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Fake tree key to makeover: Method commonly used to disguise cell towers, consultant says

SEQUIM — Disguising a radio-cellphone tower as a 150-foot Douglas fir is just one route the wireless industry…

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PAT NEAL: An Olympic Peninsula pioneer’s Christmas

SOMETIMES, WHEN FEELING overwhelmed by the stress of the modern holiday season, I think of a story that…

Three drug stores on the brink: Deal to involve Rite Aids

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Three drug stores on the brink: Deal to involve Rite Aids

PORT ANGELES — The sale of the North Olympic Peninsula’s only Rite Aid Corp. stores — two in…

Judge to rule after Jan. 1 on radio, cellphone tower near Sequim

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Judge to rule after Jan. 1 on radio, cellphone tower near Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Judgment will be rendered after the first of the year on whether a 15-story radio…

Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc

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PA OKs overtime; Move will cost city but keep fire insurance rating stable

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council agreed on a split vote to guarantee minimum 24-hour staffing…

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Port Angeles council to discuss street tax

PORT ANGELES — City council members have decided it’s not too early to talk about increasing the sales…

Tree planting nears completion in downtown Port Angeles

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Tree planting nears completion in downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES —Workers plan to resume replanting 42 new trees downtown Monday after snowy weather late last week…

Numbers vary on turbine electrical generation; intent not power production, Port Angeles city says

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Numbers vary on turbine electrical generation; intent not power production, Port Angeles city says

PORT ANGELES — Three wind turbines erected at the city’s Waterfront Park in mid-September that cost $107,516 will…

Death probe continues as prosecutors seek more information in Neah Bay resident’s death

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Death probe continues as prosecutors seek more information in Neah Bay resident’s death

PORT ANGELES — A recommendation to charge longtime suspect Tina Marie Alcorn with murder in the early spring…

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Port Angeles to get state funds for closed landfill monitoring

PORT ANGELES — City of Port Angeles and state Department of Ecology officials have reached a preliminary agreement…

Crime & Justice

Children taken from Port Angeles returned to mother

PORT ANGELES — Two Port Angeles siblings allegedly kidnapped Friday evening by the father of one of the…

Crime & Justice

Two held for investigation of custodial kidnapping from Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The dad told his former wife he was going to take their 13-year-old daughter and…

Numbers vary on turbine electrical generation: Intent not power production, Port Angeles city says

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Numbers vary on turbine electrical generation: Intent not power production, Port Angeles city says

PORT ANGELES — Three wind turbines erected at the city’s Waterfront Park in mid-September that cost $107,516 will…

Tommy L. Ross Jr.

Crime & Justice

Trial set in 1978 murder of Port Angeles woman

PORT ANGELES — A man accused of killing a 20-year-old Port Angeles woman in 1978 has pleaded not…

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Port Angeles woman accidentally dragged under truck recovering at hospital

PORT ANGELES — A woman who was accidentally dragged under a truck early Tuesday evening was recovering Wednesday…

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Forest Service favors Navy permits for warfare rangeDraft decision expected today

PORT ANGELES — The National Forest Service intends to grant a five-year special use permit that would allow…

Work begins on shuttered Lincoln Theater in Port Angeles

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Work begins on shuttered Lincoln Theater in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Ambitious restaurateur Jake Oppelt’s plans to revive the shuttered Lincoln Theater as a performance venue…

From the rich to the homeless, Thanksgiving feast attracts 1,903 in Port Angeles

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From the rich to the homeless, Thanksgiving feast attracts 1,903 in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Cheri Knotts stood in line for 40 minutes before reaching the food at the record-breaking…

Revitalize Port Angeles spokeswoman Leslie Kidwell Robertson is big on spirit. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

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Banner for Chattanooga to be available for signing Saturday

PORT ANGELES — On Saturday, a relationship born in a best-city competition and forged in subsequent tragedy and…

Port Angeles tree project to be on hold Friday

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Port Angeles tree project to be on hold Friday

PORT ANGELES — Downtown holiday shoppers will have unobstructed access to Port Angeles businesses Friday on one of…