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Despite flames one Duckabush Road homeowner described as "like Roman candles" and thick smoke visible as far away as Olympia last week, the 750-acre 10 Mile fire has moved only about a half-mile closer to human habitation since it began June 13.

Buddy Holly. Elvis. Janis Joplin. Stevie Ray Vaughn. These musical legends and their songs will be recreated in two fund-raising shows for the Peninsula Daily News' Peninsula Home Fund on Sunday, Sept.

The 11-week old Ten Mile fire, charring old-growth forest that hasn't felt the bite of flames in a century, ate another 136 acres in a week, as dry weather and dense forest-floor duff fueled the oldest and largest of the Heatwave Complex fires.

The Port Townsend, Tri-Area and Port Ludlow chambers of commerce will unite in 2010 for a trial relationship.

State patrol troopers say they found 64 pot plants at a home in Brinnon on Thursday.

Thirteen North Olympic Peninsula schools made a federal watch list for the first time this year, according to preliminary results from testing in the 2008-09 year, while three others slide into harsher categories.

When retired movie producer/director Bob Rosen took on management of this small town's community center, no one thought it would turn out to be such a big production.

Fires burning 15 miles to the west of this town are affecting air quality, a spokesman for the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency says.

Fires burning 15 miles to the west of this town are affecting air quality, a spokesman for the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency says.

The spread of Olympic National Park's five active fires has slowed due to cooler, moister weather, but extended dry periods and predicted warmer fall weather could produce fire behavior similar to what was observed previously.

Fires burning 15 miles to the west of this town are affecting air quality, a spokesman for the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency says.

Thirteen percent of Jefferson County voters who are eligible to participate in the primary election had returned a ballot by Wednesday.

The primary goal of a group of specialists who have taken command of the Heatwave Complex is to keep the Constance fire, 15 miles west of Brinnon, from spreading east.

Of twelve fires discovered in Olympic National Park since June, five continue to actively burn.

Public Information Meeting in Brinnon, July 31 Fire managers from Olympic National Park, US Forest Service, and the Brinnon Fire Department will host an open house to address questions about the Constance Fire and the Heatwave Complex Friday July.

Of the 12 fires sparked by lightning last month in the park's wilderness, half have burned themselves out and three cover less than an acre -- but the largest fire, the 350-acre Constance fire about 15 miles west of Brinnon, continues to grow.