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News about the Facebook IPO passes on a billboard outside of Nasdaq in Times Square

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Facebook prepares public stock offering, raises price

By Barbara Ortutay The Associated Press NEW YORK — Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making… Continue reading

News about the Facebook IPO passes on a billboard outside of Nasdaq in Times Square

North Olympic Peninsula home sales increase, but prices fall

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press Sales of existing homes in Jefferson County surged in the first three months of the year, while prices… Continue reading

Spanish imports from South America to the Makah tribe in Washington to your garden. GoodStuffNW.com

Ozette potato brings flavor, Northwest history to your garden

GoodStuffNW.com, recommended by Peninsula Daily News staff ORIGINALLY PICKED UP the Spaniards in South America, the Ozette potato came on ships sent to establish beachheads… Continue reading

Spanish imports from South America to the Makah tribe in Washington to your garden. GoodStuffNW.com
Lidar image of a large bluff on the lower Elwha River west of Port Angeles.

VIDEO — A virtual fly-through along the lower Elwha River

By U.S. Geological Survey via Peninsula Daily News THIS VIDEO SHOWS a virtual fly-through of a detailed, highly accurate three-dimensional model of the lower Elwha… Continue reading

Lidar image of a large bluff on the lower Elwha River west of Port Angeles.
Richard Lont (left) and Nathan Soderberg. KOMO News

Quick-thinking Quilcene students save classmate

KOMO News (PDN News Partner) QUILCENE -- Two students at Quilcene Elementary School are being credited with saving the life of a fellow classmate who… Continue reading

Richard Lont (left) and Nathan Soderberg. KOMO News

Six local post offices — Beaver, Clallam Bay, Joyce, LaPush, Nordland, Sekiu — may get hours reduced under new cost-cutting plan

Peninsula Daily News and news services WASHINGTON — Six post offices on the North Olympic Peninsula are among several hundred statewide that could see retail… Continue reading

Six local post offices may get hours reduced

WASHINGTON — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of… Continue reading

Group protests use of Border Patrol agents as interpreters for local law enforcement

By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press It has become a common practice among local law enforcement agencies in many counties around Washington state: If a… Continue reading

Mike McHenry

Restoration work planned on Ediz Hook this summer

By Tiffany Royal Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission PORT ANGELES — Habitat restoration is planned on a 1,200-foot stretch of Ediz Hook this summer. The Lower… Continue reading

Mike McHenry

Group protests use of Border Patrol agents as interpreters for local law enforcement

By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press It has become a common practice among local law enforcement agencies in many counties around Washington state: If a… Continue reading

A protester smashes a window at a Wells Fargo branch during a May Day rally today in downtown Seattle. Mayor Mike McGinn says he’s making an emergency declaration allowing police to confiscate items that can be used as weapons following violent May Day protests that left storefronts and car windows shattered. -- Photo by Joshua Trujillo/Seattlepi.com via The Associated Press

Seattle police arrest 3 in May Day protests

The Associated Press SEATTLE — May Day demonstrators who marched through Seattle turned violent today, with black-clad protesters using sticks and bats to smash stores… Continue reading

A protester smashes a window at a Wells Fargo branch during a May Day rally today in downtown Seattle. Mayor Mike McGinn says he’s making an emergency declaration allowing police to confiscate items that can be used as weapons following violent May Day protests that left storefronts and car windows shattered. -- Photo by Joshua Trujillo/Seattlepi.com via The Associated Press

Tharinger to seek re-election

State Rep. Steve Tharinger used the Clallam County Democratic Convention over the weekend to announce his candidacy for re-election for a second term to the… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Police agencies await federal rules to fly drones over neighborhoods

Peninsula Daily News news sources WASHINGTON — Police departments across the country have bought inexpensive small drone aircraft with cameras to help track drug dealers,… Continue reading

Volunteer state park hosts wanted

Peninsula Daily News news sources OLYMPIA — State parks officials are looking for volunteers willing to serve as hosts at state parks in Clallam and… Continue reading

Volunteers wanted for Elwha restoration project

Elwha Restoration/Olympic National Park via Peninsula Daily News WANT TO BE even more involved in the Elwha Restoration? Now is your chance! Working with Jill… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Police agencies await federal rules to fly drones over neighborhoods

Peninsula Daily News news sources WASHINGTON — Police departments across the country have bought inexpensive small drone aircraft with cameras to help track drug dealers,… Continue reading

Pillar Point in Clallam County to be closed to shellfish harvesting; Port Townsend Bay threatened

FROM WASHINGTON DEPATMENT OF HEALTH, www.doh.wa.gov: Pollution limits harvest in one shellfish area; nine other areas threatened High bacteria levels force action in Clallam County… Continue reading

Volunteers wanted for Elwha restoration project

Elwha Restoration/Olympic National Park via Peninsula Daily News WANT TO BE even more involved in the Elwha Restoration? Now is your chance! Working with Jill… Continue reading

The Associated Press

After drop-in on Colorado campus, black bear is returned to the wild

The Associated Press A 200-pound black bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado campus has been set free west of Boulder. The bear caused… Continue reading

The Associated Press

ACLU sues Border Patrol over traffic stops

The Associated Press SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Border Patrol, seeking to bar agents from making… Continue reading