State group honors Tidepools literary magazine in its division

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s 2013 Tidepools magazine has won the best small budget literary magazine award from the Washington Community College Humanities Association. The… Continue reading

UPDATED — Logging truck spills load west of Port Angeles, driver unhurt

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man was uninjured after the log truck he was driving on U.S. Highway 101 near the Elwha River bridge… Continue reading

Michael T. Riley is shown in a photo released by the Clallam County Sheriff's Office on Friday before he surrendered.

UPDATED — Man wanted in purse-snatching in Port Angeles Walmart parking lot surrenders to sheriff’s deputies

PORT ANGELES — A man wanted after he allegedly stole a woman's purse in the Port Angeles Walmart parking lot on Wednesday has surrendered to… Continue reading

Michael T. Riley is shown in a photo released by the Clallam County Sheriff's Office on Friday before he surrendered.
WEEKEND: All-woman She's Not Dead at Port Townsend roadhouse

WEEKEND: All-woman She’s Not Dead at Port Townsend roadhouse

PORT TOWNSEND — She’s Not Dead, an all-woman band from Portland, Ore., will fill up the Highway 20 Road House with hard rock, pop and… Continue reading

WEEKEND: All-woman She's Not Dead at Port Townsend roadhouse
Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz

WEEKEND: Building blocks of food: See ‘Canstruction’ creations on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — They aren't just sculptures; they're also meals. Four teams have built sea-themed sculptures using only canned food at Peninsula Behavioral Health, 118.… Continue reading

Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz
Trio Latitude 41 — from left

WEEKEND: Chamber music fest starts Sunday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Trio Latitude 41, a piano-violin-cello ensemble, will begin the 2013-2014 Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival on Sunday with an afternoon of Schubert,… Continue reading

Trio Latitude 41 — from left
Ed Howe

WEEKEND: Contra dance set at Black Diamond Hall in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Nationally touring dance caller George Marshall, along with the band Perpetual E Motion, are about to join forces for a rare Monday… Continue reading

Ed Howe
Merryn Welch

WEEKEND: Hard-hitting show to take Alle Stage

PORT ANGELES — Following the “Bare, Naked Souls” photography exhibit last weekend, a performance-art event of the same name will come to the Alle Stage… Continue reading

Merryn Welch
The Sequim High School thespians are poised for their final two performances of Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Sequim High Performing Arts Center tonight and Saturday. Jim Heintz

WEEKEND: Only two performances of ‘Taming of the Shrew’ left

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Nov. 15. SEQUIM — “The Taming of the Shrew,” Shakespeare's battle of the sexes, is playing at the… Continue reading

The Sequim High School thespians are poised for their final two performances of Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Sequim High Performing Arts Center tonight and Saturday. Jim Heintz

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Nov. 15. An English country dance, Reading for Hunger Relief and a lecture about shipwrecks are among the… Continue reading

Alisha Dall'Osto's painting “In Preparation” is among the works in the new “Art Convergence” show at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.

WEEKEND: Port Angeles Fine Arts Center to host ‘Convergence’ reception

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Nov. 15. PORT ANGELES — A convergence of art from across the North Olympic Peninsula and beyond will… Continue reading

Alisha Dall'Osto's painting “In Preparation” is among the works in the new “Art Convergence” show at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.
Sierra Stack plays therapist Charlotte while Quinton Cornell is Bruce

WEEKEND: Port Angeles play at college takes issues ‘Beyond Therapy’

PORT ANGELES — This sweet young couple, seeking help with their relationship issues, hits a glitch. The therapists want to help but have issues of… Continue reading

Sierra Stack plays therapist Charlotte while Quinton Cornell is Bruce
“Inspecting Carol

WEEKEND: Preview performance of ‘Inspecting Carol’ is Sunday

SEQUIM — Uh-oh. The National Endowment for the Arts has sent an inspector to Olympic Theatre Arts, just as the local thespians are putting on… Continue reading

“Inspecting Carol
Pamela Adams

Adams to serve on Port Townsend City Council after lead widens in today’s ballot count

PORT TOWNSEND— Harold Sherwood has conceded to Pamela Adams after the margin between two candidates in a close Port Townsend City Council race widened slightly… Continue reading

Pamela Adams

Auditions for Port Ludlow productions scheduled

PORT LUDLOW — The Ludlow Village Players will hold auditions for the plays “Drinking Habits” and “The Gazebo” next Tuesday and Thursday at separate locations… Continue reading

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at ‘The Bear’ in Sequim

WEEKDAY BREAKFAST CUSTOMERS at the Black Bear Diner in Sequim are getting something FREE with their entrée. Can you guess what that is? Read more… Continue reading

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim
Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz

Building blocks of food: ‘Canstruction’ contest to be judged today

PORT ANGELES — They aren’t just sculptures; they’re also meals. Four teams have built sea-themed sculptures using only canned food at Peninsula Behavioral Health, 118.… Continue reading

Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz
Deborah Kelly

Clallam County prosecuting attorney to step down Dec. 31

PORT ANGELES — Deborah Kelly, Clallam County’s elected Prosecuting Attorney since January 2003, announced today (Friday) that she will step down at the end of… Continue reading

Deborah Kelly

Clallam Public Utility District plans new headquarters [Corrected]

CARLSBORG — Clallam County Public Utility District officials expect to spend about $10.2 million in the coming years to consolidate headquarters and build new space… Continue reading

Clallam Toys for Tots drive starts today

PORT ANGELES — Starting today, volunteers from the Mount Olympus Detachment No. 897 Marine Corps League will place U.S. Marine Reserve Toys for Tots donation… Continue reading