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July 11 designated as day to rid your no-good home electronics with fundraiser near Sequim

July 11 designated as day to rid your no-good home electronics with fundraiser near Sequim

SEQUIM — Household electronics can be recycled at a fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 11. The fundraiser by the Bluebills in cooperation… Continue reading

July 11 designated as day to rid your no-good home electronics with fundraiser near Sequim

Measles exposure at unnamed community clinic, not OMC

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County woman who died of measles this spring was exposed to the highly contagious virus at a community clinic in… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Lincoln High teachers honored, Volunteer of the Quarter, apply for Soroptimist grant . . . and other items for you to know

Teachers rewarded with use of donated leased vehicle PORT ANGELES — Four Lincoln High School teachers — Hillary Allen, Coco Carlson, Tyler Jones and Everett… Continue reading

Poets to share, explore haiku at reading in Port Townsend this week

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwind Reading Series will present an evening devoted to haiku poetry this Thursday at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District awarded AmeriCorps grant

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District has been awarded $219,200 for the first year in a three-year grant cycle to… 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

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
George Washington Inn (Click on image to enlarge)

Revolutionary War muskets and lavender combine for festivals at Port Angeles luxury B&B

PORT ANGELES — Re-enactments of the famous “shot heard round the world” on April 19, 1775, at Concord, Mass., and the battles of Lexington and… Continue reading

George Washington Inn (Click on image to enlarge)
UPDATED — Firefighters battle brush fire southwest of Brinnon; copter called in

UPDATED — 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

UPDATED — Firefighters battle brush fire southwest of Brinnon; copter called in
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!
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