Arwyn Rice

WEEKEND: More than 300 ready to play dirty at Saturday’s Port Angeles Run A Muck

PORT ANGELES — If diving into a slough, crawling through mud and clambering over obstacles sounds like a fun day, the 2015 Run A Muck… Continue reading

Katie Skow addresses Orlando International Film Festival after “Ride With Larry” received the festival's audience choice award.

WEEKEND: Port Angeles High School graduate rides into town with documentary Sunday

PORT ANGELES — A 2002 Port Angeles High School graduate and accidental filmmaker will bring her award-winning documentary to Port Angeles on Sunday. Katie Skow's… Continue reading

Katie Skow addresses Orlando International Film Festival after “Ride With Larry” received the festival's audience choice award.
Architect Chris Lilley

Auditorium parking, courtyard among forum suggestions for new Port Angeles High School

PORT ANGELES — The next Port Angeles High School should have solar panels, art studio classrooms with natural light, public parking near the auditorium, an… Continue reading

Architect Chris Lilley

Home Depot in Sequim evacuates after bomb threat; no bomb found

SEQUIM — A bomb scare led to a short evacuation of Home Depot in Sequim this afternoon (Wednesday). The Home Depot store at 1145 W.… Continue reading

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Moderate quake awakened Hood Canal residents with ‘a big kick’

LILLIWAUP — A moderate earthquake that rattled East Jefferson County and points east provided a shocking wake-up call for residents near its Hood Canal epicenter.… Continue reading

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Two hurt in Peninsula wrecks still hospitalized

Two North Olympic Peninsula residents remained in intensive care in a Seattle hospital Wednesday, more than a week after they were hurt in unrelated wrecks.… Continue reading

UPDATE — Home Depot in Sequim evacuates after bomb threat; no bomb found

SEQUIM — A bomb scare led to a short evacuation of Home Depot in Sequim this afternoon (Wednesday). The Home Depot store at 1145 W.… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley chalet rests on steel beams during work to push the structure back from the banks of the Quinault River earlier this month. National Park Service

Enchanted Valley Chalet eased into new location; plan for permanent solution next step [**Includes cool time-lapse videos**]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The Enchanted Valley chalet has been settled into its temporary new home, well away from the East Fork Quinault River's crumbling… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley chalet rests on steel beams during work to push the structure back from the banks of the Quinault River earlier this month. National Park Service

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe to mark river’s restoration with celebration in 2015

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe is planning a massive celebration of the completion of the Elwha River restoration for the weekend of… Continue reading

Canoes line Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles as participants in the Paddle to Quinault 2013 arrive at the traditional territory of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Tribal Canoe Journeys on hiatus in 2015 after no host comes forward

PORT ANGELES — The Tribal Canoe Journeys, traditionally an annual event, is expected to take a one-year hiatus in 2015 for the first time since… Continue reading

Canoes line Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles as participants in the Paddle to Quinault 2013 arrive at the traditional territory of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The Enchanted Valley chalet rests on steel beams during work to push the structure back from the banks of the Quinault River earlier this month. National Park Service

Enchanted Valley Chalet eased into new location; plan for permanent solution next step [**Includes cool time-lapse videos**]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The Enchanted Valley chalet has been settled into its temporary new home, well away from the East Fork Quinault River's crumbling… Continue reading

The Enchanted Valley chalet rests on steel beams during work to push the structure back from the banks of the Quinault River earlier this month. National Park Service

Fuel recovery efforts wrapping up after boat sinks in Pleasant Harbor

BRINNON — Divers began recovering diesel fuel from a sunken boat’s tanks Monday, after the grounded vessel spilled 25-50 gallons of fuel in the waters… Continue reading

Katie Skow addresses Orlando International Film Festival after “Ride With Larry” received the festival’s audience choice award.

Port Angeles High School graduate rides into town with documentary Sunday

PORT ANGELES — A 2002 Port Angeles High School graduate and accidental filmmaker will bring her award-winning documentary to Port Angeles on Sunday. Katie Skow’s… Continue reading

Katie Skow addresses Orlando International Film Festival after “Ride With Larry” received the festival’s audience choice award.
Katie Skow addresses Orlando International Film Festival after “Ride With Larry” received the festival’s audience choice award.

Port Angeles High School graduate rides into town with documentary Sunday

PORT ANGELES — A 2002 Port Angeles High School graduate and accidental filmmaker will bring her award-winning documentary to Port Angeles on Sunday. Katie Skow’s… Continue reading

Katie Skow addresses Orlando International Film Festival after “Ride With Larry” received the festival’s audience choice award.
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‘Paint the Peninsula’ concludes in Port Angeles with full day of events, awards

PORT ANGELES — Professional and amateur painters wrapped up a week of artistic activities Sunday at the Paint the Peninsula festival's final day of events… Continue reading

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Neah Bay Elementary School wins state award with cash payment

NEAH BAY — Neah Bay Elementary School has received yet another accolade, and it comes with a cash award. Principal Alice Murner has received a… Continue reading

Two Port Angeles schools receive physical activity awards from White House

PORT ANGELES — Two Port Angeles schools have received White House awards for keeping students physically active. Hamilton and Jefferson elementary school officials learned recently… Continue reading

SUNDAY: Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show continues in Port Angeles today

PORT ANGELES — Rocks of every size, type and color — and information about how to make beautiful objects with them — highlight the 2014… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Gems, rocks to roll into downtown Port Angeles on Saturday, Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Rocks of every type and color, and information about how to make beautiful objects with them, will be rolled out this weekend… Continue reading

Maj. Scott Ramsey

Port Angeles Salvation Army food supplies running low; donation drive set Saturday at downtown Safeway

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Salvation Army is running low on food and is seeking donations of canned and nonperishable goods Saturday. Donations have… Continue reading

Maj. Scott Ramsey