Crime & Justice

Court hearing in 1978 murder case reset due to judge’s conflict of interest

PORT ANGELES — A court hearing for Tommy Ross Jr., who is accused of strangling a Port Angeles…

Crime & Justice

Hearing reset in Port Angeles child rape, animal cruelty case

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman accused of child rape and animal cruelty has had a court…

Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

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Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

PORT ANGELES — All 20 inches of Jason Michael Rutherford Jr. rang in the new year early Sunday…

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

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Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Dozens of North Olympic Peninsula residents shocked their way into 2017 by madly rushing into…

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Camp Fire Club looking for members … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The newly formed Happy Explorers Camp Fire Club is looking for members to join.

News

Costco worker, wearing elf hat, performs life-saving CPR

By Jessica Prokop

News

Seattle company working to give inmates better future

By Alison Morrow

News

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County offers workshops for survivors

PORT ANGELES — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County is kicking off the new year with its biannual series,…

Shielded Native American sites thrust into debate over dams

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Shielded Native American sites thrust into debate over dams

By Keith Ridler

News

State Supreme Court upholds stormwater rules

The Associated Press

News

Electronic attack squadron returns to Whidbey Island

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND — The Zappers of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 have returned to Naval…

Author Bob Steelquist to read from book at Studium Generale on Thursday

Arts & Entertainment

Author Bob Steelquist to read from book at Studium Generale on Thursday

PORT ANGELES — The first presenter of 2017 at Peninsula College’s Studium Generale will be author Bob Steelquist.

News

Governor grants reprieve in child killer’s death sentence

The Associated Press

Crime & Justice

Sequim man claims self-defense; assault trial to begin Jan. 9

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man charged for firing a semi-automatic handgun at a South Barr Road resident…

Business

Pay to rise for millions as 19 states increase minimum wage

The Associated Press

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Forks Chamber of Commerce — Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S.…

NEWS BRIEFS: Hospice of Clallam County needs drivers … and other items

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NEWS BRIEFS: Hospice of Clallam County needs drivers … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County is seeking people to drive vans to deliver equipment.

Spokane families plan memorial for victims of 1958 bomber collision

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Spokane families plan memorial for victims of 1958 bomber collision

By Jim Camden

Life

BIRD WATCH: Waiting for the varied thrush once again

THIS FIRST COLUMN for 2017 was retrieved from past columns.

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Pruning is the name of the game

I WISH YOU all the best and may your lawns be deep green, your yards be mole-, horsetail-…