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Springer, the orca who made headlines as an orphan 11 years ago, with child

By David Reynolds Peninsula Daily News She’s one of the best-known orcas on the West Coast. Her life…

HURRY! Deadline noon today for voting for the 2013 Best of the Peninsula accolades

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HURRY! Deadline noon today for voting for the 2013 Best of the Peninsula accolades

Today at noon is the absolutely final deadline to vote for the Best of the Peninsula 2013 in…

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Have you seen this El Camino involved in hit-run near Port Townsend?

From the Washington State Patrol: PORT TOWNSEND — Troopers who responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection…

Deadline tomorrow in voting for 2013 Best of the Peninsula

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Deadline tomorrow in voting for 2013 Best of the Peninsula

Tomorrow — Wednesday, July 10, noon — is the absolutely final deadline to vote for the Best of…

Video and photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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PICTURE PERFECT: Soothing waters of Marymere Falls — an Olympic National Park video moment

In the still photo at right, Olympic National Park visitors gaze at spectacular 90-foot Marymere Falls from the…

Jeanne Socrates sites aboard her sailboat Nereida in Victoria’s Inner Harbor prior to the launch of her around-the-world trip

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Grandma, 70, completes round-the-world solo trip in sailboat in Victoria

Peninsula Daily News news sources VICTORIA — Jeanne Socrates, a retired schoolteacher from England who set out from…

Tonto (Johnny Depp

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‘The Lone Ranger’: a ho-hum hi-yo Silver stumbles at the box office (what’s your opinion of this new movie?)

By Brooks Barnes c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW YORK — Tumbleweeds blew through theaters playing “The…

Deadline extended to Wednesday for voting in Best of the Peninsula 2013

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Deadline extended to Wednesday for voting in Best of the Peninsula 2013

Forget to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2013 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County voting? No…

Canoe Journey participants practice tipping over their canoes in the Makah Marina in Neah Bay during a training session hosted by the Makah and Hoh tribes. Debbie Ross-Preston

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Tipping over canoes part of Tribal Canoe Journey training (*Photo Gallery*)

By Debbie Ross-Preston For Peninsula Daily News NEAH BAY — As more than 100 tribal canoe crews prepare…

New York TImes report: In secret, court vastly broadens powers of N.S.A

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New York TImes report: In secret, court vastly broadens powers of N.S.A

By ERIC LICHTBLAU Copyright 2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — In more than a dozen classified…

Photographer Ernest-Ulrich Shafer takes a photo at the intersection of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue on Friday in downtown Sequim. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

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Everybody says cheese for Sequim community picture

SEQUIM — Sequim’s citizenry held up the peace sign en masse as photographer Ernst-Ulrich Shafer took a picture…

Bereket Piatt won the Class 1A state cross-country championship as a junior at Port Townsend High School in 2009.

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Former Port Townsend running star sentenced to prison

Peninsula Daily News News Sources EVERETT — A Snohomish County judge sentenced former Port Townsend High School cross-country…

Deadline extended to Wednesday for voting in Best of the Peninsula 2013

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Deadline extended to Wednesday for voting in Best of the Peninsula 2013

Forget to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2013 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County voting? No…

Bereket Piatt won the Class 1A state cross-country championship as a junior at Port Townsend High School in 2009.

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Former Port Townsend running star sentenced to prison

Peninsula Daily News News Sources EVERETT — A Snohomish County judge sentenced former Port Townsend High School cross-country…

The crash of an Asiana Airlines jetliner forced passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety. The Associated Press

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UPDATE — Two people dead and more than 100 sent to hospitals after San Francisco plane crash

By New York Times News Service via Peninsula Daily News AT LEAST TWO people after an Asiana jetliner…

The liquor board's proposed label for marijuana products was nixed. The Associated Press

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Field-grown marijuana allowed in state’s proposed regulations

By Shannon Dininny The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Marijuana could be grown outdoors in the sunshine — no…

What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

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What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

It’s time to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2013 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County voting!…

Thirteen-year-old Makyla Johnson of Port Angeles shows delight from the sidelines as the parade is about to start. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Port Angeles’ Independence Day celebration revisited [**GALLERY**]

Port Angeles celebrated our nation’s Independence Day in grand style Thursday. And on this Fifth of July, let’s…

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Forks man charged in state hospital ruckus

Peninsula Daily News News Sources and Peninsula Daily News LAKEWOOD — The trouble started Monday when a patient…

Mayor Cherie Kidd was among those creating a human Canadian flag on Canada Day in Victoria. The Associated Press

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Never in danger in Victoria, Port Angeles mayor says of thwarted bombing incident

Peninsula Daily News and Victoria News VICTORIA — Port Angeles Mayor Cherie Kidd, in Victoria for Canada Day…