Blakeslee named Sequim Citizen of the Year
SEQUIM – The 2022 Sequim Citizen of the Year is David Blakeslee. At an awards luncheon Tuesday, the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce citizen of the year committee chair Brown Maloney made the announcement and acknowledged how
Police recover body from beach in Port Angeles
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Senate Democrats could join Republicans in voting to reject DC's new criminal code
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Supreme Court conservatives take skeptical view of Biden student debt forgiveness
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East Palestine derailment: Timeline of key events in toxic train disaster
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McCarthy defends giving Fox host Tucker Carlson access to previously unreleased Jan. 6 security video
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TikTok faces bans in US and other countries. Here's why.
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FAA investigating close call involving JetBlue plane at Boston airport
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Blakeslee named Sequim Citizen of the Year
SEQUIM – The 2022 Sequim Citizen of the Year is David Blakeslee. At an awards luncheon Tuesday, the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce citizen of the year committee chair Brown Maloney made the announcement and acknowledged how
Judge on Steve Bannon trial: 'We can't keep dragging this out'
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, appeared in court Tuesday with a new crop of lawyers who promptly decried the “explosion” of evidence disclosures from the Manhattan District Attorney’s