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Extravaganza continues today at Port Angeles businesses. Chance to win $3,000 shopping spree.

PORT ANGELES — A shopper at any of the participating 30 Port Angeles businesses could win a $3,000 shopping spree during the 2012 Holiday Extravaganza,… Continue reading

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Ric Munhall

Final shows slated for ‘Cotton Patch Gospel’ today, Wednesday

SEQUIM — With Harry Chapin's country music played live on stage and a small band of highly animated actors, “Cotton Patch Gospel” tells an old… Continue reading

Ric Munhall

Free entry to Olympic National Park today and Monday

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park will waive entrance fees for all visitors today and Monday in honor of active-duty military and veterans. “We are… Continue reading

JEFFERSON COUNTY: Federal government 'elephant in living room' after state pot legalization

JEFFERSON COUNTY: Federal government ‘elephant in living room’ after state pot legalization

PORT TOWNSEND — Law enforcement officials are wrestling with the implications of newly approved statewide Initiative 502, which on Dec. 6 legalizes possession of up… Continue reading

JEFFERSON COUNTY: Federal government 'elephant in living room' after state pot legalization
Jefferson County Auditor Donna Eldridge

JEFFERSON: General election victories sustained after second count

PORT TOWNSEND — As predicted by Jefferson County Auditor Donna Eldridge on Tuesday night, the initial winners sustained their general election victories after a count… Continue reading

Jefferson County Auditor Donna Eldridge
NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA — Pot enforcement put on hold for small amounts — except on federal lands

NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA — Pot enforcement put on hold for small amounts — except on federal lands

Misdemeanor cases of marijuana possession will be dropped in Washington's largest counties after voters legalized the drug last week. King County will drop 175 cases,… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2012
NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA — Pot enforcement put on hold for small amounts — except on federal lands

Octopus hunting ban? Why are owls attacking? Who shot the swan?

By The Associated Press Octopus hunting ban? SEATTLE — The state Fish and Wildlife Department says it will consider banning octopus hunting near popular Seattle… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2012
  • By The Associated Press

Partial closure of Waterfront Trail begins Monday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A section of the Waterfront Trail between the east and west sides of the Rayonier property will be closed beginning Monday. The… Continue reading

This product image released by Berjuan Toys shows a girl playing with The Breast Milk Baby doll. The breastfeeding doll

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Breastfeeding baby doll with halter top for little girls reaches U.S. market

By Leanne Italie The Associated Press NEW YORK — We’ve got dolls that wet, crawl and talk. We’ve got dolls with perfect hourglass figures. We’ve… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2012
  • By Leanne Italie The Associated Press
This product image released by Berjuan Toys shows a girl playing with The Breast Milk Baby doll. The breastfeeding doll
Retired Coast Guard officers Diana Wickman

Peninsula wedding plans blossom following passage of same-sex marriage referendum

SEQUIM — Happy Valley residents Diana Wickman and Judy Persall hope to get married as the new year begins, now that the passage of Referendum… Continue reading

Retired Coast Guard officers Diana Wickman

Port Hadlock man hurt crossing highway in wheelchair

PORT HADLOCK — A 68-year-old Port Hadlock man was injured Friday morning after he was struck by a van while crossing state Highway 116 in… Continue reading

Quilcene fire recall election Tuesday

QUILCENE — After 16 months of controversy, the recall of two Quilcene Fire District commissioners is coming down to an election Tuesday. “At this point,… Continue reading

Some beaches open for shellfish

Port Townsend Bay, Oak Bay, Admiralty Inlet and North Hood Canal have reopened for recreational shellfishing. Levels of the marine biotoxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish… Continue reading

Stolen parts recovered in Port Angeles van theft

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police officers and Clallam County sheriff’s detectives have recovered many of the vehicle parts found stripped from a van reported… Continue reading

Jim Pickett/Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club

Veterans Day spirit: 275 flags line two blocks of Sequim residential area

American flags line two blocks of Fir and Spruce streets this Veterans Day weekend, courtesy of Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club. Sequim Sunrise Rotarian Jim Pickett… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2012
Jim Pickett/Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club
The Medal of Honor. Click on icon below for photos of the Medal of Honor recipients.

Veterans Day tribute: North Olympic Peninsula Medal of Honor heroes [**PHOTO GALLERY**]

EDITOR'S NOTE: This column by PDN Senior Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb first appeared Nov. 10, 2000. We republish an updated version every Veterans Day. A… Continue reading

The Medal of Honor. Click on icon below for photos of the Medal of Honor recipients.
The “Spirit of America” hot-air balloon stands to its full height Saturday at the Sequim Valley Airport. Owner Crystal Stout

Where you can honor a veteran today and Monday on the North Olympic Peninsula

Veterans will be recognized in ceremonies across the North Olympic Peninsula today and Monday. Here are scheduled events, listed by community. Port Angeles Regional ceremony… Continue reading

The “Spirit of America” hot-air balloon stands to its full height Saturday at the Sequim Valley Airport. Owner Crystal Stout
Editorial cartoon in Friday's print edition of the Peninsula Daily News.

With North Olympic Peninsula Pot — Washington state, Colorado officials await federal response to their states’ legalization of marijuana

By KRISTEN WYATT The Associated Press DENVER — Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2012
  • By KRISTEN WYATT The Associated Press
Editorial cartoon in Friday's print edition of the Peninsula Daily News.

With Peninsula Wedding Plans — New same-sex marriage law takes effect next month (‘Spouse A,’ ‘Spouse B’ and other changes)

By RACHEL LA CORTE The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Now that sate voters have upheld a state law passed earlier this year allowing same-sex marriage… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2012
  • By RACHEL LA CORTE The Associated Press

Benefit to make for sweet Saturday at Boys & Girls Club

SEQUIM — Most days, the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula is full of hundreds of children, but Saturday… Continue reading