Leah Speser, J.D., Ph.D., of Port Townsend is the Peninsula College Board of Trustees’ newest member. She was appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in January. (Peninsula College)

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Declining enrollment, lack of state dollars key to college cuts

Tensions discussed between administrators, staff at trustees meeting

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Memorial Day services set for this weekend

Ceremony for Medal of Honor recipient slated for Saturday

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Hood Canal Bridge closures canceled

SHINE — The state Department of Transportation has canceled overnight closures of the Hood Canal Bridge on state…

Percussionist Dominic Patry plays for the Northwinds Homeschool Band at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho.

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Northwinds Homeschool Band to play at Field Hall

PORT ANGELES — The Northwinds Homeschool Band will finish it 2025-2026 season with a concert at 7 p.m.…

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Charges filed in murder case

King to be arraigned during Friday hearing

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Clallam County settles with Port Angeles Hardwood

Dispute centered on assessed property values dating back to 2020

Paula Watson, director of Peninsula College’s dental hygiene program, shows visitors the school’s nearly completed dental clinic, where the first cohort of 10 students will begin learning radiology, digital imaging, teeth cleaning and other preventive dental care as part of the new program that will launch this fall. The college developed the program with significant financial support from U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Seattle, and from Delta Dental of Washington to help workforce shortages and address gaps in dental care. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula College to launch new dental program this fall

Federal funding helps get two-year program started in Port Angeles

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Peninsula backpacking basics

IT WAS ONE of those days I waited for all winter. There was not a cloud in the…

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Crescent schools name its leader

Lundvick to replace the retiring Bingham

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Clallam County, city of Port Angeles nearing criminal justice agreements

County splitting services into multiple contracts

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Photography exhibit to be featured at Studium Generale

PORT ANGELES — Holli Margell will present “Memory Thread” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday as part of the Studium…

Laura E. Garrard reads poetry at the Dungeness River Nature Center on Dec. 6, 2025. (Thomas A. Thomas)

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Port Angeles poets to launch books with reading at fine arts center

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles poets Linda B. Myers and Laura E. Garrard will launch their new chapbooks…

Nat Geo Live series set Thursday at Field Hall

PORT ANGELES — Gregg Treinish will present “National Geographic Live: Adventure for Change” at 7 p.m. Thursday as…

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Juan de Fuca Festival set for three-day schedule

PORT ANGELES — The 33rd Juan de Fuca Festival will start at noon Friday and continue through Sunday…

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Alpaca shearing class to be conducted this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Clint Godwin and Corry McAtee will teach alpaca shearing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.…

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Public comment period open for former K Ply site

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Ecology has opened a public comment period on a review of…

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Port Angeles man facing murder charge

Documents: DNA evidence links King to crime scene

Phillip Beck, the sales manger at Wilder Toyota, pulls the winning duck from a Wilder truck and hands it to be checked to Bruce Skinner, the executive director of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The sales of the 29,152 ducks will support the foundation’s purchase of needed medical equipment at the hospital. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Sequim man wins top prize in Great Peninsula Duck Derby

Wilder Auto donates a Toyota Corolla for fundraising event

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Program director among several changes at Five Acre School

Multiple open positions listed on nonprofit’s website

Intern Kiah Brown displays a European green crab, one of more than 300 caught in the first couple of weeks of trapping at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. (Michael Dashiell)

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Volunteers remove invasive European green crab

Dungeness Nature Alliance aids effort to preserve habitat on Dungeness Spit