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BULLETIN ——————— PenPly smokestack falls at 6:15 p.m.

BULLETIN ——————— PenPly smokestack falls at 6:15 p.m.

BULLETIN — The PenPly smokestack fell at 6:15 p.m., kicking up a huge cloud of dust. PREVIOUS STORY: THE LATEST FROM the site of the… Continue reading

BULLETIN ——————— PenPly smokestack falls at 6:15 p.m.
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North Olympic Peninsula business briefs

VA gives ‘Heart’ award to Home Health staffer PORT ANGELES — Emily Marcus, a medical social worker at Olympic Medical Home Health, has received the… Continue reading

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Margaret Thatcher The Associated Press

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87

LONDON — Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of British politics, who pulled her country back from 35 years of socialism, led it to victory in… Continue reading

Margaret Thatcher The Associated Press
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Early morning quake rattles Key Peninsula

KEY CENTER — A 3.5-magnitude earthquake shook the upper Key Peninsula northwest of Tacoma early this morning. Our news partner, KOMO-TV (www.komotv.com) reported there were… Continue reading

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Tom Roorda/roordaaerial.com

Strait of Juan de Fuca’s newest beach keeps growing

An ever-changing plume of sediment courses out of the mouth of the Elwha River in this image taken last week by Port Angeles-based aerial photographer… Continue reading

Tom Roorda/roordaaerial.com
Anne Smedinghoff The Associated Press

And on the other side of the world . . . ‘Selfless, idealistic’ Anne Smedinghoff, young U.S. diplomat on mission to donate textbooks, among five Americans killed in Afghanistan

ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in… Continue reading

Anne Smedinghoff The Associated Press
Page design by Allison McGee/Peninsula Daily News

Exclusive tribute in today’s PDN: Marvelous memories of Port Angeles’ landmark plywood mill

Monday's scheduled 3:30 p.m. explosion of the smokestack finishes demolition of the 70-year-old Peninsula Plywood mill on the Port Angeles waterfront. Memories, historical vignettes and… Continue reading

Page design by Allison McGee/Peninsula Daily News
Frozen food recalled because of E. coli outbreak

Frozen food recalled because of E. coli outbreak

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Health is warning people about a recall of frozen food related to a national outbreak of E. coli. That… Continue reading

Frozen food recalled because of E. coli outbreak
In this Aug. 11

Korean War chaplain gets Medal of Honor 62 years after death

By The Associated Press IN THE COLD, barren hills of Korea more than 60 years ago, two teary-eyed soldiers stood in a prisoner of war… Continue reading

In this Aug. 11

Roger Ebert, longtime film critic, dies at 70, Chicago Sun-Times reports

New York Times News Service via Peninsula Daily News staff ROGER EBERT, THE popular film critic and television co-host who along with his fellow reviewer… Continue reading

Firefighters attack a smoky blaze aboard La Rata Bastarda

Boat fire in Port Angeles

We are at the scene of a fire aboard a 70-foot boat in the yard at Platypus Marine Inc. on Cedar Street near Marine Drive… Continue reading

Firefighters attack a smoky blaze aboard La Rata Bastarda
John Connelly inhales marijuana vapor just after midnight with the help of bar worker Jenae DeCampo in the upstairs lounge area of Stonegate

Gov. Inslee wants state Liquor Board to stop spread of ‘pot bars’

The Associated Press SEATTLE — Gov. Jay Inslee wants the state Liquor Control Board to figure out how to stop the spread of bars that… Continue reading

John Connelly inhales marijuana vapor just after midnight with the help of bar worker Jenae DeCampo in the upstairs lounge area of Stonegate

Business group meetings this week, and other Clallam-Jefferson business briefs

THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS group meetings on the North Olympic Peninsula (all are open to the public): Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Weekly luncheon… Continue reading

A fisher Washington state Fish and Wildlife Department

Odd story of the day — Pot farmers using poison may be threat to fishers

By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. — For the first time, federal biologists are assessing whether illegal marijuana gardens in the back… Continue reading

A fisher Washington state Fish and Wildlife Department
Workers on the Japanese dock that washed up south of LaPush. National Park Service

Pilot cited for landing near tsunami dock on beach

LAPUSH — An ultralight pilot's curiosity over the 185-ton concrete dock that had washed up from Japan on a remote stretch of Olympic National Park… Continue reading

Workers on the Japanese dock that washed up south of LaPush. National Park Service
The photo above shows a section of Whidbey Island in 2006

Landslide on Whidbey Island followed years of shift

By KIRK JOHNSON c.2013 New York Times News Service COUPEVILLE, Whidbey Island — The violent energy of the Earth can sometimes feel predictable. An earthquake… Continue reading

The photo above shows a section of Whidbey Island in 2006

Source in Washington, D.C.: Business, labor resolve dispute over worker program that threatened immigration bill

By ERICA WERNER the Associated Press WASHINGTON — Big business and labor have resolved a dispute over a low-skilled worker program that threatened to hold… Continue reading

Court documents: Thousands of undelivered letters, packages, found at home of fired Hood Canal mail carrier

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A Hood Canal contract mail carrier who was fired in 2010 for burning undelivered mail had held on to… Continue reading

Judge orders state to fix culverts blocking salmon

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A federal judge on Friday ordered the state of Washington to fix culverts that block salmon from reaching their… Continue reading

State Senate committee hears arguments for financial aid to illegal immigrants

By JONATHAN KAMINSKY The Associated Press OLYMPIA — A state Senate committee heard testimony Thursday on a bill to open up need-based student financial aid… Continue reading