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Honors symposium set for Monday at Peninsula College

The public is invited to the Peninsula College Honors Symposium at 10 a.m. Monday. Honors students will present their capstone projects in… Continue reading

Man charged with attempted murder appears in court

A Port Angeles man accused of shooting at a car in which his ex-girlfriend and her friend were sitting appeared in Clallam… Continue reading

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Neah Bay hires new chief of police

Bruner is first woman for top public safety role

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A lab mix waits in the rain for the start of the 90th Rhody Festival Pet Parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Thursday. The festival’s main parade, from Uptown to downtown, is scheduled for 1 p.m. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Pet parade

A lab mix waits in the rain for the start of the 90th Rhody Festival Pet Parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Thursday. The festival’s… Continue reading

A lab mix waits in the rain for the start of the 90th Rhody Festival Pet Parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Thursday. The festival’s main parade, from Uptown to downtown, is scheduled for 1 p.m. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend publisher prints sci-fi writer’s work

Winter Texts’ sixth poetry collection of Ursula K. Le Guin

Scripts accepted for New Works Showcase

Olympic Theatre Arts is accepting the submission of scripts for its New Works Showcase through May 31. Community members are encouraged to submit… Continue reading

Time bank concept comes to Peninsula

Members can trade hours of skills in two counties

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Workshop set for auditioning skills

Ron Graham and Marissa Meek will present a workshop on auditioning skills from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 28. The free workshop… Continue reading

Bliss Morris of Chimacum, a float builder and driver of the Rhody float, sits in the driver’s seat on Thursday as he checks out sight lines in the 60-foot float he will be piloting in the streets of Port Townsend during the upcoming 90th Rhody Parade on Saturday. Rhody volunteer Mike Ridgway of Port Townsend looks on. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Final touches

Bliss Morris of Chimacum, a float builder and driver of the Rhody float, sits in the driver’s seat on Thursday as he checks out sight… Continue reading

Bliss Morris of Chimacum, a float builder and driver of the Rhody float, sits in the driver’s seat on Thursday as he checks out sight lines in the 60-foot float he will be piloting in the streets of Port Townsend during the upcoming 90th Rhody Parade on Saturday. Rhody volunteer Mike Ridgway of Port Townsend looks on. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Craft sessions set to make gifts for Canoe Journey

The public is invited to help create gifts for Canoe Journey participants during a craft session from 9 a.m. to noon on… Continue reading

Fireworks not likely for Port Angeles on Fourth

Development at port bars launch from land

Jefferson County, YMCA partner with volunteers to build skate park

Agencies could break ground this summer in Quilcene

Peninsula Behavioral Health is bracing for Medicaid cuts

CEO: Program funds 85 percent of costs

Kathy Moses of Port Angeles hammers in stakes that will be used to support a cover for strawberry starts and other plants in her plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. Moses was working in a light rain during Thursday’s gardening endeavor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Plant protection

Kathy Moses of Port Angeles hammers in stakes that will be used to support a cover for strawberry starts and other plants in her plot… Continue reading

Kathy Moses of Port Angeles hammers in stakes that will be used to support a cover for strawberry starts and other plants in her plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. Moses was working in a light rain during Thursday’s gardening endeavor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port of Port Angeles is seeking grant dollars for airport

Funding would support hangars, taxiway repair

Rhododendron Festival parade set for Saturday

The annual Rhody Festival, music performances and a plant sale highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The 90th Rhododendron Festival will continue… Continue reading

Seasonal restrictions upcoming for Hood Canal Bridge

The state Department of Transportation has announced upcoming restrictions on openings of the Hood Canal Bridge. Beginning Thursday and continuing through Sept. 30,… Continue reading

Volunteer Pam Scott dresses the part as she sells ducks for the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby at the Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market on Saturday. (Leah Leach/for Peninsula Daily News)

Tickets still available for annual Duck Derby

Let us introduce you to the woman in the duck suit. Pam Scott will be the woman inside the “big old fat… Continue reading

Volunteer Pam Scott dresses the part as she sells ducks for the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby at the Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market on Saturday. (Leah Leach/for Peninsula Daily News)