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Port Townsend Police Officer Garen Williams stands in front of the home after carrying one of the occupants to safety. Crystal Craig/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Port Townsend police officer carries woman from smoke-filled home when garage catches fire

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend police officer carried a woman from her smoke-filled home as her garage burned. She and her husband, who were… Continue reading

Port Townsend Police Officer Garen Williams stands in front of the home after carrying one of the occupants to safety. Crystal Craig/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

UPDATE: Firefighters battle brush fire southwest of Brinnon; copter called in

BRINNON — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue personnel were battling a brush fire Saturday afternoon in clearcut area of Olympic National Forest northwest of Fulton Creek Road… Continue reading

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Free Lobo Del Mar performance in Sequim at 12:45 p.m. today

LOBO DEL MAR performs at KSQM-FM's Fourth of July party in Serenity Square, 577 W. Washington St., in Sequim (across the street from Safeway), at… Continue reading

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Olympic Crosscutters' first baseman Lane Dotson

BASEBALL: Crosscutters cut down Steilacoom

SEQUIM — The scheduled crew of umpires may not have shown up on time but the Olympic Crosscutters’ bats certainly did in a blowout win… Continue reading

Olympic Crosscutters' first baseman Lane Dotson
John Goar and two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society

Get lost in a starry sky! Free astronomy programs at Hurricane Ridge starting Sunday

PORT ANGELES — For the sixth consecutive summer, John Goar is leading a free astronomy program with telescopes at Hurricane Ridge, 17 miles up a… Continue reading

John Goar and two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society
Fire boundaries are outlined in red in this map drafted from an infrared flyover shortly after midnight today (July 3). Click on the map to enlarge. Click on the arrow at right to read the map legend. U.S. Forest Service

Map shows march of Olympic National Park fire up Queets River watershed

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A topographic map of the Queets River basin released today shows how the Paradise Fire has moved easterly from its initial… Continue reading

Fire boundaries are outlined in red in this map drafted from an infrared flyover shortly after midnight today (July 3). Click on the map to enlarge. Click on the arrow at right to read the map legend. U.S. Forest Service
Olympic Medical Center is developing plans to have a retaining wall retaining structure built into the bluff on the northwest edge of the hospital building in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic Medical Center plans retaining wall to minimize erosion

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center plans to build a retaining wall to minimize topsoil erosion on the northwest side of its building at 939… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center is developing plans to have a retaining wall retaining structure built into the bluff on the northwest edge of the hospital building in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Mina Bojarzin

SPORTS BRIEFS: Roughriders hosting youth football camp . . . Port Angeles Swim Club records fall at meet

Roughriders hosting football camp PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School football program is sponsoring a Roughrider Summer Football Camp for children in grades… Continue reading

Mina Bojarzin
Vote for your favorites in Swain's Little Slugger Photo Contest!

Vote for your favorites in Swain’s Little Slugger Photo Contest!

THE ENTRIES ARE in, and voting is under way to determine the winners of prizes in Swain's General Store's 58th anniversary Little Slugger Photo Contest!… Continue reading

Vote for your favorites in Swain's Little Slugger Photo Contest!

WEEKEND: Movies, concerts, more across region

Movies, concerts and other celebrations are among the attractions this Independence Day weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. For more on the Centrum Festival of… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Olympic Music Fest goes pops in Saturday, Sunday concerts

QUILCENE — George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and the nation’s best-known patriotic songs come together in the Olympic Music Festival’s Independence Day pops concerts this… Continue reading

A steel barrier marks the edge of a bluff above where the body of a woman was found on the beach at the end of West 10th Street in Port Angeles on Monday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Woman found dead on Port Angeles beach had been reported missing, ‘in crisis’

PORT ANGELES — A woman whose friends had reported her missing and emotionally “in crisis,” according to police reports, was found dead Monday night on… Continue reading

A steel barrier marks the edge of a bluff above where the body of a woman was found on the beach at the end of West 10th Street in Port Angeles on Monday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Your guide to Independence Day events across the Peninsula

Your guide to Independence Day events across the Peninsula

Fourth of July celebrations planned across the North Olympic Peninsula will offer fireworks, parades, picnics and concerts. The celebrations mark the 239th anniversary of the… Continue reading

Your guide to Independence Day events across the Peninsula
John Goar and two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society

Get lost in a starry sky! Free astronomy programs at Hurricane Ridge starting Sunday

PORT ANGELES — For the sixth consecutive summer, John Goar is leading a free astronomy program with telescopes at Hurricane Ridge, 17 miles up a… Continue reading

John Goar and two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society
Fire boundaries are outlined in red in this map drafted from an infrared flyover shortly after midnight today (July 3). Click on the map to enlarge. Click on the arrow at right to read the map legend. U.S. Forest Service

Map shows march of Olympic National Park fire up Queets River watershed

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A topographic map of the Queets River basin released today shows how the Paradise Fire has moved easterly from its initial… Continue reading

Fire boundaries are outlined in red in this map drafted from an infrared flyover shortly after midnight today (July 3). Click on the map to enlarge. Click on the arrow at right to read the map legend. U.S. Forest Service
A fundraiser: Help with July 4 Port Angeles fireworks show sought by Chamber of Commerce

A fundraiser: Help with July 4 Port Angeles fireworks show sought by Chamber of Commerce

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce, which is putting on the gala fireworks show that climaxes the town's Independence Day celebration… Continue reading

A fundraiser: Help with July 4 Port Angeles fireworks show sought by Chamber of Commerce
Olympic Crosscutters' first baseman Lane Dotson

BASEBALL: Crosscutters cut down Steilacoom

SEQUIM — The scheduled crew of umpires may not have shown up on time but the Olympic Crosscutters’ bats certainly did in a blowout win… Continue reading

Olympic Crosscutters' first baseman Lane Dotson
Brooke Nelson

BUSINESS BRIEF: Top agent is named by Port Angeles realty firm

PORT ANGELES — Brooke Nelson of Coldwell Banker Uptown Realty has earned the Agent of the Month for April. This is accomplished by producing the… Continue reading

Brooke Nelson
The musicians of Lobo Del Mar — in kilts — perform an Irish tune with dancers at the Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles on Wednesday.  —Photo by John Brewer/Peninsula Daily News

Concert on the Pier draws nearly 1,000, believed to be record, to see Lobo Del Mar perform

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Almost 1,000 people​ crowded onto the City Pier for Wednesday night's Concert on the Pier by Lobo Del Mar… Continue reading

The musicians of Lobo Del Mar — in kilts — perform an Irish tune with dancers at the Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles on Wednesday.  —Photo by John Brewer/Peninsula Daily News

FAITH BRIEFLY: Items about the Peninsula religious community

Church on the Pier services PORT ANGELES — Calvary Chapel will hold “Church on the Pier” at City Pier downtown at 11 a.m. Sundays, July… Continue reading