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NEWS BRIEFS: Goats to be used in pilot program … and other items

SEQUIM — The city of Sequim will use goats in a pilot program to manage vegetation near the…

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Clallam commissioner mulls charter change to put elected officials under personnel policy

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach is looking to change the county’s home rule charter to…

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Clallam County Sheriff’s Office using new CodeRED alert system

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office has launched its new CodeRED community notification system, which sends…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Clallam PUD should encourage sun power

When one is concerned with protecting one’s own power, it often becomes difficult to create enlightened policies for…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Free informational septic system class slated for April … and other items

Clallam County Environmental Health will offer Septic 101, a free informational septic system class, in April.

North Olympic Peninsula firefighters train to climb Columbia Center for a cause

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North Olympic Peninsula firefighters train to climb Columbia Center for a cause

PORT ANGELES — Margie Brueckner insisted she was feeling good Saturday while stepping in place, weighed down by…

Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works

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Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works

SEQUIM — Sequim is peddling its way to becoming one of the first cities in the U.S. to…

Port Angeles schools chief selected; contract to be negotiated with Shelton man

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Port Angeles schools chief selected; contract to be negotiated with Shelton man

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board members have unanimously chosen Pioneer School District’s superintendent as the…

Driver unharmed when truck, excavator go 100 feet down embankment on Highway 112

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Driver unharmed when truck, excavator go 100 feet down embankment on Highway 112

PYSHT — A driver escaped injury when a truck hauling an excavator missed a turn on state Highway…

Politics

Bill to protect First Amendment rights of student newspapers moves through Legislature

By Taylor McAvoy

Legislators work to include Port Angeles pool in state funding

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Legislators work to include Port Angeles pool in state funding

PORT ANGELES — William Shore Memorial Pool is poised to receive $1.5 million in state funding and if…

Port Angeles lays out terms of land sale to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

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Port Angeles lays out terms of land sale to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

PORT ANGELES —The Port Angeles City Council, facing a balloon payment of $1 million in 2021, agreed last…

Politics

State legislators pass exemption from Public Records Act and own disclosure rules

By Josh Kelety

State moves closer to bump stock ban

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State moves closer to bump stock ban

By Taylor McAvoy

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District 24 legislators vote for public records exemption bill

OLYMPIA — The three legislators who represent District 24 voted in favor of a bill they say improves…

Record funds raised at heart education luncheon

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Record funds raised at heart education luncheon

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon raised a record $77,000, an…

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Coast Guard monitors multi-day transit of vessel after explosion

PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel are monitoring a 653-foot bulk carrier, with 21 crew members aboard, 120…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Friends of the NRA to hold annual dinner in Port Angeles … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Northwest Peninsula Friends of the National Rifle Association will hold its annual dinner and…

Politics

Governor’s pitch to tax carbon makes it out of committee in Senate

By Josh Kelety

Peninsula program provides free wigs to women, children with cancer

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Peninsula program provides free wigs to women, children with cancer

By Fran Howell