Arts in Action, sand sculpture contest in Port Angeles pushed back until September this year

PORT ANGELES — What happened to Arts in Action and the sand sculpture contest? Nor’wester Rotary’s annual arts and crafts festival, which has been held… Continue reading

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

Check out today’s PDN Page 1. (And activate your access to 24/7 local news coverage)

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

  • Jul 26, 2014
PDN's front page for today's Clallam County readers. There's more inside that isn't online!

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office: Beware of phone scam using jury duty ploy

PORT ANGELES — It's a scam, the Clallam County Sheriff's Office says. If you get a call purportedly from a deputy asking for personal information,… Continue reading

Discovery Bay closed to shellfish harvesting as diarrhetic shellfish poisoning risk rises

PORT TOWNSEND — Discovery Bay has been closed to recreational harvesting of all species of shellfish because of the risk of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, Jefferson… Continue reading

Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don't need a purple camera!)

Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don’t need a purple camera!)

HAVE YOU CAPTURED an incredible lavender picture? An expansive purple field in Sequim? A family meandering among the flowers? The majestic Olympic Mountains and a… Continue reading

  • Jul 26, 2014
Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don't need a purple camera!)

See stars, planets from Hurricane Ridge — free nightly astronomy programs

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. PORT ANGELES — A free astronomy program with telescopes continues at Hurricane Ridge, one of the… Continue reading

  • Jul 26, 2014
The Lady Washington will make a three-day stop at the Port Ludlow Marina in August

Tall ships to visit Port Ludlow for three-days starting Aug. 5

PORT LUDLOW — The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain will make a three-day stop during their summer tour of Puget Sound ports. The… Continue reading

  • Jul 26, 2014
The Lady Washington will make a three-day stop at the Port Ludlow Marina in August
Motor vehicle traffic on U.S. Highway 101 travels through the 50 mph speed zone in front of 7 Cedars casino in Blyn on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

U.S. Highway 101 speed limit to be lowered to 45 mph as it passes through Blyn

BLYN — The speed limit is coming down on U.S. Highway 101 through Blyn. The state Department of Transportation announced Thursday that the limit will… Continue reading

Motor vehicle traffic on U.S. Highway 101 travels through the 50 mph speed zone in front of 7 Cedars casino in Blyn on Thursday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Biologists to share tips on clam digging Saturday in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — Tips on digging for your dinner will be presented at 10 a.m. Saturday. Biologists Camille Speck and Doug Rogers will give a… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Diabetes risk screening set Saturday at Port Angeles Farmers Market

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College nursing students will join volunteers and staff from the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics free clinic to provide screening… Continue reading

Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

WEEKEND: Pato Banton to bring positive reggae message to Port Angeles on Sunday

PORT ANGELES –– The wise owl is here to share the reggae gospel. Pato Banton and the Now Generation bring back their deep-rooted reggae sounds… Continue reading

Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

WEEKEND: Relay For Life to take field Saturday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Relay For Life of Jefferson County will present 24 hours of music and competitions this weekend at Memorial Field to raise… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Sea star survey, dog show, band performance among offerings on Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. Dog shows, a sea star survey and a summer band performance that also provides a little… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Songwriting forum, concert set Sunday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– The sirens are calling you to a special concert and songwriting forum Sunday. “Sirens Sing: A Two-Part Collaborative Event on the Art… Continue reading

WEEKEND: The Senate to convene Saturday with acoustic set at Port Angeles winery . . . and other entertainment briefs

PORT ANGELES –– Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell likely won’t be there, but The Senate will convene a special North Olympic Peninsula session. The… Continue reading

Dr. Charles Brandt

Work at Sequim’s Battelle lab ‘critical,’ director tells chamber of commerce

SEQUIM –– While researchers at Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory work on projects to protect and study the natural environment around Sequim, their focus, the… Continue reading

Dr. Charles Brandt
River Carey of Port Townsend

UPDATE — First legal recreational pot bought on Peninsula

DISCOVERY BAY –– River Carey of Port Townsend purchased the first legal recreational marijuana on the North Olympic Peninsula at Sea Change Cannabis in Discovery… Continue reading

River Carey of Port Townsend
From video of the Fidalgo Island rescue. Coast Guard/Port Angeles

UPDATED — 9 kayakers — including 7 children — hoisted to safety off Fidalgo Island (with video)

ANACORTES — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Port Angeles and the Navy worked together Thursday afternoon to rescue nine people — seven children and… Continue reading

From video of the Fidalgo Island rescue. Coast Guard/Port Angeles
Veterans memorial services in Port Angeles at 1 p.m. today

Veterans memorial services in Port Angeles at 1 p.m. today

PORT ANGELES — This month's memorial for Clallam County veterans and members of the military who died recently will be conducted at Veterans Park on… Continue reading

Veterans memorial services in Port Angeles at 1 p.m. today

Arts in Action, sand sculpture contest in Port Angeles pushed back until September this year

PORT ANGELES — What happened to Arts in Action and the sand sculpture contest? Nor’wester Rotary’s annual arts and crafts festival, which has been held… Continue reading