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EYE ON CLALLAM: County to mull hearing examiner position Tuesday

Clallam County commissioners will discuss the selection of a hearing examiner Tuesday. The work session will begin at…

Medical personnel and law enforcement investigate the scene after a passenger on a Clallam Transit bus attacked passengers and the bus driver in the 1600 block of West 16th Street near the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles on Saturday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Clallam Transit driver interrupts attack, stops hijacking of bus

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam Transit bus driver rescued an 80-year-old passenger from an attack by another passenger…

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Arts commission eyes funding applications

The Port Townsend Arts Commission will consider funding applications when it meets Wednesday. The commission will meet at…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam County Democrats to begin monthlong food drive Wednesday . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Democrats will begin a monthlong food drive for county food banks Wednesday. The…

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Sequim schools plan forum Tuesday on lead levels contamination

SEQUIM — The Sequim School District — after discovering high levels of lead in water from sink fixtures…

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Port Ludlow man identified as worker who died in plunge into water near Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE — A Hood Canal Bridge maintenance worker whose body was pulled from deep waters below the bridge…

U.S. Army Sgt. Will McMillan from Camp Murray presents an American flag to Doug Smith of Sequim during the monthly veterans memorial on Friday at Veterans Park in Port Angeles. Smith's flag

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Memorial Day to be marked across the Peninsula on Monday; service today at Port Angeles venue — corrected

EDITOR’S NOTE: Corrects the amount being donated to the Captain Joseph House Foundation by the Schultz Family Foundation…

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Boaters beware of snags at former Elwha Dam site

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Boaters are urged to stay away from the section of the Elwha River that…

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Olympic Hot Springs Road repair plans under review

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Plans for a long-term temporary bridge to span a washout on Olympic Hot Springs…

During the Peninsula Trails Coalition's annual membership meeting on May 19

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Growing the Olympic Discovery Trail: Peninsula Trails Coalition looks to past, future progress

Mile by mile, the hope of a multi-use trail from Port Townsend to the shores of the Pacific…

A cabin structure is lifted atop Salish Sea Dream

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DAVID G. SELLARS’ ON THE WATERFRONT COLUMN: Salish Sea Dream becomes a reality

ON WEDNESDAY, BLACK Forest, a 580-foot bulk cargo ship, moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 3…

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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Sequim bidet company hosts ribbon-cutting . . . and other items

SEQUIM — Over 60 people attended the recent ribbon-cutting for Clear Water Bidets, 151 Ruths Place, No. 4.…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

■ Forks Chamber of Commerce — Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222…

Sam Chase

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PHOTO GALLERY: A Fuca-rific festival gets off to a thumping start in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The 23rd annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts is presenting a smorgasbord of…

Port Angeles police Interim Chief Brian Smith confers with Cpl. Kori Malone at the scene of an officer-involved shooting after a short police chase that ended at U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road east of Port Angeles on Saturday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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6th UPDATE: SHOOTING: Port Angeles man in critical condition following police shootout

Peninsula DAily News and KOMO News PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles resident James Sweet, 36, suffered multiple gunshot…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Truck, body of missing worker recovered from below Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE — A maroon pickup truck and the body of a missing Hood Canal Bridge maintenance worker were…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Status of lead testing in Peninsula public schools

Concerns about lead in drinking water raised by high levels found in Flint, Mich., and later in Tacoma…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Lead testing inconsistent in state’s public schools

By Donna Gordon Blankinship and Walker Orenstein The Associated Press SEATTLE — For about $5 per student in…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Lead found in some fixtures at Haller, Greywolf schools in Sequim district

SEQUIM — Testing initiated early this month by the Sequim School District indicates lead is present in actionable…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Letter carriers collect big for Sequim Food Bank during Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

SEQUIM — More than 11,500 pounds of food and $380 in funds were donated to the Sequim Food…