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Revealed today: The 2013 Best of the Peninsula!

Revealed today: The 2013 Best of the Peninsula!

What are readers' favorite restaurants? Who are their favorite veterinarians? What are their favorite North Olympic Peninsula places to take out-of-town visitors? These favorites and… Continue reading

Revealed today: The 2013 Best of the Peninsula!
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Mayor greets mayor as Victoria’s Fortin visits Port Angeles’ Kidd

In the photo at right, Mayor Cherie Kidd of Port Angeles meets and greets Mayor Dean Fortin of Victoria at the Black Ball Ferry Line… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

2nd UPDATE — Feds won’t sue to stop marijuana use in Washington state, Colorado

By PETE YOST The Associated Press TO FOLLOW THIS and other national-international stories as they are updated today — and to get other national-international news… Continue reading

A pair of fisher kits peer toward the camera as they are photographed in their den high up a tree in Olympic National Park. National Park Service (click on photo to enlarge)

After successful experiment in Olympic National Park, fishers slated for reintroduction into the Cascades

By Rachel LaCorte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — A predator that disappeared from Washington state two decades ago is in the midst of a comeback,… Continue reading

A pair of fisher kits peer toward the camera as they are photographed in their den high up a tree in Olympic National Park. National Park Service (click on photo to enlarge)
Nora Polizzi

This week’s North Olympic Peninsula business meetings . . . and other business briefs

THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS meetings (all the meetings are open to the public) . . . and other business briefs: Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce… Continue reading

Nora Polizzi
Crafty Corner opens for business inside PA Senior Center

Crafty Corner opens for business inside PA Senior Center

PHOTO at right Clerk Mary Ross accepts a boomerang for consignment from designer Ed Shown at Crafty Corner, a new consignment shop inside the Port… Continue reading

Crafty Corner opens for business inside PA Senior Center
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales

Jury: Life in prison for Afghanistan massacre

The Associated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — A military jury has sentenced a U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians last year to life in… Continue reading

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales
Maj. Nidal Hasan

Soldier guilty of murder for Fort Hood shootings

The Associated Press FORT HOOD, Texas — Army Maj. Nidal Hasan was convicted today in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a shocking assault… Continue reading

Maj. Nidal Hasan
Bradley Manning at his court-martial. The Associated Press

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years and dishonorably discharged for leaking government secrets

By New York Times News Service A MILITARY JUDGE on Wednesday sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for providing more than… Continue reading

Bradley Manning at his court-martial. The Associated Press

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Mosquitoes worse this summer in parts of U.S.

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The tiny mosquito all too often has man on the run. And this summer, it seems even… Continue reading

Dave Henry (Click on photo to enlarge)

A rainbow of spinnakers in Sequim Bay

Five Thistle-class sailboats battle to the leeward mark during the second day of racing in the annual two-day Sequim Bay Thistle Regatta sponsored by the… Continue reading

Dave Henry (Click on photo to enlarge)

Small quake shakes Gig Harbor area; no reports of damage

The Associated Press GIG HARBOR — The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said there are no reports of damage from a 3.6-magnitude earthquake that shook the… Continue reading

Demonstrators protesting wages and treatment for fast-food workers march in downtown Seattle on Aug. 1. The Associated Press

Campaign pushing for $15 an hour minimum wage in Seattle

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington already has the nation’s highest state minimum wage at $9.19 an hour. Now there’s a push… Continue reading

Demonstrators protesting wages and treatment for fast-food workers march in downtown Seattle on Aug. 1. The Associated Press
The Davy Crockett barge

State considering rules to allow dismantling of derelict vessels in waterways

By Eric Florip The Columbian via The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. — The state Department of Ecology has begun developing a new permit that would… Continue reading

The Davy Crockett barge
How's the 'phishing'? Sneaky email attacks not only more common but also harder to distinguish from real ones —even from co-workers

How’s the ‘phishing’? Sneaky email attacks not only more common but also harder to distinguish from real ones —even from co-workers

Peninsula Daily News news services PORT ANGELES — At least 2 million people, many of them on the North Olympic Peninsula, received a recent email notifying… Continue reading

How's the 'phishing'? Sneaky email attacks not only more common but also harder to distinguish from real ones —even from co-workers
The U.S. Bank Foundation presented a $3

Business meetings this week on North Olympic Peninsula . . . and other business briefs

By Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS meetings in Jefferson and Clallam counties (all are open to the public): Port Angeles… Continue reading

The U.S. Bank Foundation presented a $3
2 FBI photos of Israel Keyes —

FBI looks to public to help solve killings involving former Neah Bay resident

Peninsula Daily News and news services NEAH BAY — The FBI is trying to make sense of “tantalizing clues” left behind by serial killer Israel… Continue reading

2 FBI photos of Israel Keyes —

BREAKING: West End power returned

The Clallam County Public Utility District and Bonneville Power Administration are reporting that power has been restored to the West End communities of Forks, LaPush,… Continue reading

Young people in crisis or confusion can find free help at the new Youth Mental Health Clinic

Free PT mental health clinic to offer youths confidential counseling

By Joan Worley For Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — A clinic to provide free and confidential mental health counseling for youths will open Thursday.… Continue reading

Young people in crisis or confusion can find free help at the new Youth Mental Health Clinic
Deceased CIA agent George Joannides

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: 5 decades later, some JFK probe files still sealed

By David Porter The Associated Press Five decades after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot and long after official inquiries ended, thousands of pages… Continue reading

Deceased CIA agent George Joannides