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Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN  (Deadline is 5 p.m. Sunday)

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN (Deadline is 5 p.m. Sunday)

IF YOU'RE A resident of Jefferson or Clallam counties, let us tell your story. Are you expecting to observe a special Thanksgiving this year? If… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN  (Deadline is 5 p.m. Sunday)

Vandals shoot out commercial building windows

From the Port Angeles Police Department: At approximately 11:45 a.m. today, Port Angeles Police responded to the former Price Ford location on Front Street regarding… Continue reading

Possible child abduction attempt investigated

Statement issued late this afternoon from the Port Angeles Police Department: At approximately 3:00 p.m. Port Angeles Police responded to a report of a child… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

IF YOU'RE A resident of Jefferson or Clallam counties, let us tell your story. Are you expecting to observe a special Thanksgiving this year? If… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

In case you missed this: No evidence of security breach in extramarital scandal, Obama says

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said today he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his… Continue reading

In rusted

Kalakala gets a new owner — but no new plan for its future

Peninsula Daily News news sources TACOMA — The deteriorating ferry Kalakala — once the gleaming symbol of the Northwest's future — has a new owner.… Continue reading

In rusted
Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

IF YOU'RE A resident of Jefferson or Clallam counties, let us tell your story. Are you expecting to observe a special Thanksgiving this year? If… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN
Mount Rainier

2nd UPDATE — Rescuers lead 2 snowboarders off Mount Rainier

By Doug Esser The Associated Press SEATTLE — Two snowboarders who spent two nights stranded on Mount Rainier were well enough to snowshoe out Tuesday… Continue reading

Mount Rainier
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales The Associated Press/2011 file photo

Army prosecutor seeks death penalty for sergeant accused in Afghan massacre

Peninsula Daily News news services JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — A military prosecutor on Tuesday said the evidence against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, presented over the… Continue reading

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales The Associated Press/2011 file photo
From left

Final ‘Twilight’ movie premieres — see the stars in our gallery!

The final movie of the series, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II," is being released this week. A report on plans for debut showings… Continue reading

From left

Good Samaritan becomes victim — thief strikes Wash. woman helping at crash scene

By The Associated Press MARYSVILLE — Peggy Ray didn't think twice when she stopped her car and ran to help victims of an accident on… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

IF YOU'RE A resident of Jefferson or Clallam counties, let us tell your story. Are you expecting to observe a special Thanksgiving this year? If… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Two new state ferries named Samish, Tokitae

TACOMA — The state Transportation Commission has decided to name two new state ferries the Samish and the Tokitae (pronounced Toh-kee-tay). The commission said the… Continue reading

UPDATE — Washington becomes 42nd state to allow charter schools

UPDATE — Washington becomes 42nd state to allow charter schools

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington voters have narrowly approved an initiative that clears the way for up to 40… Continue reading

UPDATE — Washington becomes 42nd state to allow charter schools
UPDATED — Federal government hasn't decided whether to take action to block Washington state pot, Gov. Gregoire says

UPDATED — Federal government hasn’t decided whether to take action to block Washington state pot, Gov. Gregoire says

By Chris Grygiel The Associated Press SEATTLE — Gov. Chris Gregoire said today that the federal government still hasn't decided whether to take action to… Continue reading

UPDATED — Federal government hasn't decided whether to take action to block Washington state pot, Gov. Gregoire says

Charter schools initiative passes

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state’s voters have narrowly approved an initiative that clears the way for up to 40 charter schools to be… Continue reading

Gov. Gregoire meeting with U.S. Justice Department over marijuana law

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire will meet with Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole to discuss the state’s recent passage of a… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

IF YOU'RE A resident of Jefferson or Clallam counties, let us tell your story. Are you expecting to observe a special Thanksgiving this year? If… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN
In a 2011 file photo

2nd UPDATE — Congress wants answers on Petraeus affair. ‘Second woman’ asks for privacy.

By ADAM GOLDMAN,Associated Press ANNE FLAHERTY,Associated Press KIMBERLY DOZIER,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about… Continue reading

In a 2011 file photo
NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA — Pot enforcement put on hold for small amounts — except on federal lands

NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA — Pot enforcement put on hold for small amounts — except on federal lands

Misdemeanor cases of marijuana possession will be dropped in Washington's largest counties after voters legalized the drug last week. King County will drop 175 cases,… Continue reading

NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA — Pot enforcement put on hold for small amounts — except on federal lands