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Clallam libraries closed this week to help mend budget

The Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Clallam Bay public libraries will be closed this week to save money…

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U.S. judge who upheld Makah whaling in 1998, 2001 dies in Tacoma

TACOMA — Franklin D. Burgess, 75, the U.S. District Court judge in Tacoma who made a landmark ruling…

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Two candidates to compete for queen’s crown at Rhododendron Festival coronation

PORT TOWNSEND — Only two candidates will compete for the queen’s crown during the Rhododendron Festival coronation Saturday.…

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Quilcene School freezer fixed, classes to resume Monday

QUILCENE — The Quilcene School will resume classes on Monday after a faulty valve that destroyed more than…

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Maritime center pushing for last $100,000; deadline for $1.1 million grant looms

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwest Maritime Center has until the end of the month to raise $100,000 in…

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SPORTS: Sequim girls and boys golf teams blast Klahowya; other prep reports

SEQUIM — Zoei Zbaraschuk is unstoppable. Sequim’s senior girls golf team ace took medalist honors in league competition…

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Peninsula gears up for busy spring weekend

A kickoff dinner for May’s Sequim Irrigation Festival, an early Easter egg hunt, fundraisers, family activities, hikes and…

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SPORTS: Capsules of all prep softball teams on North Olympic Peninsula

Port Angeles (3A) • Head coach: Buddy Bear (second year). • Last year: 13-3 in Olympic League, 17-9…

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Quilcene school to be closed Friday after alarm sets off sprinklers that destroyed food

QUILCENE — The Quilcene School District will be closed Friday because a fire alarm triggered sprinklers that destroyed…

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No passengers hurt when Port Angeles school bus rear-ended

PORT ANGELES — None of the 18 Roosevelt Elementary children, or the driver, in a Port Angeles school…

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Police probe leads in armed robbery, assault of restaurant manager

PORT ANGELES — Police were investigating leads Tuesday to find the man who robbed and assaulted the manager…

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SPORTS: North Kitsap blanks Port Angeles 3-0 in boys soccer; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — In a tough defensive battle Tuesday night, the Port Angeles boys soccer team was shut…

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Attorneys rest in Pierce case; jury to deliberate after closing arguments Wednesday

PORT TOWNSEND — The double-murder trial of Michael J. Pierce, who is accused of killing Pat and Janice…

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Frontier Bank given ultimatum from government

EVERETT — Frontier Financial, which has struggled for more than a year to free itself from soured real…

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Gregoire irked by McKenna’s state participation in lawsuit over health-care plan; McKenna and 12 others file suit

OLYMPIA — State Attorney General Rob ­McKenna said Monday that he will join a multistate challenge to the…

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SPORTS: Port Angeles baseball team beats Sequim 7-6 in eight innings; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — Keenan Walker’s squeeze bunt in the bottom of the eighth inning sparked Port Angeles to…

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Armed robbery, assault in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Police today are asking the public for information about a late-night armed robbery Sunday outside…

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Nominate your JEFFERSON COUNTY hero; deadline today

Now is the time to nominate your local hero. You have until 5 p.m. today! We are looking…

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Kessler tax incentive program passes Legislature

OLYMPIA — A bill sponsored by state Rep. Lynn Kessler to extend a tax incentive program for manufacturing…

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Test openings for Hood Canal Bridge end

SHINE — The test opening and closing of the Hood Canal Bridge was finished on Sunday — bringing…