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State Superintendent of public instruction offers funding ideas

State Superintendent of public instruction offers funding ideas

On the heels of a paraeducator strike that shut down Port Angeles schools last week, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal… Continue reading

State Superintendent of public instruction offers funding ideas
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteer Ellie Karjalainen, 7, of Port Angeles, right, helps with a to-go container of food during Thursday’s community Thanksgiving dinner in the gym of Queen of Angeles Catholic Church in Port angeles.

Free Thanksgiving feasts set on Peninsula

Free community feasts are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula on Thanksgiving Day and on days leading up to the annual holiday. On Wednesday —… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteer Ellie Karjalainen, 7, of Port Angeles, right, helps with a to-go container of food during Thursday’s community Thanksgiving dinner in the gym of Queen of Angeles Catholic Church in Port angeles.

Woman arrested in Peninsula drug probe pleads guilty in federal court

A woman who was arrested in May for her role in what law enforcement has called one of the primary drug trafficking… Continue reading

Cyclists taught about their rides in new class in Port Townsend

Cyclists taught about their rides in new class in Port Townsend

A dozen students put their mettle to their pedals, frames and wheels last week at the Cotton Building as they learned basic… Continue reading

Cyclists taught about their rides in new class in Port Townsend
Crash landing closes Jefferson County Airport

Crash landing closes Jefferson County Airport

The Jefferson County International Airport was closed for nearly two hours after a small plane crash-landed at the airport Sunday morning. At… Continue reading

Crash landing closes Jefferson County Airport
Raptor Center to close, eventually: After career of rescuing animals, Jaye Moore slowing down

Raptor Center to close, eventually: After career of rescuing animals, Jaye Moore slowing down

Injured birds on the North Olympic Peninsula for decades have found refuge at the Northwest Raptor and Wildlife Center in Sequim. It’s there… Continue reading

Raptor Center to close, eventually: After career of rescuing animals, Jaye Moore slowing down
More than 150 teachers and paraeducators ended their demonstration in downtown Port Angeles, circling past the courthouse, supporting the paraeducators’ strike. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Strike to end Monday; Port Angeles paraeducators, district reach pact

Schools will reopen Monday after the Port Angeles Paraeducators Association approved a new wage agreement tonight with the Port Angeles School District,… Continue reading

More than 150 teachers and paraeducators ended their demonstration in downtown Port Angeles, circling past the courthouse, supporting the paraeducators’ strike. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Tree lightings, Ice Village scheduled after Thanksgiving

Communities across the North Olympic Peninsula will begin to celebrate the winter holiday season the day after Thanksgiving. Port Angeles’ inaugural season of the Ice… Continue reading

Higher ground for Quileute Tribal School in La Push

Higher ground for Quileute Tribal School in La Push

All was quiet in a misty clearing surrounded by a coastal forest near La Push on Tuesday. Three years from now, the… Continue reading

Higher ground for Quileute Tribal School in La Push
Kaston Beckett, 6, joined the crowd Friday in front of the Clallam County Courthouse as it supported striking Port Angeles School District paraeducators. (Paul Gottlieb /Peninsula Daily News)

School strike ends in PA; paraeducators, district come to agreement

Port Angeles School District schools will reopen Monday after paraeducators approved a new three-year wage agreement with the district Friday, ending their… Continue reading

Kaston Beckett, 6, joined the crowd Friday in front of the Clallam County Courthouse as it supported striking Port Angeles School District paraeducators. (Paul Gottlieb /Peninsula Daily News)
National Adoption Day celebrated at ceremony in Clallam

National Adoption Day celebrated at ceremony in Clallam

Miles Bennett, 2, has been a member of the Bennett family since he was born, but on Thursday — National Adoption Day… Continue reading

National Adoption Day celebrated at ceremony in Clallam

Port of Port Townsend mulls 3 percent CPI rate hike

Change continues at the Port of Port Townsend as commissioners heard a first reading of proposed new rates and discussed an organizational… Continue reading

Jefferson County trespassing ordinance discussed

Jefferson County trespassing ordinance discussed

Jefferson County commissioners have sent a proposed Facility Trespass Ordinance back to staff for revisions. Commissioners directed that the revision should incorporate… Continue reading

Jefferson County trespassing ordinance discussed

Speed limit cut proposed for Shine Road

The safety concerns of Shine Road residents have sparked a move to lower the speed limit from 35 mph to 25 mph… Continue reading

Memorial service in Gardiner honors Medal of Honor recipient

Memorial service in Gardiner honors Medal of Honor recipient

Marvin Shields is the only Seabee to have been given the honor

Memorial service in Gardiner honors Medal of Honor recipient
Permits in process for holiday season shows at Lincoln Theater

Permits in process for holiday season shows at Lincoln Theater

Owners want to turn venue into nonprofit performing arts space

Permits in process for holiday season shows at Lincoln Theater
Lot rezoned at Olympic Medical Center to allow for parking expansion

Lot rezoned at Olympic Medical Center to allow for parking expansion

Olympic Medical Center has had a residential lot rezoned to allow for a potential parking expansion at its Port Angeles campus. The… Continue reading

Lot rezoned at Olympic Medical Center to allow for parking expansion
‘The most important thing’: Rear admiral talks service at Port Angeles Veterans Day event

‘The most important thing’: Rear admiral talks service at Port Angeles Veterans Day event

On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, people crowded into a hangar at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector… Continue reading

‘The most important thing’: Rear admiral talks service at Port Angeles Veterans Day event
Governor appoints replacement for Clallam County Superior Court judge

Governor appoints replacement for Clallam County Superior Court judge

Gov. Jay Inslee this week selected Brent Basden of Port Angeles to replace outgoing Superior Court Judge Chris Melly, who is resigning… Continue reading

Governor appoints replacement for Clallam County Superior Court judge
Marijuana producer in Port Angeles accused of selling on black market

Marijuana producer in Port Angeles accused of selling on black market

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board has issued two emergency marijuana license suspensions for North Coast Concentrates, saying it sold marijuana… Continue reading

Marijuana producer in Port Angeles accused of selling on black market