Peninsula Daily News

KING 5 News in Seattle asks — ‘Is the weather driving businesses to Port Angeles’? (WITH VIDEO)

FOLLOWING UP ON the Peninsula Daily News' two-part article this week on new businesses in Port Angeles, KING 5 News aired a television report on… Continue reading

Fat Chance performing earlier this year.

Fat Chance rocks at Sequim Summertime Music concert tonight . . . and the Port Townsend Summer Band performs Saturday

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula continues with: ■ SEQUIM SUMMERTIME MUSIC! — Tonight, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,… Continue reading

Fat Chance performing earlier this year.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Sequim thrift shop to open Saturday . . . and other items

SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s thrift shop at 204 W. Bell St. will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Featured will… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles church plans block party this weekend . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Hillcrest Baptist Church, 205 Black Diamond Road, plans a free block party for all ages from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: SmileMobile exams set next month in Port Angeles . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Appointments can be made for the SmileMobile, a modern dental office on wheels, which will offer dental care Sept. 8-11 to Port… Continue reading

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Participate in a short survey to help guide Clallam County Parks Department

CLALLAM COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT is asking the public to participate in a short "community interest and opinion survey." To begin the survey, click on: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7P5V2T8… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Swim Club members

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Townsend youth football registration . . . swim season ends . . . adult coed soccer sign-ups . . . Avalanche tryouts

Port Townsend youth football registration PORT TOWNSEND — Registration begins this week for the rebooted Port Townsend Braves youth football program. The program has an… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members

SPORTS BRIEFS: Seventh-grade girls basketball tryouts in Port Angeles . . . Forks soccer shoot results . . . Former Sequim runner coaching at college

Seventh-grade girls basketball tryouts Sunday PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Girls Basketball Association and the Olympic Avalanche have joined forces in creating basketball opportunities… Continue reading

Wild steelhead. The Associated Press

State extends comment period to Aug. 31 for steelhead plan

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending until Aug. 31 the public comment period for selecting at least three rivers where… Continue reading

Wild steelhead. The Associated Press

State grants available for historic barns; applications due Oct. 21

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation is accepting applications for funding from the Heritage Barn Rehabilitation Grant Program. Grant applications are… Continue reading

WEEKEND: All invited to Pioneer Picnic in Sequim at noon Sunday

SEQUIM — The Sequim Pioneer Picnic will be held in conjunction with the all-class reunion — but you don’t have to be a Sequim High… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Free Garden Day slated in Forks this Saturday; topics include food preservation, composting

FORKS — A Garden Day at the Forks Community Garden on Founders Way will provide resources on sustainable gardening, food preservation and composting from 10… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduated its first class in 1915

WEEKEND: Sequim all-class reunion marks school’s centennial this weekend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 14. SEQUIM — An all-class reunion for Sequim High School graduates this weekend will mark the 100th… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduated its first class in 1915

WEEKEND: Veterans to be honored at Sequim memorial wall Saturday afternoon

SEQUIM — The Carlsborg VFW and the Sequim Museum & Arts Center will host a veterans gathering at 544 N. Sequim-Dungeness Way at 3 p.m.… Continue reading

Aug. 31 deadline for Good Neighbor Award nominations

PORT TOWNSEND — United Good Neighbors of Jefferson County will present its 2015 Good Neighbor Award to an individual or group of volunteers who have… Continue reading

Trisha Franklin helps Davis Hueter with a sewing project at the second annual Clallam County 4-H and Washington State University clothing textile advisers Sewing Camp.

BUSINESS BRIEF: Sewing skills perfected at recent camp in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Sixteen young people recently attended the second annual Clallam County 4-H and Washington State University clothing textile advisers Sewing Camp to perfect… Continue reading

Trisha Franklin helps Davis Hueter with a sewing project at the second annual Clallam County 4-H and Washington State University clothing textile advisers Sewing Camp.
Veteran Master Gardeners

Clallam County Master Gardeners to offer advice during Lunch in the Garden in Port Angeles on Friday

PORT ANGELES — Wondering about those white powdery spots on your squash leaves? Don't know when to harvest your potatoes? Want red, not green tomatoes… Continue reading

Veteran Master Gardeners

NEWS BRIEFS: SmileMobile exams set next month in Port Angeles . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Appointments can be made for the SmileMobile, a modern dental office on wheels, which will offer dental care Sept. 8-11 to Port… Continue reading

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Participate in a short survey to help guide Clallam County Parks Department

CLALLAM COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT is asking the public to participate in a short "community interest and opinion survey." To begin the survey, click on: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7P5V2T8… Continue reading

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Police: Brush fire in Port Townsend was started by 9-year-old with lighter; case headed to Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Police: Brush fire in Port Townsend was started by 9-year-old with lighter; case headed to Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

PORT TOWNSEND — A Wednesday morning brush fire with flames that reportedly reached heights of 6 feet was started by a 9-year-old boy playing with… Continue reading

Police: Brush fire in Port Townsend was started by 9-year-old with lighter; case headed to Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office