Arwyn Rice

Enrollment stabilizes in Port Angeles schools

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District may be in better financial shape than officials had feared as the school district's 2012-2013 fiscal year… Continue reading

Surfriders offer wine, pizza at fundraiser [corrected]

PORT ANGELES — Pristine beaches, perfect waves, music and wine will be feted at a food and wine celebration of the ninth annual International Surfing… Continue reading

Jesse Zenonian of Port Angeles plays with Felony

Pooch & Papa Walk: A day for dads and dogs

PORT ANGELES — If dogs are man's best friend, Port Angeles dads had a Father's Day date with their best friends, large and small, at… Continue reading

Jesse Zenonian of Port Angeles plays with Felony
Tom Quinn

Fish out of troubled waters: Field day held to examine habitat at Elwha River mouth [ *** GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — New habitat for juvenile fish is increasing dramatically in the Elwha River estuary and the shoreline of Freshwater Bay, a survey found… Continue reading

Tom Quinn
Mark Herndon

New Clallam Bay School principal is familiar face

CLALLAM BAY — Clallam Bay School will get a new principal for the 2013-2014 school year, and his face will be familiar to area residents.… Continue reading

Mark Herndon
Tanis McCuistion

Vote for who will kiss Port Angeles prairie dog

PORT ANGELES — Kissing pigs has become too mainstream for Jim's Pharmacy, so when it was decided the business would host a fundraiser for the… Continue reading

Tanis McCuistion
Dragsters queue up at the starting line at last year's drag races put on by West End Thunder at Forks Municipal Airport. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

West End Thunder drags canceled this weekend: No insurance

FORKS — No “thunder” will be heard in Forks this weekend unless it is provided by the weather. The summer's first series of drag races… Continue reading

Dragsters queue up at the starting line at last year's drag races put on by West End Thunder at Forks Municipal Airport. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Receipts from Forks burglary had only partial credit card numbers

FORKS — It isn’t as bad as was thought. Forks Police Chief Rick Bart said receipts at Pacific Pizza, which was burglarized at about 3:30… Continue reading

West Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles

West Railroad Avenue opened to traffic in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — West Railroad Avenue was partially reopened this week after having been closed since October in a move that puts the esplanade construction… Continue reading

West Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles

New principal to take over at Queen of Angels School

PORT ANGELES — A new principal with local ties will take over at Queen of Angels Catholic School in July, when current Principal Mike Juhas… Continue reading

Forks Police Officer Todd Garcia is shown outside Pacific Pizza during Monday’s investigation.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Pizza customers urged to notify banks following Forks burglary, theft

FORKS — An early Monday burglary at a popular pizza parlor prompted police later in the day to warn customers who used their credit cards… Continue reading

Forks Police Officer Todd Garcia is shown outside Pacific Pizza during Monday’s investigation.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Madison Kuss

Port Angeles teen chosen for aerospace summer program

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School student Madison Kuss has qualified for two prestigious science and technology summer programs. Kuss, who will be a… Continue reading

Madison Kuss
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‘I won the truck!’ Duck Derby winner to get to pick prize vehicle

PORT ANGELES — A local woman’s designated duck took home the grand prize Sunday afternoon in a race against the wind during the Great Olympic… Continue reading

A total of 27
Members of the Forks Class of 2013 celebrate their graduation Saturday evening at the Forks High School gymnasium. The Quillayute Valley School District awarded diplomas to 65 students from Forks High School and Forks Alternative High School during the ceremony. The class valedictorian Rachel Harner was accepted to Harvard University in Cambridge

More high school graduations — plus Peninsula College’s — this week

Several high schools on the North Olympic Peninsula have said goodbye to their graduating seniors, and more are on the way. More high schools will… Continue reading

Members of the Forks Class of 2013 celebrate their graduation Saturday evening at the Forks High School gymnasium. The Quillayute Valley School District awarded diplomas to 65 students from Forks High School and Forks Alternative High School during the ceremony. The class valedictorian Rachel Harner was accepted to Harvard University in Cambridge
Mary Lou Hanify

Clallam County historian, author dies at 91

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County historian and author who wrote about experiences as varied as living on the Hoh River and being part of… Continue reading

Mary Lou Hanify
Filmmaker Ryan Herring sits among the cabins at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles on Thursday

Home-grown production ‘The Olympians’ to premiere on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — A sneak peek of the pilot of a proposed historical Western adventure television series produced and filmed on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Filmmaker Ryan Herring sits among the cabins at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles on Thursday

WEEKEND: Student films to be screened tonight in Port Angeles Box Office Social

PORT ANGELES — Six student-made films and live music will be offered during the Box Office Social at 7 tonight. The film and music festival… Continue reading

All Neah Bay High School seniors expected to graduate Saturday

NEAH BAY — Neah Bay High School officials expect all 20 seniors in the graduating class to graduate this year, leaving none behind for the… Continue reading

Michael Fancher of the National Center of Manufacturing Science addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Composites corridor group promotes idea of Port Angeles office

PORT ANGELES — An Advanced Composites Center is envisioned as a Port Angeles office to offer marketing and other services for a regional “composites corridor,”… Continue reading

Michael Fancher of the National Center of Manufacturing Science addresses the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula graduation ceremonies to begin this weekend

For the first time in known Clallam County history, Sequim High School is expected to graduate more seniors than Port Angeles in this season’s commencement… Continue reading