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Final vote tallies certified for special elections on Peninsula levies

PORT ANGELES — Special elections across the North Olympic Peninsula — in which voters approved five levies across…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Free smoke detectors are available … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fire Department is giving free smoke/carbon monoxide detector alarms to people in…

Arts & Entertainment

Peninsula College to spice up lunchtime with jazz concert

PORT ANGELES — If you’re “In a Sentimental Mood” or if you just “Fall in Love Too Easily,”…

Scott Joplin tribute gets keyed up today in Port Angeles

Arts & Entertainment

Scott Joplin tribute gets keyed up today in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Local pianist Ken Young will perform ragtime compositions by the “King of Ragtime,” Scott Joplin,…

State official urges Port Townsend students toward maritime industry opportunities

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State official urges Port Townsend students toward maritime industry opportunities

PORT TOWNSEND — The state lead for maritime sector economic development wants students to know there are opportunities…

Clallam health officer highlights needle exchange’s progress

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Clallam health officer highlights needle exchange’s progress

PORT ANGELES — About 400 people in Clallam County use the county’s syringe exchange, which is intended to…

EYE ON OLYMPIA: School funding, levy cliff remain top issues for legislators

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EYE ON OLYMPIA: School funding, levy cliff remain top issues for legislators

OLYMPIA — The House has approved its long-awaited public education funding proposal with a 50-47 vote.

Clallam Sheriff’s Office seeks help in finding burglary suspect

Crime & Justice

Clallam Sheriff’s Office seeks help in finding burglary suspect

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community for help in finding a burglary…

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Port Angeles research center to reopen Tuesday after storm prompts leak, damage

By Michael Dashiell

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Elwha River bridge open houses set Tuesday in Forks, Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — State Department of Transportation officials will review the status and future of the U.S. Highway…

“I suffered the whole time”: Sequim man, found safe, tells story of surviving in car for five days

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“I suffered the whole time”: Sequim man, found safe, tells story of surviving in car for five days

SEQUIM — He thought he was as good as dead.

Olympic Medical Center limiting surgeries after sterilization equipment malfunctions

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Olympic Medical Center limiting surgeries after sterilization equipment malfunctions

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center’s Operating Department has temporarily stopped performing non-emergent and elective surgeries after a…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Here’s what a ‘fine-tuned machine’ looks 30 days into the presidency

Here is a short summary of President Donald Trump’s first 30 days in office:

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: A modest proposal to help save the environment

Since last year’s election, I have grown weary of the protesting and demonstrating by various groups that can’t…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Conservatives, are you tired yet of the immature snake-oil salesman you elected?

So, conservatives, are you tired yet?

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: I’m pinning my hopes on Trump, not the divisions in our country

At election time, there is always a call to unify our country.

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Let’s look forward as temperatures rise, days lengthen

WHAT A FABULOUS event the Northwest Flower &Garden Show really is, especially when shared with a busload of…

Life

BIRD WATCH: Tempers erupt among yard’s bushtits

DAYS ARE GETTING longer and temperatures are rising just a little.

The recovery boiler and smokestack at Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles topple in a controlled implosion Oct. 30, 1998. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rayonier: 20-year anniversary sees site still dormant, with 2026 as cleanup target

PORT ANGELES — Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the Rayonier Inc. pulp mill’s demise, the death of…