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Log exports from Aberdeen to end
The Associated Press ABERDEEN — Weyerhaeuser is closing its log export facility at Aberdeen, ending 54 jobs, because…
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Update: Gregoire won’t call special session — at least now
The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire said today there will likely be a special legislative session…
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Update: No cases of swine flu reported in Washington
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press Writer SEATTLE — No swine flu has been found in Washington state…
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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: State Patrol ramping up enforcement during Hood Canal Bridge closure in case drivers get aggressive
Washington State Patrol News Release Motorists who typically use the heavily traveled Hood Canal Bridge can expect to…
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Legislature passes $5 fee, which may save 3 North Olympic Peninsula state parks
Peninsula Daily News news services OLYMPIA — Are three North Olympic Peninsula state parks off the chopping block?…
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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: $4 billion cut from education, health care, social services in new state budget
By Curt Woodward The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The Legislature granted final approval to a grim two-year budget…
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Seattle Seahawks draft lineback Aaron Curry of Wake Forest
The Associated Press The Seattle Seahawks used their No. 1 pick in today’s NFL draft (No. 4 overall)…
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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Obama quickly, confidently adapts as he approaches 100th day in White House
By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — It didn’t take long for Barack Obama — for all…
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State lawmakers drop income tax idea; several other laws passed
Peninsula Daily News news services OLYMPIA — The top state Senate Democrat says an income tax on high…
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State budget slices billions, pain spread around
The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Education, health programs and human services will share the pain of deep spending…
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Microsoft revenues fall for first time in 23 years
The Associated Press SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for…
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No chance of state income tax soon
The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state’s top Senate Democrat says an income tax on high earners won’t…
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls unchanged
The Associated Press TACOMA — The state Transportation Commission decided to leave tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge…
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Olympic National Park to get millions in economic stimulus money
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than $55 million in economic stimulus money will…
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‘Twilight’ lawsuit a hoax; movie shooting uninterrupted
PDN news sources A news report that Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is being sued for plagiarism is now…
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Legislative panel clears bill to put sales tax increase proposal to a vote
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Writer OLYMPIA — A ballot measure asking voters to temporarily raise the…
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Olympia’s sweeping education reform bill: Clearer picture for Peninsula educators?
PDN news sources OLYMPIA — The Legislature has passed a sweeping overhaul of Washington state’s K-12 education system,…
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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Quake, tsunami danger greater than originally thought
Peninsula Daily News news sources Geologists have raised from 10 percent to 14 percent the chance of a…
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Port Townsend poetry publisher basks in glow of Pulitzer Prize
Peninsula Daily News news services PORT TOWNSEND — Copper Canyon Press, the small, nonprofit publishing house at Fort…
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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Columbine students strive 10 years after massacre
By SANDY SHORE Associated Press Writer LITTLETON, Colorado — The “boy in the window” — who fell bloodied…