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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.

Arts & 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…

Arts & 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.

Arts & Entertainment

Fabric of the Forest Quilt Show weaves into RainFest

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

Guitarists tailor talents for Spanish music, dance fusion in Port Angeles

Arts & Entertainment

Guitarists tailor talents for Spanish music, dance fusion in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Virtuoso guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Andre Feriante will return to Port Angeles on Saturday with Latin…

Arts & Entertainment

Spaghetti, biking, book talks on tap for Peninsula in coming week

A bike ride and spaghetti feast, a book discussion and a chamber music concert are among upcoming activities…

Bill Peach

News

Clallam to raze structures under 2016 settlement

CLALLAM BAY — Clallam County crews will raze a former Clallam Bay residence and outbuilding as part of…

Business

Unemployment rate dips to near-record low in March

OLYMPIA — Washington’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 4.9 percent to 4.7 percent in March — the…

‘I just enjoy helping people’: Governor’s award goes to Port Angeles Food Bank volunteer

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‘I just enjoy helping people’: Governor’s award goes to Port Angeles Food Bank volunteer

PORT ANGELES — Mary Patterson, who has volunteered at the Port Angeles Food Bank for more than 12…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Through Passover, building a bridge to the repair of the world

DURING THE RECENT Jewish holiday of Passover, we celebrated spring’s new birth and a journey from slavery to…

Jevne, Sequim school co-founder and Vietnam veteran, dies

News

Jevne, Sequim school co-founder and Vietnam veteran, dies

By Erin Hawkins

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Coast Guard rescues 12-year-old kayakers stranded on Crab Island … and other items

SEATTLE — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Port Angeles flew to assist in a rescue of two…

Arts & Entertainment

Get quacking! Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby tickets on sale beginning today

PORT ANGELES — Duck tickets go on sale today for the 28th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Generous help after fall reaffirmed good in humanity

We recently had a heartwarming experience in Port Angeles that will remain in our memories for a long…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Here’s a proposal in place of Wild Olympics legislation

In response to the April 9 letter to Peninsula Voices, “Kitchel’s failure,” we can improve on oxygen output…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Military action not the way to solve tensions in Syria

After seeing the shocking footage of the gassing in Syria, whose emotional trigger would not be pulled toward…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: I expected more positive cartoons from my newspaper on Easter Sunday

As I returned home from an inspirational sermon and music on Easter Sunday, I picked up the Peninsula…