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LETTER: Oil being consumed at gluttonous rates with few options

In reference to the [Nov. 1] letter to the editor titled “Oil challenges.” The letter writer makes a number of valid points regarding energy challenges… Continue reading

LETTER: Port Angeles planning for trail ‘problem’ that doesn’t exist

On Oct. 13, the Peninsula Daily News ran an article on the Olympic Discovery Trail open house [“Homeowners Give Input On ODT Segments At Open… Continue reading

LETTER: Time to rescind or enforce state law about mufflers

I am sure a lot of people locally do not know about or just ignore the following Revised Code of Washington law. It is apparent… Continue reading

LETTER: True 20 percent corporate tax rate worth supporting

President Donald Trump keeps insisting that industry is taxed at the highest rate of any industrialized country, in fact almost every country in the whole… Continue reading

LETTER: Worthington Mansion upgrade in the works for Quilcene

If you’re passing through Quilcene, we would recommend that you take a slight detour on Columbia Street, just as you enter the town traveling south… Continue reading

Navy grounds aircrew that made vulgar drawing in sky

The aircrew who used a U.S. Navy warplane to create a vulgar sky writing above the… Continue reading

Washington state delays Dungeness crab season

Officials in Washington state say they’re delaying the start of Dungeness crab season by two weeks because of harmful algae.… Continue reading

LETTER: Bridge fence would take away ‘easy way out’

How can we help Port Angeles get a suicide-prevention fence up on the two Eighth Street bridges? I read that they need almost a million… Continue reading

LETTER: Citizens should speak up for Eighth Street bridge railings

Once again, approximately 15 years later, I write another letter appealing to the city to build pedestrian safety railings over both the Eighth Street bridges.… Continue reading

Republican, Democrat launch centrist group in Washington state

Republican, Democrat launch centrist group in Washington state

The politically traumatized or in-denial voter is being courted by a new movement that will support independent,… Continue reading

Republican, Democrat launch centrist group in Washington state
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Youthful Peninsula men looking to grow

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Youthful Peninsula men looking to grow

Head coach Mitch Freeman enters his fifth year with a Peninsula College men’s basketball team that has talent, shooters,… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Youthful Peninsula men looking to grow
Supreme Court: More work to do on education funding

Supreme Court: More work to do on education funding

The state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that while lawmakers have made progress in a multi-year effort… Continue reading

Supreme Court: More work to do on education funding

LETTER: Get out the scissors if Dear Abby is too racy

Regarding the Oct. 31 “Peninsula Voices,” I would like to respond and make a suggestion to the “Racy Dear Abby” concerned parent. In my opinion,… Continue reading

LETTER: Attorney general shouldn’t sue president

When did the Constitution grant a state attorney general more authority than the president of the United States? (“State AG Discusses Lawsuits,” PDN, Oct. 22)… Continue reading

LETTER: Ball players rightly honored the flag at World Series

A patriotic applause to the members of the Major League Baseball World Series teams. They all had their hats removed and hands over hearts when… Continue reading

LETTER: Shipping pipeline’s oil tar puts Salish Sea at risk

Our Strait of Juan de Fuca, part of the greater inland water body known as the Salish Sea, is about to be put at risk… Continue reading

LETTER: Waste not want not with vegetables

I’ve long wondered how much the leaves of the cauliflowers I bought weighed and how much extra they cost me. Last night, I decided to… Continue reading

LETTER: Don’t look for savings in public defender services

With the proposed “money saving” change to the public defender operation in Clallam County, I am not totally surprised (“Clallam Public Defender Offers New Contract… Continue reading

LETTER: First Amendment protects popular and unpopular speech

The Oct. 27 letter [“Stand for the flag,” Peninsula Daily News] sets out what behaviors are respectful when the national anthem is played. The U.S.… Continue reading

LETTER: Radical right attacking Republican Party from within

The Grand Old Party is at war with itself and cracking open like a rotten egg. The establishment wing of the party is under attack… Continue reading