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Darold R. Stenson in court Tuesday.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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‘I will be back’: Reconvicted double-murderer files another appeal

PORT ANGELES — Reconvicted double-murderer Darold R. Stenson filed a notice of appeal Tuesday at the same court…

Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe

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State Patrol investigation into wreck involving trooper will take 3-4 months. Legal action also threatened

PORT ANGELES — It will take three or four months for the State Patrol to complete its investigation…

Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe

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State Patrol investigation into wreck involving trooper will take 3-4 months. Legal action also threatened

PORT ANGELES — It will take three or four months for the State Patrol to complete its investigation…

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Sides to get down to business on agreement over Olympic National Forest timber

PORT ANGELES — The newly formed Olympic Peninsula Collaborative will get down to business before the end of…

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Hearings examiner position Melly will vacate might be cut

PORT ANGELES — Chris Melly’s Clallam County land-use hearings examiner position may be eliminated within a month or…

Christopher Melly sits on a hallway bench in the Clallam County Courthouse. He'll be elevated to the Superior Court bench in January. —Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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‘Chris, this is Jay — welcome to the bench’: How governor told Melly he’s the next Clallam Superior Court judge

PORT ANGELES — Chris Melly received the phone call at about 1:15 p.m. Thursday. Gov. Jay Inslee was…

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Appellate jurists uphold prison sentence of former sheriff’s evidence room employee

PORT ANGELES — A former sheriff’s records specialist’s three-year sentence for stealing $8,644 from the courthouse evidence room…

Judge-designate Christopher Melly

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Melly appointed by governor to Clallam Superior Court bench

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that he is appointing Christopher Melly to serve as Position 3…

Judge-designate Christopher Melly

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Melly appointed by governor to Clallam Superior Court bench

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that he is appointing Christopher Melly to serve as Position 3…

Judge-designate Christopher Melly

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Melly appointed by governor to Clallam Superior Court bench

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that he is appointing Christopher Melly to serve as Position 3…

A Port Angeles School District bus pulls away from Roosevelt Elementary School on normal schedule Tuesday afternoon.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Man hides in school closet, prompting school lockdown in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Roosevelt Elementary School was locked down for 10 minutes Tuesday morning after an unauthorized, unarmed…

Rep. Derek Kilmer

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Rep. Kilmer seeks to mend fences dividing forestry, environmental groups

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental and forestry groups often are at odds. Asserting he is addressing that divide, U.S.…

A Port Angeles School District bus pulls away from Roosevelt Elementary School on normal schedule Tuesday afternoon.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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UPDATED — Man hides in school closet, prompting school lockdown in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Roosevelt Elementary School was locked down for 10 minutes Tuesday morning after an unauthorized, unarmed…

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Port Angeles elementary school classes resume after short lockdown

This story has been UPDATED — “Man hides in school closet, prompting school lockdown in Port Angeles” —…

Trooper Travis Beebe

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Trooper was the cause of Friday’s three-vehicle wreck east of Port Angeles on Highway 101, State Patrol says

PORT ANGELES — Initial evidence indicates that Trooper Travis Beebe, who destroyed his State Patrol car in a…

Peninsula College President Luke Robins addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce audience as fellow panelists Brian Kuh

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Time is right to rethink Clallam’s economic-development efforts, business audience told in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The time is right to draw a new map for economic development in Clallam County…

Trooper Travis Beebe

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Trooper was the cause of Friday’s three-vehicle wreck east of Port Angeles on Highway 101, State Patrol says

PORT ANGELES — Initial evidence indicates that Trooper Travis Beebe, who destroyed his State Patrol car in a…

Peninsula College President Luke Robins addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce audience as fellow panelists Brian Kuh

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Time is right to rethink Clallam’s economic-development efforts, business audience told in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The time is right to draw a new map for economic development in Clallam County…

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Biomass monitoring device installation complete this week; Nippon cogenerator now producing electricity

PORT ANGELES — By Friday, Olympic Region Clean Air Agency officials expect a $90,000 device to have been…

Marijuana could be sold in stores by next summer; 10 Peninsula firms apply

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Marijuana could be sold in stores by next summer; 10 Peninsula firms apply

PORT ANGELES — Marijuana could be sold at a store near you by next summer, a state Liquor…