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Do you like to try new restaurants when they open or do you wait for word of mouth?

Do you like to try new restaurants when they open or do you wait for word of mouth?… Continue reading

  • Dec 6, 2021

LETTER: Restaurants lose patron

Win or lose, those restaurants who have filed suit against the mandated proof of vaccine dining-in requirement have permanently lost this patron. If you don’t… Continue reading

Kenzie Bechtold and Emery Fletcher ride in a gingerbread float created by Melissa Hitzfeld, Sarah Fletcher and Erica Bechtold during the Forks Twinkle Lights Parade on Saturday on Forks Avenue. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

Twinkle lights parade

By Lonnie Archibald For Peninsula Daily News Kenzie Bechtold and Emery Fletcher ride in a gingerbread float created by Melissa Hitzfeld, Sarah Fletcher and Erica… Continue reading

Kenzie Bechtold and Emery Fletcher ride in a gingerbread float created by Melissa Hitzfeld, Sarah Fletcher and Erica Bechtold during the Forks Twinkle Lights Parade on Saturday on Forks Avenue. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Dashiell Lemay, 4, supported by mom Amy Lemay of Port Townsend, fist-bumped with Santa Claus under the Tyler Street Plaza tent in Port Townsend on Saturday afternoon during the Port Townsend Main Street's seasonal activities that included a tree-lighting at dusk.   Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Jolly meeting

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Daily News Dashiell Lemay, 4, supported by mom Amy Lemay of Port Townsend, fist-bumped with Santa Claus under… Continue reading

Dashiell Lemay, 4, supported by mom Amy Lemay of Port Townsend, fist-bumped with Santa Claus under the Tyler Street Plaza tent in Port Townsend on Saturday afternoon during the Port Townsend Main Street's seasonal activities that included a tree-lighting at dusk.   Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

How long do you think the Major League Baseball lockout will last?

How long do you think the Major League Baseball lockout will last?… Continue reading

  • Dec 5, 2021

A GROWING CONCERN: A dozen ways to fill winter days

HERE IT IS, December already. Santa is compiling his list to see who has been naughty or nice, and Olympic Peninsula residents and guests are… Continue reading

Cherish Cronmiller

Contributions aid change in the way things are

By Cherish Cronmiller OlyCAP executive director “The Way It Is” is a song by Bruce Hornsby and the Range released in 1986. I am a… Continue reading

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Silent auction online through Saturday

Center Valley Animal Rescue is hosting its Gift Basket and Stocking Stuffer Silent Auction until 4 p.m. Saturday. Items available to bid on… Continue reading

Do you agree with the parents of the alleged Michigan school shooter being charged?

Do you agree with the parents of the alleged Michigan school shooter being charged?… Continue reading

  • Dec 4, 2021
Jared Bauer, Dennis Bauer’s son, testifies in his father’s triple-murder trial Wednesday in Clallam County Superior Court. (Rob Ollikainen/For the Peninsula Daily News)

Bauer’s son not an alibi for his father

Prosecution witness delivers testimony during proceedings

Jared Bauer, Dennis Bauer’s son, testifies in his father’s triple-murder trial Wednesday in Clallam County Superior Court. (Rob Ollikainen/For the Peninsula Daily News)
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First Friday Art Walk goes for gold this December

Olympic Peninsula Art Association will host an opening reception for its Winter Members’ Art Show and Sale Fundraiser during the First Friday Art… Continue reading

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ISSUES OF FAITH: The sparrow and the storm: A fable for our times

Once upon a time, not very long ago and not very far away, a terrible darkness fell over the land. It lasted a long time… Continue reading

LETTER:Arts and events hall

How sad it is to see the money willed to the city of Port Angeles to make an arts and events center being used how… Continue reading

Potential delay of new long-term care payroll tax considered

Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday he is talking to lawmakers about a possible delay in the… Continue reading

If you were a resident in an area where a hospital district wanted to expand, would you approve a tax to help fund it, or would it depend on the rate?

If you were a resident in an area where a hospital district wanted to expand, would you approve a tax to help fund it, or… Continue reading

  • Dec 2, 2021

LETTER:Good election

I have worn out many shoes in the past 81 years, marching, ringing doorbells for worthy causes and candidates. I stood in solidarity with loggers,… Continue reading

LETTER:Robin Hood?

The nobility lived in luxury while the poor were hungry and cold. In folklore, Robin Hood came out of the forest to rob the rich… Continue reading

How concerned are you with the possibility of gerrymandering when voting districts are reconfigured every 10 years following the U.S. Census?

How concerned are you with the possibility of gerrymandering when voting districts are reconfigured every 10 years following the U.S. Census?… Continue reading

  • Dec 1, 2021
FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, House members meet in the Statehouse, in Boise, Idaho. An Idaho law banning nearly all abortions would take effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that declared a nationwide right to abortion. The court with a 6-3 conservative majority on Wednesday, Dec. 1 starts hearing arguments over a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)

Most Idaho abortions banned if Roe v. Wade is overturned

An Idaho law banning nearly all abortions would take effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973… Continue reading

FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, House members meet in the Statehouse, in Boise, Idaho. An Idaho law banning nearly all abortions would take effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that declared a nationwide right to abortion. The court with a 6-3 conservative majority on Wednesday, Dec. 1 starts hearing arguments over a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)
Dr. Eric Kiesel, the medical examiner who performed autopsies on the bodies of Tiffany May and Darrell and Jordan Iverson in January 2019, uses a manakin to show the trajectory of bullets during Dennis Mavin Bauer’s triple murder trial Monday in Clallam County Superior Court. Michele Devlin, county Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, looks on.

Murder trial testimony details 19 gunshot wounds

Medical examiner: At least two types of ammunition used

Dr. Eric Kiesel, the medical examiner who performed autopsies on the bodies of Tiffany May and Darrell and Jordan Iverson in January 2019, uses a manakin to show the trajectory of bullets during Dennis Mavin Bauer’s triple murder trial Monday in Clallam County Superior Court. Michele Devlin, county Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, looks on.