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Federal government expands database access for Indian tribes

The federal government is expanding a program that allows American Indian tribes to access national criminal databases… Continue reading

LETTER: Be thankful for Navy jets doing training

To the folks who whine and complain about the Navy jets: Understand that the pilots of the aircraft are training and practicing to protect you… Continue reading

LETTER: Trump is still a bully

All U.S. intelligence agencies are unanimous that the Russians hacked our Nov. 8 election. Donald Trump himself covertly collaborated by loudly and repeatedly attacking Hillary… Continue reading

1 year after Oregon refuge takeover, quieter land battle unfolds

1 year after Oregon refuge takeover, quieter land battle unfolds

On a recent wintry evening, members of the Grant County Public Forest Commission walked into… Continue reading

1 year after Oregon refuge takeover, quieter land battle unfolds

LETTER: Disappointed in Port Angeles School Board for voting in new sex education program

When my friend Bill told me in the coffee shop that the Port Angeles School Board was about to adopt a new sex-education program with… Continue reading

LETTER: Port Angeles School District’s new sexuality training program makes kids guinea pigs

I’ve been noticing a few things about the FLASH (Family Life and Sexual Health) sexuality training that the Port Angeles School Board voted in [“Port… Continue reading

Only person convicted in Kercher murder seeks acquittal

Only person convicted in Kercher murder seeks acquittal

Nearly two years after Italy’s highest court acquitted Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend of murdering… Continue reading

Only person convicted in Kercher murder seeks acquittal

Washington State seeks to increase foreign students

Washington State University wants to increase the number of students from foreign countries who enroll at… Continue reading

Poll

Do you use snow tires in the winter?… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2016
Four Washington electors pick candidate other than Clinton

Four Washington electors pick candidate other than Clinton

For the first time in four decades, members of the Electoral College in Washington state have broken from the state’s popular vote for… Continue reading

Four Washington electors pick candidate other than Clinton

Poll

Do you prefer a live Christmas tree or a fake one?… Continue reading

  • Dec 19, 2016
Gov. Inslee proposes carbon tax, with most revenue to fund schools

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

Gov. Jay Inslee will try to convince lawmakers in the upcoming session to do something voters wouldn’t last month — approve a new… Continue reading

Gov. Inslee proposes carbon tax, with most revenue to fund schools
Fake news epidemic hits home for Sedro-Woolley family

Fake news epidemic hits home for Sedro-Woolley family

Tim McCray signed into Facebook a few weeks ago and scrolled through his news feed as he… Continue reading

Fake news epidemic hits home for Sedro-Woolley family
Gig Harbor couple’s messages in a bottle tie strangers together

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

Somewhere on the currents of Puget Sound is a clear glass wine bottle containing a conversation.… Continue reading

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

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

Feel safer now I didn’t think it could get any worse than the Clintons’ scandals, but that was before the eight years of Obama. It… Continue reading

Poll

Did/will you send out Christmas cards this year?… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2016
Peninsula Home Fund helps family find peace in time for Christmas, birth

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

By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR’S NOTE: For 28 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have… Continue reading

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

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 who sought to ensure they won’t get… Continue reading

LETTER: Get ready for a repeat of 1930s Berlin with Trump’s presidency

A comparison of the hatred and violence in Nazi Germany from 1933-38 to the potential repeat of history from the Trump presidency, as I pointed… Continue reading

LETTER: Hypocrisy of liberals evident in past diatribes against Bush

Oh, the hypocrisy. I see the liberals are now saying, “Don’t blame us for all that is going to go wrong” (according to them). No… Continue reading