State bills seek to buffer potential repeal of health care law

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State bills seek to buffer potential repeal of health care law

By Rachel La Corte

Port Townsend woman in critical condition after head-on wreck with dump truck

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Port Townsend woman in critical condition after head-on wreck with dump truck

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend woman was in critical condition Wednesday after a head-on collision between a…

Business

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Sequim chiropractic office being remodeled … and other items

SEQUIM — Sequim Family Chiropractic — formerly Van Romer Chiropractic — is currently being remodeled for its two…

A volunteer carries cardboard to the stream bank where workers installed a continuous half mile of cardboard and live native shrub stakes to smother invasive, non-native reed canary grass and re-establish a forest buffer zone to benefit fish and wildlife. (Connie Gallant)

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PHOTO GALLERY: Plant-a-thon at Tarboo Reserve

PORT TOWNSEND — Volunteers planted a record 6,500 trees and shrubs in one day during the 11th Northwest…

Nicolas Harper and Samantha Trone from Swan School in Port Townsend were among the 140 volunteers planting trees at Tarboo Wildlife Preserve near Quilcene on Feb 4. (Connie Gallant)

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Plant-A-Thon sets record as volunteers place 6,500 trees, shrubs

PORT TOWNSEND — Volunteers planted a record 6,500 trees and shrubs in one day during the 11th Northwest…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Vehicular traffic makes its way down Hill Street in Port Angeles, sharing the road with a connecting link of the Olympic Discovery Trail, designated as the shoulder of the roadway.

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Olympic Discovery Trail section in Port Angeles being redesigned

PORT ANGELES — A nearly 2-mile portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail that links central Port Angeles with…

Sales taxes, camping fees, permits brisk in Clallam

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Sales taxes, camping fees, permits brisk in Clallam

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County had a record month for sales tax collections and a “staggering” amount of…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Reader finds commissioner’s letter to be morally obtuse

I read Clallam County Parks and Recreation District 1 Commissioner Jan Richardson’s Feb. 12 letter to the Peninsula…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: About all most of us can do is write letters

I like a shiny diversion as much as the next guy, but has anyone else noticed that while…

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Tickets on sale now for Port Angeles heart health luncheon

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s 10th annual Red, Set, Go!…

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Judge says Trump travel ban case can proceed in lower court

By Martha Bellisle

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NEWS BRIEFS: Fire destroys vehicle in Port Ludlow … and other items

PORT LUDLOW — A driver managed to escape uninjured from a car fire that engulfed her vehicle Sunday.

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Clallam County treasurer’s statement on plan to step down

PORT ANGELES — Selinda Barkhuis announced Tuesday that she intends to step down as Clallam County treasurer at…

Selinda Barkhuis

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Barkhuis to quit as Clallam treasurer; she gives no date, cites stress

PORT ANGELES — Citing health concerns caused by work-related stress, Selinda Barkhuis announced Tuesday that she intends to…

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Voters approve Port Angeles levy

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles voters approved a $36.4 million education programs and operation replacement levy in the…

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Sequim, Quillayute Valley ballot items gaining approval in first counts

PORT ANGELES — Two measures for Sequim School District and one for Quillayute Valley School District appeared headed…

Mental health services could be under Jefferson Healthcare by end of year

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Mental health services could be under Jefferson Healthcare by end of year

PORT TOWNSEND — Mental health care in East Jefferson County, currently run by Discovery Behavioral Health, could be…

Pastor, rabbi, imam speak of interfaith spirituality in ‘Amigos’ presentation

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Pastor, rabbi, imam speak of interfaith spirituality in ‘Amigos’ presentation

PORT ANGELES — An imam, a pastor and a rabbi walked into a church.

Politics

Eye on Olympia: Elwha River bridge funds in transportation budget proposal

OLYMPIA — Funding for a new bridge across the Elwha River on U.S. Highway 101 west of Port…

Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty crowned

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Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty crowned

SEQUIM — A teen who hopes to become a midwife has been chosen queen of the Sequim Irrigation…