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Clockwise from top left: Summer Raffo

Found in the mud: Precious links to loved ones lost in the Oso landslide

By JACK HEALY, KIRK JOHNSON and IAN LOVETT c. 2014 New York Times News Service DARRINGTON — Gently, Dayn Brunner reached into the mangled car… Continue reading

Clockwise from top left: Summer Raffo
Rescue workers remove the body of a victim of the Oso mudslide from a wrecked home. The Associated Press

Could this have happened to you? There’s no national system that tracks the risk of landslides

By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press PHUONG LE, Associated Press DARRINGTON — People living in the path of the deadly landslide in rural Snohomish County had… Continue reading

Rescue workers remove the body of a victim of the Oso mudslide from a wrecked home. The Associated Press
Taken before the mudslide

Baby rescued from the Oso mudslide is recovering

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — The 5-month-old baby rescued from the Oso landslide is listed in serious condition and improving at Harborview Medical Center… Continue reading

Taken before the mudslide
PDN website begins new metered pay-for-content and digital subscriptions

PDN website begins new metered pay-for-content and digital subscriptions

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS will launch digital subscriptions for its website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, beginning Monday for frequent users who are not already home-delivery subscribers. The move will… Continue reading

PDN website begins new metered pay-for-content and digital subscriptions
Obamacare sign-ups in Washington state still due by Monday

Obamacare sign-ups in Washington state still due by Monday

Peninsula Daily News news sources EDITOR'S NOTE — Use the search box (above) to find more Washington Health Benefit Exchange stories (including those about how… Continue reading

Obamacare sign-ups in Washington state still due by Monday
John LeClerc

Park View Villas holds grand reopening to mark end of construction project

PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas held a “grand reopening” celebration to mark the end of its three-year, three-phase construction project. “We are very excited… Continue reading

John LeClerc
Today's PDN front page for our Clallam County readers.

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OUR WEBSITE, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights — but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40 percent more stories and photos. And there… Continue reading

Today's PDN front page for our Clallam County readers.
Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of the deadly mudslide. The Associated Press (click on photo to enlarge)

4th UPDATE — Number of missing drops from 90 to 30, confirmed mudslide death toll rises to 18, as grim searchers work in rain and muck

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the mile-wide mudslide near… Continue reading

Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of the deadly mudslide. The Associated Press (click on photo to enlarge)
Flags on the National Mall represented the hundreds of veterans who have committed suicide this year. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

Using flags in Washington, D.C., to focus on veterans’ suicides

By JADA F. SMITH c.2014 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — Volunteers in dark green hooded sweatshirts spread out across the National Mall, planting… Continue reading

Flags on the National Mall represented the hundreds of veterans who have committed suicide this year. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
Today's PDN front page for our Clallam County readers.

Today’s PDN Page 1. Subscribe today to get unlimited access to our website. You’ll also read faster — and absorb more

OUR WEBSITE, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights — but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40 percent more stories and photos. And there… Continue reading

Today's PDN front page for our Clallam County readers.
Gov. Inslee:  Moment of silence set Saturday for slide victims . . . bills signed for gun surrenders, Olympia oyster

Gov. Inslee: Moment of silence set Saturday for slide victims . . . bills signed for gun surrenders, Olympia oyster

By The Associated Press Inslee: Moment of silence on Saturday for slide victims OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee is calling for a moment of silence… Continue reading

Gov. Inslee:  Moment of silence set Saturday for slide victims . . . bills signed for gun surrenders, Olympia oyster

BRIEFLY — Juan de Fuca Festival dancers wanted … and other news briefs

Dancers wanted for fest group PORT ANGELES — Classes for dancers who can eventually end up performing during the Juan de Fuca Festival of the… Continue reading

BRIEFLY — Mason Ziegler Memorial Scholarship . . . Sequim Library April book talk . . . and other items

Book talk scheduled in Sequim SEQUIM — The Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., is hosting its April book discussion from 3 p.m. to 4:30… Continue reading

BRIEFLY — Talk about rhododendrons . . . and another item

Rhody talk scheduled in Chimacum CHIMACUM — The Olympic Peninsula chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West… Continue reading

Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press

Snohomish County mudslide — how to donate to victims, how to report someone missing

By Peninsula Daily News news services Report someone missing or get info Snohomish County Sheriff's Office tip line: 425-388-3845 Donate to victims Cascade Valley Hospital… Continue reading

Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press

Studded tires must come off by Monday

OLYMPIA — The State Department of Transportation reminds drivers that the deadline to remove studded tires is Monday, March 31. Unless DOT grants a weather-related… Continue reading

A customer rests her hands on a tee-shirt for sale at an Arlington sporting goods store

3rd UPDATE — Officials losing hope of finding mudslide survivors

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and MATT VOLZ The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the mile-wide mudslide near… Continue reading

A customer rests her hands on a tee-shirt for sale at an Arlington sporting goods store
Gov. Inslee:  Moment of silence set Saturday for slide victims . . . bills signed for gun surrenders, Olympia oyster

Gov. Inslee: Moment of silence set Saturday for slide victims . . . bills signed for gun surrenders, Olympia oyster

By The Associated Press Inslee: Moment of silence on Saturday for slide victims OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee is calling for a moment of silence… Continue reading

Gov. Inslee:  Moment of silence set Saturday for slide victims . . . bills signed for gun surrenders, Olympia oyster
Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Car hits pole, cutting power in parts of West End

Our West End correspondent, Lonnie Archibald, took this photo Thursday night on U.S. Highway 101 near the junction with state Highway 113 in Sappho. This… Continue reading

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Studded tires must come off by Monday

OLYMPIA — The State Department of Transportation reminds drivers that the deadline to remove studded tires is Monday, March 31. Unless DOT grants a weather-related… Continue reading