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WEEKEND: Crack open spring with Peninsula Easter egg hunts

In an annual rite of spring, free community Easter egg hunts will be held this weekend for North Olympic Peninsula children. Egg hunts are on… Continue reading

Alexis Showers
John Dahlgren's “Extending the Play” will be screened April 25 for a limited audience at Forks High School.

Filmmaker and Peninsula native tells of love and basketball with film to be screened April 25 in Forks

FORKS — Two best friends from Forks, separated though time, have come together again to create a film that isn't exactly about basketball, despite the… Continue reading

John Dahlgren's “Extending the Play” will be screened April 25 for a limited audience at Forks High School.

Callers pose as PUD representatives, try to get credit card numbers

Scammers are targeting the customers of Clallam and Jefferson public utility districts, threatening to interrupt electrical power services unless payment is made immediately, the two… Continue reading

Panel tells how to run for Clallam charter board

PORT ANGELES — About 40 residents heard how to register to run for one of 15 elected positions on the Clallam County Charter Review Commission.… Continue reading

Wreck near Raymond involves Port Angeles couple

RAYMOND — Two Port Angeles residents were injured in a two-car wreck in Pacific County this week. Peter W. Watkins, 67, and Christine K. Watkins,… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend evacuated by bomb scare; children moved to fairgrounds

PORT TOWNSEND — Students were evacuated from Blue Heron Middle School on Monday afternoon after a bomb threat was found written on a wall inside… Continue reading

Hundreds of schoolchildren are among the first to walk across the new three-lane Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek following ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday.  — Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Hundreds of kids among first to walk across new Lauridsen Boulevard bridge in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — More than 400 students and staff from Franklin Elementary School joined roughly 30 local residents to open the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over… Continue reading

Hundreds of schoolchildren are among the first to walk across the new three-lane Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek following ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday.  — Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Blue Heron Middle School evacuated by bomb scare

PORT TOWNSEND — Students were evacuated from Blue Heron Middle School on Monday afternoon after a bomb threat was found on a wall inside the… Continue reading

Hundreds of schoolchildren are among the first to walk across the new three-lane Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek following ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday.  — Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Schoolchildren send new Lauridsen bridge into service

PORT ANGELES — More than 400 students and staff from Franklin Elementary School joined roughly 30 local residents to open the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over… Continue reading

Hundreds of schoolchildren are among the first to walk across the new three-lane Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek following ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday.  — Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Quillayute Valley School District mulls shifting Forks students, creating fourth school

FORKS — Quillayute Valley School District is considering a major reorganization of Forks schools that would shift five grades of students into different buildings and… Continue reading

Will King stands on the boardwalk in Brighton

U.K. cyclist hits Peninsula pavement today to honor friends, raise awareness for cystic fibrosis, leukemia

PORT ANGELES — A Scottish-born bicyclist is expected to arrive in Port Angeles today to end the first day of a 1,800-mile ride to honor… Continue reading

Will King stands on the boardwalk in Brighton
A motorist buys fuel at the Texaco Food Mart at First and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

How high will they go? Gas prices creep up on the North Olympic Peninsula

Of the signs of spring on the North Olympic Peninsula and elsewhere in the nation, none is so unwelcome as the annual rise of gas… Continue reading

A motorist buys fuel at the Texaco Food Mart at First and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Grace Krabill pumps gas at the Port Townsend Safeway

Spring starts and gas prices rise: Will they fall in May?

[After reading this, please take the Peninsula Poll on gas prices. Click here: www.peninsuladailynews.com ] Summer fuel blend blamed; to fall in May? Of the… Continue reading

Grace Krabill pumps gas at the Port Townsend Safeway
Tickets for the 4:30 p.m. Thursday

‘Open Sesame’ documentary gives inside scoop on seeds with April 24 showing in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — As gardeners ready their garden beds for spring planting, a new documentary sheds light on the seeds that may be available. Tickets… Continue reading

Tickets for the 4:30 p.m. Thursday
A gray whale 'spyhops' NOAA

Quileute to welcome returning gray whales with morning ceremony today at First Beach

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 11. LAPUSH — The gray whales are back. The spring migration of gray whales from their breeding… Continue reading

A gray whale 'spyhops' NOAA
Tickets for the 4:30 p.m. Thursday

‘Open Sesame’ documentary gives inside scoop on seeds with April 24 showing in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — As gardeners ready their garden beds for spring planting, a new documentary sheds light on the seeds that may be available. Tickets… Continue reading

Tickets for the 4:30 p.m. Thursday
Forks High School's Spartan Stadium needs to be replaced in the next five years

Quillayute Valley School District seeks way to replace Spartan Stadium without additional taxes

FORKS — Forks High School's Spartan Stadium must be replaced within five years or it could be condemned, leaving the district and town without any… Continue reading

Forks High School's Spartan Stadium needs to be replaced in the next five years
The Peninsula College Board of Trustees and president stand beside the new Peninsula College sign at the school's future Forks campus building Tuesday. Pictured from left are Dwayne Johnson

Public gets preview of Peninsula College Forks Extension site

FORKS — A new Peninsula College Forks Extension building was opened for a public preview this week with Peninsula College banners on parking lot light… Continue reading

The Peninsula College Board of Trustees and president stand beside the new Peninsula College sign at the school's future Forks campus building Tuesday. Pictured from left are Dwayne Johnson
Forks High School's Spartan Stadium needs to be replaced in the next five years

Quillayute Valley School District seeks way to replace Spartan Stadium without additional taxes

FORKS — Forks High School's Spartan Stadium must be replaced within five years or it could be condemned, leaving the district and town without any… Continue reading

Forks High School's Spartan Stadium needs to be replaced in the next five years
Forks High School's Spartan Stadium needs to be replaced in the next five years

Quillayute Valley School District seeks way to replace Spartan Stadium without additional taxes

FORKS — Forks High School's Spartan Stadium must be replaced within five years or it could be condemned, leaving the district and town without any… Continue reading

Forks High School's Spartan Stadium needs to be replaced in the next five years