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Port Angeles: Family holds out hope that bobcat Darby will come home

PORT ANGELES -- A pet bobcat that disappeared from a Black Diamond-area home last month is still missing, but its owners haven't given up hope.… Continue reading

Clallam: Sheriff’s Department boosts focus on traffic enforcement, safety

The Clallam County Sheriff's Department is shifting its top focus to keeping motorists safe on county roads. Effective immediately, Capt. Steve Snover said deputies will… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Coast Guard to dedicate new building, pier this week

PORT ANGELES -- The Coast Guard will celebrate a new cutter support building and small boat pier at its Ediz Hook station this week. City… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Three trailer homes destroyed in nighttime fire

PORT ANGELES -- An overnight fire destroyed three homes and years' worth of memories at Welcome Inn Trailer Park early Saturday. The manufactured homes at… Continue reading

Clallam: Focus group on Highway 101 hoped to diminish deadly crashes

Law enforcement leaders are embarking on a project that is proven to decrease traffic crashes. They hope that by focusing community attention on a 30-mile… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Esprit conferees gather this week

PORT ANGELES -- Almost 200 people from as far as New Zealand are gathering this week for the city's largest convention, the Esprit Gala. They… Continue reading

Clallam Bay: Prisoner art, crafts on display

CLALLAM BAY -- From cells to sales, offenders at Clallam Bay Corrections Center are turning profits from their handicrafts. On Tuesday the facility debuted its… Continue reading

Lake Crescent: Luggage retrieved from lake after 44 years – what’s inside?

Beverly Sherman remembered her blue suede heels and a matching blue paisley shirt-waist dress that she packed into her suitcase in 1960, then stored in… Continue reading

Peninsula: Officials think spiking gas prices won”t idle short-trip tourism

Tourism officials in Clallam and Jefferson counties are counting on a tourist season as good, if not better, than other years when gasoline prices were… Continue reading

Joyce: Community gathering in wake of student’s classroom suicide seeks positive message

JOYCE -- Sixteen teenagers stood in a quiet line in front of an audience, most dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, with their faces set in… Continue reading

Memorial today for former Neah Bay-stationed Coast Guardsman killed in Iraq

NEAH BAY -- A U.S. Coast Guardsman formerly stationed at Neah Bay who was killed last weekend while serving in Iraq will be honored today… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Pile of charred timber all that remains of house in Deer Park area; fire probably accidental, authorities say

PORT ANGELES -- The Wednesday fire that diminished a two-story house to a pile of charred timber east of the city was likely caused by… Continue reading

Spectacular house fire displaces family in Deer Park area of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A two-story house burned to the ground in a spectacular Wednesday afternoon near Deer Park Road, sparing major injuries but displacing a… Continue reading

Training session promotes contemporary notions of community involvement in policing; participants hail from Port Angeles to Port Townsend

PORT ANGELES -- Getting to the bottom of crime takes the work of more than just police. That's why dozens of civilians are joining law… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Iraq war casualty formerly attached to Coast Guard Station

NEAH BAY -- After Nathan B. Bruckenthal arrived at U.S. Coast Guard Station Neah Bay three years ago, he threw himself into his work --… Continue reading

Port Angeles: ‘Nobody’s standing still’ at lively Jazz in the Olympics festival

PORT ANGELES -- A jazz waltz from the 11-piece Belvedere Broadcasters filled the Eagles Club as Nancy Foster and her dance partner, Terry Mitchell, spun… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Elks Naval Lodge reconstruction project on track

PORT ANGELES -- Plans for reconstructing the fire-damaged Elks Naval Lodge are continuing on track. Building plans were submitted to City Hall on Wednesday for… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Jazz festival swinging in a different locale this year

PORT ANGELES -- The city will be swinging this weekend with the annual Jazz in the Olympics Festival. But one mainstay will be missing: the… Continue reading

LaPush: Distemper symptoms appear in five dogs, vet reports

LAPUSH -- An apparent outbreak of a highly contagious animal disease has a Forks veterinarian warning people to update their dogs' vaccines. In the past… Continue reading

Archaeology work at graving yard, Hood Canal Bridge widening construction start Monday

PORT ANGELES -- Full-scale recovery of human remains and artifacts will begin Monday at the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard. The work coincides with construction… Continue reading