Paul Destrooper and Andrea Bayne are among the nine Ballet Victoria dancers returning to Port Angeles for this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival. (Philip D. Lusk)

Arts & Entertainment

Blues, ballet — and beyond: Juan de Fuca Festival to ‘explore all forms’

By Diane Urbani de la Paz

Arts & Entertainment

Juan de Fuca Festival schedule

PORT ANGELES — The four-day Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts begins today and runs through Monday.

Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel

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Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel

PORT TOWNSEND — A safety inspector determined that a Rhododendron Festival Ferris wheel ride had been safe to…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Carbon dioxide emissions could be greatly reduced via proposals such as Wild Olympics

The need to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is receiving increased attention as a strategy to combat…

Opinion

LETTER: Get involved in the 2018 elections, before nation’s destruction becomes overwhelming

Donald Trump is president until 2020.

An American flag adorns a grave at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Memorial Day ceremonies marked across Peninsula

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated to correct the address of Gardiner Cemetery.

Travel trailer burns on O’Brien Road

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Travel trailer burns on O’Brien Road

SEQUIM — A fire destroyed a travel trailer in the 600 block of O’Brien Road late Tuesday night,…

Crime & Justice

Two sentenced after Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team investigations

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles resident and a Sequim resident each have been sentenced for drug-related charges…

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18-year-old dies in single-car wreck after car plunges down embankment

SEQUIM — An 18-year-old Port Angeles teenager died Friday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after the vehicle…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Let us wage peace and end the cycle of war

The real work is choosing to defend life on this lovely planet.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Here’s why the proposed school-based health center for Port Angeles is a great idea

As the mother of two teenage girls, I was delighted to hear about the school-based health center being…

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Young students’ artwork on display in downtown Port Angeles … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Artwork by young students is hanging in downtown businesses through May 31.

Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings

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Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles City Council members will make public comment sessions mandatory for city advisory committees,…

A marmot is seen on top of Mount Dana in Yosemite, Calif. (Inklein via Wikipedia)

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Olympic National Park officials seeking marmot monitors

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Olympic National Park is now accepting volunteer applications for the Olympic Marmot Monitoring Program…

Chris Reykdal, state superintendent of public instruction, talks to reporters Wednesday in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

Politics

Superintendent of schools unveils six-year plan for schools

Superintendent of schools unveils six-year plan for schools

U.S. denies visa to Togo man who works with Rotary Club to build toilets for his village

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U.S. denies visa to Togo man who works with Rotary Club to build toilets for his village

PORT ANGELES — In hopes of spreading awareness about the need for Nor’Wester Rotary’s toilet-building program in a…

“Lazurite and Athenas Polemic” by Deedee Cheriel of Los Angeles and India is among the internet art that will grace the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center gallery beginning this weekend.

Arts & Entertainment

Artists from around the world ‘post’ on Port Angeles center walls

PORT ANGELES — Artwork seen before only online will decorate the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts…

News

Clallam commissioners review more issues on vacation rentals

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will each compile a list of issues with proposed regulations on bed-and-breakfast…

News

Port Angeles police probing attempted robberies

PORT ANGELES — Police are asking for information in the investigation of two attempted robberies.

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New state poet laureate sought

SEATTLE — Applications are now being accepted for Washington state’s next poet laureate.