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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

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Oil train crash briefly derails couple’s wedding plans

By Jim Ryan The Oregonian/OregonLive LYLE — Travis Dumas and Tory Sansonetti were trying to make it to downtown Portland by closing time Friday. The… Continue reading

An oil train burns near the Oregon town of Mosier after derailing Friday. — Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP ()

Oregon residents return home following oil train derailment

By Gillian Flaccus and Donna Gordon Blankinship The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Dozens of residents of a Columbia River town in northern Oregon have… Continue reading

An oil train burns near the Oregon town of Mosier after derailing Friday. — Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP ()
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YOU DECIDE! Best of the Peninsula 2016 voting continues

It's time again to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2016 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County polling. For the fifth straight year, all… Continue reading

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Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online! ()

GOOD MONDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online! ()
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YOU DECIDE! Best of the Peninsula 2016 voting continues

It's time again to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2016 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County polling. For the fifth straight year, all… Continue reading

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This aerial view provided by the Washington State Department of Ecology shows scattered and burned oil tank cars Saturday after the train derailed and burned near Mosier

Critics: River route no place for oil trains after fiery crash in Oregon

By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A fiery oil train derailment in Oregon’s scenic Columbia River Gorge drew immediate reaction from environmentalists… Continue reading

This aerial view provided by the Washington State Department of Ecology shows scattered and burned oil tank cars Saturday after the train derailed and burned near Mosier
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online! ()

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online! ()
Washington Air National Guard soldiers from Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane work to assemble temporary living structures at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. During the second week of June emergency responders in the Pacific Northwest will conduct drills to test how ready they are to respond to a massive earthquake and tsunami. The June 7-10 exercise is called Cascadia Rising. It is named after the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Preparing for the Big One: Massive rehearsal set for Northwest mega-quake response

By Terrance Petty The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Imagine a devastating earthquake and tsunami have cut off Pacific Northwest coastal communities. Phone and Internet… Continue reading

Washington Air National Guard soldiers from Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane work to assemble temporary living structures at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. During the second week of June emergency responders in the Pacific Northwest will conduct drills to test how ready they are to respond to a massive earthquake and tsunami. The June 7-10 exercise is called Cascadia Rising. It is named after the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Proposed Washington oil spill safeguards criticized

The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. — The state Department of Ecology on Friday held a public hearing to discuss its proposed new rules to protect… Continue reading

State’s largest psychiatric hospital inks pact with federal agency to fix safety problems

By Martha Bellisle The Associated Press SEATTLE — The state’s largest psychiatric hospital has signed a detailed agreement with federal regulators to fix safety problems… Continue reading

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YOU DECIDE! Best of the Peninsula 2016 voting continues

It's time again to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2016 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County polling. For the fifth straight year, all… Continue reading

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WEEKEND REWIND: ‘Ocean robot’ to help identify toxic algae off Washington coast

By Phuong Le The Associated Press SEATTLE — After a massive toxic algae bloom closed lucrative shellfish fisheries off the West Coast last year, scientists… Continue reading

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YOU DECIDE! Best of the Peninsula 2016 voting continues

It's time again to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2016 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County polling. For the fifth straight year, all… Continue reading

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In this May 23 photo

‘Ocean robot’ to help identify toxic algae off Washington coast

By Phuong Le The Associated Press SEATTLE — After a massive toxic algae bloom closed lucrative shellfish fisheries off the West Coast last year, scientists… Continue reading

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Benton County settles over jailing people who can’t pay fines

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE — Benton County has ended its practice of jailing people or requiring them to toil on work crews… Continue reading

A sign warns against trespassing as a plane lands at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. — The Associated Press ()

Federal report: Airports need help keeping intruders out

By Justin Pritchard and Martha Mendoza The Associated Press While intruders routinely breach the security fences protecting runways and planes at U.S. airports, the federal… Continue reading

A sign warns against trespassing as a plane lands at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. — The Associated Press ()
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online! ()

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online! ()
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YOU DECIDE! Best of the Peninsula 2016 voting continues

It's time again to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2016 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County polling. For the fifth straight year, all… Continue reading

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Dr. Michael Cunningham of the Seattle Children’s craniofacial center holds a NIFTY cup in Seattle. — Erika Schultz /The Seattle Times via AP ()

$1 cup designed in Seattle could save millions of babies

By Jonel Aleccia The Seattle Times SEATTLE — When babies in poor countries can’t breast-feed, the results can be deadly, but a trio of Seattle… Continue reading

Dr. Michael Cunningham of the Seattle Children’s craniofacial center holds a NIFTY cup in Seattle. — Erika Schultz /The Seattle Times via AP ()