Inslee declares state of emergency for wildfire worries; red flag warning issued

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Inslee declares state of emergency for wildfire worries; red flag warning issued

PORT ANGELES — As the growing Jolly Mountain Fire in Kittitas County threatens thousands of homes in Ronald…

Port Angeles seeks input on Race Street redesign

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Port Angeles seeks input on Race Street redesign

PORT ANGELES — The gateway to Hurricane Ridge is getting a face-lift.

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly luncheon meetings usually are held on the first Monday at noon…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Cooke Aquaculture’s flimsy excuse for net pen failure shows lack of competence, integrity

We should not forget that after their fish net pen failed in the San Juans, the owner [Cooke…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: H.L. Mencken predicts America gets what it asked for

The inimitable H.L. Mencken had this to say in a Baltimore Evening Sun editorial published July 26, 1920:

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: We’d do well to remember that walls are ugly, dangerous things

Does anyone remember the Berlin Wall?

Life

BIRD WATCH: Kingfishers carry their dogfights into yard’s territory

THE YARD HAD gone totally quiet. There wasn’t a breath of air.

Paint the Peninsula judge Cathe Gill listens as Best in Show winner Bruce Gomez describes painting Olympic National Park’s Madison Falls. Gomez was among the artists who won awards totaling $12,000 on Aug. 26 at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

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Paint the Peninsula announces winners

PORT ANGELES — As he stood below Madison Falls in Olympic National Park, Denver artist Bruce Gomez could…

Sequim school officials mull moving students to offset overcrowded classes at Greywolf

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Sequim school officials mull moving students to offset overcrowded classes at Greywolf

SEQUIM — The Sequim School District is considering possibly moving students from Greywolf Elementary School in Carlsborg to…

Port Angeles port candidate corrects record; address to be kept confidential

Politics

Port Angeles port candidate corrects record; address to be kept confidential

SEQUIM — Michael Cobb, a candidate for Port of Port Angeles commissioner, has corrected a voter registration record…

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal members drum and sing as a crowd walks down Lincoln Street in Port Angeles on Thursday for International Overdose Awareness Day. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

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Former addicts tell of journeys to health at Port Angeles overdose awareness walk

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NEWS BRIEFS: Applications open for free, reduces lunches at Port Angeles schools … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Parents can apply now for Port Angeles School District students’ free and reduced-price lunches.

Life

HELP LINE: Use Alzheimer’s walk to fight back against death

DEATH AND I have met on numerous occasions, although I’m happy to report that we haven’t been formally…

Former bowling alley now a music store

Life

Former bowling alley now a music store

SEVERAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED the August picture from the past as the East First building that once housed Port…

An unexpected blessing: Family welcomes daughter that Sequim man never knew he had

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An unexpected blessing: Family welcomes daughter that Sequim man never knew he had

By Michael Dashiell

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Phosphorous, the miracle drug of bulbs and perennials

IT IS SO appropriate that as we all begin our first week of September and the month of…

News

Man discharged from hospital after head-on wreck near Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — A Neah Bay man was treated and discharged from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following…

News

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to consider Olympia oysters surveys

Clallam County commissioners will consider an agreement with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe to conduct Olympia Oyster surveys as…

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay

Sports

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay

PORT TOWNSEND — When Neah Bay’s Logan Halttunnen returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in…

Forks romps 68-0 over Vashon

Sports

Forks romps 68-0 over Vashon

By Michael Carman and Pierre LaBossiere