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Bad weather snarls traffic on Highway 101 near Quilcene

QUILCENE — The state Department of Transportation reports that traffic on U.S. Highway 101 near Quilcene was delayed…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly breakfast meetings usually are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second…

State order protects nearly 4,000 more acres of Dabob Bay

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State order protects nearly 4,000 more acres of Dabob Bay

OLYMPIA – The outgoing commissioner of public lands has added nearly 4,000 acres to the Dabob Bay Natural…

Free public feasts offered today on Peninsula

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Free public feasts offered today on Peninsula

Free holiday meals are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula on Christmas Day today.

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NEWS BRIEFS: Flight operations slated; representative wanted

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Philanthropic Education Organization awards PC student with $1,800 grant … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Chapter IV of the Philanthropic Education Organization (PEO) recently awarded Hannah Nelson an…

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OTA offers winter break theatre workshop for children

SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts will offer a one-week theater workshop for youth ages 6 to 18 beginning…

GNU Snowboards team rider Temple Cummins snowboards at Hurricane Ridge on Sunday. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

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Snow for the holidays: Hurricane Ridge offers skiing, snowboarding, tubing, snowshoe walks

HURRICANE RIDGE — Once the gifts are open and everyone has eaten a big holiday dinner, family members…

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Cold weather impacts electric bills

CARLSBORG — Cold weather means higher utility bills, and so far this winter has been colder than usual,…

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BUSINESS BRIEFS: PA Realtors induct board members; Platypus Marine employees win prizes

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Association of Realtors inducted its board members for 2017 Dec. 9 at…

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Six lectures planned in yard and garden series

PORT TOWNSEND — The 2017 Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation Yard and Garden Lecture Series will begin with…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim church donates to homeless … and other items

SEQUIM — The Sequim Police Department recently received a donation of 50 all-weather protective ponchos to distribute to…

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‘Screenagers’ discusses growing up in digital age in Jan. 23 screening at Jefferson County Library

PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will host a free public screening of the documentary film “Screenagers”…

Equestrian author will tell about trails in Hadlock talk Jan. 18

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Equestrian author will tell about trails in Hadlock talk Jan. 18

PORT HADLOCK — Equestrian author and trail rider Kim McCarrel will talk about her latest book, “Riding Southwest…

‘Paycheck comes in a different way’ for OlyCAP volunteer

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‘Paycheck comes in a different way’ for OlyCAP volunteer

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

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Master Gardeners program application deadline Friday

PORT ANGELES — The Washington State University Master Gardener program is accepting applications until Friday.

In front row, from left, are Olympic Medical Center employees Beverly Buck, CNA; Stacia Kiesser, RN; Julie Millsap, RN; and Cynthia Beltrami, RN. In back row from left are CEO Eric Lewis; Board President John Nutter; Lorraine Wall, RN, chief nursing officer; and Robin Burse, RN.

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OMC board recognizes five employees

PORT ANGELES — Five Olympic Medical Center employees from the medical/surgical unit recently received recognition awards during a…

Trump cruises to Electoral College victory despite protests

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Trump cruises to Electoral College victory despite protests

WASHINGTON, D.C. — There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College…

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Peninsula salmon enhancement projects receive more than $2.3 million in grant funds

OLYMPIA – More than $2 million has been awarded to North Olympic Peninsula projects by the Washington Salmon…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles vet clinic collecting Toys for Tots … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Blue Mountain Animal Clinic, 2972 Old Olympic Highway, is joining the U.S. Marine Corps in…