Paula Watson, director of Peninsula College’s dental hygiene program, shows visitors the school’s nearly completed dental clinic, where the first cohort of 10 students will begin learning radiology, digital imaging, teeth cleaning and other preventive dental care as part of the new program that will launch this fall. The college developed the program with significant financial support from U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Seattle, and from Delta Dental of Washington to help workforce shortages and address gaps in dental care. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula College to launch new dental program this fall

Federal funding helps get two-year program started in Port Angeles

Spring 2026 Hope Navigator Training Cohort. (Clallam Resilience Project)

Opinion

Hope takes root: The Olympic Peninsula’s Hope Navigators begin their work

SOMETHING REMARKABLE IS happening on the Olympic Peninsula. Fifty community members — from school counselors and healthcare workers…

Phillip Beck, the sales manger at Wilder Toyota, pulls the winning duck from a Wilder truck and hands it to be checked to Bruce Skinner, the executive director of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The sales of the 29,152 ducks will support the foundation’s purchase of needed medical equipment at the hospital. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Sequim man wins top prize in Great Peninsula Duck Derby

Wilder Auto donates a Toyota Corolla for fundraising event

The Chimacum High School marching band marches along Lawrence Street in Port Townsend during the 91st Rhododendron Parade on Saturday. The band will play in Washington, D.C., during the Fourth of July parade to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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March to their own drum

The Chimacum High School marching band marches along Lawrence Street in Port Townsend during the 91st Rhododendron Parade…

Intern Kiah Brown displays a European green crab, one of more than 300 caught in the first couple of weeks of trapping at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. (Michael Dashiell)

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Volunteers remove invasive European green crab

Dungeness Nature Alliance aids effort to preserve habitat on Dungeness Spit

A photo provided by Senior Airman Xavier Wilson/U.S. Air Force shows the U.S. Air Force demonstration squadron Thunderbirds on the tarmac at the Gunfighter Skies air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho on Sunday. Video shared on social media showed the jets striking each other and spinning toward the ground. At least four parachutes were deployed before the planes crashed. (Senior Airman Xavier Wilson/U.S. Air Force via The New York Times)

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Two military jets collide in midair at Idaho air show

Growlers based at Whidbey Island, pilots ejected

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Get water wise for great gardening

IT IS SO wonderful to finally see some rain this last week, whereas it is already too dry…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Concentration camps

It should come as no surprise that the current administration’s anti-immigrant policies and the rush to build more…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Election signs

Thank you for the front-page article regarding Jake Seegers’ campaign sign issue.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Not so great again

I saw a lot of those red MAGA hats around a year ago.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Action needed

The Port Angeles City Council meeting on April 7 has come and gone, and it’s clear the core…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Disappearing outrage

I find it pretty telling that the Donald Trump-supporting truck drivers who never shut up about gas and…

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Oompa loompa impersonators with their chocolate lab hang out while they wait for the Rhody Festival Pet Parade to start on Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend on Thursday. About 200 marchers took part in the annual event. Rhody Festival events continue through Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pet parade

Willie Wonka impersonators with their chocolate lab hang out while they wait for the Rhody Festival Pet Parade…

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Port Townsend port continues to examine impact of EDC Team Jefferson

Commissioners question current structure as well as public participation

Gail Ralston and Howard “Scooter” Chapman grin after Chapman bought from her the ticket that created a new record for lifetime sales of tickets for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. This year’s derby is on Sunday. (Leah Leach/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles woman breaks duck sales record

Port Angeles woman breaks duck sales record

Clallam County Sheriff Brian King

Opinion

Love for our community

I WAS BLESSED to be born and raised in Clallam County, a community rich in natural beauty, resources…

Emily Glaspell, center, edges out Sloan Kendrick to take the 3-year-old strider race during the Rhododendron Festival Trike Races on Wednesday in Port Townsend. Festival events will continue through Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Down the stretch they come …

Emily Glaspell, center, edges out Sloan Kendrick to take the 3-year-old strider race during the Rhododendron Festival Trike…

The Basilica Familia Sagrada, Barcelona. (Don Corson/For Peninsula Daily News)

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: A taste of history and faith

IN MY COLUMN last month, I let everyone know I was going to be leaving soon for a…

To set up the old-fashioned big top tent, the circus crew has to drive several dozen large spikes into the ground for support. Here, they secure the big top to the spikes. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Under the big top, doing the impossible

Circus company comes to Port Angeles