More news at troubled Sequim Museum & Arts Center — executive director resigns, new trustees scramble to keep exhibit center open

More news at troubled Sequim Museum & Arts Center — executive director resigns, new trustees scramble to keep exhibit center open

SEQUIM –– With the departures of the executive director, all but one employee and several volunteer staffers, the new board of trustees for the Museum… Continue reading

More news at troubled Sequim Museum & Arts Center — executive director resigns, new trustees scramble to keep exhibit center open
Margaret Jakubcin

North Olympic Library System board promotes from within for top post

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System's current assistant director will take over the reins of the system in July. The system's Board of… Continue reading

Margaret Jakubcin
Obamacare sign-ups in Washington state still due by Monday

Obamacare sign-ups in Washington state still due by Monday

Peninsula Daily News news sources EDITOR'S NOTE — Use the search box (above) to find more Washington Health Benefit Exchange stories (including those about how… Continue reading

  • Mar 30, 2014
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Obamacare sign-ups in Washington state still due by Monday
John LeClerc

Park View Villas holds grand reopening to mark end of construction project

PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas held a “grand reopening” celebration to mark the end of its three-year, three-phase construction project. “We are very excited… Continue reading

  • Mar 30, 2014
John LeClerc
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
Naturalist Bob Boekelheide has led countless bird walks in and around Sequim

PENINSULA PROFILE: He leads the flock to see our feathered friends

It's shortly after 8 a.m., and 15 people are walking along the Dungeness River. Suddenly, a chitter fills the air, and faces turn skyward. “Listen.… Continue reading

Naturalist Bob Boekelheide has led countless bird walks in and around Sequim
Barry Alan Swegle

Plea offer still in works in Port Angeles bulldozer rampage case

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County Superior Court hearing to determine the competency of man accused of driving through houses in east Port Angeles with… Continue reading

Barry Alan Swegle
Marc Jackson

Port Angeles schools superintendent-designate eager to start

PORT ANGELES — Marc Jackson has landed a dream job in a place he calls “paradise.” Jackson, the next superintendent of the Port Angeles School… Continue reading

Marc Jackson

Retired engineer from Sequim who died in the Bogachiel River loved the outdoors

FORKS — A retired engineer who moved to Sequim with his wife just a month ago and whose body was found in the Bogachiel River… Continue reading

Sequim's noted palm tree is planted in its new home by Sequim Big Trees' Big John 90 tree transplanter Saturday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim palm tree has new home across street

SEQUIM –– After almost 40 years of standing in front of City Hall, Sequim's signature palm tree has a new home — across the street.… Continue reading

Sequim's noted palm tree is planted in its new home by Sequim Big Trees' Big John 90 tree transplanter Saturday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Today's PDN front page for our Clallam County readers.

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OUR WEBSITE, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights — but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40 percent more stories and photos. And there… Continue reading

  • Mar 30, 2014
Today's PDN front page for our Clallam County readers.
Olympic Medical Center is first on a personal-finance site's ranking of state hospitals. Peninsula Daily News

Website ranks Olympic Medical Center as most affordable hospital in state

PORT ANGELES — A personal-finance website has ranked Olympic Medical Center as the most affordable hospital in the state. The website, www.NerdWallet.com, analyzed common treatments… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center is first on a personal-finance site's ranking of state hospitals. Peninsula Daily News

What’s happening with plans for ‘PA United’?

PORT ANGELES — Will there ever be a “PA United”? Representatives from three business organizations will meet three times in the next month to discuss… Continue reading

More news at troubled Sequim Museum & Arts Center — executive director resigns, new trustees scramble to keep exhibit center open

SEQUIM –– With the departures of the executive director, all but one employee and several volunteer staffers, the new board of trustees for the Museum… Continue reading

Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of the deadly mudslide. The Associated Press (click on photo to enlarge)

4th UPDATE — Number of missing drops from 90 to 30, confirmed mudslide death toll rises to 18, as grim searchers work in rain and muck

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — A list with photos of known victims of the mile-wide mudslide near… Continue reading

  • Mar 29, 2014
  • By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press
Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of the deadly mudslide. The Associated Press (click on photo to enlarge)
Flags on the National Mall represented the hundreds of veterans who have committed suicide this year. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

Using flags in Washington, D.C., to focus on veterans’ suicides

By JADA F. SMITH c.2014 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — Volunteers in dark green hooded sweatshirts spread out across the National Mall, planting… Continue reading

  • Mar 29, 2014
  • By JADA F. SMITH c.2014 New York Times News Service
Flags on the National Mall represented the hundreds of veterans who have committed suicide this year. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

Retired engineer from Sequim who died in the Bogachiel River loved the outdoors

FORKS — A retired engineer who moved to Sequim with his wife just a month ago and whose body was found in the Bogachiel River… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center is first on a personal-finance site's ranking of state hospitals. Peninsula Daily News

Website ranks Olympic Medical Center as most affordable hospital in state

PORT ANGELES — A personal-finance website has ranked Olympic Medical Center as the most affordable hospital in the state. The website, www.NerdWallet.com, analyzed common treatments… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center is first on a personal-finance site's ranking of state hospitals. Peninsula Daily News
Barry Alan Swegle

Plea offer still in works in Port Angeles bulldozer rampage case

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County Superior Court hearing to determine the competency of man accused of driving through houses in east Port Angeles with… Continue reading

Barry Alan Swegle

Donations, cash stolen from Port Angeles espresso shop

PORT ANGELES — City police plan to review surveillance camera footage from businesses surrounding an espresso stand along U.S. Highway 101 after someone stole about… Continue reading