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Gov. Jay Inslee   [Photo by The Associated Press]

Inslee signs $33.6 billion state budget

By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a new two-year budget, averting a government shutdown that… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee   [Photo by The Associated Press]
Steve Markwell is shown with one of his shelter dogs during a presentation to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2012.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

Forks City Hall petitioned to close Olympic Animal Sanctuary; officials say it’s not that simple

Forks Forum and Peninsula Daily News FORKS — The Olympic Animal Sanctuary continues to draw attention from animal advocates around the world. Last week, Forks… Continue reading

Steve Markwell is shown with one of his shelter dogs during a presentation to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2012.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo
A 1950s-era Beechcraft sits in a cornfield near Camas after making an emergency landing. Clark County Sheriff's Office

Port Ludlow couple unhurt after plane’s emergency landing

Peninsula Daily News news sources CAMAS — A Port Ludlow couple were unhurt after a crash-landing in their 1954 plane in a cornfield near Camas… Continue reading

A 1950s-era Beechcraft sits in a cornfield near Camas after making an emergency landing. Clark County Sheriff's Office
What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

IT'S TIME TO VOTE for Best of the Peninsula 2013 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County voting! For the second straight year, all voting… Continue reading

What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!
What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

IT'S TIME TO VOTE for Best of the Peninsula 2013 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County voting! For the second straight year, all voting… Continue reading

What are your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!
Gov. Jay Inslee is joined by legislative leaders from the House and Senate as he announces a budget deal Thursday. Now that the Legislature has passed the budget

UPDATED: Budget passes both legislative houses; no state shutdown

By Mike Baker and Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers finalized a new state budget Friday, moving swiftly to avert a… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee is joined by legislative leaders from the House and Senate as he announces a budget deal Thursday. Now that the Legislature has passed the budget
Elvis impersonator Cristian Morales wipes sweat from his brow while standing out on the Las Vegas Strip posing for photos with tourists. The Associated Press

Think it’s been hot on the North Olympic Peninsula today? Check out Phoenix — 116 degrees!

By The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A blazing heat wave expected to send the mercury soaring to nearly 120 degrees in Phoenix and Las… Continue reading

Elvis impersonator Cristian Morales wipes sweat from his brow while standing out on the Las Vegas Strip posing for photos with tourists. The Associated Press
What's your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

What’s your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!

It's time to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2013 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County voting! For the second straight year, all voting… Continue reading

What's your picks for Best of the Peninsula? Vote now!
A vintage Air Force plane is examined in an agricultural field near Camas after an emergency landing today. Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian

Port Ludlow couple OK after plane’s emergency landing in cornfield near Camas

By Emily Gillespie and Patty Hastings The Columbian [Vancouver, Wash.] See video www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/28/aircraft-lands-near-grove-field-after-reporting-em CAMAS — A couple from Port Ludlow escaped injury this afternoon, Friday,… Continue reading

A vintage Air Force plane is examined in an agricultural field near Camas after an emergency landing today. Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian
The device in the seat of a vehicle. Port Townsend Police Department

Port Townsend’s city facilities at Mountain View reopened; pipe bomb detonated

Peninsula Daily News and Port Townsend Police Department 4th UPDATE: The Mountain View Commons campus has been reopened. At this time, Port Townsend Police Department… Continue reading

The device in the seat of a vehicle. Port Townsend Police Department

Paid family leave idea a likely no-go in Olympia

OLYMPIA — The House has approved a measure that indefinitely delays implementation of an as-of-yet unfunded law giving Washington state parents five weeks of paid… Continue reading

Madison Falls in a scene from the video. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

VIDEO TRIBUTE: Elwha River Valley at Olympic National Park’s 75th anniversary

Olympic National Park officially becomes 75 years old on Saturday. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation creating the national park at his Hyde Park, N.Y.,… Continue reading

Madison Falls in a scene from the video. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Michael Knaapen

***BREAKING NEWS*** Supreme Court issues landmark gay marriage rulings

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a major victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court today struck down a provision of a federal law denying… Continue reading

Michael Knaapen
John Austin will travel to the nation's capital this week.

Jefferson County commissioner on ‘lightning trip’ to D.C.

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Commissioner John Austin will travel to Washington, D.C., this week to lobby for a bill that would reimburse local communities… Continue reading

John Austin will travel to the nation's capital this week.

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Rocky start to peace talks

The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s government reaffirmed support Sunday for possible talks with its Taliban foes, but demanded full explanations on how the… Continue reading

Facebook says technical flaw exposed 6 million users

By Peninsula Daily News news services SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has inadvertently exposed six million users’ phone numbers and e-mail addresses to unauthorized viewers over… Continue reading

The Associated Press

Super full moon will shine brightly early Sunday morning

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbor swings… Continue reading

The Associated Press
Tim McNulty and the cover of Peninsula Daily News' special section on Olympic National Park's 75th anniversary

GUEST OPINION — A planetary legacy: Olympic National Park turns 75 years old

By TIM MCNULTY For Peninsula Daily News ALMOST 75 YEARS ago, on June 29, 1938, President Franklin D. Roose­velt signed the bill creating Olympic National… Continue reading

Tim McNulty and the cover of Peninsula Daily News' special section on Olympic National Park's 75th anniversary
Gaspar Ramos

Quileute tribal students learn natural resource management skills

By Debbie Ross-Preston Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission LAPUSH — Gaspar Ramos, 16, strides confidently to the edge of the Quillayute River and drops a hydrolab… Continue reading

Gaspar Ramos
This frame grab from a video released by the Taliban shows a man believed to be captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The Associated Press

Click to follow today’s news, from the Taliban to actor James Gandolfini to a new report on domestic violence

TALIBAN OFFERS to free U.S. soldier held since 2009 (in exchange for five senior Taliban operatives at Guantanamo) . . . AND . . .… Continue reading

This frame grab from a video released by the Taliban shows a man believed to be captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The Associated Press