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Ballots going out to 21,169 Jefferson County voters
The Jefferson County Auditor’s Office is mailing out 21,169 mail-in ballots today to registered county voters. Deputy Auditor/Elections…
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Jefferson: Dam removal and restoration of the Elwha subject of presentation
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will be hosting Betsy Carlson, Olympic National Park outreach…
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Clallam: Planning commission chair, cleric Vail dies
PORT ANGELES — Bob Vail, 57, chairman of the Clallam County Planning Commission, died Saturday in his home,…
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Lower Elwha to erect totem pole Sunday
The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will erect a 12-foot totem pole at its health clinic, 243511 U.S. Highway…
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Sequim police use Tasers to subdue domestic violence suspect
SEQUIM — Two Sequim police officers used Tasers earlier this week to subdue a man described as a…
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Morse Creek “S” curve receives quick safety fix
PORT ANGELES — A notoriously winding stretch of U.S. Highway 101 received a safety improvement Wednesday. The state…
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Port Angeles Planning Commission not likely to address Kidd issue tonight
The Port Angeles Planning Commission will likely not address tonight the issue of the Saturday Farmers Market and…
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Crabfest sets attendance, eaten-crab records
The fourth annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival topped last year’s attendance and number of crabs eaten, festival…
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Sequim Middle School holds practice drill
SEQUIM — Sequim Middle School held a practice drill Friday using a scenario that a call had been…
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Appeals hearing tonight on Port Angeles Farmers Market
Appeals of the downtown Port Angeles Farmers Market’s conditional use permit to use one block of Laurel Street…
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Peninsula weekend activities include “Crabfest”
There’s plenty to do on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend, and the newspaper has two features today…
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Legislators ax language that would have allowed more tanker traffic in Strait
WASHINGTON — Somewhere, “Maggie”‘ is smiling. The late Sen. Warren Magnuson’s 1977 limit on the number of oil…
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Sequim church collecting backpack supplies for hurricane evacuees
SEQUIM — King’s Way Foursquare Church will be sending a team to New Orleans and Mississippi from Oct.…
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Burn ban lifted in Clallam County
The Clallam County Fire Marshal’s Office has lifted the burn ban effective midnight Tuesday. The decision, Fire Marshal…
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Clallam: Transit system to mark 25th year
Clallam Transit System will celebrate its 25th year of service with free fixed-route and Paratransit rides Oct. 10…
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National Park readies for winter with shorter hours, campground closures
Olympic National Park is getting ready for winter, as hours will be changed at its visitor and information…
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Busy weekend ahead for our Peninsula
There’s plenty to do on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. To help you plan, here are highlights…
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Views of Washington coast seafloor available online
The first live video broadcast from the undersea wonderland 200 miles off the Washington coast is available today.…
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Roosevelt students slate spaghetti feed fundraiser for hurricane victims
PORT ANGELES — Roosevelt Middle School seventh-grade teachers and students will hold a spaghetti feed fundraiser to assist…
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Caldwell holds seven-vote lead over McQuillen after new count
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County elections workers counted another 42 votes on Tuesday, which widened Port Townsend City…