Derek Binnersley of Victoria, B.C., crosses the finish line as the winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon. Binnersley, running his first marathon, won in a time of 2 hours, 48 minutes, 47.51 seconds, winning by more than 5 minutes. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Victoria runners lead the way in annual marathon

Series of races include 5K, 10K and kids event

Jefferson Transit to use an electric bus

Agency’s future is with alternative-fuel vehicles

Northwest Maritime Center volunteer Brad Bebout, left, stands ready to assist team Beasts From the East, Ivan Medvedev and Egor Klevak, front, both from Seattle, as they finish first the 70-mile paddle from Tacoma to Port Townsend on Saturday morning. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Race to Alaska starts today

Beasts from the East wins SEVENTY/48

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighters, with assistance from surrounding districts, work to extinguish fire of beach logs and grasses that scorched a stretch of beach along the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the north end of Four Seasons Ranch and threatened numerous homes on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Beach blaze contained at Morse Creek

Saturday fire worried homeowners, but no structures affected

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Gov. Jay Inslee  looks at a patient simulator as Peninsula College nursing instructional technician Terresa Taylor describes its workings during a tour of the college's Nursing Simulation Lab on Friday in Port Angeles.

Inslee tours Port Angeles projects

Town ‘pumping on all cylinders,’ he said

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Best of the Peninsula.

Nomination round begins for Best of Peninsula

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Mainstage Bands Announced for First Fed Centennial Celebration

A once-in-a-lifetime free community event is planned for First Fed’s Centennial Celebration on Sunday, September 3, 2023. First Fed has… Continue reading

Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the Esplanade on the Port Angeles waterfront on Wednesday. The family was on a springtime stroll and the youngster had insisted on superhero regalia. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Superhero stroll in Port Angeles

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Smoke billows from a garage 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Garage fire near Port Angeles

Smoke billows from a garage at 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Victoria Wellman, of Clinton, won first place in Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary's 11th Running of the Balls.

Running of the balls in Port Townsend

Victoria Wellman of Clinton won first place in Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary’s 11th Running of the Balls. The annual fundraiser Continue reading...

Aggy Huff of PA holds “Dallas" a Nigerian Dwarf Goat at the annual Shepherd’s Festival held at the Sequim Prairie Grange. She is inside a white tent. The festival was half inside the grange and half outside with many vendors with sheep, goats and llamas and related products. 			  Cyndie Stumbaugh who has directed the festival for years recalls that it started back in 1980 but missed the last three years because of COVID. This years revival of the festival was met with blue skies and many many visitors. Cyndie said. “It's excellent and I’m thrilled." dlogan

Shepherd’s Festival held at Sequim Prairie Grange

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Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

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Life
Sam Kallas standing in front of 128 E. Front St., the Duck Inn in 1968. (Submitted by John McNutt)

BACK WHEN: Positive impact of Greek immigrants on the Peninsula

OUR AREA HAS been influenced by many people. Those people are not simply limited to the United States and Canada,… Continue reading

 

A GROWING CONCERN: Garden homework for the end of the school year

WELL HERE WE are, already into the month of June. Soon school will be out and summer activities begin in… Continue reading

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Opinion

PAT NEAL: The house of the salmon

FOR SOME, THE new year begins in January. On our rivers, the new year begins with the first sighting of Continue reading...