Arwyn Rice

No charter schools in offing on North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Voters statewide approved allowing charter schools, but so far no one has contacted any of the nine North Olympic Peninsula school districts… Continue reading

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Festival of Trees sparks Christmas imaginations

PORT ANGELES — Twinkling lights, glittering ribbons and sparkling crystal icicles, as well as lariats, wine corks and stuffed elephants, met Family Day guests at… Continue reading

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Officer: Port Angeles woman tried to steal my car

BEAVER — A Port Angeles woman was held at gunpoint by a state corrections officer who found her hiding behind a pickup truck in his… Continue reading

Bella is fine after her adventure last weekend

Owners of rescued dog send $1,000 thank-you

PORT ANGELES — When a volunteer with the Clallam County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team literally went over a cliff to save a tiny… Continue reading

Bella is fine after her adventure last weekend
Harry Henningsen of Port Angeles watches as volunteer Christa Scott

About 150 served at Salvation Army in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Wednesday's pre-Thanksgiving dinner at the Port Angeles Salvation Army soup kitchen was a family affair — one that required 10 turkeys and… Continue reading

Harry Henningsen of Port Angeles watches as volunteer Christa Scott

Parent pulls petition protesting anti-gay-marriage button

PORT ANGELES — A gay parent who started a drive for signatures on an online petition urging the Port Angeles School District to prevent politicking… Continue reading

Water flows over curbs in Sequim during Monday’s heavy rains in a town that doesn’t have a storm drain system.  -- Photo by Jenifer Clark/Peninsula Daily News

Worst of storm over, but rains to persist — hastening tsunami debris

The first big storm of the season dropped a 60-foot tree on a Port Angeles home, sent water across roads — and is probably accelerating… Continue reading

Water flows over curbs in Sequim during Monday’s heavy rains in a town that doesn’t have a storm drain system.  -- Photo by Jenifer Clark/Peninsula Daily News
Ed Phillips holds Bella after rescuing the 6-year-old dog from a ledge east of Port Angeles. Clallam County Sheriff's Office

Pooch plucked from bluff by Clallam search, rescue

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue volunteers showed dogged determination Saturday, rappelling down a cliff to pull a tiny, shivering pooch… Continue reading

Ed Phillips holds Bella after rescuing the 6-year-old dog from a ledge east of Port Angeles. Clallam County Sheriff's Office
Port Angeles Farmers Market board member Patty Hannah slices a pie during the market's inaugural homemade apple pie contest on Saturday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles Farmers Market holds first apple pie contest

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Farmers Market kicked off the holiday season Saturday with a pre-Thanksgiving apple pie contest. The Farmer's Market is open… Continue reading

Port Angeles Farmers Market board member Patty Hannah slices a pie during the market's inaugural homemade apple pie contest on Saturday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Teacher’s ‘No on 74’ button spurs petition drive by gay parent

PORT ANGELES — A lesbian mother has started an online drive for signatures on a petition urging the Port Angeles School District to prohibit politicking… Continue reading

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Weight-loss challenge nets award for organizer

PORT ANGELES — When Bonnie Stehr decided she wanted to lose 50 pounds as a Christmas gift to herself in 2011, she had no idea… Continue reading

Bonnie Stehr WebMD
Fairview Elementary School may become the new site of the private Five Acre School in Dungeness. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Dungeness Valley private school might buy former Fairview School east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board unanimously approved the listing of Fairview Elementary School as surplus property Tuesday, which allows the district to… Continue reading

Fairview Elementary School may become the new site of the private Five Acre School in Dungeness. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Gabriella Corea

The End: Final ‘Twilight’ installment premieres Thursday across Peninsula

When “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” opens Thursday night in Port Townsend and Port Angeles theaters, it will mark the final chapter… Continue reading

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Sequim man: Volunteers not enough for tsunami debris onslaught

PORT ANGELES — A public meeting on the continuing arrival of Japan tsunami debris has some North Olympic Peninsula residents and business owners frustrated over… Continue reading

A kayaker is shown in a scene from the film 'Ikkatsu: The Roadless Coast." Steve Weileman

Tsunami debris film screenings sell out quickly on Peninsula

When three Washington state kayakers decided to travel the North Olympic Peninsula coast, they thought they would make a little film for a film festival.… Continue reading

A kayaker is shown in a scene from the film 'Ikkatsu: The Roadless Coast." Steve Weileman
Korean War vets John "Jack" McCann and Mary Reid attend Sunday's ceremony honoring veterans at the Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Emotional, music-filled Veterans Day ceremony at air station

PORT ANGELES — Hundreds of veterans and their families took part in an emotional, music-filled Veterans Day ceremony Sunday at Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field… Continue reading

Korean War vets John "Jack" McCann and Mary Reid attend Sunday's ceremony honoring veterans at the Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Firefighters battle a blaze that broke out in a garage on South Tiller Road in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Heater, chimney blamed for two fires in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Two structure fires in a 24-hour period were caused by faulty heating systems, according to investigators from Clallam County Fire District No.… Continue reading

Firefighters battle a blaze that broke out in a garage on South Tiller Road in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Benefit to make for sweet Saturday at Boys & Girls Club

SEQUIM — Most days, the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula is full of hundreds of children, but Saturday… Continue reading

Benefit to make for sweet Saturday at Boys & Girls Club

SEQUIM — Most days, the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula is full of hundreds of children, but Saturday… Continue reading

High-speed car chase part of ‘busy’ Port Angeles night

PORT ANGELES — A short high-speed chase through central Port Angeles neighborhoods Wednesday night that resulted in the arrest of two people was only one… Continue reading