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Buddy Depew

‘Canstruction’ sculpture contest reaps goods for food banks

PORT ANGELES — A canned food sailboat sculpture designed and built by a team from First Federal took top honors at the first annual Canstruction… Continue reading

Buddy Depew

TV travel series to feature U.S. Highway 101 loop around Peninsula [Corrected]

The Olympic Peninsula is being featured as part of a five-part travel segment on “Evening Magazine” on KING-TV this week. The series on channel 5… Continue reading

Buddy Depew

‘Canstruction’ sculpture contest reaps goods for food banks

PORT ANGELES — A canned food sailboat sculpture designed and built by a team from First Federal took top honors at the first annual Canstruction… Continue reading

Buddy Depew

10-year enrollment decline reverses in some North Olympic Peninsula school districts

PORT TOWNSEND — A decade-long decline in student enrollment appeared to reverse this fall in four North Olympic Peninsula public school districts, and one Jefferson… Continue reading

Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz

WEEKEND: Building blocks of food: See ‘Canstruction’ creations on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — They aren't just sculptures; they're also meals. Four teams have built sea-themed sculptures using only canned food at Peninsula Behavioral Health, 118.… Continue reading

Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz
Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz

Building blocks of food: ‘Canstruction’ contest to be judged today

PORT ANGELES — They aren’t just sculptures; they’re also meals. Four teams have built sea-themed sculptures using only canned food at Peninsula Behavioral Health, 118.… Continue reading

Can sculptors Joyce Ruiz

Student-written, -directed plays to stage for three nights in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Student creativity will continue to be on stage for the next three nights during the Port Angeles High School Thespian Club's fall… Continue reading

Ceremonies for the region's official Veterans Day ceremony at a hangar at Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office in Port Angeles begin in front of a giant U.S. flag with station executive officer Cmdr. Michael Campbell at the podium. From left are Command Master Chief Petty Officer L.P. Moroles

VETERANS DAY: Hundreds gather at rites at Port Angeles air station [*Gallery*]

PORT ANGELES — Military service, patriotic music and a reminder of nonpartisan citizenship were celebrated at Ediz Hook on Veterans Day. More than 500 veterans,… Continue reading

Ceremonies for the region's official Veterans Day ceremony at a hangar at Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office in Port Angeles begin in front of a giant U.S. flag with station executive officer Cmdr. Michael Campbell at the podium. From left are Command Master Chief Petty Officer L.P. Moroles

Port Angeles schools to run own cosmetology department

PORT ANGELES — A new cosmetology school run by the Port Angeles School District will open in January and will be available to students in… Continue reading

VETERANS DAY: Civilian realities keep many veterans from joining traditional groups like Legion, VFW

The newest generation of veterans isn’t likely to wear hats of the Veterans of Foreign Wars or the American Legion, or sit on a float… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District board incumbent Sarah Methner

CLALLAM: Incumbents lead in both Port Angeles School Board races

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent School Board members Sarah Methner and Cindy Kelly were headed toward holding onto their Port Angeles School Board seats after the… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District board incumbent Sarah Methner
Pfc. Jeremiah Wright of Port Angeles formally receives the Purple Heart award and a combat action badge from Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio

Injured Peninsula soldier awarded Purple Heart by deputy defense secretary

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Army Pfc. Jeremiah Wright of Port Angeles was formally awarded the Purple Heart and a combat action badge straight from the… Continue reading

Pfc. Jeremiah Wright of Port Angeles formally receives the Purple Heart award and a combat action badge from Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio

JEFFERSON: Early results mixed in School Board races

Early results were mixed between incumbents and challengers in Jefferson County school district races after the initial count of general election ballots. In the Port… Continue reading

JEFFERSON: Incumbent Buhler, challenger Ready lead in Jefferson Healthcare races

PORT TOWNSEND — One challenger and one incumbent led in the contests for the Jefferson Healthcare commission after Tuesday's initial election count. Challenger Matt Ready… Continue reading

Police give chase to Port Angeles cyclist

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man remained in the Clallam County jail Tuesday after what was intended to be a traffic stop of a… Continue reading

Cosmetology contracts with private academies diminishing at Port Angeles schools

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will be asked to take its cosmetology courses in-house when it meets later this week. An administrative… Continue reading

ELECTION — Early results mixed in Jefferson County School Board races

Early results were mixed between incumbents and challengers in Jefferson County school district races after the initial count of general election ballots. In the Port… Continue reading

ELECTION, JEFFERSON HEALTHCARE — Incumbent Buhler, challenger Ready lead

PORT TOWNSEND — One challenger and one incumbent led in the contests for the Jefferson Healthcare commission after Tuesday’s initial election count. Challenger Matt Ready… Continue reading

ELECTION, PORT ANGELES SCHOOL BOARD — Both incumbents lead

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent School Board members Sarah Methner and Cindy Kelly were headed toward holding onto their Port Angeles School Board seats after the… Continue reading

Most Peninsula tribal reservations will ban marijuana as it legalizes in state

If you live on or visit a reservation on the North Olympic Peninsula, don’t bring marijuana. At least four of the six tribes in Clallam… Continue reading