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Forest Service grants easement for Olympic Discovery Trail work

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners today will consider a temporary permit from the U.S. Forest Service to…

[Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News]

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Long-awaited U.S. 101 widening project to start next summer

PORT ANGELES — Safety improvements to U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim will require short-term closures…

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New trial date in strangulation case in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A 23-year-old Port Angeles man charged with choking a developmentally disabled woman to death last…

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Port Angeles woman prepared to plead guilty to vehicular homicide

PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim’s lawyer told a Clallam County Superior Court judge on Friday that his client…

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Olympic Medical Center builds on Swedish partnership

PORT ANGELES — Rather than driving to Seattle for an appointment with a subspecialist, Olympic Medical Center patients…

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Temperatures to cool off this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Warm weather will linger on the North Olympic Peninsula for one more day until a…

Retiring Clallam County Drug Court coordinator Preston Kayes

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Drug court coordinator retires after 13 years

PORT ANGELES — Preston Kayes looked into a job opening as Clallam County drug court coordinator in 1999…

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Progress being made on new watershed rule

PORT ANGELES — In what he described as a “huge step forward,” Clallam County Commissioner Jim McEntire this…

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Grant to be sought for Carlsborg sewer

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have approved a letter of support for a $500,000 grant that would…

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Sequim builder thinks end of real-estate slump is in sight

PORT ANGELES — The fall to the bottom in the Clallam County housing market is coming to an…

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Clallam voter turnout rises to 46.7 percent

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voter turnout rose to 46.7 percent after Friday’s count of primary election ballots…

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Defendant waives right to speedy trial a second time

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting his next door neighbor…

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Port Angeles teen who died in Oregon dunes collision was honor student, motorcycle racing fan

PORT ANGELES — Mason Ziegler, a 16-year-old Port Angeles High School honor student and an avid motorcyclist, has…

Water from the Elwha River flows over what remains of Glines Canyon Dam. The structure should be completely gone by early next summer.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Inching toward restoration: Glines Canyon Dam now at half the height it once had [**GALLERY**]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Work continues at Glines Canyon Dam — which has been knocked down to less…

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Peninsula narcotics team busy with drug arrests — mainly in Clallam

PORT ANGELES — Arrests were made, charges were filed, guilty pleas were entered, and two people were sentenced…

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Memorial bonfire tonight for teen killed in Oregon Dunes motorcycle crash

PORT ANGELES — A memorial bonfire for a 16-year-old Port Angeles boy who died in a motorcycle wreck…

Paul and Josh Gahr take their victory lap in the TNT racing boat for the A-400 boat class at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles last September. Brian Harmon/for Peninsula Daily News

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Thousands expected at Port Angeles sprint boat races today

PORT ANGELES — Sprint boats will roar to life for the U.S. Sprint Boat Association Series Points Race…

Paul and Josh Gahr take their victory lap in the TNT racing boat for the A-400 boat class at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles last September. Brian Harmon/for Peninsula Daily News

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Thousands expected at Port Angeles sprint boat races on Saturday

EDITOR’S NOTE:— Planning to take in the sprint boat races? Here’s a complete rundown of the event details,…

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Many voters didn’t participate in primary election

The combined voter turnout for the two counties on the North Olympic Peninsula was 47.6 percent for the…

Chapman, Roth lead 'top two' Clallam County commissioner primary

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Chapman, Roth lead ‘top two’ Clallam County commissioner primary

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent Mike Chapman and Republican challenger Maggie Roth took commanding leads tonight in the first…