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Roger Ebert, longtime film critic, dies at 70, Chicago Sun-Times reports

New York Times News Service via Peninsula Daily News staff ROGER EBERT, THE popular film critic and television co-host who along with his fellow reviewer… Continue reading

Firefighters attack a smoky blaze aboard La Rata Bastarda

Boat fire in Port Angeles

We are at the scene of a fire aboard a 70-foot boat in the yard at Platypus Marine Inc. on Cedar Street near Marine Drive… Continue reading

Firefighters attack a smoky blaze aboard La Rata Bastarda
John Connelly inhales marijuana vapor just after midnight with the help of bar worker Jenae DeCampo in the upstairs lounge area of Stonegate

Gov. Inslee wants state Liquor Board to stop spread of ‘pot bars’

The Associated Press SEATTLE — Gov. Jay Inslee wants the state Liquor Control Board to figure out how to stop the spread of bars that… Continue reading

John Connelly inhales marijuana vapor just after midnight with the help of bar worker Jenae DeCampo in the upstairs lounge area of Stonegate

Business group meetings this week, and other Clallam-Jefferson business briefs

THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS group meetings on the North Olympic Peninsula (all are open to the public): Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Weekly luncheon… Continue reading

A fisher Washington state Fish and Wildlife Department

Odd story of the day — Pot farmers using poison may be threat to fishers

By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. — For the first time, federal biologists are assessing whether illegal marijuana gardens in the back… Continue reading

A fisher Washington state Fish and Wildlife Department
Workers on the Japanese dock that washed up south of LaPush. National Park Service

Pilot cited for landing near tsunami dock on beach

LAPUSH — An ultralight pilot's curiosity over the 185-ton concrete dock that had washed up from Japan on a remote stretch of Olympic National Park… Continue reading

Workers on the Japanese dock that washed up south of LaPush. National Park Service
The photo above shows a section of Whidbey Island in 2006

Landslide on Whidbey Island followed years of shift

By KIRK JOHNSON c.2013 New York Times News Service COUPEVILLE, Whidbey Island — The violent energy of the Earth can sometimes feel predictable. An earthquake… Continue reading

The photo above shows a section of Whidbey Island in 2006

Source in Washington, D.C.: Business, labor resolve dispute over worker program that threatened immigration bill

By ERICA WERNER the Associated Press WASHINGTON — Big business and labor have resolved a dispute over a low-skilled worker program that threatened to hold… Continue reading

Court documents: Thousands of undelivered letters, packages, found at home of fired Hood Canal mail carrier

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A Hood Canal contract mail carrier who was fired in 2010 for burning undelivered mail had held on to… Continue reading

Judge orders state to fix culverts blocking salmon

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A federal judge on Friday ordered the state of Washington to fix culverts that block salmon from reaching their… Continue reading

State Senate committee hears arguments for financial aid to illegal immigrants

By JONATHAN KAMINSKY The Associated Press OLYMPIA — A state Senate committee heard testimony Thursday on a bill to open up need-based student financial aid… Continue reading

Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette U.S. Navy

Former USS Stennis group commander reprimanded

The Associated Press, San Diego Union and New York Times News Service BREMERTON — The former commander of the Navy's Bremerton-based John C. Stennis aircraft… Continue reading

Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette U.S. Navy
Hoh River in the winter. National Park Service

Trust protects the Hoh, ‘a last great American river’ (guest opinion article)

BY Roger Oakes WE ARE FORTUNATE on the North Olympic Peninsula to have spectacular rivers flowing through a rich habitat. While all have been impacted… Continue reading

Hoh River in the winter. National Park Service
The scene in Hoquiam early this morning. KOMO

Hoquiam standoff ending with house in flames, suspect dead [**UPDATED**]

By KOMO NEWS [PDN news partner] HOQUIAM -- A two-day standoff between Hoquiam police and a man who shot one of their officers ended in… Continue reading

The scene in Hoquiam early this morning. KOMO
The scene

Authorities keep watch on unstable Whidbey Island bluff near homes [**GALLERY**]

By Doug Esser The Associated Press COUPEVILLE — Residents of a hillside overlooking Admiralty Inlet heard the thunder of a landslide that knocked one home… Continue reading

The scene
In this aerial photo

Whidbey bluff collapses on Admiralty Inlet, 22 homes evacuated; soil still reportedly unstable

By Doug Esser The Associated Press COUPEVILLE — Residents of a hillside overlooking Admiralty Inlet heard the thunder of a landslide that knocked one home… Continue reading

In this aerial photo
Outside the Supreme Court today. Doug Mills/The New York Times

Breaking national news — Majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices skeptical of federal ban on benefits to same-sex spouses

New York Times News Service via Peninsula Daily News staff WASHINGTON — A majority of the justices today (Wednesday) questioned the constitutionality of the Defense… Continue reading

Outside the Supreme Court today. Doug Mills/The New York Times
A North Korean man walks past propaganda posters in Pyongyang

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: North Korea on ‘highest alert,’ calls Hawaii, other U.S. locations targets

THe New York Times SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s military said it put all its missile and artillery units on “the highest alert” Tuesday,… Continue reading

A North Korean man walks past propaganda posters in Pyongyang

Kilmer hopes to boost Olympic National Forest timber production

By Steven Friederich The Daily World [Distributed by McClatchy News Service] ABERDEEN — U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer said he’s meeting with timber industry officials and… Continue reading

Winning $338 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold in New Jersey

Winning $338 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold in New Jersey

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for a $338.3… Continue reading

Winning $338 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold in New Jersey