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Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center hosts hundreds for Thanksgiving

Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center hosts hundreds for Thanksgiving

It may have been raining outside, but it was warm inside as the aromas of Thanksgiving filled the Tri-Area Community Center on Thursday,… Continue reading

Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center hosts hundreds for Thanksgiving

Grant aids fundraising for new Boys & Girls Club facility

A $300,000 grant has boosted efforts to build a new Port Angeles clubhouse for Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Vessel breaks free from anchor, smashes into Port of Port Townsend breakwater

Vessel breaks free from anchor, smashes into Port of Port Townsend breakwater

The state Department of Ecology said Thursday that any fuel spilled when a boat broke free from its anchor in Port Townsend… Continue reading

Vessel breaks free from anchor, smashes into Port of Port Townsend breakwater

OMC approves budget with cuts: Hospital to lose $1.7 million in Medicare reimbursement

Olympic Medical Center commissioners Wednesday approved a 2019 budget that addresses the $1.7 million loss the hospital faces as a result of… Continue reading

Free community feasts offered today in Clallam

Free community feasts offered today in Clallam

Free community feasts are planned in Clallam County today. One feast was offered by the Salvation Army in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Also on Thanksgiving… Continue reading

Free community feasts offered today in Clallam
Jeannie McMacken/Peninsula Daily News                                St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend served a record number of meals Wednesday as part of its Wednesday Just Soup program. Volunteers Erica Bauermeister, left, and Anna Wilke served up a full Thanksgiving feast prepared by members of the congregation.

Traditional Thanksgiving dinners slated in Jefferson

Free community feasts are planned in Jefferson County today. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend hosted a traditional Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday. Most other meals… Continue reading

Jeannie McMacken/Peninsula Daily News                                St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend served a record number of meals Wednesday as part of its Wednesday Just Soup program. Volunteers Erica Bauermeister, left, and Anna Wilke served up a full Thanksgiving feast prepared by members of the congregation.
Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County

Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County

Electrical power was lost midday Wednesday throughout almost all of East Jefferson County as an uprooted tree fell onto transmission lines in… Continue reading

Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County
Fire destroys poet’s Port Angeles home

Fire destroys poet’s Port Angeles home

A rural residence east of Port Angeles was destroyed by a fire Tuesday afternoon after flames that began in the daylight basement… Continue reading

Fire destroys poet’s Port Angeles home

Clallam County taps chief financial officer

Clallam County has made a conditional offer of employment for its new chief financial officer position, Interim County Administrator Rich Sill told… Continue reading

Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

Ridership has greatly increased in the past year on the Washington State Ferries route between Port Townsend and Coupeville. “Ridership on the… Continue reading

Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

Housing agreement approved by Jefferson County, Port Townsend

The Jefferson County commissioners and the Port Townsend City Council have unanimously approved an updated interlocal agreement supporting affordable housing and housing… Continue reading

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