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Take advantage of The Money Tree in today’s PDN

PLUCK A BARGAIN from THE MONEY TREE . . . in today's print (and eEdition) Peninsula Daily News! And you can do it by phone.… Continue reading

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Workshop tonight in Sequim for those interested in running for Peninsula school boards

SEQUIM — North Olympic Peninsula residents interested in running for a public school board this year can attend a workshop tonight to learn more about… Continue reading

Arraignment reset to Friday in child pornography case

PORT ANGELES — A Forks man charged with possessing more than 270,000 images of child pornography will be arraigned Friday. William Otis Crippen, 57, is… Continue reading

Kasey Ulin

BASKETBALL: Nate Crippen Memorial Tournament results

Nate Crippen Memorial Tournament at Forks High School Team Awards Men's Upper Division First Place: Olympic Sporting Goods (Forks) Second Place: Spoons (Bellingham) Third Place:… Continue reading

Kasey Ulin
Firefighters with East Jefferson Fire-Rescue examine an outbuilding housing a small pool at a home west of Port Townsend that was damaged by fire Monday afternoon. (Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue)

Fire damages pool house near Port Townsend, but home spared thanks to owner’s return

PORT TOWNSEND — The early discovery of a fire in a pool house prevented damage to a home located on the bluffs west of Port… Continue reading

Firefighters with East Jefferson Fire-Rescue examine an outbuilding housing a small pool at a home west of Port Townsend that was damaged by fire Monday afternoon. (Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue)

NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim Prairie Grange Hall offers dance tonight . . . and other items

SEQUIM — No previous experience nor dance partner are required in the nightclub two-step dance classes at the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road,… Continue reading

SOFTBALL: Team-by-team preview capsules

PORT ANGELES — Some things change in North Olympic Peninsula high school softball, such as a new head coach in Forks and the re-establishment of… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members Jaine Macias

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles women’s basketball league . . . Port Angeles Swim Club records fall . . . Sequim baseball clinic rescheduled . . . spring break learn row clinic . . . adult coed soccer league . . . gymnasts prep for postseason

Port Angeles women's hoops league starts Monday PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department's women's basketball league for ages 16 and older… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members Jaine Macias

State Highway 112 knocked down to one lane twice in one day by mudslides near Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — State Highway 112 was reduced to a single lane twice Monday due to small mud and rock slides on the eastbound lane… Continue reading

Two outfalls on either side of Victoria Harbour show pipes that discharge untreated effluent into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A proposal to build Victoria's first treatment plant on McLoughlin Point was

Stink rising about Victoria sewage from both sides of border

North Olympic Peninsula residents for decades have had two 39-inch sewer outfall pipes pointing screened untreated effluent at them from Victoria. The outfalls serve the… Continue reading

Two outfalls on either side of Victoria Harbour show pipes that discharge untreated effluent into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A proposal to build Victoria's first treatment plant on McLoughlin Point was
Firefighters with East Jefferson Fire-Rescue examine an outbuilding housing a small pool at a home west of Port Townsend that was damaged by fire Monday afternoon. (Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue)

Fire damages pool house near Port Townsend, but home spared thanks to owner’s return

PORT TOWNSEND — The early discovery of a fire in a pool house prevented damage to a home located on the bluffs west of Port… Continue reading

Firefighters with East Jefferson Fire-Rescue examine an outbuilding housing a small pool at a home west of Port Townsend that was damaged by fire Monday afternoon. (Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue)

Arraignment set Friday for Forks man in child-porn case

PORT ANGELES — A Forks man charged with possessing more than 270,000 images of child pornography will be arraigned Friday. William Otis Crippen, 57, is… Continue reading

UPDATE: State Highway 112 back open after mudslides near Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — State Highway 112 was reduced to a single lane twice Monday due to small mud and rock slides on the eastbound lane… Continue reading

A 19-year-old woman was treated and released Sunday after this rollover wreck near the U.S. Highway 101 intersection with State Highway 112 west of Port Angeles. (Clallam County Fire District No. 2)

19-year-old treated, released after wreck near intersection of highways 101 and 112 west of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A 19-year-old woman was treated and released Sunday after a rollover wreck near the U.S. Highway 101 intersection with State Highway 112.… Continue reading

A 19-year-old woman was treated and released Sunday after this rollover wreck near the U.S. Highway 101 intersection with State Highway 112 west of Port Angeles. (Clallam County Fire District No. 2)
The submerged log beneath the Mora Road bridge on Saturday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News (Click on photo to enlarge))

UPDATED — Fishermen dumped into river near Forks after drift boat hits submerged log

EDITOR'S NOTE — This update fixes the names of the guide and his client and adds their home towns. A WEST END fishing guide and… Continue reading

The submerged log beneath the Mora Road bridge on Saturday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News (Click on photo to enlarge))
Jolene Millsap

COLLEGE SPORTS: North Olympic Peninsula graduates excel at University of Puget Sound track and field meet; Cray, Uvila help baseball teams earn sweeps

TACOMA — Cameron Braithwaite had three first-place showings and Jayson Brocklesby, Jolene Millsap and Hannah Hudson helped the Olympic College men and women place third… Continue reading

Jolene Millsap

BUSINESS BRIEFS: New charter bus line begins on Peninsula . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Cascadia Transportation Enterprises Inc., owned and operated by Willie Nelson of Port Angeles, has begun Northwest Passage Charters. It operates motor coaches… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

â–  Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St. This… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County eyes earthquake readiness

The three Clallam County commissioners will hear a briefing from the Emergency Management Department on a simulated magnitude-9.0 Cascadia subduction zone earthquake Monday. The work… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Conservation Futures panel to take tour

The Jefferson County Conservation Futures Committee will hold a special all-day meeting Friday. Attendees and participants will meet at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand, 22 Rhody… Continue reading