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Westport Shipyard — now Westport LLC — builds 164-foot yachts at its Port Angeles plant.  —Photo by Timothy A. Owens

Westport Shipyard sold to Louisiana company; Port Angeles plant to continue, buyer says

Peninsula Daily News and news sources ABERDEEN — Westport Shipyard Inc., one of the state's largest builders of luxury yachts — including a mega-yacht plant… Continue reading

Westport Shipyard — now Westport LLC — builds 164-foot yachts at its Port Angeles plant.  —Photo by Timothy A. Owens
Cornerback Richard Sherman at the Seattle Seahawks complex in Renton.  —Photo by The Associated Press

Seahawks’ Sherman now a cover guy — “Madden NFL 15”

Peninsula Daily News sports sources NEW YORK — Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has been tabbed to appear on the cover of the “Madden NFL… Continue reading

Cornerback Richard Sherman at the Seattle Seahawks complex in Renton.  —Photo by The Associated Press
Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair

Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair

By Doug Esser The Associated Press TAHOLAH — The Corps of Engineers and Quinault Nation are planning more repairs to the aging seawall at Taholah,… Continue reading

Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair
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2nd UPDATE: Casey Kasem in critical condition with infected bedsore in Gig Harbor hospital

The Associated Press PORT ORCHARD — Ailing radio personality Casey Kasem was in critical condition with an infected bedsore at a Pierce County hospital, as… Continue reading

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IN CASE YOU MISSED THEM: See the P-51s flying over the Peninsula to commemorate D-Day

In the photos at right, three World War II-era fighters fly in a "three-ship 'V'" formation over the North Olympic Peninsula this morning to commemorate… Continue reading

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World War II veteran of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division

Vets, visitors flock to Normandy to remember D-Day’s fallen (with local anniversary stories, below)

By GREG KELLER and LORI HINNANT The Associated Press  EDITOR'S NOTE — To follow the Normandy anniversary coverage — and other national-international news —… Continue reading

World War II veteran of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division
Jon Meis is taken from the shooting scene by medics at Seattle Pacific University. He is the student monitor who is credited with stopping the suspected gunman. The Seattle Times

4th UPDATE — Students helped stop gunman at Seattle university; 1 dead, others hurt

By GENE JOHNSON and PHUONG LE The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The man blasting away with a shotgun paused to reload, and Jon Meis… Continue reading

Jon Meis is taken from the shooting scene by medics at Seattle Pacific University. He is the student monitor who is credited with stopping the suspected gunman. The Seattle Times
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Bomb squad officers search a pickup truck parked outside Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday following a fatal shooting at the school. Marcus Yam/The Seattle Times

UPDATE — One killed in Seattle college campus shooting; police say student disarmed gunman

By Manuel Valdes and Phuong Le The Associated Press SEATTLE — A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a building at… Continue reading

Bomb squad officers search a pickup truck parked outside Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday following a fatal shooting at the school. Marcus Yam/The Seattle Times
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Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair

Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair

By Doug Esser The Associated Press TAHOLAH — The Corps of Engineers and Quinault Nation are planning more repairs to the aging seawall at Taholah,… Continue reading

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Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair

Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair

By Doug Esser The Associated Press TAHOLAH — The Corps of Engineers and Quinault Nation are planning more repairs to the aging seawall at Taholah,… Continue reading

Corps of Engineers, Quinault Nation plan more Taholah seawall repair
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UPDATED — Missing climbers traveled far to ascend Rainier; their bodies may never be recovered (with sidebar — Stories of the lost climbers)

By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The climbers who likely died on snow-capped Mount Rainier this week traveled from as… Continue reading

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Carlos Hernandez-Sosa holds a sign in support of the $15 minimum wage measure at Monday's Seattle City Council meeting. The Associated Press

Seattle will gradually increase minimum wage to $15 beginning next year — will other areas follow? (With Q&A)

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP The Associated Press SEATTLE — Seattle activists celebrated a successful campaign to gradually increase the city's minimum wage to $15 by… Continue reading

Carlos Hernandez-Sosa holds a sign in support of the $15 minimum wage measure at Monday's Seattle City Council meeting. The Associated Press

Kitsap County deputy: Wife, daughter argued in Casey Kasem episode

The Associated Press PORT ORCHARD — Ailing radio personality Casey Kasem was taken by ambulance to a medical facility in Kitsap County after an argument… Continue reading

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Climbers' gear was found Saturday near the bottom of this slope on Mount Rainier

3rd UPDATE — Grim reality of Mount Rainier deaths is that some who die on mountain are never recovered

By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — It may be weeks or months — if ever — before rescuers can get on the… Continue reading

Climbers' gear was found Saturday near the bottom of this slope on Mount Rainier
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