PHOTO: Soup, blankets given to homeless on Christmas Day

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PHOTO: Soup, blankets given to homeless on Christmas Day

Burk Alert, left, and Melissa Allen, both of Port Angeles, hand out the gift of a blanket and…

PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner

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PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner

The Forks area churches sponsored the “Feed the 5,000” dinner at the Forks Community Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Keeping warm while starting fresh: Sequim couple receives Peninsula Home Fund help

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Keeping warm while starting fresh: Sequim couple receives Peninsula Home Fund help

SEQUIM — Here in the Dungeness Valley, Michelle and John Bonifazio found the life they were looking for.…

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Eleven seek Clallam County Superior Court appointment

PORT ANGELES — Gov. Jay Inslee will appoint next month a new Clallam County Superior Court judge from…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Kadie Wood, left, and Grady Earls, both 13 of Forks, enjoy an afternoon skating on Saturday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village in downtown Port Angeles.

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Hundreds take to ice in Port Angeles for holiday skate

PORT ANGELES — Scores of ice skaters honed their skills in downtown Port Angeles while others sipped hot…

Shoppers flock to Port Townsend stores to close out Christmas shopping

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Shoppers flock to Port Townsend stores to close out Christmas shopping

PORT TOWNSEND — The streets of Port Townsend swelled with shoppers looking for last-minute gifts for young and…

PHOTO: Sequim High School Choir given donation

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PHOTO: Sequim High School Choir given donation

Students from the Sequim High School Choir recently accepted a donation of $500 from the Grand Olympics Chorus…

PHOTO: Jolly old elf joins Port Townsend Winter Window

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PHOTO: Jolly old elf joins Port Townsend Winter Window

PORT TOWNSEND — Santa and his reindeer fly above a snow-covered town in the display of the Winter…

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NEWS BRIEFS: State parks to hold free days in January

OLYMPIA — The state Parks and Recreation Commission recently announced that there will be two free days in…

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Federal program pays $1.4 million to pikeminnow anglers

SEATTLE — A program that pays anglers to catch a predator that eats young salmon and steelhead resulted…

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State’s DreamAhead education savings program has nearly $1 billion

SPOKANE — The state’s new DreamAhead savings program for education expenses has nearly a billion dollars in it,…

Land sale closes for Elwha Klallam hotel in Port Angeles

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Land sale closes for Elwha Klallam hotel in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Sale of city-owned property for a $20 million-$25 million four-story waterfront hotel in downtown Port…

Forks woman shaken but uninjured after pickup flips on Highway 101

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Forks woman shaken but uninjured after pickup flips on Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — A Forks woman was spared serious injury shortly before noon on Christmas day after her…

Jefferson County PUD to fix aging Port Ludlow power line

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Jefferson County PUD to fix aging Port Ludlow power line

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Utility District has authorized emergency repairs of the Swansonville Road Underground Power…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Peninsula crews finishing storm outages cleanup … and other items

Scattered electrical outages remained Sunday afternoon on the North Olympic Peninsula after crews had worked round-the-clock since Thursday’s…

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Community holiday feasts planned today and Tuesday on Olympic Peninsula

Free holiday meals are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula tonight — Christmas Eve — and Tuesday —…

Volunteers sought to plant trees near Salmon Creek

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Volunteers sought to plant trees near Salmon Creek

DISCOVERY BAY — The North Olympic Salmon Coalition is seeking volunteers to plant trees along Salmon Creek in…

PHOTO: ‘Material as Metaphor’ exhibit in Port Angeles

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PHOTO: ‘Material as Metaphor’ exhibit in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Fine Arts Center docent Laurie Reeve looks up biographical information on artist Caroline…

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Opponents decry new Snake River dams agreement to help salmon

KENNEWICK — A new agreement aims to boost salmon populations and preserve inexpensive power in hopes of ending…

First full-time chief takes stock at Clallam Fire District No. 4

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First full-time chief takes stock at Clallam Fire District No. 4

JOYCE — After a few months on the job as Joyce’s first full-time fire chief, Greg Waters said…