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Nominate volunteers for Clallam County Community Service Award (Don’t delay! Deadline is March 4)

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Clallam County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Nominate your community hero for Jefferson County Heart of Service award (Deadline: March 25)

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Jefferson County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Sequim and Neah Bay boys teams ready for state basketball tournaments

The state’s high school basketball championships, Hardwood Classic, opens today and goes through Saturday with area teams Sequim and Neah Bay looking to bring home… Continue reading

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Watch for Sequim elk near Highway 101 between Simdars Road and Sequim Bay Lodge

Watch for Sequim elk near Highway 101 between Simdars Road and Sequim Bay Lodge

A WARNING ABOUT the Sequim-Dungeness elk herd from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office: Late yesterday afternoon, the elk herd moved southeast across Keeler Road toward… Continue reading

Watch for Sequim elk near Highway 101 between Simdars Road and Sequim Bay Lodge
Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters enter a house at 72 McCarver St. east of Port Angeles on Tuesday as smoke pours from the attic of the house. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

No one hurt in Gales Addition house fire

GALES ADDITION — Fire crews with Clallam County Fire District No. 2 tamped down a second-story fire in a single-family home off McCarver Road east… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters enter a house at 72 McCarver St. east of Port Angeles on Tuesday as smoke pours from the attic of the house. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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Nominate volunteers for Clallam County Community Service Award (Don’t delay! Deadline is March 4)

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Clallam County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Peninsula water cleanup projects finalists for Ecology funds

OLYMPIA — Two North Olympic Peninsula water cleanup projects are finalists for state Department of Ecology funds. Centennial Program Grants are earmarked for Jefferson County… Continue reading

Jim Nyby brings his band inside for a Candlelight Concert at Port Townsend's Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday.

Port Townsend concert to offer eclectic selection

PORT TOWNSEND — In a special benefit event, jazz standards, folk, country, blues and gospel will warm the place in a “Candlelight Concert” featuring Jim… Continue reading

Jim Nyby brings his band inside for a Candlelight Concert at Port Townsend's Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday.
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SPORTS: Peninsula’s Taylor Larson named co-MVP; five other Pirates receive NWAACC honors

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Peninsula College’s Taylor Larson has been named the 2012-13 NWAACC North Region co-MVP. Larson’s selection headlines a list of members of Peninsula’s… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Port Townsend will remain in Olympic League through 2013-14

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend High School’s athletic teams are staying put. After months of trying to join the Nisqually League in all sports, Port… Continue reading

Free AARP tax help is available in Clallam, Jefferson counties

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will be available through April 15 to prepare and electronically file federal tax returns at several sites across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Kidsfest scheduled Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The annual Kiwanis KidsFest will be held at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., from 10 a.m. to 2… Continue reading

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Nominate volunteers for Clallam County Community Service Award (Don’t delay! Deadline is March 4)

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Clallam County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Nominate your community hero for Jefferson County Heart of Service award (Deadline: March 25)

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Jefferson County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Party to mark Dungeness Schoolhouse’s 120th year

SEQUIM — The historical Dungeness Schoolhouse first opened its doors 120 years ago this month, and the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley… Continue reading

A Port Hadlock couple was left shaken but unhurt after a two-car accident near the intersection of Rhody Drive and Anderson Lake Road Sunday evening. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Port Townsend woman jailed after Rhody Drive wreck

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend woman remained in the Jefferson County jail Monday following a Sunday night wreck in which a Port Hadlock couple… Continue reading

A Port Hadlock couple was left shaken but unhurt after a two-car accident near the intersection of Rhody Drive and Anderson Lake Road Sunday evening. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Two free Elwha River forums scheduled

PORT ANGELES — Two free evening public forums on changes in the Elwha River since the beginning of a $325 million restoration project are planned… Continue reading

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles hoists a man from an 18-foot vessel off Whidbey Island on Monday. U.S. Coast Guard

Two men and dog rescued by PA Coast Guard helicopter crew off Whidbey Island

EDITOR'S NOTE — To see video of the rescue (appropriate browser plug-in required), click on http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1893646 . PORT ANGELES — A Coast Guard helicopter crew… Continue reading

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles hoists a man from an 18-foot vessel off Whidbey Island on Monday. U.S. Coast Guard
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles hoists a man from an 18-foot vessel off Whidbey Island on Monday. U.S. Coast Guard

Two men and dog rescued by Coast Guard helicopter off Whidbey Island

EDITOR'S NOTE — To see video of the rescue (appropriate browser plug-in required), click on http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1893646 . PORT ANGELES — A Coast Guard helicopter crew… Continue reading

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles hoists a man from an 18-foot vessel off Whidbey Island on Monday. U.S. Coast Guard
A Port Hadlock couple was left shaken but unhurt after a two-car accident near the intersection of Rhody Drive and Anderson Lake Road Sunday evening. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Port Townsend woman jailed after Rhody Drive wreck

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend woman remained in the Jefferson County jail Monday following a Sunday night wreck in which a Port Hadlock couple… Continue reading

A Port Hadlock couple was left shaken but unhurt after a two-car accident near the intersection of Rhody Drive and Anderson Lake Road Sunday evening. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue