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3rd UPDATE — State Legislature wraps deficit-cutting session

By CURT WOODWARD The Associated Press OLYMPIA — State lawmakers quickly approved a plan to shrink the state’s $1.1 billion deficit in a one-day special… Continue reading

State budget cut could eliminate interpreters for thousands

By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press SEATTLE — About 70,000 Washington residents who have limited English may lose access to interpreters during medical visits under… Continue reading

Legislature to go into special session Saturday

The Associated Press OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire says a special legislative session to deal with the state's budget woes will begin Saturday. Legislative leaders… Continue reading

Update: Weather Service issues flood watch for North Olympic Peninsula lowlands

As Forks nears the 10-foot rainfall total for the year (it was 118.09 inches as of Wednesday afternoon), the National Weather Service has issued this… Continue reading

Western governors call Endangered Species Act ‘nonsensical’

By Cristina Silva The Associated Press LAS VEGAS -- The Endangered Species Act is a "nonsensical" policy that hurts businesses, property owners and farmers to… Continue reading

Housing starts, China demand help lumber producers

The Associated Press LONGVIEW -- A small boost in domestic housing starts and China's growing demand for lumber are giving Western producers encouragement for the… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: WikiLeaks . . . public’s right to know or a hit list for America’s enemies?

By Sharon Theimer The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information yet revealed by WikiLeaks, the website has… Continue reading

Home Fund is his path to mobility

EDITOR'S NOTE -- For 21 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the "hand up, not a handout" Peninsula Home… Continue reading

No health cost crisis for state employees after all

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire has reached a tentative agreement with state workers on health insurance increases. State workers currently pay 12… Continue reading

State lawmakers to discuss some privatizing of liquor sales

By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press OLYMPIA — Voters rejected two ballot measures this year that would have gotten Washington state out of the liquor… Continue reading

Team which knocked Neah Bay out of playoffs wins it all

PDN news sources TACOMA — Senior Eddy Williams ran for three touchdowns and caught a 78-yard TD pass to lead Lummi to a 55-30 victory… Continue reading

Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan, cheers troops

By BEN FELLER,Associated Press White House Correspondent (After a clandestine departure from Washington, Presdient Obama flew to a dangerous part of the world and met… Continue reading

Navy withholding of Indian Island data goes all the way to U.S. Supreme Court

By Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the government's broad use of an exemption in the federal… Continue reading

Home Fund helps family rebuild after fire

EDITOR'S NOTE -- For 21 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the "hand up, not a handout" Peninsula Home… Continue reading

President Obama announces pay freeze for federal employees (not including military)

Peninsula Daily News news services WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees, saying the step is necessary to… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund leads to a warm home

EDITOR'S NOTE -- For 21 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the "hand up, not a handout" Peninsula Home… Continue reading

OlyCAP helps 180 of your neighbors with Home Fund every month

By Tim Hockett For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR'S NOTE -- Tim Hockett is executive director of Olympic Community Action Programs. This year, the Peninsula Home… Continue reading

Air Force: Not so fast on lesbian’s reinstatement

By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press SEATTLE — The Air Force said Wednesday a lesbian flight nurse discharged under “don’t ask, don’t tell” must prove… Continue reading

No pat-down protest delays at Sea-Tac today

The Associated Press SEATTLE — Air travelers moved normally through Sea-Tac Airport security checkpoints this morning despite a threatend pat-down protest. KING-TV found no one… Continue reading

Soldier in alleged plot to kill Afghan civilians for kicks waives hearing

The Associated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — A U.S. soldier who told his family of an alleged plot to kill Afghan civilians for kicks —… Continue reading