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Record turnout likely for Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival; ferry from Victoria at capacity

PORT ANGELES — The MV Coho’s passenger decks were packed with Canadian visitors, and the crab lines were long at the three-day Dungeness Crab &… Continue reading

Kevin Johnson of Port Angeles helps put up the gigantic crab banner in the Red Lion Hotel parking lot as crews set up for this weekend's Crab Fest. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival continues today, Sunday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The 12th annual Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival will bring tons of sweet local crab and thousands of visitors to Port Angeles… Continue reading

Kevin Johnson of Port Angeles helps put up the gigantic crab banner in the Red Lion Hotel parking lot as crews set up for this weekend's Crab Fest. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Two Clallam elementaries named Schools of Distinction

Two Clallam County schools have been designated 2013 Schools of Distinction. Cape Flattery School District’s Neah Bay Elementary School and Sequim School District’s Greywolf Elementary… Continue reading

Port Angeles coppersmith Clark Mundy shows off a copper crab sculpture that will be featured at this year's Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival. Mundy also created the facade of the Feiro Marine Life Center

WITH CRAB FESTIVAL — Featured artist melds copper, wood and heritage into quite a catch

PORT ANGELES — In Clark Mundy's world, salmon swim in shades of copper; Dungeness crab have glowing gold, orange and purple 12-inch carapaces; and octopi… Continue reading

Port Angeles coppersmith Clark Mundy shows off a copper crab sculpture that will be featured at this year's Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival. Mundy also created the facade of the Feiro Marine Life Center
Kevin Johnson of Port Angeles helps put up the gigantic crab banner in the Red Lion Hotel parking lot as crews set up for this weekend's Crab Fest. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival kicks off today with PDN community crab feed

PORT ANGELES — The 12th annual Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival will bring tons of sweet local crab and thousands of visitors to Port Angeles… Continue reading

Kevin Johnson of Port Angeles helps put up the gigantic crab banner in the Red Lion Hotel parking lot as crews set up for this weekend's Crab Fest. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Two Clallam elementaries named Schools of Distinction

Two Clallam County schools have been designated 2013 Schools of Distinction. Cape Flattery School District’s Neah Bay Elementary School and Sequim School District’s Greywolf Elementary… Continue reading

Port Angeles coppersmith Clark Mundy shows off a copper crab sculpture that will be featured at this year's Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival. Mundy also created the facade of the Feiro Marine Life Center

WITH CRAB FESTIVAL — Featured artist melds copper, wood and heritage into quite a catch

PORT ANGELES — In Clark Mundy's world, salmon swim in shades of copper; Dungeness crab have glowing gold, orange and purple 12-inch carapaces; and octopi… Continue reading

Port Angeles coppersmith Clark Mundy shows off a copper crab sculpture that will be featured at this year's Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival. Mundy also created the facade of the Feiro Marine Life Center
The Clallam County Courthouse clock tower peeks through the trees along Fourth Street in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Nature’s fall palette emerges on Peninsula [**GALLERY**]

Autumn colors — somewhat muted by early rainfall but still glorious in some areas — are spreading across the North Olympic Peninsula. Colors are expected… Continue reading

The Clallam County Courthouse clock tower peeks through the trees along Fourth Street in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic Medical Center board candidates tell of professional experience

PORT ANGELES — Hospital board incumbent Jean Hordyk and challenger Heather Jeffers at a forum this week complimented each other and said voters have a… Continue reading

Stabbed Seattle man still in critical condition

PORT ANGELES — A Seattle man stabbed during a confrontation in Discovery Bay last week remained in critical condition Wednesday afternoon. Paul Arcudi, 46, of… Continue reading

Port Angeles man to be arraigned on second-degree attempted murder over stabbing

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Angeles man is set to be arraigned on a charge of second-degree attempted murder Friday, while a Seattle man who… Continue reading

Stabbed Seattle man still in critical condition

PORT ANGELES — A Seattle man stabbed during a confrontation in Discovery Bay last week remained in critical condition Wednesday afternoon. Paul Arcudi, 46, of… Continue reading

THE SHUTDOWN: DAY 9: Peninsula job services curtailed

The week-old federal government shutdown has reached North Olympic Peninsula job-seekers. A statewide order has furloughed workers and cut others' hours in Employment Security Department… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board to commence search for new superintendent

PORT ANGELES — The search for a new superintendent as well as a required high school cardiopulmonary resuscitation class will be considered by the Port… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles commissioner candidates lock horns at Chamber of Commerce forum

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioner candidates Del DelaBarre and Colleen McAleer clearly separated their stances on the Wild Olympics Campaign, waterfront development… Continue reading

Chinook salmon returning to dam-less Elwha River [CORRECTED]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The 2013 fall chinook spawning season was one of the strongest since 1992, and the king salmon are moving into more… Continue reading

Feiro classes to focus on biology of oceans

PORT ANGELES — Learn the differences between a sea cucumber and a lion head nudibranch, giant kelp from bull kelp, and differentiate among the varied… Continue reading

In this collage of images from the Olympic National Park webcam trained on Glines Canyon Dam

Glines Canyon Dam doesn’t look much like a dam anymore

PORT ANGELES — A huge piece of Glines Canyon Dam was blasted away late Saturday as dam removal on the Elwha River resumed. Explosive charges… Continue reading

In this collage of images from the Olympic National Park webcam trained on Glines Canyon Dam

Forum for election candidates, initiatives, set in Forks on Sunday

FORKS — Voters will be able to meet candidates in the Nov. 5 election at an informal forum Sunday (Oct. 6). Candidates in the county's… Continue reading

Forum for election candidates, initiatives, set in Forks on Sunday

FORKS — Voters will be able to meet candidates in the Nov. 5 election at an informal forum Sunday (Oct. 6). Candidates in the county's… Continue reading