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Body found in river identified as missing Forks man

LAPUSH — A body found in a river near LaPush has been identified as Jason “Jake” Simons, 30, missing from his Forks home since April… Continue reading

Jason Simons
Workers at Port Angeles Plaza ready the facade of a storefront for the Big Lots sign. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Big Lots returning to North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Discount retailer Big Lots Stores Inc. is planning to open a store in Port Angeles this summer, six years after closing one… Continue reading

Workers at Port Angeles Plaza ready the facade of a storefront for the Big Lots sign. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Officers get a body spotted near a boat ramp in the Quillayute River into a boat on Saturday afternoon. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Autopsy hoped to ID body found in river near LaPush

FORKS — A body found in the confluence of two rivers near LaPush has not yet been identified, Ron Cameron, Clallam County Sheriff's chief criminal… Continue reading

Officers get a body spotted near a boat ramp in the Quillayute River into a boat on Saturday afternoon. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Crash near Hood Canal sends Sequim man to hospital

PORT HADLOCK — A wreck between two pickup trucks near the Hood Canal Bridge on Saturday resulted in the medical evacuation of a Sequim man… Continue reading

Gas price rose above the $4 mark Friday at the 76 station in Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Pain at the pump: Gasoline prices take off like a rocket

Gas prices in the North Olympic Peninsula have broken the $4 mark for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, as the summer tourism and festival… Continue reading

Gas price rose above the $4 mark Friday at the 76 station in Forks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Crash near Hood Canal sends Sequim man to hospital

PORT HADLOCK — A wreck between two pickup trucks near the Hood Canal Bridge on Saturday resulted in the medical evacuation of a Sequim man… Continue reading

The body discovered Saturday afternoon is taken to a jet boat by authorities on the Bogachiel River near Leyndecker Park east of LaPush. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE — Body found near LaPush badly decomposed, deputy says

FORKS — A body discovered Saturday at the confluence of two rivers near LaPush has not yet been identified, said Ron Cameron, Clallam County Sheriff's… Continue reading

The body discovered Saturday afternoon is taken to a jet boat by authorities on the Bogachiel River near Leyndecker Park east of LaPush. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Clallam County District Court Judge Rick L. Porter

Clallam County District Court judge admonished by state commission

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County District Court Judge Rick L. Porter has received an admonishment from the state Commission on Judicial Conduct in Olympia. Porter… Continue reading

Clallam County District Court Judge Rick L. Porter
Jason Simons Simons family

Authorities still seeking missing Forks man

FORKS — Law enforcement officers and family members continued to seek information this week on the whereabouts of a Forks man who has been missing… Continue reading

Jason Simons Simons family

Sequim says no to charter schools; Port Townsend mulls them

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board will not authorize charter schools in its district, at least for the foreseeable future, and the Port Townsend School… Continue reading

Jason Simons Simons family

Authorities still seeking missing Forks man

FORKS — Law enforcement officers and family members continued to seek information this week on the whereabouts of a Forks man who has been missing… Continue reading

Jason Simons Simons family
Former Jefferson Elementary School student Margie Faires

Port Angeles elementary school to celebrate 90th year

PORT ANGELES — Jefferson Elementary School, the oldest school still operating in the Port Angeles School District, will celebrate 90 years of education at an… Continue reading

Former Jefferson Elementary School student Margie Faires

Sequim board to mull charter schools at meeting today

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board will talk about public charter schools at a workshop tonight. It will discuss what it means to be an… Continue reading

Ford Mustang Shelbys and Mercury Cougars brought out car-lovers and sun-worshippers on a hot and sunny Sunday in downtown Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Dog days of . . . May? Peninsula cities break heat records

At the close of a spectacularly sunny weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula, high-temperature records for the date were shattered in Forks and Sequim on… Continue reading

Ford Mustang Shelbys and Mercury Cougars brought out car-lovers and sun-worshippers on a hot and sunny Sunday in downtown Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Visitors examine the touch tanks at the Feiro Marine Life Center on Port Angeles' City Pier last week. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

New $12 million marine center envisioned for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Some time in the next five years, an “iconic” 27,902- square-foot, $12.6 million marine life education and research building could rise in… Continue reading

Visitors examine the touch tanks at the Feiro Marine Life Center on Port Angeles' City Pier last week. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Motorcyclist dies Sunday on Highway 101; 2 others killed Saturday

Three motorcyclists died in a deadly weekend on Highway 101 on the North Olympic Peninsula. One motorcyclist died in a collision at about 3 p.m.… Continue reading

The winner of the Washington state bike poster contest and drawn by Ruby Harris of Dry Creek Elementary School in Port Angeles. Fifth Grade National Poster Contest

Port Angeles student seeks online votes in national poster contest (with related story about “Step On It” biking and walking campaign in Jefferson County)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Related story today: "PENINSULA PROFILE: He blends love of bicycles with desire to build community" — https://giftsnap.shop/article/20130505/news/305059982 PORT ANGELES — A bicycle poster… Continue reading

The winner of the Washington state bike poster contest and drawn by Ruby Harris of Dry Creek Elementary School in Port Angeles. Fifth Grade National Poster Contest
The winner of the Washington state bike poster contest and drawn by Ruby Harris of Dry Creek Elementary School in Port Angeles. Fifth Grade National Poster Contest

Port Angeles student seeks online votes in national poster contest (with related story about “Step On It” biking and walking campaign in Jefferson County)

PORT ANGELES — A bicycle poster created by a Port Angeles fifth-grader has advanced to a national contest — and needs Internet votes to win… Continue reading

The winner of the Washington state bike poster contest and drawn by Ruby Harris of Dry Creek Elementary School in Port Angeles. Fifth Grade National Poster Contest

Clallam Public Utility District to consider new rate plan

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Public Utility District is considering a plan to budget for annual rate increases of no more than 3 percent… Continue reading

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Port Angeles School Board incumbent to run again

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles School Board member Sarah Methner announced her intention to seek a second term Thursday. Methner, 42, will file for her… Continue reading

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