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UPDATE: Firefighters battle brush fire southwest of Brinnon; copter called in

BRINNON — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue personnel were battling a brush fire Saturday afternoon in clearcut area of Olympic…

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Free Lobo Del Mar performance in Sequim at 12:45 p.m. today

LOBO DEL MAR performs at KSQM-FM’s Fourth of July party in Serenity Square, 577 W. Washington St., in…

A steel barrier marks the edge of a bluff above where the body of a woman was found on the beach at the end of West 10th Street in Port Angeles on Monday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Woman found dead on Port Angeles beach had been reported missing, ‘in crisis’

PORT ANGELES — A woman whose friends had reported her missing and emotionally “in crisis,” according to police…

Olympic Medical Center is developing plans to have a retaining wall retaining structure built into the bluff on the northwest edge of the hospital building in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Olympic Medical Center plans retaining wall to minimize erosion

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center plans to build a retaining wall to minimize topsoil erosion on the…

Your guide to Independence Day events across the Peninsula

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Your guide to Independence Day events across the Peninsula

Fourth of July celebrations planned across the North Olympic Peninsula will offer fireworks, parades, picnics and concerts. The…

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WEEKEND: Olympic Music Fest goes pops in Saturday, Sunday concerts

QUILCENE — George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and the nation’s best-known patriotic songs come together in the Olympic…

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WEEKEND: Movies, concerts, more across region

Movies, concerts and other celebrations are among the attractions this Independence Day weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.…

Vote for your favorites in Swain's Little Slugger Photo Contest!

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Vote for your favorites in Swain’s Little Slugger Photo Contest!

THE ENTRIES ARE in, and voting is under way to determine the winners of prizes in Swain’s General…

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SPORTS BRIEFS: Roughriders hosting youth football camp . . . Port Angeles Swim Club records fall at meet

Roughriders hosting football camp PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School football program is sponsoring a Roughrider…

Fire boundaries are outlined in red in this map drafted from an infrared flyover shortly after midnight today (July 3). Click on the map to enlarge. Click on the arrow at right to read the map legend. U.S. Forest Service

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Map shows march of Olympic National Park fire up Queets River watershed

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A topographic map of the Queets River basin released today shows how the Paradise…

John Goar and two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society

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Get lost in a starry sky! Free astronomy programs at Hurricane Ridge starting Sunday

PORT ANGELES — For the sixth consecutive summer, John Goar is leading a free astronomy program with telescopes…

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BASEBALL: Crosscutters cut down Steilacoom

SEQUIM — The scheduled crew of umpires may not have shown up on time but the Olympic Crosscutters’…

Fire boundaries are outlined in red in this map drafted from an infrared flyover shortly after midnight today (July 3). Click on the map to enlarge. Click on the arrow at right to read the map legend. U.S. Forest Service

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Map shows march of Olympic National Park fire up Queets River watershed

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A topographic map of the Queets River basin released today shows how the Paradise…

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WEEKEND: Olympic Music Fest goes pops in Saturday, Sunday concerts

QUILCENE — George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and the nation’s best-known patriotic songs come together in the Olympic…

WEEKEND: Your guide to Independence Day events across the Peninsula

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WEEKEND: Your guide to Independence Day events across the Peninsula

Fourth of July celebrations planned across the North Olympic Peninsula will offer fireworks, parades, picnics and concerts. The…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Paradise Fire update, and all kinds of tidbits you need to know

Paradise Fire grows by 35 acres in night OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The Paradise Fire grew about 35…

John Goar and two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society

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Get lost in a starry sky! Free astronomy programs at Hurricane Ridge starting Sunday

PORT ANGELES — For the sixth consecutive summer, John Goar is leading a free astronomy program with telescopes…

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WEEKEND: Movies, concerts, more across region

Movies, concerts and other celebrations are among the attractions this Independence Day weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.…

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WEEKEND: Folk, gospel music to be performed tonight in Sequim

Today and tonight signify Friday, July 3. SEQUIM — Folk and gospel harmonies will fill up the Riverhouse,…

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New Northwest Passage focus of documentary to be shown at Clallam Bay Library on July 11

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will offer a free screening of the documentary film “The…