Chris McDaniel

Jonathan Pasternack

WEEKEND: Time to treasure the Port Angeles Symphony; award-winning orchestra to host fundraiser, auction Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Since being founded about 84 years ago, the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra has introduced classical music to generations of North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

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Police: Sequim man arrested after shooting at one person, aiming gun at another

SEQUIM — A Sequim man was arrested early Wednesday morning after allegedly shooting at a person on South Barr Road and brandishing a gun at… Continue reading

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Poet Sally Albiso will read from her chapbook

Port Angeles-area poet Albiso to give reading today at Studium Generale presentation on Peninsula College campus

PORT ANGELES — Poet Sally Albiso will read from her chapbook The Notion of Wings tonight in the latest installment of the Studium Generale series… Continue reading

Poet Sally Albiso will read from her chapbook

Court upholds Alford plea of Port Angeles man on sex charges

TACOMA — The state Court of Appeals in Tacoma has upheld the 2013 Alford plea of a Port Angeles man sentenced to 25 years in… Continue reading

State Sen. Jim Hargrove ()

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Hargrove says rule on transgender use of locker rooms creates enforcement issues

OLYMPIA — A state rule allowing transgender individuals to use the locker rooms of the sex they identify with could allow others access to sensitive… Continue reading

State Sen. Jim Hargrove ()
A Bremerton couple made an unusual discovery in the hedge along their driveway last fall: numerous vintage film reels of various sizes. ()

Mystery family film reels found in Bremerton connected to Port Angeles family

PORT ANGELES — A mystery spanning the Olympic Peninsula has been solved, with the origin of 40-year-old homemade film reels found abandoned in Bremerton traced… Continue reading

A Bremerton couple made an unusual discovery in the hedge along their driveway last fall: numerous vintage film reels of various sizes. ()
Meg and Buddy Depew of Sequim Bee Farm show off jars of their Wild Flower Honey

Sequim Bee Farm wins national Good Food Award for honey while Chimacum cidery is honored for libation

SEQUIM — A local honey producer is among two North Olympic Peninsula businesses that have won 2016 Good Food Awards. The Sequim Bee Farm at… Continue reading

Meg and Buddy Depew of Sequim Bee Farm show off jars of their Wild Flower Honey
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Car runs firetruck off U.S. Highway 101 near Blyn

BLYN — A car ran a firetruck off the road near Blyn on Friday, the State Patrol said. No one was hurt. At about 3… Continue reading

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Sequim man sentenced on drug, identity theft and bail-jumped charges

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man has been sentenced to five years plus one day in prison after he pleaded guilty to narcotics distribution, identity… Continue reading

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Construction crews work Friday on what will become a stormwater retention basin at the site of a new McDonald’s restaurant undergoing reconstruction between First and Front streets at Penn Street in Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Large pit north of new McDonald’s franchise in Port Angeles is stormwater retention basin

PORT ANGELES — The large pit to the north of the new McDonald’s restaurant that is being erected at 1706 E. Front St. is a… Continue reading

Construction crews work Friday on what will become a stormwater retention basin at the site of a new McDonald’s restaurant undergoing reconstruction between First and Front streets at Penn Street in Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()
Steve Ford

Operation Valentine gathers over 1,600 cards for current, former military personnel

PORT ANGELES — “Thank you for serving our country and fighting for me when I could not fight for myself,” reads a handwritten note submitted… Continue reading

Steve Ford
Petty Officer 3rd Class Quade Sheehan

U.S. Coast Guard personnel killed in line of duty are remembered in La Push

LA PUSH — Three men who died during a rescue were remembered during a memorial on the 20th anniversary of their deaths. Petty Officer 2nd… Continue reading

Petty Officer 3rd Class Quade Sheehan
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WEEKEND REWIND: SeaPort Airlines files for Chapter 11 reorganization

PORTLAND, Ore. — SeaPort Airlines Inc., which had been in talks with the Port of Port Angeles to offer scheduled passenger air service from William… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Acclaimed novelist to hold reading, signing Sunday at Fort Worden; will be followed Thursday by award-winning poet

PORT TOWNSEND — Critically acclaimed novelist Cara Hoffman will hold a reading and book signing Sunday at Fort Worden State Park, Buiding 204. The event,… Continue reading

Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers will perform Valentine’s Day as part of the Concerts in the Woods series at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center

WEEKEND: Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers to play for Valentine’s Day at Coyle venue

COYLE — Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers will perform Valentine’s Day as part of the Concerts in the Woods series at the Laurel B.… Continue reading

Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers will perform Valentine’s Day as part of the Concerts in the Woods series at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center
This painting will be on display this evening at Heatherton Gallery as local artists mingle to the sounds of smooth jazz in celebration of the business's third anniversary. The event is held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 115 E. Railroad Ave. ()

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS: Heatherton Gallery anniversary to be marked tonight in Port Angeles . . . and other items

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Feb. 12. PORT ANGELES — It will be hopping at Heatherton Gallery tonight as local artists mingle to… Continue reading

This painting will be on display this evening at Heatherton Gallery as local artists mingle to the sounds of smooth jazz in celebration of the business's third anniversary. The event is held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 115 E. Railroad Ave. ()

Port Angeles woman, boy injured in Kitsap County wreck

KINGSTON — A Port Angeles woman and child were taken to Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale on Wednesday afternoon after they were hurt in a… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Acclaimed novelist to hold reading, signing Sunday at Fort Worden; will be followed Thursday by award-winning poet

PORT TOWNSEND — Critically acclaimed novelist Cara Hoffman will hold a reading and book signing Sunday at Fort Worden State Park, Buiding 204. The event,… Continue reading

Pianist Ken Young will perform live in concert Saturday at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Port Angeles. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND: Food for the soul: Piano performance Saturday in Port Angeles to benefit the Community Dinner fund

PORT ANGELES — When pianist Ken Young sits behind his Steinway piano, his fingers intertwine with the ebony and ivory keys — becoming a conduit… Continue reading

Pianist Ken Young will perform live in concert Saturday at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Port Angeles. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)
Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers will perform Valentine’s Day as part of the Concerts in the Woods series at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center

WEEKEND: Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers to play for Valentine’s Day at Coyle venue

COYLE — Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers will perform Valentine’s Day as part of the Concerts in the Woods series at the Laurel B.… Continue reading

Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers will perform Valentine’s Day as part of the Concerts in the Woods series at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center