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Free park visits, service projects slated today for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Parks can be visited for free and volunteers can join service projects today to commemorate Martin Luther King…

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Cadets vie for honors at competition PORT ANGELES — Cadets from Port Angeles High School’s Naval Junior Reserve…

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Apply for Port Angeles tourism funds by Feb. 10

PORT ANGELES — A total of $70,000 is available to groups, clubs and organizations to help fund projects,…

Al Voner at the Ozette station in Olympic National Park. (click on photo to enlarge)

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ONP ranger named Coastsaver of the Year

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park Ranger Al Voner has been named the 2013 Washington CoastSaver of the…

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Coast Guard rescues injured hiker in Olympic National Park

PORT ANGELES — A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew rescued a 60-year-old man who suffered a broken ankle while…

Firefighters from Port Ludlow Fire and Rescue battle a blaze in an office on Colwell Street in Port Hadlock on Saturday. They were assisted by East Jefferson Fire-Rescue and Naval Magazine Indian Island firefighters. — Bill Beezely/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

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Firefighter in stable condition Sunday after blaze at Port Hadlock office

PORT HADLOCK — A firefighter was airlifted to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center on Saturday after a blaze gutted…

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

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Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference…

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

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Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference…

Chimacum's Mechelle Nisbet (4) is fouled while going up for a basket against Cedar Park's Nicole Kaufman at Chimacum High School. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Chimacum falls to Cedar Park Christian; other area results

CHIMACUM — The Chimacum Cowboys were outmatched by the taller, more experienced Eagles in Nisqually League girls basketball…

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Service projects, park fee waivers mark Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

Parks can be visited for free and volunteers are working on service projects today and Monday in the…

Sequim's Vance Willis (12) tries to get around Olympic's Darren Towne (50) during the Wolves' overtime win over the Trojans at Olympic High School. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

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BOYS PREP SPORTS: Sequim basketball beats Olympic in overtime; other area reports

BREMERTON — The Sequim boys basketball team took over sole possession of second place in the Olympic League…

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King legacy, speeches documented in rare movie Monday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Oscar-nominated documentary “King: A Filmed Record, Montgomery to Memphis” will screen Monday at the…

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Coho ferry takes a break beginning Monday

PORT ANGELES — The ferry MV Coho will take its annual break for maintenance work from Monday (Jan.…

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WEEKEND: Women in film, barn tour among offerings on Peninsula this weekend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Jan. 17. Women in film, a barn tour and a chance…

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WEEKEND: Basketball tourney set Saturday, Sunday

PORT ANGELES — The Martin Luther King Classic, a basketball tournament for fifth- through eighth-grade boys and girls…

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PREP SPORTS: Forks wrestling dominates Rochester; other area reports

FORKS — The Forks wrestling team had a dominating performance, beating 1A Evergreen foe Rochester 63-3. “I was…

Steve Markwell

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Olympic Animal Sanctuary owner’s whereabouts still unknown

FORKS –– Where is Steve Markwell? The most recent reports on Markwell come from the end of December…

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Clallam County approves 17 advisory panel appointments

PORT ANGELES — Seventeen members of Clallam County advisory boards and committees have been appointed or reappointed to…

Blue Heron Middle School students stand in an athletic field after they were evacuated from the school today (Friday). By Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Blue Heron Middle School students in Port Townsend evacuated after bomb threat

PORT TOWNSEND — Blue Heron Middle School students have been evacuated today (Friday) and will be sent home…

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UPDATE: Wreck cleared from state Highway 19 near Airport Road

UPDATE — All lanes were cleared by 11:09 a.m. after a wreck on state Highway 19 near Airport…