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Jefferson Healthcare earns accreditation for hospice and palliative care

Jefferson Healthcare recently earned accreditation for Hospice and Palliative Care from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). Certification by the ACHC,… Continue reading

LETTER: A community fight

What has this community come to? This is the first letter I have ever written to a newspaper after many years of reading the daily… Continue reading

LETTER: Are you patient zero?

The bubonic plague, which destroyed half the population in some towns, started in somebody’s body. Some person was hosting a microorganism that ended up being… Continue reading

Blake Nelson of Wenatchee, wearing a Santa cap, flies down the course at Dry Hill on Sunday. Nelson finished second in the 30-39 age bracket. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Nearly 500 riders compete in final race of 2021 NW Cup

More than 480 riders from all across the Pacific Northwest descended on the muddy hills of Dry Hill in the fifth NW… Continue reading

Blake Nelson of Wenatchee, wearing a Santa cap, flies down the course at Dry Hill on Sunday. Nelson finished second in the 30-39 age bracket. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

North Olympic Library System to host discussion series on intentional aging

The North Olympic Library System will host the monthly discussion group Intentional Aging beginning Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. The meetings… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center recently honored its laundry room staff. From left are Kathy Richison, Sena Bradow, Minda Dugan, Evelia Jacoba-Sanchez, Blanca DeLeon, Director of Support Services Julie Black, Sonye Woolsey and Human Resource Officer Jennifer Burkhardt.

Olympic Medical Center honors laundry staff

Olympic Medical Center recognized eight members of its laundry service for their response during a fire in the center’s laundry facility. The… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center recently honored its laundry room staff. From left are Kathy Richison, Sena Bradow, Minda Dugan, Evelia Jacoba-Sanchez, Blanca DeLeon, Director of Support Services Julie Black, Sonye Woolsey and Human Resource Officer Jennifer Burkhardt.

Port Angeles middle-schooler completes space camp

Ruby Johnson of Port Angeles recently completed Space Academy at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Johnson, an eighth-grader… Continue reading

State troopers, others sue over vaccine mandate

State troopers, prison correctional officers, ferry workers and other public sector employees have filed a lawsuit to try to overturn Gov. Jay Inslee’s… Continue reading

Larisa Jean Dietz of Sequim sits with attorney Stan Myers in July at Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Woman gets 17 years for attack

Aggravating circumstance determined as victim was in wheelchair

Larisa Jean Dietz of Sequim sits with attorney Stan Myers in July at Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Zollman hired as Port Angeles Education Foundation as public relations director

Shelly Robins Zollman has been hired by the Port Angeles Education Foundation as public relations director. Zollman is a graduate of Port… Continue reading

Architects named for Sequim Library expansion

About 2,000 square feet to be added

Three deaths from COVID-19 on Peninsula

New cases may be leveling off, but activity remains high

East Jefferson's Max Allworth-Miles runs at the Tahoma cross country race Saturday. Allworth-Miles led the team, finishing fifth in the boys' race. (Courtesy photo)

PREP SPORTS: East Jefferson cross country opens season

The East Jefferson Cross Country team had its opening meet of the season at the Tahoma Coed Relays at Lake Wilderness Park… Continue reading

East Jefferson's Max Allworth-Miles runs at the Tahoma cross country race Saturday. Allworth-Miles led the team, finishing fifth in the boys' race. (Courtesy photo)
LuAnne Hinkle, left, of the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, receives a check from Ginger Rushton of the home health department at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. Staff and customers at the pharmacy raised more than $950 to support the humane society, the July recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity. The funds are raised through monetary donations, used book sales, donated employee casual days and a percentage of over-the-counter sales.

Charity of the month

LuAnne Hinkle, left, of the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, receives a check from Ginger Rushton of the home health department at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port… Continue reading

LuAnne Hinkle, left, of the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, receives a check from Ginger Rushton of the home health department at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. Staff and customers at the pharmacy raised more than $950 to support the humane society, the July recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity. The funds are raised through monetary donations, used book sales, donated employee casual days and a percentage of over-the-counter sales.
"The Captain," a short film about Maine lobster fisher Sadie Samuels, is among the movies in the Port Townsend Film Festival preview available for streaming this Tuesday through Thursday. photo courtesy Port Townsend Film Festival
"The Captain," a short film about Maine lobster fisher Sadie Samuels, is among the movies in the Port Townsend Film Festival preview available for streaming this Tuesday through Thursday. photo courtesy Port Townsend Film Festival

Final work to resurface Highways 101, 19 scheduled

Starting Monday, crews working for the state Department of Transportation will begin installing the finishing touches on resurfacing portions of U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Four projects get Conservation Futures funding

Money to go toward protecting floodplain, habitat, waterways

Gardiner Community Center will host garage sale

The Gardiner Community Center will host a community garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The sale will be at the… Continue reading

Jefferson County Department of Community Development to take hiatus

The Jefferson County Department of Community Development will be closed this week and will reopen on Sept. 20 for staff development, team… Continue reading