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Security training exercises set Wednesday and Thursday

Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct security training exercises on Wednesday and Thursday. The exercise on Wednesday will involve sirens and flashing… Continue reading

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Seven nursing homes hit with COVID outbreaks

Total of 138 cases, 10 deaths in Peninsula facilities

The Port Angeles Branch of 1st Security Bank make a cash donation to Jefferson Elementary School from its Stuff the Bus campaign. Pictured, from left to right, are John James, Tyrone Beatty, Erica Rudesill, Rhonda Kromm and Britney Martin. The bank has hosted the annual fundraiser for more than ten years; this year’s campaign raised more than $41,000 state-wide in cash and essential supplies, like backpacks and notebooks, for local schools.
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Stuff the Bus campaign yields school donations

The Port Angeles Branch of 1st Security Bank make a cash donation to Jefferson Elementary School from its Stuff the Bus campaign. Pictured, from left… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Branch of 1st Security Bank make a cash donation to Jefferson Elementary School from its Stuff the Bus campaign. Pictured, from left to right, are John James, Tyrone Beatty, Erica Rudesill, Rhonda Kromm and Britney Martin. The bank has hosted the annual fundraiser for more than ten years; this year’s campaign raised more than $41,000 state-wide in cash and essential supplies, like backpacks and notebooks, for local schools.

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

Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News Authorities said an SUV was torched early Friday morning in the Goodwill Industries parking lot in Port Angeles.

Vehicle fires linked to arson

Multiple tampering reports

Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News Authorities said an SUV was torched early Friday morning in the Goodwill Industries parking lot in Port Angeles.
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Vaccines available all over Peninsula

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Deputies seek two men after assault on bus

Report: Two brothers fled after hitting, kicking bus rider

Channing Warren Davis and Steven Rene Davis Jr.

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to hear about housing programs

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear a briefing about Peninsula Housing Authority programs at 1:30 p.m. Monday after the meeting begins at 9 a.m.… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: Sequim City Council to consider measure against health orders

The Sequim City Council will consider a resolution defying state and county health orders when it meets virtually at 6 p.m. Monday. The public can… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Jolene Vaara, right, and Port Angeles' Kennedy Bruch battle at the net during the Wolves' 3-1 win over the Roughriders on Thursday.

PREP ROUNDUP: Wolves outlast Roughriders in volleyball

Sequim and Port Angeles battled back and forth in a rivalry volleyball match Thursday, with the Wolves coming out on top 3-1 (23-25,… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Jolene Vaara, right, and Port Angeles' Kennedy Bruch battle at the net during the Wolves' 3-1 win over the Roughriders on Thursday.
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Teammates congratulate Port Angeles' Teagan Clark, No. 4, after the first of her two free-kick goals during the Roughriders 3-1 win over Sequim on Thursday.

PREP SOCCER: Port Angeles, Clark put best foot forward in win over rival Sequim

Clark scores twice on long free kicks, Wagner nets for Wolves

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Teammates congratulate Port Angeles' Teagan Clark, No. 4, after the first of her two free-kick goals during the Roughriders 3-1 win over Sequim on Thursday.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Daniel Cable, center, weaves around East Jefferson defenders, from left, Malachi Azariah McDonald, Gerald Lindsey and Christopher Fair on Friday in Port Angeles.

PREP FOOTBALL: Cable, Roughriders get rolling in win over East Jefferson

Three first-quarter scores for senior

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Daniel Cable, center, weaves around East Jefferson defenders, from left, Malachi Azariah McDonald, Gerald Lindsey and Christopher Fair on Friday in Port Angeles.
Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the Port Angeles School District at an assembly session with volunteers on Thursday at Hamilton School. The pair collected more than 4,000 flowers from their own flower farms, along with donations from other farms and area gardeners, that will be arranged in tin can vases and given out in the days to come to about 450 school district employees as a token of thanks for their hard work in tending to the needs of children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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A bouquet of gratitude in Port Angeles

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the… Continue reading

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the Port Angeles School District at an assembly session with volunteers on Thursday at Hamilton School. The pair collected more than 4,000 flowers from their own flower farms, along with donations from other farms and area gardeners, that will be arranged in tin can vases and given out in the days to come to about 450 school district employees as a token of thanks for their hard work in tending to the needs of children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) joined State Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Port Townsend), salmon and steelhead guide Ashley Nichole Lewis, President of Taylor Shellfish Company Bill Taylor and conservationist Tim McNulty for a hike in Olympic National Forest to discuss her Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Wild Olympics legislation on upswing

Bill passes Senate hurdle but needs House support

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) joined State Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Port Townsend), salmon and steelhead guide Ashley Nichole Lewis, President of Taylor Shellfish Company Bill Taylor and conservationist Tim McNulty for a hike in Olympic National Forest to discuss her Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
BIZ-Smithhired-MUG-PDN-210908 Smith hired (Mug) PORT TOWNSEND — Andrea Smith has been hired by Jefferson Healthcare as the clinical manager for its home health team. Smith, a military veteran, has a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Aspen University in Denver. Smith will supervise the nurses, therapists, certified nursing assistants and medical social workers that deliver skilled intermittent care in private residences, adult family homes or assisted living facilities.

Jefferson Healthcare hires new clinical manager for its home health team

Andrea Smith has been hired by Jefferson Healthcare as the clinical manager for its home health team. Smith, a military veteran, has… Continue reading

BIZ-Smithhired-MUG-PDN-210908 Smith hired (Mug) PORT TOWNSEND — Andrea Smith has been hired by Jefferson Healthcare as the clinical manager for its home health team. Smith, a military veteran, has a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Aspen University in Denver. Smith will supervise the nurses, therapists, certified nursing assistants and medical social workers that deliver skilled intermittent care in private residences, adult family homes or assisted living facilities.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Acupuncturist Pat Flood, owner of Olympic Acupuncture in Port Angeles, arranges a display of herbs and supplements in her office on Friday.
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Some businesses go to vax-only policy

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Acupuncturist Pat Flood, owner of Olympic Acupuncture in Port Angeles, arranges a display of herbs and supplements in her office on Friday.
A harp seal lying beside the Gulf of St. Lawrence is among the images in Bill Curtsinger's show at the Grover Gallery in Port Townsend through Oct. 31. photo by Bill Curtsinger

Art shows, performances set this weekend across Peninsula

one indoors, the other outdoors — planned for this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula, offer arrays… Continue reading

A harp seal lying beside the Gulf of St. Lawrence is among the images in Bill Curtsinger's show at the Grover Gallery in Port Townsend through Oct. 31. photo by Bill Curtsinger
Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his presentation will stream on Zoom.

Bednarik set as Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship speaker

Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his presentation will stream on Zoom.
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Washington. Biden is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Biden issues vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million… Continue reading

  • Sep 10, 2021
  • By Zeke Miller The Associated Press
  • Coronavirus
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Washington. Biden is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)