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NEW BRIEFS: Port Angeles School Board meeting … and other items

The Port Angeles School Board will consider replacing a 2007 interlocal agreement with one that adds Peninsula College and the Lower Elwha… Continue reading

Report: Legal marijuana boosts government revenue – a little

By Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press A new report finds that legalizing and taxing marijuana boosts revenue for state and local governments, but not by… Continue reading

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Olympic National Park had 3.4 million visits in 2017. Were you one of the people visiting?… Continue reading

  • May 8, 2018
Centuries-old skeletons found in Idaho to be turned over to tribes

Centuries-old skeletons found in Idaho to be turned over to tribes

Two 500-year-old skeletons discovered in Idaho’s high desert plains will be turned over to Native American… Continue reading

Centuries-old skeletons found in Idaho to be turned over to tribes

LETTER: Amazed by distorted, misinformed points of view

It’s not just black and white. The right-left, conservative-liberal, Republican-Democrat, taking sides-issue-thingy. Take me for instance. I relate to the progressive liberal Democrat wing but… Continue reading

LETTER: Anti-choice camp misses suffering of unwanted children, unready parents

On March 29, a letter writer expressed compassion for those parents who had no ability to provide for their children, and for the children who… Continue reading

LETTER: Kilmer, Murray, Cantwell need permanent recess

The April 30 issue of the Peninsula Daily News on Page A5 carried the obligatory picture of our smiling two senators and and our representative,… Continue reading

PHOTO: Jeanette Best estate sale benefits memorial fund

PHOTO: Jeanette Best estate sale benefits memorial fund

Carol Self of Marrowstone Island and Joyce Roberts of Port Ludlow compare items they plan to buy during an estate and art sale from the… Continue reading

PHOTO: Jeanette Best estate sale benefits memorial fund

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The Park Service wants to capture and relocate Olympic National Park mountain goats and kill the ones that can't be caught. What do you think?… Continue reading

  • May 6, 2018

NEWS BRIEFS: Kindergarten open houses scheduled … and other items

Kindergarten open house events are scheduled at four Port Angeles School District elementary schools. Open houses have been scheduled for: • Thursday,… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Olympic Medical Center honors advocates … and other items

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Olympic Medical Center honors advocates … and other items

Four Olympic Medical Center employees were honored for their legislative advocacy efforts in Olympia. Laurie Elmer, RN, obstetrics; Jeana Hutton, RN, intensive… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Olympic Medical Center honors advocates … and other items

LETTER: Letter confirms opinion of Trump supporters as ‘useful idiots’

In my opinion, a writer’s letter on April 23 confirmed another writer’s case that Trump voters are “useful idiots” through their continuous repetition of Grand… Continue reading

LETTER: Thanks to students for standing up for Second Amendment

I would like to express my appreciation to the Sequim students who rallied in support of the Second Amendment (“Sequim High School students walk out… Continue reading

LETTER: Thanks to students who stand up for Second Amendment

A big thank you to our young people from Sequim High School and other schools throughout our country who participated in the “Stand for the… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam Chain Gang busy … and other items

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang planted trees and shrubs on the slopes of the McDonald Creek Bridge during the week… Continue reading

PHOTO: McDonald Creek bridge on Old Olympic Highway reopens to traffic

PHOTO: McDonald Creek bridge on Old Olympic Highway reopens to traffic

Traffic rolls over the McDonald Creek bridge on Old Olympic Highway after it reopened Tuesday from a nearly 10-month closure while it was replaced. The… Continue reading

PHOTO: McDonald Creek bridge on Old Olympic Highway reopens to traffic
First Friday in Sequim celebrates culture, cultivation for start of Irrigation Festival

First Friday in Sequim celebrates culture, cultivation for start of Irrigation Festival

The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s “where water is wealth” inspires the aqua color theme celebrating cultivation and culture during tonight’s Sequim Art Walk. “The… Continue reading

First Friday in Sequim celebrates culture, cultivation for start of Irrigation Festival

LETTER: Freedom of speech applies to both conservatives, liberals

The Trump supporters are too funny. They’re the first ones to push the slander button the very first time someone objects to the form of… Continue reading

LETTER: To get rid of nuclear weapons, eliminate nationalism, nation-state

A number of people have badgered me to write a book, but another book is not what our world needs. We need a plan for… Continue reading

Forest Service has more cash to fight catastrophic wildfires

There’s a sense of relief at the U.S. Forest Service because of the billions of additional… Continue reading