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Wait for it: Earth adds leap second today

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press Today will stretch longer by a second. A leap second. International timekeepers are adding a second to the clock… Continue reading

4th UPDATE — State Democrats, Republicans duel over U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Obama health care plan

By The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — For the latest national stories on the Supreme Court decision, click on "Nation/World" in the news toolbar, above.… Continue reading

UPDATED — Winds delay efforts to recover ranger’s body on Mount Rainier

By The Associated Press ASHFORD, Wash. — High winds are delaying attempts to recover the body of a park ranger who who fell to his… Continue reading

Atty. Gen. Rob McKenna disappointed by Supreme Court decision (with Washington state reaction)

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — State Attorney General Rob McKenna said today that he is disappointed by the Supreme Court decision upholding the federal… Continue reading

Presidents approve college football playoff

By Ralph D. Russo Ap College Football Writer WASHINGTON — Playoffs and tournaments long have determined champions of every college sport from baseball to bowling.… Continue reading

Weather continues to stop recovery of ranger’s body

By The Associated Press ASHFORD, Wash. — Foggy, wet weather Tuesday at Mount Rainier National Park is again preventing a helicopter from recovering the body… Continue reading

Microsoft buys Yammer business networking site for $1.2 billion

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is paying $1.2 billion to buy Yammer, an Internet startup that has built a social network similar… Continue reading

Fallen ranger’s body remains on Mount Rainier; memorial fund started

By DOUG ESSER The Associated Press SEATTLE — The National Park Service sent more rangers to Mount Rainier National Park to help recover the body… Continue reading

Jeff Guidry holds an eagle named Freedom at the Marine Science Center in Port Townsend. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

Tales of Freedom (and Jack) at Marine Science Center

PORT TOWNSEND — Despite a downpour of rain that kept a steady drumbeat on the roof at the Marine Science Center's visitor center Saturday, by… Continue reading

Jeff Guidry holds an eagle named Freedom at the Marine Science Center in Port Townsend. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News
Nick Hall National Park Service via The Associated Press

UPDATED — Bad weather continues to hamper recovery of ranger’s body

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A crew of climbing Mount Rainier National Park rangers is ready to recover the body of a colleague who… Continue reading

Nick Hall National Park Service via The Associated Press

Number of Wash. state parks volunteers dropping

By The Associated Press OLYMPIA — At a time when the parks system has seen severe budget and staff cuts, the amount of volunteer hours… Continue reading

Tribes start receiving settlement money; Makah are beneficiaries of $25 million

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press Some Native American tribes have started receiving their shares of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. government… Continue reading

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Rangers await weather to recover colleague’s body at Mount Rainier

By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press SEATTLE — Whiteout conditions on Mount Rainier National Park prevented rangers Saturday from recovering the body of a colleague… Continue reading

Nick Hall slid 2

LeRoy Neiman, painter of Olympiads, dies at 91

LEROY NEIMAN, WHOSE brilliantly colored, impressionistic sketches of sporting events and the international high life made him one of the most popular artists in the… Continue reading

New class of state ferries named after our mountains

The Associated Press SEATTLE — The new 144-car ferries on order for the Washington State Ferries will be known as the Olympic class of vessels,… Continue reading

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils Surface

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Microsoft unveils Surface tablet computer

By Ryan Nakashima The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple’s iPad. CEO Steve Ballmer announced… Continue reading

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils Surface
This sketch of Port Angeles around 1862 appeared in a Victoria newspaper. Note the name "Smith" at the top of the Customs House building at left. Clallam County Historical Society

PORT ANGELES SESQUICENTENNIAL SPECIAL: The Strange Customs of Victor Smith, Part 1

By John Kendall For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR'S NOTE: Tuesday is Port Angeles' 150th birthday, based on President Abraham Lincoln's June 19, 1862, signing of… Continue reading

This sketch of Port Angeles around 1862 appeared in a Victoria newspaper. Note the name "Smith" at the top of the Customs House building at left. Clallam County Historical Society
President Abraham Lincoln

PORT ANGELES SESQUICENTENNIAL SPECIAL: The Strange Customs of Victor Smith, Part 2

By John Kendall For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR'S NOTE: Tuesday is Port Angeles' 150th birthday, based on President Abraham Lincoln's June 19, 1862, signing of… Continue reading

President Abraham Lincoln
In this image of a document from the Clallam County Historical Society collection

PORT ANGELES SESQUICENTENNIAL SPECIAL: The Strange Customs of Victor Smith, Part 3 … ‘Second National City’ doubted

By John Kendall For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR'S NOTE: Today is Port Angeles' 150th birthday, based on President Abraham Lincoln's June 19, 1862, signing of… Continue reading

In this image of a document from the Clallam County Historical Society collection
President Abraham Lincoln

PORT ANGELES SESQUICENTENNIAL SPECIAL: The Strange Customs of Victor Smith, Part 2

By John Kendall For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR'S NOTE: Tuesday is Port Angeles' 150th birthday, based on President Abraham Lincoln's June 19, 1862, signing of… Continue reading

President Abraham Lincoln