Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Bay’s Mariah LaChester, left, drives around the tight defense ofQuilcene’s Katie Love during the Rangers’ 45-30 nonleague win over the Bruins.

Sports

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene girls get defensive in win over Clallam Bay

By Michael Carman and Pierre LaBossiere

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: I feel safer now that Trump is in office, reign of Obama is over

Feel safer now

Gov. Inslee proposes carbon tax, with most revenue to fund schools

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Gov. Inslee proposes carbon tax, with most revenue to fund schools

SEATTLE — Gov. Jay Inslee will try to convince lawmakers in the upcoming session to do something voters…

Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting

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Retiring Jefferson County emergency management director attends last J-PREP meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — Robert “Bob” Hamlin attended his last meeting as the director of the Jefferson County Department…

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Peninsula salmon enhancement projects receive more than $2.3 million in grant funds

OLYMPIA – More than $2 million has been awarded to North Olympic Peninsula projects by the Washington Salmon…

Gig Harbor couple’s messages in a bottle tie strangers together

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Gig Harbor couple’s messages in a bottle tie strangers together

By Craig Sailor

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles vet clinic collecting Toys for Tots … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Blue Mountain Animal Clinic, 2972 Old Olympic Highway, is joining the U.S. Marine Corps in…

Fake news epidemic hits home for Sedro-Woolley family

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Fake news epidemic hits home for Sedro-Woolley family

By Aaron Weinberg

An EA-18G Growler aircraft is displayed for a media availability at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., December 5, 2016. Photo by Michael Watkins/Whidbey News-Times

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Navy to resume EA-18, F/A-18 flight operations

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND — Naval Air Forces directed EA-18 Growler and F/A-18 Super Hornet squadrons to…

Life

BIRD WATCH: Company for the holidays, both feathered and family

GUESTS DURING THE holidays can also be Christmas gifts, especially when one is a favorite cousin from Florida.

BACK WHEN: The early years of Josephine Yarr

Life

BACK WHEN: The early years of Josephine Yarr

ON THE EVE of her 100th birthday, when a Port Townsend Leader reporter asked Chimacum’s Josephine Yarr what…

Life

HELP LINE: For gifts, think about what elders need

THIS IS NORMALLY the time of the year when I’ve occasionally provided abnormal Christmas shopping lists for the…

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.…

Olympic National Park announces schedule for Lake Crescent road work

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Olympic National Park announces schedule for Lake Crescent road work

PORT ANGELES — Drivers can expect delays around Lake Crescent on weekdays during the spring, summer and fall…

Man injured when crane tips over in Port Townsend

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Man injured when crane tips over in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — A crane collapsed at the Port of Port Townsend, injuring the crane operator but causing…

Dusting of snow makes Peninsula roads slick

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Dusting of snow makes Peninsula roads slick

A dusting of snow Saturday morning proved to create slippery roadways for drivers and was implicated in a…

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Faithless electors have no guarantees; judge declines to grant injunction

A federal appeals court in Seattle has rejected an effort by two Democratic presidential electors from Washington state…

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Growler, Super Hornet operations suspended after incident

COUPEVILLE — North Olympic Peninsula residents were given a reprieve from jet noise this weekend after all FA-18…

Peninsula Home Fund helps family find peace in time for Christmas, birth

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Peninsula Home Fund helps family find peace in time for Christmas, birth

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

News

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Commissioners to consider settlement

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear an update on settlement negotiations with Port Ludlow Associates, and may…