Life

BIRD WATCH: What’s in a name? Quite a lot, actually

A FRIEND SENT me a newspaper clipping recently. It was from a newspaper in Alabama and carried an…

$1 million bail set for Port Angeles man after shootout with police

Crime

$1 million bail set for Port Angeles man after shootout with police

PORT ANGELES — Bail has been set at $1 million for a Port Angeles man charged after a…

Ramona Ward

Crime

Joint trial mulled in 2-year-old’s death in Forks

PORT ANGELES — A mother and daughter, both Quileute tribal members, may be tried together in the death…

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

News

OMC welcomes visitors at new Medical Office Building with tours, health fair

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center’s new $20.6 million Medical Office Building was christened Saturday with dignitaries offering…

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Toastmasters to celebrate 70th this Monday … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Toastmasters Club Number 25 will celebrate its 70th anniversary as a service club…

Politics

State Legislature to start special session Monday

By Rachel La Corte

Members of the Sequim School District’s Strategic Planning Committee discuss issues at a recent meeting. From left are Jon Eekhoff, Brian Berg, Nola Judd, Charlie Bush, Monica Dixon and David Updike. (Patsene Dashiell/Sequim School District)

News

Sequim schools, advocates look to the future

SEQUIM — The next session of the Sequim School District’s Strategic Planning Committee will be April 24.

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and…

News

Best small town contest ends Monday

Port Townsend has been creeping up in rankings while Sequim remained in the lead in USA Today’s online…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Not reporting the news at all just as egregious as misreporting it

“When it comes to the obligations of the Fourth Estate, just as egregious as misreporting the news is…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: All of a sudden, we need extra sales tax to fund road repairs?

Wow, Port Angeles’ city streets need repair, said the Port Angeles City Council at its April 4 meeting,…

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Food says what you can’t when times are tough

Life

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Food says what you can’t when times are tough

HOW DO YOU show your support when someone is hurting?

Life

HELP LINE: There are ways to get extra help

MONEY, MONEY MONEY.

William Kummerfeldt greets and learns how to safely give a treat by using a Frisbee as a plate at the Olympic National Park Junior Ranger Day at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center. The Back Country Horsemen Peninsula Chapter was there to promote trail safety when encountering livestock. (Kris Phillips)

Life

HORSEPLAY: Remember to Stop, Stand, Speak on trails

Y’ALL HAVE HEARD about the Leave No Trace Program, right?

Clallam County Community Service Award honoree Dianna Cross is a longtime volunteer in the Clallam County office of the American Red Cross. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Company of heroes: Eight volunteers to be given Clallam County Community Service Award

PORT ANGELES — A gathering of heroes who quietly worked behind the scenes will be in the spotlight…

Opinion

POINT OF VIEW: The time to act on addiction is now

By Richard Schwartz

News

EYE ON CLALLAM: County, port commissioners to hold joint meeting

Clallam County and Port of Port Angeles commissioners will conduct a joint meeting to hear quarterly reports from…

Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will hold a poetry reading in Forks and a poetry hike and workshop near Port Angeles.

Entertainment

Poet laureate to read from ‘Bugle,’ lead hike this weekend

Washington state’s poet laureate will read his poetry in Forks and lead a hike and writing session along…

Entertainment

RainFest 2017 schedule of events

FORKS — Here is the schedule of events for RainFest 2017, which will take place on two weekends,…

Buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win the “Peace Cottage” quilt — designed by Lynn Lister, pieced by Vicki Lanham and Karla Lewis, and machine quilted by Esther Alward — at the Fabric of the Forest Quilt Show.

Entertainment

Fabric of the Forest Quilt Show weaves into RainFest

FORKS — Two weekends of RainFest celebration begin today in Forks.