NEWS BRIEFS — Sequim studio offers music, space for meditation Friday . . . and other items

SEQUIM — The Village Heartbeat Studio, Zorina and Terrance Wolf's music and meditation space at 353 Chickadee Lane, will hold a free open house from… Continue reading

PDN begins introduction of online subscriptions for website

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS began a gradual introduction Monday of its new digital subscription system for its website, www.peninsuladailynews.com. “We're going at this slowly, testing as… Continue reading

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PORT ANGELES — Representatives of the Peninsula Daily News are available to speak to clubs, organizations and at other gatherings across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

Port Angeles men arrested in courthouse, Armory Square bomb scare

PORT ANGELES — City police have arrested two Port Angeles men suspected in a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the Clallam County Courthouse… Continue reading

The cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper mill in Port Angeles sits idle awaiting repairs Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles to pay Nippon $200,000 over utility tax disagreement

PORT ANGELES — The city will pay Nippon Paper Industries USA $200,000 to settle a claim after paper mill officials disagreed with the way the… Continue reading

The cogeneration plant at the Nippon Paper mill in Port Angeles sits idle awaiting repairs Tuesday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles to seek public comment on term limits for council members

PORT ANGELES — City staff plan to seek public input on possible changes to City Council term limits after a council member brought up the… Continue reading

Port Townsend High School students lobby on climate change in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A dozen Port Townsend High School seniors who hope to raise consciousness about global warming are in their third day of lobbying… Continue reading

Nora Mitchell

Port Townsend makes plans for raft of retirements on city staff

PORT TOWNSEND — The face of city senior staff is changing, with several new department heads and retirements expected in the next year. Some of… Continue reading

Nora Mitchell
State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month

State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state will hold lotteries this month for its coveted legal marijuana retail licenses. The state Liquor Control Board on… Continue reading

  • Apr 3, 2014
  • The Associated Press
State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month

UPDATED — Ex-Sequim high school coach likely to face charge in sex case

SEQUIM — A former assistant coach for the Sequim High School girls basketball team likely will face a charge after a 12-day police investigation found… Continue reading

State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month

State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state will hold lotteries this month for its coveted legal marijuana retail licenses. The state Liquor Control Board on… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2014
  • The Associated Press
State plans for pot-shop license lotteries coming later this month
Delaney Webb

Quilcene woman learns of fourth loved one’s death in Oso mudslide

QUILCENE — The Oso mudslide has left a gaping hole in Tamara Lenzen's family. The Quilcene-area resident learned Wednesday that the wall of mud that… Continue reading

Delaney Webb

Port Angeles men arrested in courthouse, Armory Square bomb scare

PORT ANGELES — City police have arrested two Port Angeles men suspected in a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the Clallam County Courthouse… Continue reading

Ben Johnson

Former Makah tribal chairman dies of heart attack

NEAH BAY — Ben Johnson, a former Makah tribal chairman, has died. The Neah Bay resident was 74 when he died of a heart attack… Continue reading

Ben Johnson
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Engineers patch Quinault tribe’s sea wall

The Associated Press TAHOLAH — The Quinault tribe says the Army Corps of Engineers patched the seawall at Taholah with 4,500 tons of rock. The… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2014
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Medical investigator Deb Hollis

3rd UPDATE — (with 68 photos) — Quest to ID remains brings mystery after mudslide

By LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the 300-acre mudslide near Oso — persons confirmed… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2014
  • By LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press
Medical investigator Deb Hollis
Medal of Honor recipients (from left) Capt. William Swenson

Medal of Honor recipients honored in ceremonies in Olympia

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The three most recent Medal of Honor recipients from Washington state were recognized Wednesday in a public ceremony at the… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2014
  • The Associated Press
Medal of Honor recipients (from left) Capt. William Swenson
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down limits on federal campaign contributions

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down limits on federal campaign contributions

c.2014 New York Times News Service via Peninsula Daily News WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major campaign finance decision, striking down… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2014
  • c.2014 New York Times News Service via Peninsula Daily News
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down limits on federal campaign contributions
“Surroundings: Painting Nature's Chaos” brings Greg Navratil's vibrant

Artist paints vibrancy of ‘nature’s chaos’ in Port Angeles exhibit to open Thursday; free talk, reception slated Friday

PORT ANGELES — Twenty-eight years ago, the artist boarded the train for Seattle, his bicycle in tow. Upon arrival, he toured the San Juan Islands,… Continue reading

“Surroundings: Painting Nature's Chaos” brings Greg Navratil's vibrant

BUSINESS BRIEF — Sequim landscaper passes state pesticide license exam

SEQUIM — Doug Cockburn, president of Landscapes by Cockburn Inc., 4950 Sequim-Dungeness Way, is now licensed to apply herbicides and insecticides in the state after… Continue reading