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Port of Port Angeles approves new director’s contract on split vote

PORT ANGELES –– Port commissioners approved a contract for the newly named executive director after disagreeing on Karen…

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Business group president: Unemployment, taxation among top concerns in Clallam, Jefferson

PORT ANGELES — Unemployment rates outside the growth nexus of King and Snohomish counties are substantially higher than…

The area around the old visitor center on Sims Way is to be refurbished with a building demolition and landscaping in order to create a warmer welcome to visitors. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Changes envisioned for Port Townsend visitors area in proposed project

PORT TOWNSEND — Drivers traveling in and out of Port Townsend will be greeted by a landscaped visitors…

A humpback whale feeding near Port Angeles. Whale watchers are reporting large groups of active humpbacks in the inland waters of the Salish Sea. (Craig Weakley/Port Angeles Whale Watch Co.)

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Humpback whale sightings surge off Port Angeles, Victoria — PHOTO GALLERY

PORT ANGELES — It’s “humpback heaven” in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, whale watchers say. The Pacific…

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Port Townsend city manager: Howard Street Extension work to begin soon

PORT TOWNSEND — Work on adding a portion of Howard Street to connect Sims Way and Discovery Road…

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GOOD THURSDAY 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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NEWS BRIEFS: Fire damages residence in Sequim area . . . and other items

SEQUIM — A fire damaged the bedroom of a Sequim residence, Clallam County Fire District No. 3 officials…

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Kilisut Harbor, Mystery Bay shut to recreational shellfish harvesting

PORT TOWNSEND — Kilisut Harbor, including Mystery Bay, has been closed to recreational shellfish harvesting. The state Department…

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Olympic National Forest seeks applicants for resource advisory committee

OLYMPIA — Applications are being accepted for the Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee. The RAC reviews and recommends…

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Naval Air Station Whidbey Island team evacuates woman from Ozette area

NEAH BAY –– A search and rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island evacuated an 89-year-old woman…

Police and paramedics assist a female pedestrian who was struck by a car at Ninth and G streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Pedestrian hit by car in Port Angeles, taken to hospital with minor injuries

PORT ANGELES — An 86-year-old pedestrian was struck by a car near Park View Villas in Port Angeles…

A bull trout in the Little Lost River in Idaho. — The Associated Press ()

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Bull trout lawsuit targets 26 dams in Columbia River Basin

By Keith Ridler The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — More than two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon,…

The site of the former Peninsula Plywood mill in Port Angeles sits cleared and vacant

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Port of Port Angeles approves settlements for millions for plywood mill site cleanup

PORT ANGELES –– Port of Port Angeles commissioners have approved settlements with ExxonMobil and Rayonier Advanced Materials that…

Former Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Rosekrans has found a new vocation as pastor of the Community United Methodist Church in Port Hadlock. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Former Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Rosekrans takes to the pulpit in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — Former Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Rosekrans once used his oratorial gift to uphold the…

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Chattanooga TV host to pilot memorial flight to Port Angeles on Saturday

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. –– A radio and television host from Chattanooga, Tenn., will pilot a one-year anniversary memorial flight…

Chimacum Corner Farmstand general manager Rob Story and grocery manager Kristin Berg arrange some of the business’ fresh produce. — Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Chimacum to celebrate inter-dependence with Saturday party

CHIMACUM — This small crossroads community will celebrate this weekend its agricultural diversity and cooperative actions in an…

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New assault charge for Port Angeles man accused of bus attack; suspect reportedly struck corrections officer

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly attacked a Clallam Transit bus driver and elderly passenger…

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Vigil in Port Angeles memorializes black people killed by police

PORT ANGELES –– About 24 people gathered to remember black men killed by police during a vigil at…

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

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Port Angeles Coast Guard crew helps rescue injured hiker near Toleak Point

LA PUSH — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew out of Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles…