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Clallam Transit launches hybrid bus

PORT ANGELES — Clallam Transit is getting greener. The public transportation agency has unveiled a 14-passenger, low-floor hybrid…

Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon

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Clallam Sheriff’s Office to lend deputy to short-staffed Forks

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is willing to lend a deputy to the short-staffed Forks…

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Updated Clallam County precinct maps now online

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Auditor’s Office has posted its new precinct maps on the county’s elections…

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Trials set for two accused of aiding killer

PORT ANGELES — Trial dates have been set for two people accused of helping John Francis Loring cover…

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Port Angeles murder defendant undergoes treatment

PORT ANGELES — Bobby J. Smith, who is accused of shooting his next-door neighbor in Port Angeles last…

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Arrest made in Forks molestation case

FORKS — Clallam County sheriff’s deputies and Forks police have arrested a 41-year-old man for investigation of two…

Deb Ferguson

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Friends offer help after coffee shops close

SEQUIM — Deb Ferguson, who closed The Buzz last week because of an insurmountable debt, said that as…

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Arraignment today for alleged abettors in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man and an Agnew woman accused of assisting double-murder suspect John Francis…

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Olympic Medical Center, Service Employees union settle workers’ contracts

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center and one of its largest unions have settled new workers’ contracts, ending…

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Clallam County consolidates voter precincts

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has consolidated its 95 voter precincts to 67 as part of its decennial…

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Olympic Medical Center approves contracts with service union employees

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has approved new employee contracts with its Service Employees International Union workers…

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Great Olympic Duck Derby migrates to Lincoln Park

PORT ANGELES — The Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby is moving to Lincoln Park, organizers announced Monday. The…

Tom Lee Dale walks into Clallam County Superior Court on Monday. Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News

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Bails set for alleged helpers in double-murder case

PORT ANGELES — Bails were set Monday for the Agnew woman and Port Angeles man who are accused…

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Port Townsend Paper praises biomass project court decision

PORT TOWNSEND — In the wake of an oral court ruling that upheld his company’s permit for a…

A construction crane sits near the lagoon at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles on Friday. Construction of a cogeneration plant  under way at the paper mill has forced organizers of the annual Duck Derby to find an alternate location for the event. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Duck Derby to float away from Nippon

PORT ANGELES — The Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby is going to migrate this year. Bruce Skinner, executive…

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Judge upholds Port Townsend biomass permit

PORT TOWNSEND — A Thurston County Superior Court judge has upheld a permit for the Port Townsend Paper…

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Court upholds PT Paper Co’s biomass project permit

PORT TOWNSEND — A Thurston County Superior Court judge has upheld a permit for the Port Townsend Paper…

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Number of whooping cough cases levels off on Peninsula

The pertussis outbreak of 2012 has leveled off on the North Olympic Peninsula, with no new cases reported…

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Clallam adds fire ordinance to county code

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has added a fire protection chapter to the books. County commissioners Tuesday voted…

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Unemployment rises on the Peninsula

Stagnant job gains combined with a growing labor force kept February unemployment in double digits on the North…