Fireworks explode over Port Angeles Harbor during the annual Independence Day display. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PHOTO GALLERY: North Olympic Peninsula celebrates Independence Day

Cities across the North Olympic Peninsula celebrated Independence Day in style Monday. Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Sequim…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles School Board plans draft budget review Thursday . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will review a draft budget for 2016-17 when it meets…

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Clallam County approves $518,000 lawsuit settlement by 2-1 vote

PORT ANGELES — A two-thirds majority of Clallam County commissioners has approved a $518,000 budget emergency to settle…

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Jefferson County YMCA offering children meals, education for summer months

PORT TOWNSEND — As summer gets underway, the Jefferson County YMCA is offering free meals and programs throughout…

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chair Ron Allen addresses the Port Townsend Rotary Club on Tuesday. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Jamestown S’Klallam leader details intricacies of tribe’s myriad relationships

PORT TOWNSEND — The interaction between tribal, federal and state governments is a delicate process, and tribal leaders…

A beach log fire sends up a plume of smoke Tuesday morning near Place Road west of Port Angeles. (Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2)

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Responders out in force for fireworks-related fires even as July Fourth complaints remained quiet

Even as North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officials saw a lull in fireworks-related complaints, Clallam firefighters responded to…

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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews, has the highlights, but the print edition…

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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary is Friday’s focus in Forks Evening Talk series

FORKS — The programs of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will be the topic of the next…

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Port Angeles emergency responders warn of potential for dangerously strong heroin

PORT ANGELES –– Port Angeles firefighters are warning there might be extra-potent heroin on the streets after responding…

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Presentation on federal grants on tap Thursday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A free presentation on U.S. Department of Agriculture grants and loans for businesses and nonprofit…

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Outdoor concerts underway across Peninsula; performance set today in Port Angeles

Kalimbe will perform in Port Angeles today during a free outdoor concert. Port Angeles’ Concerts on the Pier…

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Port Angeles Walmart evacuated for reported bomb threat

PORT ANGELES –– The Walmart on the east side of Port Angeles at 3411 E. Kolonels Way was…

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Medical event prompts wreck near Port Angeles

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man was transported to Olympic Medical Center on Monday…

Marijuana smoking paraphernalia sits on display May 26 as part of the “Altered State: Marijuana in California” exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California in Oakland

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California pot exhibit aims for debate on provocative plant

By Kristin J. Bender The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — It’s known as Mary Jane, ganja, chronic and…

Kevin Davis

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New Port Angeles business aims to bring its own brews to the taps

PORT ANGELES — A new fire station-themed taphouse plans on bringing its own craft brews to town in…

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Jefferson County’s new Department of Community Development director starts today

PORT TOWNSEND — Nine months after the retirement of Jefferson County Department of Community Development Director Carl Smith,…

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Ethics complaint filed against Port Townsend government; City Council to take up matter today

PORT TOWNSEND — A former restaurateur has filed a complaint against the city of Port Townsend, alleging that…

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Name that team: Poll takes title ideas for West Coast League team in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Bring on the Port Angeles Sasquatch. Or Timber Giants. Or Hooks, as in Ediz. Whatever…

Attorney Amber Rush teaches a free class to the public at the Clark County Courthouse in Vancouver

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Legal technicians provide family law assistance in Washington, but some say more help is needed

By Jessica Prokop The Columbian VANCOUVER, Wash. — Navigating the family law system can be an overwhelming and…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles, Elwha police search for man wanted on warrant; JFFA arts camps start soon

PORT ANGELES –– City and Elwha tribal police searched the west side of Port Angeles on Sunday evening…