Time for you to decide: Best of Peninsula 2014 voting is underway

Time for you to decide: Best of Peninsula 2014 voting is underway

IT'S TIME AGAIN to vote for Best of the Peninsula 2014 in separate Clallam County and Jefferson County polling! For the third straight year, all… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2014
Time for you to decide: Best of Peninsula 2014 voting is underway
Darren Bachiu

4th UPDATE — Canadian paddleboard riders arrive in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Two Victoria paddleboard riders arrived in Port Angeles at about 12:30 p.m. today, tired and slightly frustrated because their attempt to cross… Continue reading

Darren Bachiu

Chimacum man booked for assault, robbery

PORT TOWNSEND — A Chimacum man was arrested Monday for allegedly pointing a replica firearm at a Port Hadlock man and cutting him on the… Continue reading

Ann and Steve Johnson dance to the tunes of Haywire at last week's Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles. Peninsula Daily News

Sequim Music in the Park 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today — and other open-air concerts this week across Peninsula

This week's schedule of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula: â–  SEQUIM MUSIC IN THE PARK — Tuesday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,… Continue reading

Ann and Steve Johnson dance to the tunes of Haywire at last week's Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles. Peninsula Daily News
Ann and Steve Johnson dance to the tunes of Haywire at last week's Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles. Peninsula Daily News

A summer bounty of open-air concerts this week across Peninsula

This week's schedule of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula: â–  SEQUIM MUSIC IN THE PARK — Tuesday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,… Continue reading

Ann and Steve Johnson dance to the tunes of Haywire at last week's Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles. Peninsula Daily News
A Jefferson County Fire-Rescue firefighter works one of the two Sunday brush fires.  —Photo by Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

‘Tis the season: Pair of brush fires in Jefferson County underscores dangers of summer season

PORT TOWNSEND — Two small brush fires in Jefferson County over the weekend are a reminder that people need to be especially aware of their… Continue reading

A Jefferson County Fire-Rescue firefighter works one of the two Sunday brush fires.  —Photo by Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue
Barbara Bukovnik

BUSINESS BRIEF — Nutritional therapist joins Panacea Spa in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Panacea Spa has expanded its services by hiring a nutritional therapist practitioner Barbara Bukovnik. Bukovnik has been licensed for more than three… Continue reading

Barbara Bukovnik

Change of command set Thursday aboard Coast Guard cutter Polar Star in Seattle

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star is scheduled to hold a private change of command ceremony Thursday at 10 a.m. aboard the cutter… 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 15, 2014
PDN's front page for today's Clallam County readers. There's more inside that isn't online!
COMING FRIDAY: North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide for the Aug. 5 primary election

COMING FRIDAY: North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide for the Aug. 5 primary election

Ballots for the all-mail primary election are mailed out in Jefferson and Clallam counties on Wednesday, arriving in most registered voters' mailboxes Thursday. And just… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2014
COMING FRIDAY: North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide for the Aug. 5 primary election
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue has received two thermal imaging cameras from the Seattle Fire Department. The devices are used to detect heat sources behind barriers. — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue receives pair of thermal imaging cameras from Seattle Fire Department

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue now has two more thermal imaging cameras to help firefighters quickly detect potentially dangerous situations. Firefighters use the hand-held… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue has received two thermal imaging cameras from the Seattle Fire Department. The devices are used to detect heat sources behind barriers. — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue
Peter Quinn speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday. —Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Economic development chief focuses on the young in remarks at Jefferson Chamber of Commerce meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — The perception that Jefferson County is full of elderly people is incorrect and harmful to its reputation, a speaker told Jefferson County… Continue reading

Peter Quinn speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday. —Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
First budget glimpse: Port Angeles schools may restore old cutbacks

First budget glimpse: Port Angeles schools may restore old cutbacks

PORT ANGELES — Positions that disappeared from Port Angeles schools could trickle back into classrooms and the counseling office for the 2014-15 school year. The… Continue reading

First budget glimpse: Port Angeles schools may restore old cutbacks
Dr. Joshua Jones

Mental health topic of lecture Thursday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The public is invited to hear about new directions in the treatment of mental illness at a free program at 7 p.m.… Continue reading

Dr. Joshua Jones
New Clallam air quality study shows largely clean air — except for occasional home wood-burning and motor vehicles

New Clallam air quality study shows largely clean air — except for occasional home wood-burning and motor vehicles

PORT ANGELES — Air quality in central and eastern Clallam County is generally good, but wood burning for home heating and transportation-related pollutants are contributing… Continue reading

New Clallam air quality study shows largely clean air — except for occasional home wood-burning and motor vehicles

NEWS BRIEF — Port Angeles High School releases list of honor roll students for second semester

PORT ANGELES — The following Port Angeles High School students earned honor roll status during semester two of 2014 by having a grade-point average of… Continue reading

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary to mark 20th anniversary at Wednesday’s Concert on the Pier in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES —The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will celebrate its 20th anniversary Wednesday by sponsoring a free party on City Pier, and everyone is… Continue reading

Owner fined $79,000 for clearing property on San Juan Island shore

The Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington state regulators have fined a property owner $79,000 for clearing sensitive shoreline on San Juan Island. The Department of… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2014
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The late Helen Miller and her small dog

Peninsula College foundation given gift of more than $17,000 for math, engineering scholarship

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College Foundation is the recipient of a gift of more than $17,000 to go toward an endowed scholarship for students… Continue reading

The late Helen Miller and her small dog

Port Townsend nurse suspended after allegations of practicing without license, using drugs prescribed to patient

PORT TOWNSEND — A registered nurse has been suspended by health officials for allegedly practicing without a valid license and diverting drugs. Elizabeth Whittaker, 55,… Continue reading