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LETTER: Regarding not saying the Pledge of Allegiance, here are a few salient points

Regarding Port Angeles City Councilman Dan Gase’s irrelevant, and slyly judgmental, dig about a city council candidate’s choice…

Life

HELP LINE: Divorced? You could be eligible for ex-spouse benefits

I’VE JUST DISCOVERED that I completely missed a national designation a few months back.

BACK WHEN: Port Angeles residents share memories of now-vacant building

Life

BACK WHEN: Port Angeles residents share memories of now-vacant building

SEVERAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED the June picture from the past as the old Salvation Army building on Front Street…

Life

BIRD WATCH: Growing numbers of osprey indicative of better habitat, food availability

NEWLY FLEDGED BIRDS mean more and more action from late spring to midsummer.

Olympic National Park stop on three-year park system tour

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Olympic National Park stop on three-year park system tour

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Mikah Meyer is on the road trip of a lifetime.

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Greek heritage spices up Mediterranean herbs

WELL, HERE WE are, into July already.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

News

Peninsula goes star-spangled for Fourth of July

Forks’ Independence Day celebration continues today while other communities on the North Olympic Peninsula prepare for full days…

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Benjamin Berg, left, and Cmdr. Christofer German share a moment of levity during a ceremony Friday shifting command of the cutter Active, in the background, from Berg to German at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Command changes for Coast Guard’s Active

PORT ANGELES — The cutter Active has a new commander.

Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled

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Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles property where Extreme Sports Park has held sprint boat races annually since…

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State Patrol finds officers acted to protect selves, others in killing

BEAVER — A State Patrol investigation has concluded law enforcement officers were protecting themselves and Beaver mobile home…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

Man turns self in after chase in downtown Port Angeles

Crime & Justice

Man turns self in after chase in downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Bond was set at $65,000 Friday for a man who eluded police before he turned…

News

Quinault fete Chief Taholah Days

TAHOLAH — Chief Taholah Days, the Quinault Indian Nation’s biggest celebration of the year, continues today through Tuesday.

News

Tree-cutting at Lincoln Park an emergency, says Port Angeles port

PORT ANGELES — A plan to cut eight-20 trees at Lincoln Park and leave 10 feet of stump…

From left, Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia; Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville; Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn; and Sen. Randi Becker, R-Eatonville, confer on the Senate floor Friday at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

Politics

Governor sign $43.7 billion budget, avoids partial shutdown

By Rachel La Corte

News

Hiker reported lost found after three hours

PORT TOWNSEND — A hiker’s three-hour detour worried his friends and family when they returned to their vehicle…

Politics

New state mental health budget ‘doesn’t look promising’

By Martha Bellisle

Dennis Jason Wayne Fisher enters Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Crime & Justice

Forks man charged after meth found in diaper

PORT ANGELES — A Forks man was charged with possession of a controlled substance and endangerment with a…

W. Ron Allen

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Yes, the Redskins name is offensive to us tribal members; please understand why

As chairman and CEO of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, I feel compelled to respond to the June 22…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: While Trump being criticized, important issues taking a back seat

Wow.

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