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Suspect named in fatal Port Angeles hit-and-run

Nineteen-year-old driver tells police he thought he hit debris.

Navy awards $25.6 million contract for Port Angeles pier

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Navy awards $25.6 million contract for Port Angeles pier

Watts-Orion Joint Venture of Gig Harbor to start construction by the end of October on approach trestle and…

Clallam commissioner candidates differ on carbon tax

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Clallam commissioner candidates differ on carbon tax

Randy Johnson and Ron Richards outline their positions on Initiative 732 at an election forum.

Bail set at $150,000 in new case for alleged bus-passenger attacker Riley E. White

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Bail set at $150,000 in new case for alleged bus-passenger attacker Riley E. White

Port Angeles resident is now charged with assaulting a female tenant at his house.

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Navy making strides with Port Angeles Harbor pier plans

Contract, expected to be awarded Tuesday, has maximum term of 18 months.

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Probe continues into Port Angeles hate crime

“We haven’t referred the case yet because we can’t say positively that we have the right two people,”…

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Forum considers downtown panhandlers in Port Angeles

Police Chief Brian Smith tells those at the meeting that a 60-day program of tighter enforcement appears to…

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Olympic National Park rangers suspend search for body of man whose boat capsized

A park spokeswoman cited a lack of clues and the time that has passed since the incident north…

Clallam County judge hopefuls at odds over veterans court

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Clallam County judge hopefuls at odds over veterans court

Brian Coughenour and Dave Neupert come down on different sides of idea that would direct veterans toward treatment.

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Ethical conduct complaint against four Port Angeles City Council members dropped

The move clears the way for the council to mull whether Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd should be verbally…

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Clallam County commissioners discuss rules for short-term rentals; public hearing planned

PORT ANGELES — Unincorporated Clallam County’s growing and unfettered inventory of short-term vacation rentals is on the verge…

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PRIMARY 2016: Today last day for primary election ballots in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — Today is the last day for voters, who so far on the North Olympic Peninsula…

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PRIMARY 2016: Over 27 percent of primary ballots received in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — Today is the last day for voters, who so far on the North Olympic Peninsula…

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Fluoridation foe against advisory vote as Port Angeles City Council takes up conciliation effort today

PORT ANGELES — Eloise Kailin, the president of the anti-fluoridation group Our Water, Our Choice!, said Sunday she…

Kristan and David Mabrey display a rendering of new playground equipment that will be installed in Georgiana Park in Port Angeles

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Port Angeles’ Georgiana Park playground to get new life after volunteer spearheads effort with OMC Foundation, hospital, city

PORT ANGELES — David Mabrey kept the play in playground. Tiny, city-owned Georgiana Park was on life support…

A map showing the locations of the four Olympic National Park fires. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Some fires in Olympic National Park found to be bigger than previously thought after improved mapping

PORT ANGELES — Wildfires totalling 250 acres in Olympic National Park — more than double initial National Park…

A Jamestown S'Klallam canoe enters the Port of Olympia on Saturday prior to lining up to ask permission to come ashore to proceed to the Nisqually Reservation where the tribe will host a weeklong potlatch where songs

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Tribes from throughout region join Paddle to Nisqually events starting today

NISQUALLY — Physically and spiritually, pullers from points far and wide embarked from different places to end up…

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Interim Port Angeles police chief named to permanent position

PORT ANGELES — It’s not like Brian Smith will be walking into a brave new world when he…

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PRIMARY 2016: Candidates for District 24 Position 1 seat tell of their positions

Candidates Mike Chapman and George Vrable, who are running in the Aug. 2 primary election for the 24th…

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Interim chief named to permanent Port Angeles position

PORT ANGELES — Brian Smith, who has served as interim Port Angeles police chief since Terry Gallagher retired…