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Inmate who aided Clallam Bay prison escape attempt has recent bride

CLALLAM BAY — A woman married to a prison inmate who stands to be accused of aiding an attempted Clallam Bay prison escape attempt last… Continue reading

UPDATE … Obama challenges GOP to compromise on debt

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared today there would be no deal on raising the government's debt limit if Republicans won't compromise,… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: No decision on debt

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Grasping for a deal on the nation's debt, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders remained divided today over the size… Continue reading

Three new videos posted by Port Townsend videographer Jack Olmsted

PORT TOWNSEND-BASED independent multi-media journalist and videographer Jack Olmsted staffs Pacific Northwest festivals, parades and public events. Here are three new Port Townsend videos by… Continue reading

Remembering Thirtymile: Fallen firefighters’ families mark 10 years

By SHANNON DININNY The Associated Press YAKIMA, Wash. — Ten years have passed since an unattended campfire roared through a remote canyon in a Washington… Continue reading

3 WA initiatives have plenty of signatures

By The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Three groups seeking to get initiatives on this year's ballot appear to have plenty of signatures to qualify. Supporters… Continue reading

Newborn calf spotted among returning orcas

By The Associated Press FRIDAY HARBOR — A newborn calf has been spotted among one of the pods of orcas (killer whales) returning to the… Continue reading

Legal pot initiative won’t make ballot

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — An initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Washington state has failed to make the fall ballot for… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Fewer illegal immigrants coming to U.S. from Mexico, demographers say

Peninsula Daily News news sources SAN DIEGO — The Great Recession, border enforcement and social and economic changes in Mexico have resulted in fewer illegal… Continue reading

New Quilcene sign unveiled — what a pearl!

In the photo at right, Linda Herzog of Quilcene shows off a draft of the sign that will be put up at the edge of… Continue reading

UPDATED — Ex-state prisons chief says he had affair with staffer

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington’s former secretary of corrections said Tuesday that he abruptly departed his job last week because of an extramarital affair… Continue reading

Casey Anthony acquitted of killing daughter

By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony was found not guilty today of killing her 2-year-old daughter in a case that captivated… Continue reading

Border Patrol to build three new HQ in state; facilities going in at Oroville, Colville as well as Port Angeles

Peninsula Daily News news sources OROVILLE — The U.S. Border Patrol will begin work at a $15 million, 22-acre complex outside of Oroville next summer.… Continue reading

That’s a wrap for Washington film incentives

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington is boldly going where few states have gone before: It is ending incentives for the… Continue reading

Woman with Jefferson roots had 7 sons join armed forces

By Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review via The Associated Press SPOKANE — They call her The Colonel, and for good reason. Bernice Leavitt Jackson has presided… Continue reading

Port Angeles person aboard Mexican boat that capsized; 1 dead, 7 missing

Peninsula Daily News and news sources SAN FELIPE, Mexico — A person from Port Angeles was reportedly aboard a tourist fishing boat that capsized off… Continue reading

State sells 10,000-plus park passes in first post-July 1 rush

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press OLYMPIA — More than 10,000 Discover Passes had been sold statewide as of Friday, the day the requirement… Continue reading

INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL: A July 4 land rush that led to Port Angeles expansion

By John Kendall For Peninsula Daily News At noon July 4, 1890, a rifle shot was heard in Port Angeles. With that signal a horde… Continue reading

Music heard in Forks schools once again

By Debbie Ross-Preston For Peninsula Daily News FORKS — The rhythmic sound of drumsticks striking plastic chairs reverberated in the Forks Middle School band room… Continue reading

Up in the sky — electric-blue clouds, International space station

By Peninsula Daily News news sources NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: On Friday night, a bank of rippling electric-blue noctilucent clouds spilled across the Canadian border into Washington… Continue reading