Greg Scherer

Port Angeles’ waterfront businesses holding fast as construction continues

PORT ANGELES — Strolling along West Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles isn’t as easy as it used to be because construction crews are working… Continue reading

Greg Scherer
Earl Gann and his daughter

Record 470 find help at Homeless Connect

PORT ANGELES — More than 470 took advantage of services offered at Friday's Project Homeless Connect in what the coordinator said was the best-attended of… Continue reading

Earl Gann and his daughter
In their bright red spawning colors

Salmon use magnetic maps to guide their homeward journey, study says

By The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Salmon have long been known to use their sense of smell to find their home river when… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2013
  • By The Associated Press
In their bright red spawning colors
Emily Balser

Sentient statues breathe life into reopening of Webster’s Woods [ *** GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — A light drizzle did not dampen the spirits of the roughly dozen people who turned out for Saturday's grand reopening of the… Continue reading

Emily Balser
Mike Wanner of Mike’s Bikes in Sequim is changing his shop’s name because a California chain trademarked the “Mike’s Bikes” name.  -- Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

The name game: Sequim retailer would rather switch than fight

SEQUIM –– Mike Wanner, who placed his own moniker on the bike shop he opened 12 years ago, has been told he doesn’t have the… Continue reading

Mike Wanner of Mike’s Bikes in Sequim is changing his shop’s name because a California chain trademarked the “Mike’s Bikes” name.  -- Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

This week’s North Olympic Peninsula business meetings, and other business briefs

This week's North Olympic Peninsula business meetings (all are open to the public): Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Weekly luncheon meetings are held… Continue reading

Susan Feiro

Wife of marine lab founder dies at 82

PORT ANGELES — Susan Feiro, the wife of Feiro Marine Life Center co-founder and namesake Arthur Feiro, has died. She was 82. Mrs. Feiro died… Continue reading

Susan Feiro
In their bright red spawning colors

Salmon use magnetic maps to guide their homeward journey, study says

By The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Salmon have long been known to use their sense of smell to find their home river when… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2013
  • By The Associated Press
In their bright red spawning colors

Centrum receives marketing grant

PORT TOWNSEND — Centrum, the multidisciplinary nonprofit arts organization based at Fort Worden State Park, has received a two-year $45,000 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation… Continue reading

Apply for Clallam master gardener training — deadline Thursday

PORT ANGELES —The deadline for applications for the 2013 Washington State University Master Gardener training is Thursday. WSU-Clallam County Extension-sponsored weekly sessions will start Wednesday,… Continue reading

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Nominate volunteers for Clallam County Community Service Award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Clallam County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Nominate your community hero for Jefferson County Heart of Service award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Jefferson County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Linda Benson of Sequim holds a Vietnam War-era POW bracelet bearing the name of Navy Cmdr. Vincent Monroe and a pencil rubbing made from the Vietnam War Memorial in Burlington. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim woman returns POW’s bracelet to his son

PORT ANGELES — It's been four decades since Linda Benson bought a prisoner-of-war bracelet at a Bellevue-area mall. The Sequim woman learned this week that… Continue reading

Linda Benson of Sequim holds a Vietnam War-era POW bracelet bearing the name of Navy Cmdr. Vincent Monroe and a pencil rubbing made from the Vietnam War Memorial in Burlington. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Snowshoeing at Hurricane Ridge — top to bottom

WEEKEND: How to snowshoe at Hurricane Ridge

EDITOR'S NOTE: — For more information, click on our Peninsula Family article on "Play in the Snow —Winter Walks," https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/section/pdntabs#penfam . Also, a YouTube video… Continue reading

Snowshoeing at Hurricane Ridge — top to bottom
Pete Langley holds a form similar to items stolen from Port Townsend Foundry on Tuesday or early Wednesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

$100,000 in metal burglarized from Port Townsend business

PORT TOWNSEND — Thieves took an estimated $100,000 in metal from Port Townsend Foundry this week, the owner said. The burglary at 231 Otto St.… Continue reading

Pete Langley holds a form similar to items stolen from Port Townsend Foundry on Tuesday or early Wednesday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Matthew Kevin McDaniel enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Thursday for a first appearance. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Man accused of deputy assault to have mental assessment

PORT ANGELES — A 27-year-old Sequim transient charged with assaulting a sheriff's deputy and who was mistakenly released from jail Monday, then turned himself in… Continue reading

Matthew Kevin McDaniel enters Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles on Thursday for a first appearance. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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Nominate volunteers for Clallam County Community Service Award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Clallam County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Nominate your community hero for Jefferson County Heart of Service award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Jefferson County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

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Olympic Medical Center prepares for digital switch

PORT ANGELES — Fewer than three months before going live with a state-of-the-art electronic health records system, Olympic Medical Center commissioners have approved $1.5 million… Continue reading

Michael Clark

Organization tries to rescue boat from rocks near Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Vessel Assist of Port Hadlock worked Thursday to dislodge a boat from rocks after the small sloop anchored outside the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Michael Clark