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Future Builders learning on the job

PORT ANGELES — Sawdust swirls as building materials are whipped into shape by a construction crew building a…

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Port Angeles High’s symphony orchestra playing at Carnegie Hall for Easter

PORT ANGELES — Dozens of Port Angeles High School students left for New York City on Thursday to…

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If you like Easter egg hunts, read this

Big eggs. Small eggs. Plastic eggs. “Gold” eggs. Real eggs. It’s going be downright eggy this weekend across…

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Teaching the magic of nature to Clallam’s second-graders

PORT ANGELES — The latest stop on the Clallam County Master Gardeners’ 2005 North Olympic Peninsula tour of…

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Pressure mounts on class of 2008, the first required to pass WASL test

PORT ANGELES — Sure, Port Angeles High School’s freshman class still has its share of slackers — students…

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PA School Board orders superintendent to notify dozens of employees of potential layoffs if levy defeated

PORT ANGELES — Several dozen Port Angeles School District employees — including teachers, bus drivers and counselors —…

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Forks scholarship auction raises more than $55,000

FORKS — Marcia Bingham, the volunteer coordinator for this weekend’s Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction, feels “loopy but triumphant.”…

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Sequim teen found guilty of attempted murder

PORT ANGELES — A 14-year-old Sequim teenager, charged with three counts of first-degree attempted murder against his former…

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Forks a strong contender for new mill

FORKS — U.S. Bioenergy Corp.’s top official confirmed Friday that the company is strongly considering building one of…

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Coho salmon taking big losses from drying streams

CLALLAM BAY — The dry winter season seems to be taking an early toll on wildlife on the…

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Forks scholarship auction goes to World Wide Web; live broadcast over Internet site replaces defunct television coverage

FORKS — The Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction is going global. For the first time, the annual auction that…

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Elegant tall ships will stop at Port Angeles on June 27, travel east toward Port Townsend and beyond next day

The tall ships are coming! The tall ships are coming! And some will do battle in Port Angeles…

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Port Angeles district faces long list of cuts if levy fails

PORT ANGELES — Slash all athletics and music programs. Cease almost all busing for students to and from…

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Big projects planned for Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — Big projects are cooking at Peninsula College. College President Thomas Keegan updated the Port Angeles…

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Forks Community Hospital receives $850,000 grant

FORKS — By its administrator’s own admission, Forks Community Hospital has a “teeny” operating room. But that’s going…

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Port Angeles School Board to see list of potential deep budget cuts

PORT ANGELES — If the Port Angeles School District’s maintenance and operations levy bid is again turned away…

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Makah officials ask Cantwell, other officials to waive marine mammal act for whaling, but no bill on table

NEAH BAY — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell has been asked to consider federal legislation to let the Makah…

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Habitat for Humanity’s homebuilding program spreading to Forks

FORKS — The Forks branch of Habitat for Humanity is looking for a family that qualifies to buy…

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Port Angeles School District faces uphill battle on WASL tests

PORT ANGELES — Almost half of the current Port Angeles High School ninth grade — 45 percent —…

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Less than 40 percent of $2.6 million Bill & Melinda Gates grant to Port Angeles schools spent on new technology, records show

PORT ANGELES — Anything linked to Bill Gates is often automatically associated with computers, software and technology. But…