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WEEKEND: Palate-pleasing wine, cheese tour this weekend has stops throughout North Olympic Peninsula

New releases will be paired with locally made artisan cheeses during the Olympic Peninsula Wineries’ Northwest Wine &…

Traffic on state Highway 112 backs up as first responders from Clallam County Fire District No. 4 assist a man with a medical emergency in the middle of the highway in Joyce on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Angeles man dies on state Highway 112 near Joyce following heart attack

JOYCE — Michael R. Jones, 66, of Port Angeles died Wednesday afternoon on state Highway 112 after he…

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BUSINESS BRIEFS — Order forms due Friday for flowers from Jefferson Parent-Teacher Organization and Baskets A’Bloomin’ . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Jefferson Parent-Teacher Organization and Baskets A’Bloomin’, a local business, have teamed up to bring…

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Highway 112 cleared after being fully blocked because of ‘medical emergency’

JOYCE — State Highway 112 near Joyce was temporarily blocked in both directions Wednesday evening after paramedic crews…

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See Port Angeles police activity at the Coho ferry dock Tuesday night? It was a training exercise

PORT ANGELES — At least 120 law enforcement and emergency personnel took part in a training exercise at…

Port Angeles' Wei-Yan Fu fights for possession with Kingston's Jacob Waterman during the first half of the Roughriders' 3-0 loss at Civic Field. Keith Thorpe/for Peninsula Daily News

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PREP SOCCER: Port Angeles boys held scoreless in 3-0 loss to Kingston; Port Townsend wins

PORT ANGELES — A bad stretch right before halftime doomed Port Angeles in its 3-0 loss to Olympic…

Forks catcher Reece Hagen tags a Montesano base runner out at home plate in the Spartans 4-3 win over the Bulldogs. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles boys golf wins third straight Ludlow Invite; other area reports

PORT LUDLOW — Led by Micah Needham and Avery Koehler, the Port Angeles boys golf team won the…

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Clallam butter clam harvest limits lifted

PORT ANGELES — The recreational harvest of butter clams is now allowed on most Clallam County beaches from…

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters remove a smoking trash bag from the Port Townsend-based Ocean Belle just before midnight Tuesday. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

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Firefighters put out small boat fire in Port Townsend; official says larger blaze from spontaneous combustion avoided

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters extinguished a small fire onboard a dry-docked boat in the Boat…

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NEWS BRIEFS — Representative Kilmer to lead forum in Port Angeles on Friday . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, will lead a forum at the Port Angeles Senior Center…

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UPDATE — Highway 112 cleared after being fully blocked because of ‘medical emergency’

UPDATE — State Highway 112 was cleared as of 5:30 p.m. today, according to the state Department of…

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters remove a smoking trash bag from the Port Townsend-based Ocean Belle just before midnight Tuesday. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

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Firefighters put out small boat fire in Port Townsend; official says larger blaze from spontaneous combustion avoided

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters extinguished a small fire onboard a dry-docked boat in the Boat…

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See Port Angeles police activity at the Coho ferry dock Tuesday night? It was a training exercise

PORT ANGELES — At least 120 law enforcement and emergency personnel took part in a training exercise at…

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Port Ludlow woman hurt in two-car wreck

PORT LUDLOW — A 70-year-old Port Ludlow woman was listed in serious condition at a Seattle hospital after…

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BUSINESS BRIEF — Home Depot customer appreciation event slated Saturday in Sequim

SEQUIM — The Home Depot is sponsoring a customer appreciation event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. There…

Rochester's Dustin Wilson slides safely into third with a triple while Forks' Caleb Adams applies the late tag at the base. Rochester took both games of a doubleheader with the Spartans 12-7 and 8-3. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles baseball pounds out 12 hits in win over rival Sequim; other area reports

SEQUIM — The Port Angeles baseball team pounded out 12 hits and rallied from an early 2-0 deficit…

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Suspect in Joyce-area burglary still sought; those with info asked to phone 9-1-1

PORT ANGELES — Authorities Tuesday were searching for Aaron Scott Markishtum, a 30-year-old Port Angeles man suspected in…

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NEWS BRIEFS — KONP radio’s AM signal is restored . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — KONP’s AM signal was back on the air early Tuesday afternoon. The station’s 1450 AM…

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Benefit Fund seeks applicants for medically related academic scholarships, community grants; deadline is June 2

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Physicians Community Benefit Fund is accepting applications for both medically related academic…

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Port Ludlow woman hurt in two-car wreck

PORT LUDLOW — A 70-year-old Port Ludlow woman was listed in serious condition at a Seattle hospital after…