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A motorist drives down Hurricane Ridge Road in 2010. Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Hurricane Ridge snow conditions are ‘epic’

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Dec. 25. OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Once the gifts are open, dinner is done and the family gathering… Continue reading

A motorist drives down Hurricane Ridge Road in 2010. Peninsula Daily News
The oil drilling platform Polar Pioneer sits atop the semi-submersible heavy-lift transport ship Dockwise Vanguard on Wednesday in Port Angeles Harbor. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Polar Pioneer almost ready to leave, officials say late Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — After nearly two months in Port Angeles Harbor, the Polar Pioneer was welded to the deck of the MV Dockwise Vanguard, and… Continue reading

The oil drilling platform Polar Pioneer sits atop the semi-submersible heavy-lift transport ship Dockwise Vanguard on Wednesday in Port Angeles Harbor. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Police detain — again — man threatening to jump from Port Angeles bridge

PORT ANGELES — The west Eighth Street bridge over the Tumwater Truck Route — and the truck route itself — were closed for a short… Continue reading

A two-vehicle traffic collision at 111 Airport Cutoff Rd. and Prospect Ave. sent one woman to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious injuries Tuesday. She died at the hospital. — East Jefferson Fire Rescue

Port Townsend woman dies of injuries from Tuesday wreck

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend woman who was injured in a Tuesday wreck on state Highway 19 has died. Gail Marioni, 81, died at… Continue reading

A two-vehicle traffic collision at 111 Airport Cutoff Rd. and Prospect Ave. sent one woman to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious injuries Tuesday. She died at the hospital. — East Jefferson Fire Rescue

Troopers: Pedestrian runs into moving vehicle near Sequim

SEQUIM — A Port Angeles pedestrian was hospitalized after running into a car on U.S. Highway 101 east of the River Road overpass near Sequim,… Continue reading

A series of wrecks on U.S. Highway 101 near milepost 256

Icy road sends cars spinning on Highway 101

SEQUIM — Icy conditions contributed to a series of wrecks that eventually involved 11 vehicles and damaged a fire rescue vehicle in the eastbound lanes… Continue reading

A series of wrecks on U.S. Highway 101 near milepost 256
The oil drilling platform Polar Pioneer sits atop the semi-submersible transport ship Dockwise Vanguard in Port Angeles Harbor on Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Polar Pioneer oil rig expected to leave today for Norway

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Harbor is expected to lose an increasingly familiar resident today as a giant oil drilling platform departs for Europe. Work… Continue reading

The oil drilling platform Polar Pioneer sits atop the semi-submersible transport ship Dockwise Vanguard in Port Angeles Harbor on Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Three-year-old Evan Hernandez passes a can of donated food to Clallam County Fire District 2 emergency medical technician Teresa DeRousie during the “Fill the Fire Engine Food Drive” at the Lincoln Street Safeway grocery store in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles Food Bank left looking for help after Operation Candy Cane donations decrease and Polar Pioneer’s generosity is used elsewhere

PORT ANGELES — Operation Candy Cane donations were down by more than a ton of food this year, the second of a one-two punch that… Continue reading

Three-year-old Evan Hernandez passes a can of donated food to Clallam County Fire District 2 emergency medical technician Teresa DeRousie during the “Fill the Fire Engine Food Drive” at the Lincoln Street Safeway grocery store in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Neah Bay Elementary School nets performance award

NEAH BAY — Neah Bay Elementary is one of three schools in the state recognized last week for high achievement. The small elementary was named… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Roughrider Company earned two first-place and two third-place finishes in a conference competition Dec. 12 in Tacoma. — Port Angeles School District

Port Angeles High School cadets place high in conference competition

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School cadets returned home with an armful of awards from a competition in Tacoma. The school’s Navy Junior Reserve… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Roughrider Company earned two first-place and two third-place finishes in a conference competition Dec. 12 in Tacoma. — Port Angeles School District
Port Angeles Food Bank warehouse manager Kevin Perry sorts through boxes of donated food

WEEKEND REWIND: Polar Pioneer oil rig offloads towering gift for North Olympic Peninsula with donation of 15 tons of food to area pantries

PORT ANGELES — The Polar Pioneer rose from the water on the deck of a giant transport ship Tuesday, but before it was lifted, it… Continue reading

Port Angeles Food Bank warehouse manager Kevin Perry sorts through boxes of donated food

WEEKEND REWIND: Port Angeles School District now debt-free, leaving $811,000 in limbo

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District is now debt-free, leaving more than $800,000 in limbo as the district works to find solutions for… Continue reading

Sisters Bridget Rutherford

WEEKEND REWIND: Weather permitting, snow fun starts Saturday at Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area; snowshoe walks also set to begin

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing officially begin Saturday at Hurricane Ridge — if nature cooperates. Olympic National Park's guided snowshoe walks begin… Continue reading

Sisters Bridget Rutherford

WEEKEND: Dash through the Port Angeles streets in Reindeer Run this Saturday

PORT ANGELES — If runners don’t have red noses when they start the 16th annual Reindeer Run on Saturday, they might by the time they… Continue reading

Gerald Gabbard

Port Angeles schools assistant superintendent to take new position in Oregon

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles school administrator is moving into the university world. Gerald Gabbard, assistant superintendent of the Port Angeles School District, announced… Continue reading

Gerald Gabbard
Port Angeles public utility workers Brent Robinson

Transformer fire in Port Angeles ties up traffic, knocks out power to businesses

PORT ANGELES — An electrical transformer exploded and burned near the intersection of Lincoln and First streets Thursday morning, tying up traffic at the busy… Continue reading

Port Angeles public utility workers Brent Robinson

WEEKEND: Dash through the Port Angeles streets in Reindeer Run this Saturday

PORT ANGELES — If runners don’t have red noses when they start the 16th annual Reindeer Run on Saturday, they might by the time they… Continue reading

Sisters Bridget Rutherford

Weather permitting, snow fun starts Saturday at Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area; snowshoe walks also set to begin

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing officially begin Saturday at Hurricane Ridge — if nature cooperates. Olympic National Park's guided snowshoe walks begin… Continue reading

Sisters Bridget Rutherford
Port Angeles Food Bank warehouse manager Kevin Perry sorts through boxes of donated food

Polar Pioneer oil rig offloads towering gift for North Olympic Peninsula with donation of 15 tons of food to area pantries

PORT ANGELES — The Polar Pioneer rose from the water on the deck of a giant transport ship Tuesday, but before it was lifted, it… Continue reading

Port Angeles Food Bank warehouse manager Kevin Perry sorts through boxes of donated food

Port Angeles School District now debt-free, leaving $811,000 in limbo

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District is now debt-free, leaving more than $800,000 in limbo as the district works to find solutions for… Continue reading