WEEKEND: Port Angeles, Sequim Lions to offer free health checks today, Saturday

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. The Port Angeles and Sequim Lions Clubs will offer free health screenings today and Saturday in… Continue reading

Port Townsend rock band Mood Ring will play at a rock 'n' roll show tonight at the Cellar Door. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Rock bands plan to get loud underground in Port Townsend tonight (Friday)

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. PORT TOWNSEND –– Get ready to get loud underground. Led by the all-girl outfit of Mood… Continue reading

Port Townsend rock band Mood Ring will play at a rock 'n' roll show tonight at the Cellar Door. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Seahawks rally, Tibetan dance, rhody garden tours among offerings on Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. A Seattle Seahawks rally, gun show, Tibetan dance and rhododendron garden tours are among the Labor… Continue reading

David King of Arlington arranges the camouflage on his Army jeep. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: War machines to swarm Port Townsend’s Artillery Hill starting today

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 29. PORT TOWNSEND — A military vehicle show featuring vintage combat machines will celebrate Fort Worden's military… Continue reading

David King of Arlington arranges the camouflage on his Army jeep. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
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What’s up on the Peninsula? Check out today’s PDN Page 1

WHEN YOU GET home delivery of the Peninsula Daily News, the digital comes free. Subscribers to the print PDN (Sunday through Friday or Friday/Sunday only)… Continue reading

  • Aug 29, 2014
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Hearings examiner denies permit for Carlsborg marijuana growing, processing operation

PORT ANGELES –– Clallam County Hearings Examiner Mark Nichols has affirmed a planning department decision to deny a conditional-use permit for a marijuana growing and… Continue reading

Olympic National Park adopts federal policy banning unmanned aircraft

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Unmanned aircraft are banned from within the boundaries of Olympic National Park unless there is written approval from Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum,… Continue reading

Chimacum High School Principal Whitney Meissner

Residents with ALS in family watch as Chimacum pours into ice water charity

CHIMACUM — After public dunkings of the principal, vice principal and athletic director, Chimacum High School had raised more than $100 in contributions to the… Continue reading

Chimacum High School Principal Whitney Meissner
The Enchanted Valley Chalet teeters on the eroding bank of the Quinault River in Olympic National Park. National Park Service

Enchanted Valley chalet move preparations begin Monday

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Work to prepare for the temporary relocation of the Enchanted Valley Chalet away from the East Fork of the Quinault River… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley Chalet teeters on the eroding bank of the Quinault River in Olympic National Park. National Park Service

Man arrested in burglary of Peak 6 Adventure Store south of Forks

PORT ANGELES — Sean V. Della was arrested Monday in the Aug. 8 burglary of the Peak 6 Adventure Store south of Forks. Della, 26,… Continue reading

Medical emergency causes wreck, backs up traffic in downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A 70-year-old woman was taken to Olympic Medical Center after falling ill while driving in downtown Port Angeles and hitting a pickup… Continue reading

PDN's front page for today's Clallam County readers. There's more inside that isn't online!

What’s up on the Peninsula? Check out today’s PDN Page 1

WHEN YOU GET home delivery of the Peninsula Daily News, the digital comes free. Subscribers to the print PDN (Sunday through Friday or Friday/Sunday only)… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2014
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Dirty Beat Duo band performs at the summer's last Concert on the Dock in Port Townsend tonight. (click on photo to enlarge)

Last Concert on the Dock in Port Townsend tonight . . . and Fort Flagler outdoor concert set for Sunday

HERE'S THE WEEK'S remaining schedule as free outdoor concerts wind down across the North Olympic Peninsula: ■ PORT TOWNSEND CONCERT ON THE DOCK (last in… Continue reading

Dirty Beat Duo band performs at the summer's last Concert on the Dock in Port Townsend tonight. (click on photo to enlarge)
Will Ulry of Olympia fires his muzzleloader at a metal turkey target on the range at the Slab Camp grounds south of Sequim during 2010's Mountain Man Rendezvous. Peninsula Daily News file photo

Mountain men re-enactors hold annual rendezvous in Sequim area this weekend

SEQUIM — The Green River Mountain Men will host the group's annual rendezvous on Slab Camp Road south of Sequim this weekend, with public activities… Continue reading

Will Ulry of Olympia fires his muzzleloader at a metal turkey target on the range at the Slab Camp grounds south of Sequim during 2010's Mountain Man Rendezvous. Peninsula Daily News file photo
In this image from the National Park Service webcam over Glines Canyon

Now that the dam is gone, debris lingers on the newly freed Elwha River [**VIDEO OF BLAST**]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — With the final piece of Glines Canyon Dam blasted away, demolition workers and others labored Wednesday to complete the final portion… Continue reading

In this image from the National Park Service webcam over Glines Canyon
John Goar with two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society

Tonight and Friday night — last call for stargazing programs at Hurricane Ridge

PORT ANGELES — Get lost in a spectacular sky. John Goar of the Olympic Astronomical Society is winding up his summer-long stars and planets shows… Continue reading

John Goar with two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society
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We have event-by-event judging results from Clallam, Jefferson county fairs

THE MANY WINNERS from this month's Jefferson County and Clallam County fairs are being posted on the Peninsula Daily News' website as the results are… Continue reading

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John Goar with two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society

Tonight and Friday night — last call for stargazing programs at Hurricane Ridge

PORT ANGELES — Get lost in a spectacular sky. John Goar of the Olympic Astronomical Society is winding up his summer-long stars and planets shows… Continue reading

John Goar with two of his telescopes. Olympic Astronomical Society
Will Ulry of Olympia fires his muzzleloader at a metal turkey target on the range at the Slab Camp grounds south of Sequim during 2010's Mountain Man Rendezvous. Peninsula Daily News file photo

Mountain men re-enactors hold annual rendezvous in Sequim area this weekend

CORRECTION — The Green River Mountain Men' annual rendezvous will be Friday through Monday and the public is welcome to visit the campsite, beginning Friday.… Continue reading

Will Ulry of Olympia fires his muzzleloader at a metal turkey target on the range at the Slab Camp grounds south of Sequim during 2010's Mountain Man Rendezvous. Peninsula Daily News file photo

Complaint filed against Clallam County auditor

SEATTLE — A Sequim-based state licensing subagent whose contract was terminated by Clallam County Auditor Patty Rosand filed a complaint against her Wednesday in U.S.… Continue reading