Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Here’s a better idea than Inslee’s daft carbon emissions tax proposal

Gov. Jay Inslee’s latest brainstorm — hefty taxes on carbon emissions from fossil fuels for paying the education…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: We must continue to support local children with Port Angeles schools levy

I write this letter from my heart, with experience in my background.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Let’s help protect one of our most valuable commodities, local health care

Regardless of how you feel about the health care insurance controversy, I think we can agree we need…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Say yes to a strong, healthy Sequim School District with levy vote

On Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, we have an opportunity to show our love for our children, our community…

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LETTER: Cal Thomas an ignorant choice as regular conservative columnist

I appreciate the fact that, as a local newspaper, the Peninsula Daily News tries to maintain a balance…

News

EYE ON CLALLAM: County eyes pact with Department of Transportation for bridge replacement

The three Clallam County commissioners will consider approving an agreement with the state Department of Transportation for the…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: The foundations for our national faith

AS HAPPENSTANCE WOULD have it, my turn in the rotation of writers for these “Issues of Faith” columns…

Snowgrass to focus on bluegrass

Entertainment

Snowgrass to focus on bluegrass

PORT ANGELES — Area bluegrass musicians will gather to pluck and strum their favorite tunes at the 15th…

MarchFourth, instrument auction to raise funds for Juan de Fuca Festival

Entertainment

MarchFourth, instrument auction to raise funds for Juan de Fuca Festival

PORT ANGELES — A fundraiser billed as a “mini-Juan de Fuca Festival” is planned Saturday.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Time to clean state House from corruptive influences

Our U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray were among 13 Democrats who recently voted against Senate Amendment…

Young performers from Clallam, Jefferson counties in annual competition this Saturday

Entertainment

Young performers from Clallam, Jefferson counties in annual competition this Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Fifteen of the North Olympic Peninsula’s most devoted young musicians will perform in the 31st…

News

Peninsula man attends inauguration full of hope

WASHINGTON — A North Olympic Peninsula resident now in Washington, D.C., for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration is…

News

Gathering for Hope this Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — All are welcome at the Gathering for Hope planned at noon Saturday.

News

Peaceful rally set in Forks this Saturday

FORKS — West End residents Hope Olson and Berlinda James will host a peaceful rally from noon to…

News

Kilmer, Cantwell, Murray to attend inauguration

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer of the 6th Congressional District and U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria…

Anita and Mike Edwards hold up a Port Townsend sign that will be used in the Seattle Womxn’s March on Saturday. (Annemarie Mende)

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Peninsula residents to mark inauguration with protests

PORT TOWNSEND — Organizers hope to see Water Street rimmed with people “holding the line” today after Donald…

Bridge adds link to Olympic Discovery Trail

News

Bridge adds link to Olympic Discovery Trail

SEQUIM — Crews on Thursday were installing a 210-foot-long modular steel bridge for the Olympic Discovery Trail at…

Rule easing public lands transfer concerns hunters, others

Politics

Rule easing public lands transfer concerns hunters, others

By Keith Ridler

News

Port Angeles City Council endorses school levy

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles School District levy proposition enjoyed unbridled support at a city council meeting…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A Washington Department of Transportation crew looks at a giant boulder that landed on U.S. Highway 101 near milepost 228 east of Barnes Point at Lake Crescent on Thursday.

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Boulder blocks highway at Lake Crescent

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A boulder about 12 feet across fell onto U.S. Highway 101 early Thursday morning,…