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Gary Locke

Gary Locke, former state governor, to speak at Democrats’ fundraiser at 7 Cedars on Oct. 23

BLYN — Gary Locke — former Washington state governor, U.S. secretary of commerce and ambassador to China — will speak at the Clallam County Democrats'… Continue reading

Gary Locke
Man arrested in Sequim on felony warrant out of San Diego for alleged child sex crimes

Man arrested in Sequim on felony warrant out of San Diego for alleged child sex crimes

PORT ANGELES — A man arrested in Sequim on a felony warrant from San Diego, Calif., remained in the Clallam County jail Wednesday on $1… Continue reading

Man arrested in Sequim on felony warrant out of San Diego for alleged child sex crimes
Navy issues final environmental impact document on use of sonar, explosives in waters of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound and Alaskan canal

Navy issues final environmental impact document on use of sonar, explosives in waters of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound and Alaskan canal

SILVERDALE — The U.S. Navy has released its final environmental impact statement on its proposals for use of sonar and explosives for training and testing… Continue reading

Navy issues final environmental impact document on use of sonar, explosives in waters of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound and Alaskan canal

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Farmers Market to move this Saturday due to Crab Fest . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — On Saturday, the Port Angeles Farmers Market will move to the Vern Burton Community Center parking lot for one day only to… Continue reading

Guitarist Eli Rosenblatt and his band

Port Angeles Library concert Friday will celebrate renovated children’s area

PORT ANGELES — Seattle performer Eli Rosenblatt and his five-piece band will bring a mix of salsa, swing, and samba music to the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Guitarist Eli Rosenblatt and his band
Port Townsend football coach Nick Snyder

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend’s Snyder named Seahawks Coach of the Week

PORT TOWNSEND — Nick Snyder has been chosen as the Seahawks Coach of the Week by the Washington State Football Coaches Association. Snyder, who has… Continue reading

Port Townsend football coach Nick Snyder

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles boys tennis falls to Olympic; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles lost at home to Olympic 5-2 in Olympic League boys tennis play. The Roughriders’ top singles player, Janson Pederson, dropped… Continue reading

Tickets sales to close today for Saturday’s annual RainFest Auction in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Ticket sales will close today for the Jefferson Land Trust's 16th annual RainFest Auction on Saturday. Along with raising funds for the… Continue reading

A pair of tow trucks assist with a tractor-trailor involved in a wreck on U.S. Highway 101 near Laird Road west of Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE — Tractor-trailer veers to miss pickup and ends in ditch on Highway 101 west of Port Angeles; earlier report of collision incorrect

PORT ANGELES — A tractor-trailer veered to miss a pickup truck and ended in a ditch on U.S. Highway 101 at Laird Road this morning.… Continue reading

A pair of tow trucks assist with a tractor-trailor involved in a wreck on U.S. Highway 101 near Laird Road west of Port Angeles on Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Artist to speak about new show at Peninsula College on Thursday

Artist to speak about new show at Peninsula College on Thursday

PORT ANGELES — “Life Stream,” an art installation created by Gloria Lamson of Port Townsend, awaits visitors at the PUB Gallery of Art at Peninsula… Continue reading

Artist to speak about new show at Peninsula College on Thursday
Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at ‘The Bear’ in Sequim

WEEKDAY BREAKFAST CUSTOMERS at the Black Bear Diner in Sequim are getting something FREE with their entrée. Can you guess what that is? Read more… Continue reading

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim
Celtic singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid is including rural Jefferson County on her national tour. She’ll appear at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center on Friday night. — Phil Nichols

Celtic singer-songwriter to perform in Coyle on Friday

COYLE — Celtic singer and songwriter Sarah McQuaid, an artist whose voice listeners have compared to malt whiskey, is adding rural Jefferson County’s Laurel B.… Continue reading

Celtic singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid is including rural Jefferson County on her national tour. She’ll appear at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center on Friday night. — Phil Nichols

Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman poetry to be read Thursday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Ten well-known writers from across the Pacific Northwest will converge on the Northwind Arts Center in “Bloom: A Celebration of the Poetry… Continue reading

Navy issues final environmental impact document on use of sonar, explosives in waters of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound and Alaskan canal

Navy issues final environmental impact document on use of sonar, explosives in waters of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound and Alaskan canal

SILVERDALE — The U.S. Navy has released its final environmental impact statement on its proposals for use of sonar and explosives for training and testing… Continue reading

Navy issues final environmental impact document on use of sonar, explosives in waters of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound and Alaskan canal

NEWS BRIEFS: Band set to play Port Angeles’ Lazy Moon tonight . . . and other items — Corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: The item about Clallam County's online surplus sale has been corrected to show that the sale ends Friday, Oct. 16 and that public… Continue reading

Guitarist Eli Rosenblatt and his band

Port Angeles Library concert Friday will celebrate renovated children’s area

PORT ANGELES — Seattle performer Eli Rosenblatt and his five-piece band will bring a mix of salsa, swing, and samba music to the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Guitarist Eli Rosenblatt and his band
Port Angeles on course for second year of motel taxes record

Port Angeles on course for second year of motel taxes record

PORT ANGELES — This year could be this town's best ever for the second-place winner in the national “Best Town Ever” contest. Perhaps buoyed by… Continue reading

Port Angeles on course for second year of motel taxes record
Port Angeles woman recovering after motorcycle wreck on Highway 112

Port Angeles woman recovering after motorcycle wreck on Highway 112

PYSHT — A woman injured in a motorcycle wreck on state Highway 112 was recovering at Harborview Medical Center on Monday. Elizabeth S. Thompson, 53,… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman recovering after motorcycle wreck on Highway 112
Port Townsend football coach Nick Snyder

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend’s Snyder named Seahawks Coach of the Week

PORT TOWNSEND — Nick Snyder has been chosen as the Seahawks Coach of the Week by the Washington State Football Coaches Association. Snyder, who has… Continue reading

Port Townsend football coach Nick Snyder
Public forum on community health needs set for 12:30 p.m. today in Sequim
Public forum on community health needs set for 12:30 p.m. today in Sequim