Peninsula Daily News

Grab your paintbrush! Community painting 'en plein air' competition in Port Angeles extends deadline to Aug. 17

Grab your paintbrush! Community painting ‘en plein air’ competition in Port Angeles extends deadline to Aug. 17

PORT ANGELES — The beauty of the North Olympic Peninsula calls to the artist in us all. The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, which is… Continue reading

Grab your paintbrush! Community painting 'en plein air' competition in Port Angeles extends deadline to Aug. 17

American Golds Seafoods faces $112,500 fine for 2013 oil spill near Anacortes

ANACORTES — American Gold Seafoods faces a $112,500 penalty for an oil spill caused by the accidental sinking of its vessel the Clam Digger in… Continue reading

BUSINESS — 2014-15 North Olympic Food & Farm Guide available beginning Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Beginning Thursday, WSU Clallam County Extension's 2014-15 North Olympic Food & Farm Guide will be available at local visitor centers, participating farms… Continue reading

BUSINESS — Contest offers full makeovers for women who have overcome major obstacles

PORT ANGELES — Two local businesswomen are working together to hold a contest for North Olympic Peninsula women who have overcome major obstacles in their… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS — Price Ford fundraiser, new party-rental store, Nurse of the Year . . . and other local business items

Fundraiser benefits Sequim High School SEQUIM — Price Ford of Port Angeles recently conducted its first Drive One 4 Your School fundraiser at Sequim High… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s business meetings

■ Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are usually held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St.… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: Blue Mountain Transfer Station topic of Monday meeting

The three Clallam County commissioners will hear a briefing on the rebuild of the Blue Mountain Transfer Station on Monday. The work session will begin… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Board of commissioners eyes funds for conservation project

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider approving up to $334,000 in conservation futures funds for the Jefferson Land Trust’s Tarboo Forest Conservation project when… Continue reading

For your calendar, blackberry pie fans — Joyce Daze is Saturday

For your calendar, blackberry pie fans — Joyce Daze is Saturday

JOYCE — Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is coming up Saturday with music, a cheering contest, a grand parade and, of course, blackberry pie. The… Continue reading

For your calendar, blackberry pie fans — Joyce Daze is Saturday

NEWS BRIEFS — Closures planned for Hood Canal Bridge this Wednesday . . . and other items

SHINE — Drivers across the Hood Canal Bridge could encounters delays of up to an hour Wednesday night. Bridge crews will test the bridge's drawspan… Continue reading

A shot from a Coast Guard video shows an aerial view of the kayaks from which nine people were rescued Thursday near Rosario Beach on Fidalgo Island south of Anacortes. Coast Guard

Port Angeles Coast Guard crew, Navy rescue nine people near Fidalgo Island’s Rosario Beach

ANACORTES — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Port Angeles and the Navy worked together to rescue nine people — seven children and two adults… Continue reading

A shot from a Coast Guard video shows an aerial view of the kayaks from which nine people were rescued Thursday near Rosario Beach on Fidalgo Island south of Anacortes. Coast Guard

Veterans Stand Down slated in Port Townsend on Monday

PORT TOWNSEND — Veterans can get free clothing, food and services at the Jefferson County Veterans Stand Down from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.… Continue reading

Contest offers full makeovers for women who have overcome major obstacles

PORT ANGELES — Two local businesswomen are working together to hold a contest for North Olympic Peninsula women who have overcome major obstacles in their… Continue reading

'Les Miserables' continues its 'amazing, powerful' run in Sequim — Saturday performance at 7 p.m.

‘Les Miserables’ continues its ‘amazing, powerful’ run in Sequim — Saturday performance at 7 p.m.

DO YOU HEAR hear the people sing . . . ? Peninsula Daily News has been hearing nothing but rave reviews (truly) about “Les Miserables”… Continue reading

'Les Miserables' continues its 'amazing, powerful' run in Sequim — Saturday performance at 7 p.m.
Port Townsend Summer Band performs in Chetzemoka Park on Sunday.

Open-air concerts at Marrowstone Island and Port Townsend this weekend

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula continues with: ■  NEW! FORT FLAGLER SUMMER CONCERTS — Saturday at 5 p.m.,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Summer Band performs in Chetzemoka Park on Sunday.
Port Townsend Summer Band performs in Chetzemoka Park on Sunday.

Open-air concerts at Marrowstone Island and Port Townsend this weekend

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula continues with: ■  NEW! FORT FLAGLER SUMMER CONCERTS — Saturday at 5 p.m.,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Summer Band performs in Chetzemoka Park on Sunday.

Arts in Action, sand sculpture contest in Port Angeles pushed back until September this year

PORT ANGELES — What happened to Arts in Action and the sand sculpture contest? Nor’wester Rotary’s annual arts and crafts festival, which has been held… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Wilder loses to Calgary 5-3, take second seed into semifinals

BASEBALL: Wilder loses to Calgary 5-3, take second seed into semifinals

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Wilder Baseball stumbled to lose the final game of National Division pool play action 5-3 to Calgary at the Senior Babe Ruth… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Wilder loses to Calgary 5-3, take second seed into semifinals

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office: Beware of phone scam using jury duty ploy

PORT ANGELES — It's a scam, the Clallam County Sheriff's Office says. If you get a call purportedly from a deputy asking for personal information,… Continue reading

Discovery Bay closed to shellfish harvesting as diarrhetic shellfish poisoning risk rises

PORT TOWNSEND — Discovery Bay has been closed to recreational harvesting of all species of shellfish because of the risk of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, Jefferson… Continue reading