key conservation districts have little election turnout
Mail-in ballots? Forget it. Optically scanned, computerized ballot counting? You might as well be talking science fiction. Commonplace…
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Jefferson County candidates start thinking about fall voting
Candidate-filing week for the Nov. 8 election is still four months away, but elected office-holders and those who…
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Dozens of positions up for grabs in fall Clallam County elections
Candidate-filing week for the Nov. 8 election is still four months away, but elected office-holders and those who…
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Olympic Medical Center gets superior audit
Financially speaking, Olympic Medical Center stands tall among hospitals statewide, an Everett accounting firm’s audit has concluded. The…
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Olympic Medical Center $2 million over budget with Sequim project
Construction estimates for Olympic Medical Center’s new Sequim satellite campus are $2 million over budget — an 8.75…
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Gov. Gregoire won’t name task force to investigate $58.8 million graving yard snafu; wants public meetings instead
Gov. Christine Gregoire won’t name a task force to investigate the closing of the Hood Canal Bridge graving…