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North Olympic Peninsula election returns

Unofficial returns from Tuesday night's tallies. More ballots in the all-mail election will be counted later this week. Statewide Initiative 1033 State, county, city revenue… Continue reading

“The Twilight Zone” — a look at Forks and the “Twilight” phenomenon by the Toronto Globe and Mail

QUIET, VERY, VERY RAINY, the town of Forks, Wash., used to have few visitors. But now that it's home to Twilight's vampires and werewolves, the… Continue reading

Dicks, named in leaked preliminary ethics investigations report, confident of exoneration

Peninsula Daily News News Sources WASHINGTON -- Veteran Congressman Norm Dicks says he is confident that he will be exonerated after his name was included… Continue reading

Opponents of R-71 ordered to follow state campaign finance laws

The Associated Press TACOMA -- Opponents of broader partnerships for gay couples will have to abide by Washington's campaign finance laws while their lawsuit challenging… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Obama nearing decision on whether to send troops to Afghanistan

The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- President Barack Obama on Monday told a military audience he will not be hurried as he evaluates whether to… Continue reading

4 new executives at financially troubled Frontier Bank

Peninsula Daily News News Sources EVERETT — Frontier Bank, which has three North Olympic Peninsula branches, has announced a new team of executives, part of… Continue reading

First significant snow of season expected in Olympics

The first significant snow of the season is expected Monday and Tuesday in the Olympic Mountains. The snow level is expected to drop to 4,000… Continue reading

Olympic torch relay starts in Victoria on Friday

Peninsula Daily News News Services VICTORIA — If you want to get a taste of the Winter Olympics before February, the Olympic torch relay will… Continue reading

SPORTS: High school football scores

Friday's results Almira/Coulee-Hartline 86, Pateros 46 Archbishop Murphy 28, South Whidbey 6 Arlington 47, Snohomish 13 Asotin 14, Waitsburg-Prescott 7 Auburn 28, Tahoma 7 Bellevue… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Government unveils broad effort to limit executive pay

By Martin Crutsinger and Stevenson Jacobs The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with deep, unprecedented cuts… Continue reading

Rusty ship intercepted in Strait of Juan de Fuca linked to terrorists

Peninsula Daily news news sources VICTORIA -- A cargo ship seized by Canadian authorities last weekend in the Strait of Juan de Fuca carried a… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Higher unemployment might become the norm as result of recession

By Tom Raum The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and… Continue reading

U.S. Supreme Court keeps R-71 petition signers’ names under wraps far past election

PDN news sources The identities of those who signed petitions to get Referendum 71 on the Nov. 3 ballot will not be known until far… Continue reading

Mariners’ Johjima leaving team, returning to Japan

Peninsula Daily News news sources SEATTLE -- Catcher Kenji Johjima has opted out of the final two years of a contract with the Seattle Mariners… Continue reading

Migrants aboard ship intercepted in Strait of Juan de Fuca paid up to $45,000 each

Peninsula Daily News news sources The 76 illegal migrants who were intercepted on a rusting ship on the Canadian side of the Strait of Juan… Continue reading

U.S. Supreme Court justice blocks release of R-71 petition names

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed a… Continue reading

Status report: Swine flu immunizations begin on the North Olympic Peninsula

Peninsula Daily News News Sources The first doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine for the North Olympic Peninsula were received last week by Jefferson Healthcare… Continue reading

Man pleads guilty to 2004 Port Ludlow fire

PDN News Services TACOMA — A 32-year-old man has admitted he set a fire that did $2 million in damage to a condominium complex in… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Update … Moon crashes little more than a fuzzy white flash

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Pot legalization gains momentum in California

By Marcus Wohlsen The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot… Continue reading