Clallam County

Wintertide, skating among entertainment this weekend

Holiday entertainment swings into full force this weekend. • Makers Market and Light Art Experience at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center open today to… Continue reading

Coats For Kids organizers Karen Lewis and Heidi Albrecht present Levi Douglas, Clallam County Veterans Program Coordinator, with more than $1,200 worth of certificates for veterans at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center.

Coats for Kids helps local veterans

Coats For Kids has provided the Northwest Veterans Resource Center with $1,225 worth of certificates that can be used for coats, shoes, socks… Continue reading

Coats For Kids organizers Karen Lewis and Heidi Albrecht present Levi Douglas, Clallam County Veterans Program Coordinator, with more than $1,200 worth of certificates for veterans at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center.
Olympic Medical Center’s ICU/telemetry and respiratory therapy teams were presented with DAISY awards.
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DAISY award recognizes OMC teams

The DAISY Foundation has recognized Olympic Medical Center’s ICU/telemetry and respiratory therapy teams with its DAISY award. Vickie Swanson, the center’s chief nursing officer, presented… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center’s ICU/telemetry and respiratory therapy teams were presented with DAISY awards.

Holiday bazaars set on Peninsula

Holiday bazaars are set for the next few days on the North Olympic Peninsula. SEQUIM • The Dungeness River Nature Center will host its annual… Continue reading

Master Gardening calendars now on sale

The 2023 Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County calendars are now on sale. In addition to pictures taken by local master gardeners,… Continue reading

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to eluding police

Sentenced to a year in prison

Volunteer Doug Crabb of Sequim serves a tray of traditional fixings during a Thanksgiving Eve lunch at the Salvation Army’s soup kitchen on Wednesday in Port Angeles. The free meal was one of several being offered across the North Olympic Peninsula during the Thanksgiving holiday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Queen of Angeles, Serenity House among events today

The Salvation Army offered a free community meal on Wednesday in what serves as a preview of special feasts today. Fifty-nine people,… Continue reading

Volunteer Doug Crabb of Sequim serves a tray of traditional fixings during a Thanksgiving Eve lunch at the Salvation Army’s soup kitchen on Wednesday in Port Angeles. The free meal was one of several being offered across the North Olympic Peninsula during the Thanksgiving holiday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Pictured, left to right, are human resources director Heather Delplain along with Larsson Chapman, Bryanne Stewart and Camryn Smith. Alexis Rookard is not pictured.
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Staff recognized at Olympic Medical Center

Olympic Medical Center recently presented employee recognition awards to four members of its human resources department. The honorees were Larsson Chapman, Alexis Rookard, Camryn Smith… Continue reading

Pictured, left to right, are human resources director Heather Delplain along with Larsson Chapman, Bryanne Stewart and Camryn Smith. Alexis Rookard is not pictured.
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Peninsula Home Fund campaign kicks off on Thanksgiving Day

The annual campaign for Peninsula Home Fund donations begins Thursday. This will be the 33rd year that Peninsula Daily News has collected donations to create… Continue reading

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Family movie night set Saturday

The North Olympic Library System will screen the 2017 animated film “The LEGO Batman Movie” at 3 p.m. Saturday. The free film… Continue reading

Free Thanksgiving dinners scheduled

Free community Thanksgiving meals are set for today and Thursday. The Salvation Army will serve a free community meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.… Continue reading

On the Peninsula, Small Business Saturday overshadows Black Friday

Weekend events to be full of deals

Bo, (Bob Neal) was my cousin and a father, grandfather, husband, logger, builder and a hunter that we shared many adventures with. He is gone long before his time and I and his family would appreciate it if you could run a picture of him with Milton the Burrow.

PAT NEAL: Hunting with Bo

WAY BACK WHEN, the Olympic elk were market hunted for their meat, antlers, hides and ivory teeth or just shot and left by thrill-seeking lowlifes… Continue reading

Bo, (Bob Neal) was my cousin and a father, grandfather, husband, logger, builder and a hunter that we shared many adventures with. He is gone long before his time and I and his family would appreciate it if you could run a picture of him with Milton the Burrow.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A prefabricated Portland Loo public toilet is lowered into place on a pad at the edge of the Breezeway public parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. The unit, one of two being installed at the location, replaces the original concrete block public restroom that previously occupied the site, with a third slated for The Gateway transit center. The new facilities are ADA-compliant, require no winterization and will be open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Public toilet installed downtown Port Angeles

A prefabricated Portland Loo public toilet is lowered into place on a pad at the edge of the Breezeway public parking lot in the 100… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A prefabricated Portland Loo public toilet is lowered into place on a pad at the edge of the Breezeway public parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. The unit, one of two being installed at the location, replaces the original concrete block public restroom that previously occupied the site, with a third slated for The Gateway transit center. The new facilities are ADA-compliant, require no winterization and will be open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Megan Caldwell returns to Carrie Blake Community Park to work with her dad Bert to help place meal bags in vehicles during the Family Holiday Food Bag Distribution Day.

Sequim provides meal bags for Thanksgiving weekend

Community helps to provide food for 800-plus families

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Megan Caldwell returns to Carrie Blake Community Park to work with her dad Bert to help place meal bags in vehicles during the Family Holiday Food Bag Distribution Day.
Terri Wood of First Federal, left, and Trisha Parker of Port Angeles Realty, right, join more than a dozen volunteers in cold conditions to help clean up Veterans Park on Lincoln Street. The Port Angeles Association of Realtors joined 4PA to spruce up organic material, trash and graffiti on many walls. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Cleaning up the park

Terri Wood of First Federal, left, and Trisha Parker of Port Angeles Realty, right, join more than a dozen volunteers in cold conditions to help… Continue reading

Terri Wood of First Federal, left, and Trisha Parker of Port Angeles Realty, right, join more than a dozen volunteers in cold conditions to help clean up Veterans Park on Lincoln Street. The Port Angeles Association of Realtors joined 4PA to spruce up organic material, trash and graffiti on many walls. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Officials concerned over impacts from scheduled WSDOT projects

Bridge closures, limited traffic likely to affect residents, businesses

Peninsula virus, flu cases on the rise

Three men in 70s die due to COVID-19

Jennifer Harris, demonstrating needle felting, is one of several artists participating in the Fiber Arts Festival “Interlaced Lore — Adventure, Fellowship, & Perseverance” exhibition’s final day at Sequim Museum & Arts on Saturday. (Submitted photo)

Art Beat to be part of Small Business Saturday

Community members are invited to celebrate creativity and collaboration while supporting local artists and art organizations with Art Beat Small Business Saturday, hosted… Continue reading

Jennifer Harris, demonstrating needle felting, is one of several artists participating in the Fiber Arts Festival “Interlaced Lore — Adventure, Fellowship, & Perseverance” exhibition’s final day at Sequim Museum & Arts on Saturday. (Submitted photo)
An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place on Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles, with volunteer Ricki Smith in the bucket, Matt Williams working inside the 14-foot-tall ornament and Laci Williams watching. Four of the huge round ornaments, a 20-foot-tall tree and two fountains donated by Microsoft to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, will be lit up outside the community center during a free 20-minute ceremony that also will include performances by the Port Angeles Symphony, Ballet Workshop and Ghostlight Productions. A limited number of tickets, which will provide seats under cover outside and a sneak preview of the trees to be auctioned off on Friday, are available for $20 by going to omcf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Festival ornaments

An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place… Continue reading

An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place on Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles, with volunteer Ricki Smith in the bucket, Matt Williams working inside the 14-foot-tall ornament and Laci Williams watching. Four of the huge round ornaments, a 20-foot-tall tree and two fountains donated by Microsoft to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, will be lit up outside the community center during a free 20-minute ceremony that also will include performances by the Port Angeles Symphony, Ballet Workshop and Ghostlight Productions. A limited number of tickets, which will provide seats under cover outside and a sneak preview of the trees to be auctioned off on Friday, are available for $20 by going to omcf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)