Arwyn Rice

Port Angeles High School NJROTC instructor Maj. Leo Campbell reviews the uniform of student Robert Olea during a recent inspection.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Heralded high school naval unit’s leader to leave Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit will bid goodbye at the end of the school year to… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School NJROTC instructor Maj. Leo Campbell reviews the uniform of student Robert Olea during a recent inspection.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Tsunami dock removal from Peninsula beach may be delayed

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The window of daytime low tides is closing on any chance this week to remove a dock from Japan that washed… Continue reading

Andrew Nisbet Jr.

Former Port of Port Angeles commissioner dies at 91

SEQUIM — Andrew Nisbet Jr., a retired military officer who moved to Sequim and conducted a post-retirement life in public service, has died in Kansas.… Continue reading

Andrew Nisbet Jr.
Thousands of plastic ducks tumble out of a dump truck and into the Lincoln Park pond during the 23rd annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby in Port Angeles last year.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo

Port Angeles duck derby moving to June to spur more ticket sales to tourists

PORT ANGELES — The 24th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby, traditionally held in May, will be in June this year. Rubber ducks will be dumped… Continue reading

Thousands of plastic ducks tumble out of a dump truck and into the Lincoln Park pond during the 23rd annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby in Port Angeles last year.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo
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Students win at regional skills contest; 17 to head for state

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School and the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center will send 17 students to state competition April 11-13, after competitors… Continue reading

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Jamie Valadez and Jacilee Wray

Weaving a tale of basketry in Clallam history series

PORT ANGELES — For millenniums, the tribes of the Olympic Peninsula have been sharing and trading basketry styles and weaving techniques — and that tradition… Continue reading

Jamie Valadez and Jacilee Wray
Elwha River sediment is forming sandy beaches at the mouth. The plume of sediment is about 3 feet deep

New beaches form along the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Elwha River dam removals

PORT ANGELES — Sediment flowing from the Elwha River is creating new sandy beaches along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Much of the fine… Continue reading

Elwha River sediment is forming sandy beaches at the mouth. The plume of sediment is about 3 feet deep
Mailboxes on Cosmos Lane off Finn Hall Road in Agnew demonstrate varying heights as the Postal Service changes its requirements. Mike Millar

Local post office stipulates higher heights for mailboxes

PORT ANGELES — Some rural mailbox owners may need to get out measuring tapes and toolboxes to make sure their mailboxes meet the height requirements… Continue reading

Mailboxes on Cosmos Lane off Finn Hall Road in Agnew demonstrate varying heights as the Postal Service changes its requirements. Mike Millar
A soccer ball from a club in Otsuchi

Marine debris film to screen in Forks, Port Angeles

A documentary film that follows a trio of kayakers taking a survey of debris thought to be from the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami… Continue reading

A soccer ball from a club in Otsuchi

Chimacum students seeks Internet votes for contest

CHIMACUM — Four Chimacum Middle School students are only a few votes from getting into the MathCounts Reel Math Challenge semifinals, with just a few… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula YMCA CEO Kyle Cronk speaks to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce on Monday to pitch the 2012 Power of Community Campaign. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam YMCA to kick off fundraising campaign

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Family YMCA's 2013 Power of Community Campaign is set to begin Thursday. The organization seeks to raise $154,500 to… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula YMCA CEO Kyle Cronk speaks to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce on Monday to pitch the 2012 Power of Community Campaign. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Balloonist Crystal Stout advertises her business

Home show ‘really, really busy’ this year

PORT ANGELES — The 31st Annual KONP Home Show was the big draw in town Saturday and Sunday, attracting homeowners planning new projects as well… Continue reading

Balloonist Crystal Stout advertises her business
A Dodge van traveling west in the eastbound lanes came to a stop on an embankment Sunday afternoon in Port Angeles after its driver reportedly suffered a seizure. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Wrong-way van travels west down East Front Street

PORT ANGELES — Drivers gawked Sunday afternoon in Port Angeles, as a Dodge van rested precariously against a light pole on E. Front Street Sunday… Continue reading

A Dodge van traveling west in the eastbound lanes came to a stop on an embankment Sunday afternoon in Port Angeles after its driver reportedly suffered a seizure. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Alex Kim

Call of the wild: Olympic National Park Visitor Center offers taste of outdoors [ *** GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — A small but rich resource in Port Angeles sits staffed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week, ready for… Continue reading

Alex Kim

Port Angeles school leader to take post in Kitsap

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Assistant Superintendent Michelle Reid will take over the top administrative job at South Kitsap School District beginning July 1. The… Continue reading

WEEKEND: 22 acts to take stage at Port Angeles High talent show

PORT ANGELES — Twenty-two acts ranging from songs to a speed recitation of the countries and capitals of Europe will take the stage at the… Continue reading

The KONP Home Show

WEEKEND: No place like the KONP Home Show

PORT ANGELES — It won't be the traditional KONP Home Show. Oh, there will plenty of what the public has found there for the past… Continue reading

The KONP Home Show
Kindergartners at Hamilton Elementary take the traditional Umbrella Walk on the first day of spring in 2012. The Port Angeles school and Neah Bay Elementary were the only two on the North Olympic Peninsula to be awarded A's by the Washington Policy Center. Peninsula Daily News

Only 2 area schools are A-rated by state

Two North Olympic Peninsula schools would have received A grades, while three would receive F's under a grading system under consideration by the state Legislature.… Continue reading

Kindergartners at Hamilton Elementary take the traditional Umbrella Walk on the first day of spring in 2012. The Port Angeles school and Neah Bay Elementary were the only two on the North Olympic Peninsula to be awarded A's by the Washington Policy Center. Peninsula Daily News
Annie Lambert

Wine samplers having barrels of fun; tour ends today

PORT ANGELES — The 2013 Red Wine and Chocolate Tour already has been a banner one for North Olympic Peninsula wineries, with a large contingent… Continue reading

Annie Lambert
Retired Crescent School District Chairwoman Tracey Grover.

Applications sought for Crescent board vacancy

JOYCE — The Crescent School District is accepting applications for candidates to take the place of Tracey Grover, who has retired after more than nine… Continue reading

Retired Crescent School District Chairwoman Tracey Grover.