Brittainy Girr pulls back the bow for a shot on the Wapiti Bowmen's archery course. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Getting the (k)nock of it — Port Angeles archery group’s targets go 3-D for realism and fun (3 photos)

PORT ANGELES — Brittainy Girr had just rounded a tree in a dense forest outside of Port Angeles when she saw a ferocious beast. She… Continue reading

Brittainy Girr pulls back the bow for a shot on the Wapiti Bowmen's archery course. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Katherine Baril addresses the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce audience Monday as chamber President Amanda Funaro

Maritime education initiative described at Jefferson chamber gathering

PORT TOWNSEND — The idea of a maritime-based curriculum in the local school system has gained support since fundraising began last fall, but the business… Continue reading

Katherine Baril addresses the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce audience Monday as chamber President Amanda Funaro

NEWS BRIEFS — Mental illness coping class scheduled April 12 in Port Angeles . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The National Alliance on Mental Illness in Clallam County will sponsor a Family-to-Family Education Program starting Saturday, April 12. Course participants will… Continue reading

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Port Angeles air station

Peninsula resident faces hard reality of deaths in Oso; the waiting continues

QUILCENE — The waiting has partially ended for Tamara Lenzen after she learned that her sister-in-law and her grand-niece's fiance died in the March 22… Continue reading

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Port Angeles air station
William Tyler

Port Angeles boy long on hair, big on heart gives his tresses to Locks of Love

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles child's first haircut Saturday was anything but typical. Six-year-old William Tyler, a student at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles,… Continue reading

William Tyler
William Tyler

Port Angeles boy long on hair, big on heart gives his tresses to Locks of Love

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles child's first haircut Saturday was anything but typical. Six-year-old William Tyler, a student at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles,… Continue reading

William Tyler
The Sequim High School Choir takes the stage with other performers at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday. Sherri Neale

Sequim High School choir takes bite of the Big Apple with performance at Carnegie Hall

SEQUIM –– Having wowed an audience in one of the world's most hallowed concert halls, the 42 singers from Sequim High School's choir were slated… Continue reading

The Sequim High School Choir takes the stage with other performers at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday. Sherri Neale
The Sequim High School Choir takes the stage with other performers at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday. Sherri Neale

Sequim High School choir takes bite of the Big Apple with performance at Carnegie Hall

SEQUIM –– Having wowed an audience in one of the world's most hallowed concert halls, the 42 singers from Sequim High School's choir were slated… Continue reading

The Sequim High School Choir takes the stage with other performers at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday. Sherri Neale

Sequim museum reopens today thanks to new group of volunteers

SEQUIM –– Sequim’s history will be on display today thanks to help from Sequim Arts. Volunteers have offered to open the Museum and Arts Center… Continue reading

State: U.S. 101 widening proceeds on schedule, on budget

PORT ANGELES — The U.S. Highway 101 widening project between Port Angeles and Sequim is on budget and still scheduled to be completed by the… Continue reading

Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press

How to help the victims of the Oso mudslide

By Peninsula Daily News news services SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE helping support the Arlington, Oso and Darrington communities. Here's how you can give: • American Red… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • By Peninsula Daily News news services
Firefighters help unload publicly donated equipment to aid the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the massive mudslide. Seattle Times/Marcus Yam via The Asociated Press
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Port Angeles air station

2nd UPDATE — More mudslide victims found as state seeks financial aid

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the 300-acre mudslide near… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Port Angeles air station
The Sequim High School Choir takes the stage with other performers at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday. Sherri Neale

Sequim High School choir takes bite of the Big Apple with performance at Carnegie Hall

SEQUIM –– Having wowed an audience in one of the world's most hallowed concert halls, the 42 singers from Sequim High School's choir were slated… Continue reading

The Sequim High School Choir takes the stage with other performers at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday. Sherri Neale
William Tyler

Port Angeles boy long on hair, big on heart gives his tresses to Locks of Love

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles child's first haircut Saturday was anything but typical. Six-year-old William Tyler, a student at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles,… Continue reading

William Tyler
A line of emergency vehicles line a roadway in sight of the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant in the distance. Tri-City Herald via The Associated Press

1st UPDATE — 4 hurt, 200 evacuated by in natural gas blast at plant on Washington-Oregon border

PLYMOUTH — A large explosion and fire today at natural gas processing plant near the Washington-Oregon border injured four workers and led to the evacuation… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2014
A line of emergency vehicles line a roadway in sight of the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant in the distance. Tri-City Herald via The Associated Press
A horse stands in the rodeo area of the Darrington Fairgrounds in Darrington. Horses displaced by the massive mudslide are being cared for by volunteers at the fairgrounds. The Associated Press

Beloved pets also lost, displaced, by Oso mudslide

By MAUEL VALDES The Associated Press DARRINGTON — After a rescue worker called her animal clinic saying dogs had been extracted from the destruction left… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • By MAUEL VALDES The Associated Press
A horse stands in the rodeo area of the Darrington Fairgrounds in Darrington. Horses displaced by the massive mudslide are being cared for by volunteers at the fairgrounds. The Associated Press
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Today's PDN front page for our Port Townsend/Jefferson County readers.

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OUR WEBSITE, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights — but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40 percent more stories and photos. And there… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2014
Today's PDN front page for our Port Townsend/Jefferson County readers.
Tammy Sullenger

100 gather in Port Angeles to honor veterans of Vietnam War

PORT ANGELES — Nearly 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, veterans of that conflict gathered in Port Angeles on Sunday to remember… Continue reading

Tammy Sullenger
Taken before the mudslide

Baby rescued from the Oso mudslide is recovering

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — The 5-month-old baby rescued from the Oso landslide is listed in serious condition and improving at Harborview Medical Center… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • By The Associated Press
Taken before the mudslide