Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Diabetes risk screening set Saturday at Port Angeles Farmers Market

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College nursing students will join volunteers and staff from the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics free clinic to provide screening… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Dungeness Schoolhouse to host jazz today (Friday)

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. SEQUIM –– The third annual Jazz at the Schoolhouse will feature special guest vocalist Elinore O’Connell… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Online publishing workshop for teens scheduled today (Friday) in Sequim

SEQUIM — An online publishing workshop for young adults from 12 to 18 years old is set at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.,… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Sea star survey, dog show, band performance among offerings on Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. Dog shows, a sea star survey and a summer band performance that also provides a little… Continue reading

WEEKEND: The Senate to convene Saturday with acoustic set at Port Angeles winery . . . and other entertainment briefs

PORT ANGELES –– Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell likely won’t be there, but The Senate will convene a special North Olympic Peninsula session. The… Continue reading

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Necessities and Temptations in Port Angeles celebrates anniversary with sales, party today

PORT ANGELES — Necessities and Temptations, 217 N. Laurel St., is holding a “Sweet 16” party to celebrate its 16 years in business as a… Continue reading

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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

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

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Port Angeles ranks No. 5 in Livability.com’s Top 10 Small Towns for 2014

THE ANNOUNCEMENT about Port Angeles' No. 5 ranking in the top 10 list from the folks at Livability.com: Congratulations! Port Angeles, Wash., has been named… Continue reading

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A summer bounty of open-air concerts continues with Port Townsend Concert on the Dock at 5 p.m. today

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula continues with: ■ PORT TOWNSEND CONCERT ON THE DOCK — Thursday, 5 p.m.… Continue reading

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BASEBALL: Wilder wins again at Senior Babe Ruth regionals

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Wilder Baseball started fast and didn’t look back. The area team smashed Granite Construction 12-2 in five innings to improve to 2-0… Continue reading

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BUSINESS — Necessities and Temptations in Port Angeles sets anniversary party for Friday

PORT ANGELES — Necessities and Temptations, 217 N. Laurel St., is holding a “Sweet 16” party to celebrate its 16 years in business as a… Continue reading

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Forks man given 90-day sentence in hit-and-run fatality

PORT ANGELES — Garrid Larson of Forks was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail as a first-time offender after being found guilty of hit-and-run… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS — Clallam County Fair royalty plan food drive Saturday in Sequim . . . and other items

SEQUIM — Clallam County Fair royalty will hold a food drive in support of the Sequim Food Bank at QFC, 990 E. Washington St., from… Continue reading

The man seen in this unidentified parking lot is suspected of robbing a Port Angeles eatery Monday. Port Angeles Police Department

Port Angeles police release surveillance image of suspected pizza shop robber

PORT ANGELES — City police released Wednesday an image of a man suspected of robbing a Port Angeles pizza shop Monday. The grainy image taken… Continue reading

The man seen in this unidentified parking lot is suspected of robbing a Port Angeles eatery Monday. Port Angeles Police Department

Forks man gets 90-day sentence in hit and run fatality

PORT ANGELES — Garrid Larson of Forks was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail as a first-time offender after being found guilty of hit-and-run… Continue reading

The man seen in this unidentified parking lot is suspected of robbing a Port Angeles eatery Monday. Port Angeles Police Department

UPDATE — Port Angeles police release surveillance image of suspected pizza shop robber

PORT ANGELES — City police released Wednesday an image of a man suspected of robbing a Port Angeles pizza shop Monday. The grainy image taken… Continue reading

The man seen in this unidentified parking lot is suspected of robbing a Port Angeles eatery Monday. Port Angeles Police Department
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CONCERT ALERT — Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles moves to The Gateway for tonight’s performance

BECAUSE OF THE possibility of rain tonight, Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles will be held two blocks away at The Gateway, corner of… Continue reading

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Clallam voters return 8 percent of primary ballots

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voters had returned by Tuesday 3,771 primary ballots, or 8 percent, of the 47,132 mailed to registered voters last Wednesday,… Continue reading

Jefferson voters return 11.5 percent of primary ballots

PORT ANGELES — Jefferson County voters had by Tuesday returned 2,622 primary ballots, or 11.47 percent, of the 22,851 mailed to registered voters last Wednesday,… Continue reading