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Sediment flows out the mouth of the Elwha River into the Strait of Juan de Fuca in this photo taken last Monday by Tom Roorda.

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Fish hide from heavy sediment flow in newly freed Elwha River

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A rain-swollen Elwha River is now flowing freely for the first time in a…

Sediment flows out the mouth of the Elwha River into the Strait of Juan de Fuca in this photo taken last Monday by Tom Roorda.

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Fish hide from heavy sediment flow in newly freed Elwha River

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A rain-swollen Elwha River is now flowing freely for the first time in a…

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Trial date to be moved in strangulation case

PORT ANGELES — Accused murderer Kevin Bradfield likely will get a new trial date Nov. 16. The 23-year-old…

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Clallam sheriff asks for 2 part-time deputies

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict has asked for two part-time deputies to enhance courtroom security.…

A new set of playground equipment sits partially built at Shane Park in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Shane Park play equipment assembled for spring start

PORT ANGELES — City crews are assembling new playground equipment at Shane Park in west Port Angeles. The…

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Peninsula narcotics team cases lead to jail terms, probation

PORT ANGELES — Four Clallam County residents were sentenced last month to state prison or probation for drug…

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Marine research campus envisioned as part of Port Angeles waterfront project

PORT ANGELES — Plans for a new marine research and public outreach center on the Port Angeles waterfront…

Bob Pasco his furry intruder on film as the black bear dismantles some of his beehives southwest of Sequim.

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Beekeeper hopes electric fence deters bear in Sequim

SEQUIM — A Sequim-area beekeeper has installed an electric fence to keep a hungry bear from destroying any…

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Clallam to deed portion of road to Lower Elwha

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County is lining up the paperwork it needs to open a second access road…

Former U.S. Rep. Al Swift sits in the plane that took him on an aerial inspection of the newly freed Elwha River.  -- Photo copyright &Copy; 2012 by John Gussman

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Ex-congressman who authored bill to raze Elwha River dams impressed by project

PORT ANGELES — Twenty years after he introduced the law that brought down the Elwha River dams, former…

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Terrorist’s Port Angeles captors on 37-year sentence: ‘Great news’

PORT ANGELES — Two former customs inspectors who helped thwart Ahmed Ressam’s terrorist plot in 1999 said the…

Darold Stenson enters a courtroom at the Clallam County Courthouse on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Accused double-murderer to be transferred from Clallam to state prison

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and state Department of Corrections have agreed to move alleged…

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Second tribal access road nearly done

PORT ANGELES — A second access road to the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation will be open next month,…

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Jobless rate down a bit on Peninsula

Unemployment dipped slightly on the North Olympic Peninsula last month, thanks in part to more people commuting to…

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More Japanese tsunami debris on its way

PORT ANGELES — Expect to see more debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami land on Washington’s Pacific Coast…

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Another delay in Port Angeles strangulation-death case

PORT ANGELES — Kevin A. Bradfield won’t go to trial as scheduled Nov. 5. The 23-year-old Port Angeles…

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Olympic Medical Center on lookout for third cardiologist

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center is looking to add a third full-time cardiologist to its medical roster.…

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Olympic Medical Center cuts costs, gets back in black

PORT ANGELES — A concerted effort to mesh staffing levels with patient volumes paid dividends for Olympic Medical…

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Hospital preps for electronic records

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has embarked on a landmark project to provide patients with a single-database…

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Olympic Medical Center cuts costs, gets back in black

PORT ANGELES — A concerted effort to mesh staffing levels with patient volumes paid dividends for Olympic Medical…