Joe Smillie

Homeless census count to last several days next week

PORT ANGELES — For its 10th anniversary, next week's annual point-in-time count of Clallam County's homeless has been expanded from its typical one-day count to… Continue reading

Crews shoot the commercial on Taylor Street in Port Townsend. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Film crews shoot in Port Townsend for TV commercial

PORT TOWNSEND — Film crews took over the area in front of the Mount Baker Block Building on Taylor Street last week to film part… Continue reading

Crews shoot the commercial on Taylor Street in Port Townsend. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Five to be interviewed for open Sequim council seat

SEQUIM — The City Council will interview five candidates Monday before possibly naming one to the fill the unexpired term of the seat vacated by… Continue reading

Kyle Sholinder

Port Angeles teen plans concert to save his dog

PORT ANGELES — Hoping to raise enough money to save his best friend, teen Kyle Sholinder is organizing a benefit concert to pay for costly… Continue reading

Kyle Sholinder
Greywolf Elementarary School students are treated Wednesday to a limo ride and special lunch with Principal Donna Hudson for raising funds in the PTA's annual jog-a-thon fundraiser. The top fundraisers were

Students treated to limo, meal for PTA fundraising

SEQUIM — A pack of Greywolf Elementary students got the red-carpet treatment Wednesday as a reward for their work raising funds in the Parent-Teacher Association's… Continue reading

Greywolf Elementarary School students are treated Wednesday to a limo ride and special lunch with Principal Donna Hudson for raising funds in the PTA's annual jog-a-thon fundraiser. The top fundraisers were

No clue to what killed baby orca found in Dungeness

SEQUIM — Results of tests conducted Tuesday in Seattle to determine why a newborn orca washed up dead on Dungeness Spit on Monday are expected… Continue reading

Christal Ericksen is closing her A-1 Hour Photo Center at 1139 Water St. in Port Townsend after almost 20 years. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend photo shop closing doors today

PORT TOWNSEND — Christal Ericksen will develop the last pictures of children hugging their new toys in Jefferson County today. As of Thursday, after almost… Continue reading

Christal Ericksen is closing her A-1 Hour Photo Center at 1139 Water St. in Port Townsend after almost 20 years. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Jefferson County’s mental health court ready to go

PORT TOWNSEND — A new court program designed to divert the mentally ill from the courts to treatment should be up and running early next… Continue reading

OMC could lose $1 million if ‘fiscal cliff’ talks fail

PORT ANGELES — With Medicare paying for 57 percent of Olympic Medical Center’s patients, cuts could “devastate the health care delivery system” of OMC, Chief… Continue reading

John Hubbard of Port Angeles waits to hear children's wishes at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Port Angeles. So many kids have sat on his knees

Standing in for Santa: Peninsula Kringles tell all

Filling the most famous pair of black boots in the world could be a weighty occupation, but those who portray Santa Claus on the North… Continue reading

John Hubbard of Port Angeles waits to hear children's wishes at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Port Angeles. So many kids have sat on his knees
Carlene Bryant

Port Angeles’ Golden Crafts Shop to close its doors Monday

PORT ANGELES — There are only a few more shopping days left to look over the goods at the longest continuous craft bazaar in downtown… Continue reading

Carlene Bryant