Arwyn Rice

WEEKEND: Hollywood theme for Saturday’s Port Angeles Relay For Life

PORT ANGELES — When the Port Angeles Relay For Life begins at noon Saturday, it will bring Hollywood to Port Angeles for a 24-hour fundraising… Continue reading

Mary Beth Beuke

Friends seek help through gofundme.com for Sequim artist battling colon cancer

SEQUIM — A trio of friends is seeking help for a cancer-stricken Sequim mother, sea glass artist and community volunteer. Lindsay Treiber Furber, Grace McHugh… Continue reading

Mary Beth Beuke
General contractor Rick Hoch of Hoch Construction

Port Angeles Salvation Army begins renovations on expanded facility

PORT ANGELES — Ground was broken Wednesday for expanded facilities for the Salvation Army. Soon, a fundraising campaign will begin — even though the $1.4… Continue reading

General contractor Rick Hoch of Hoch Construction
Port Angeles School District human resources manager Misty Dieffenbach

Port Angeles schools’ retirement parties begin with superintendent

PORT ANGELES — A reception to bid goodbye to retiring Superintendent Jane Pryne was the first of several similar parties and events that will last… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District human resources manager Misty Dieffenbach
Steve Kroll

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer notes need for trades workers in Port Angeles tour

PORT ANGELES — One of the biggest challenges employers have today is finding qualified employees for technical and trades work, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer told… Continue reading

Steve Kroll
A Kenmore Air flight approaches William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles not far from a stand of trees at Lincoln Park that are set to be removed. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

City, port agree to cut eight Lincoln Park trees in Port Angeles [Corrected]

Corrects the council vote on cutting down the eight trees. PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners and the City Council agreed at a… Continue reading

A Kenmore Air flight approaches William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles not far from a stand of trees at Lincoln Park that are set to be removed. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Steve Kroll

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer notes need for trades workers in Port Angeles tour

PORT ANGELES — One of the biggest challenges employers have today is finding qualified employees for technical and trades work, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer told… Continue reading

Steve Kroll
A Kenmore Air flight approaches William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles not far from a stand of trees at Lincoln Park that are set to be removed. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

City, port agree to cut eight Lincoln Park trees in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners and the City Council agreed at a joint meeting Monday morning to cut eight city-owned trees in… Continue reading

A Kenmore Air flight approaches William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles not far from a stand of trees at Lincoln Park that are set to be removed. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The 25th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby gets underway in Port Angeles on Sunday with a little help from the city fire department. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Sequim resident wins choice of vehicle in 25th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby

PORT ANGELES — One rubber duck earned a Sequim resident one real car or pickup truck. Rena Keith's fortunes followed the single duck toy she… Continue reading

The 25th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby gets underway in Port Angeles on Sunday with a little help from the city fire department. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula high school graduations begin this week

North Olympic Peninsula high school and commencement ceremonies begin this week. More than 300 new graduates will say goodbye this week to friends, teachers and… Continue reading

The 25th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby gets underway in Port Angeles on Sunday with a little help from the city fire department. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Sequim resident wins choice of vehicle in 25th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby

EDITOR'S NOTE — This story is accompanied by the list of winners — "Here are the winners of today's Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby": https://giftsnap.shop/article/20140601/NEWS/306019922%E2%80%A6 Continue reading

The 25th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby gets underway in Port Angeles on Sunday with a little help from the city fire department. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News
The rubber ducks are coming right at you as Port Angeles firefighters give them a little burst from behind to keep the mass of 26

DUCK DERBY: Rubber ducks float to win in Port Angeles on Sunday

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 30. PORT ANGELES — Why did the rubber duck cross the pond? To win a truck and… Continue reading

The rubber ducks are coming right at you as Port Angeles firefighters give them a little burst from behind to keep the mass of 26
The rubber ducks are coming right at you as Port Angeles firefighters give them a little burst from behind to keep the mass of 26

DUCK DERBY: Rubber ducks float to win in Port Angeles on Sunday

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 30. PORT ANGELES — Why did the rubber duck cross the pond? To win a truck and… Continue reading

The rubber ducks are coming right at you as Port Angeles firefighters give them a little burst from behind to keep the mass of 26
Talia Anderson

Port Angeles student’s artwork to adorn state voter guides

PORT ANGELES — A fifth-grade student at Dry Creek Elementary School in Port Angeles received an important visitor — and a huge surprise — on… Continue reading

Talia Anderson
A rendering of a proposed marine science and conference center at the corner of Front and Oak streets in Port Angeles. — Neeser Construction Inc.

Groundbreaking for proposed Port Angeles marine science center planned for summer

PORT ANGELES — Groundbreaking for a proposed 33,500-square-foot marine science center project at the corner of Front and Oak streets is on schedule for July… Continue reading

A rendering of a proposed marine science and conference center at the corner of Front and Oak streets in Port Angeles. — Neeser Construction Inc.

Port, city of Port Angeles eye Lincoln Park tree removal

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles and city will talk about cutting eight trees in Lincoln Park next week. They also are considering… Continue reading

Hannah Wagner of Sequim pets two sheep at the 34th annual Shepherd’s Festival on Monday in Sequim. — David Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Shepherd’s Festival in Sequim gives insight into time-tested practices of fiber arts

SEQUIM — Children, dogs, sheep and spinning wheels took visitors into a past that remains vital in the present during the Shepherd’s Festival on Monday.… Continue reading

Hannah Wagner of Sequim pets two sheep at the 34th annual Shepherd’s Festival on Monday in Sequim. — David Logan/for Peninsula Daily News
A group of unidentified children explores a tide pool at Clallam Bay in September 2011. Jacqueline Laverdure/Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Tide-pool time! Waning waves unveil treasures below the surface of the sea on Peninsula

Very low tides, along with increasingly early sunrises, are expected on the North Olympic Peninsula beginning Monday. It all adds up to a week of… Continue reading

A group of unidentified children explores a tide pool at Clallam Bay in September 2011. Jacqueline Laverdure/Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Port Townsend police officer hits car while making U-turn on state Highway 20

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend police officer hit a car this week while making a U-turn. No one was hurt, said the State Patrol,… Continue reading

Annie Bianco-Ellett

Rodeo, Western stars visit Port Angeles Coast Guard station

PORT ANGELES — The USO-Wrangler National Patriot Tour brought some of the biggest names in rodeo to the Port Angeles Coast Guard station Wednesday. The… Continue reading

Annie Bianco-Ellett