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Port Angeles City Pier to be ‘pinked up’ today (Wednesday) for annual fundraiser

PORT ANGELES — City Pier will go pink today for the event in the Pink Up Port Angeles fundraiser. All proceeds from the Pink Up… Continue reading

Yearly forum for state museums kicks off today (Wednesday) in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The annual conference of the Washington Museum Association is being held in Port Townsend this year, and it begins today. Museum professionals… Continue reading

Plan to close 1,600 miles of Olympic National Forest roads to be discussed at meeting tonight

The first of a series of meetings on a U.S. Forest Service proposal to close about 1,600 miles of Olympic National Forest's 2,500 miles of… Continue reading

MissyG brings her band and own style of country music to the Port Angeles City Pier stage Wednesday night.

Free music! Summer season of concerts starts Wednesday with Port Angeles pier concert [includes 2014 schedules for Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend]

A highlight of North Olympic Peninsula summers — free concerts surrounded by outdoor beauty — begins Wednesday in Port Angeles when noted Northwest singer/songwriter ­MissyG… Continue reading

MissyG brings her band and own style of country music to the Port Angeles City Pier stage Wednesday night.

Added North Olympic Peninsula patrols lead to tickets on cellphone use, seat belt violations

North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officers wrote 84 tickets for seat belt infractions during special patrols from May 19 to June 1, according to the… Continue reading

Wilder's Tanner Gochnour scores in a cloud of dust at home plate

BASEBALL: Wilder blasts North Kitsap 12-2

PORT ANGELES — The game was supposed to last nine innings but Wilder Baseball only needed seven innings to build up a 10-run advantage and… Continue reading

Wilder's Tanner Gochnour scores in a cloud of dust at home plate

BRIEFLY: Morning fire kept to one room in Port Townsend … and other news in brief

PORT TOWNSEND — An early morning house fire was contained to one room by the efforts of a resident and crews from East Jefferson Fire-Rescue.… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School sports marketing students Avery Koehler

BUSINESS BRIEF — Port Angeles High School students hold marketing organization rally

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School sports marketing students recently held the first DECA Rally in the school’s courtyard. DECA, or Distributive Education Clubs… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School sports marketing students Avery Koehler

League of Women Voters sets Clallam candidate forums this month, July

The League of Women Voters plans a series of pre-primary election forums in Clallam County this month and in July. The forums will focus on… Continue reading

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PORT ANGELES — Representatives of the Peninsula Daily News are available to speak to clubs, organizations and at other gatherings across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings
Northwest Veterans Resource Center service officer and former Marine Jake Fish and Megan share a moment.

Port Angeles veteran’s new service dog doing double duty thanks to New Leash on Life

PORT ANGELES — Jake Fish’s new service dog provides a service to his clients as well. Megan, a 2-year-old golden retriever-Labrador retriever mix, was matched… Continue reading

Northwest Veterans Resource Center service officer and former Marine Jake Fish and Megan share a moment.

Added North Olympic Peninsula patrols lead to tickets on cellphone use, seat belt violations

North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officers wrote 84 tickets for seat belt infractions during special patrols from May 19 to June 1, according to the… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS — Parkinson’s meeting, events scheduled in Port Angeles starting Wednesday . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — A caregivers meeting for those who take care of a loved one with Parkinson’s disease or other neurological conditions will be held… Continue reading

Photo 1: Clallam Bay High School — Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PHOTOS: Crescent, Clallam Bay high schools celebrate graduations

Photo 1: The Clallam Bay High School graduating class of 2014 move their tassels from one side of their caps to the other at the… Continue reading

Photo 1: Clallam Bay High School — Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Sequim School Board to mull meal price increases at meeting tonight

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board will consider raising the price of school meals and will receive a report on the status of the district's… Continue reading

Garry Cameron

Port Angeles High School principal resigns

PORT ANGELES — An interim principal has been named for Port Angeles High School after Principal Garry Cameron announced he is leaving Friday for a… Continue reading

Garry Cameron

TODAY: Father’s Day events and other fun things to do on the North Olympic Peninsula

Bike show gears up PORT ANGELES — The seventh annual Rock 'n' Roll Bike Show wraps up today at Ancient Auto Works, 1921 U.S. Highway… Continue reading

TODAY: Kirtan events at Unity Church in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Unity Church and the Port Townsend Yogananda meditation group are inviting the public this weekend to a kirtan — a sacred chanting… Continue reading

From left are Hamilton Elementary School sixth-grader Mary Shore

‘Precious,’ ‘description’ win Port Angeles spelling bees

PORT ANGELES — Correct spellings of “precious” and “description” won Port Angeles' recent spelling bees. Students from Port Angeles School District elementary and middle schools… Continue reading

From left are Hamilton Elementary School sixth-grader Mary Shore

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Company owner earns tree-risk certification . . . and other local business news

PORT ANGELES — Brian A. Holland of Holland Tree Co. recently earned the International Society of Arboriculture Tree Risk Assessment Qualification credential by successfully completing… Continue reading