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Five Port Angeles businesses shutter or plan to close

PORT ANGELES — Five Port Angeles businesses were shuttered or announced closure plans in October. Some were victims of the economy, while others closed or… Continue reading

Tongue-in-cheek games garner United Way funds

PORT ANGELES — Using Play-Doh, paper airplanes and Wiffle Balls, 12 teams bribed their way to raise more than $10,000 for United Way of Clallam… Continue reading

Quilcene activist refuses to sign deportation order after Israeli block Freedom Wave Flotilla

Quilcene resident Kit Kittredge remained in Israeli custody Sunday after she and several other prisoners from the Freedom Wave Flotilla refused to sign a deportation… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for ‘Twilight’ saga’s next film

In the dark of the night, “Twilight” will officially return to the North Olympic Peninsula. “Breaking Dawn: Part 1,” the fourth of five movies in… Continue reading

Longtime Port of Port Angeles marketing, property manager to leave

PORT ANGELES — Longtime Port of Port Angeles marketing and property manager Pat Deja is leaving the port, both because of health concerns and to… Continue reading

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary gets new mangement plan

PORT ANGELES — A new ban on cruise ship wastewater dumping will keep coastal waters cleaner — and new mapping techniques revealed that the Olympic… Continue reading

Forks Middle School needs votes for shot at ‘Glee’ Give a Note prize

FORKS — More than 2,000 votes have poured in for the Forks Middle School entry to the “Glee” Give a Note contest. Keep voting. You… Continue reading

On Halloween and other days, specters lurk in places throughout Peninsula

From Victorian mansions and hotels to dark forests and underground cities, the North Olympic Peninsula can be a spooky place. Whether it’s the hauntings of… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Ghouls, ghosties and heroes to swarm across Peninsula

Trick or treat, it's a thriller of a weekend. According to Twilight, the North Olympic Peninsula is home to vampires and werewolves. This weekend and… Continue reading

‘No more silence’ Display illustrates toll of domestic violence

PORT ANGELES — “No more,” Becca Korby, executive director of Healthy Families of Clallam County, told 30 guests at a noon vigil for victims of… Continue reading

Forks musicians need Give a Note votes

FORKS — Vote today, vote tomorrow, vote every day. That's what Forks Middle School students want North Olympic Peninsula Internet users to do to help… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles budget calls for no tax increase

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles on Monday proposed a 2012 budget of $16,869,070 — a budget that includes no tax increase but… Continue reading

Mushroom experts, lovers gather in Sequim; show teaches difference between dinner, danger [ *** GALLERY*** ]

SEQUIM — Gathering mushrooms for food and fabric dyes is a Pacific Northwest tradition going back thousands of years, but it’s also a risky venture… Continue reading

Port Angeles house fire leaves 3 homeless

PORT ANGELES — A blaze left three people homeless and a neighborhood shaken when a house in the Cherry Hill area caught fire Sunday morning.… Continue reading

Community donations pour into Salvation Army after theft of food for needy

PORT ANGELES — After an estimated ton of the Salvation Army's supplies for feeding those in need disappeared, other food banks, a church, individuals and… Continue reading

Notebook discovery delays trial of former Clallam County sheriff’s evidence clerk

PORT ANGELES — Another piece of evidence surfaced late in the trial of an evidence officer accused of stealing cash from the Clallam County Sheriff’s… Continue reading

Police continue to seek information on missing Port Angeles woman

PORT ANGELES — The police have received many calls from people who think they have seen a developmentally disabled woman who has been missing from… Continue reading

Trial of former Clallam County sheriff’s evidence technician begins

PORT ANGELES — The trial of a woman accused of theft from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office evidence room began Tuesday with suggestions from competing… Continue reading

Election hopefuls discuss hiring local, trees near airport, other topics at Port Angeles chamber meeting

PORT ANGELES — Jim Hallett got to sit in as an election candidate — he's unopposed for the Port of Port Angeles commission — during… Continue reading

An influx of visitors — jellyfish — float in on currents to North Olympic Peninsula

With the falling of autumn leaves and return of the chinook salmon comes another seasonal end of the road for another life-form — the jellyfish.… Continue reading