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Clallam County Community Service Award honoree Dianna Cross is a longtime volunteer in the Clallam County office of the American Red Cross. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Company of heroes: Eight volunteers to be given Clallam County Community Service Award

A gathering of heroes who quietly worked behind the scenes will be in the spotlight Thursday during the reception for the Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam County Community Service Award honoree Dianna Cross is a longtime volunteer in the Clallam County office of the American Red Cross. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Recovered bald eagle released, reunited with mate near Port Angeles

Recovered bald eagle released, reunited with mate near Port Angeles

Sparky, the bald eagle electrocuted last month by a 7,200-volt power line west of Port Angeles, has been released back to the… Continue reading

Recovered bald eagle released, reunited with mate near Port Angeles
Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride

Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride

Jefferson Transit broke ground Tuesday on a project that will expand its Four Corners Road Park and Ride. The $540,400 project, which… Continue reading

Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride
Peninsula groups highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Peninsula groups highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and organizations across the Peninsula are reaching out to the community through art, events and social… Continue reading

Peninsula groups highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month
‘I just enjoy helping people’: Governor’s award goes to Port Angeles Food Bank volunteer

‘I just enjoy helping people’: Governor’s award goes to Port Angeles Food Bank volunteer

Mary Patterson, who has volunteered at the Port Angeles Food Bank for more than 12 years, has never sought recognition for the… Continue reading

‘I just enjoy helping people’: Governor’s award goes to Port Angeles Food Bank volunteer
Dungeness River Coalition sends video to lawmakers considering land transfer

Dungeness River Coalition sends video to lawmakers considering land transfer

The Dungeness River Coalition recently sent a film to state officials in Olympia to illustrate a proposed project before final legislative budgets are… Continue reading

Dungeness River Coalition sends video to lawmakers considering land transfer
Destination Imagination: Chimacum team to compete in global contest

Destination Imagination: Chimacum team to compete in global contest

Five Chimacum Middle School students are heading to Tennessee to compete in a competition for the STEM-based program Destination Imagination, where they will… Continue reading

Destination Imagination: Chimacum team to compete in global contest
Diabetics, young and young at heart, seek local options for care

Diabetics, young and young at heart, seek local options for care

Physicians say specialists like endocrinologists hard to come by in rural areas

Diabetics, young and young at heart, seek local options for care
Saving the hemlock: Peninsula experiment could help dying trees on the East Coast

Saving the hemlock: Peninsula experiment could help dying trees on the East Coast

Researchers are looking to western hemlock trees on the Miller Peninsula east of Sequim to collect data that could help save hemlock trees… Continue reading

Saving the hemlock: Peninsula experiment could help dying trees on the East Coast
Port Angeles pastor to undertake 1,300-mile trek to raise money for orphans, widows

Port Angeles pastor to undertake 1,300-mile trek to raise money for orphans, widows

A Port Angeles pastor plans to bike, kayak and run 1,300 miles around Washington state, praying and raising funds for orphans and… Continue reading

Port Angeles pastor to undertake 1,300-mile trek to raise money for orphans, widows
Nippon to be shut down; new owner to close Ediz Hook plant for up to 18 months

Nippon to be shut down; new owner to close Ediz Hook plant for up to 18 months

McKinley Paper Co. officials are settling in as new owners of the nearly dormant Nippon Paper Industries USA plant in preparation for… Continue reading

Nippon to be shut down; new owner to close Ediz Hook plant for up to 18 months
Jefferson County campgrounds open for season

Jefferson County campgrounds open for season

Jefferson County campgrounds at Lake Leland, Quilcene and Oak Bay opened for the season Saturday, and none requires reservations. “We are looking… Continue reading

Jefferson County campgrounds open for season
Sequim, Port Townsend in Top 10 of online contest for best Northwestern small town

Sequim, Port Townsend in Top 10 of online contest for best Northwestern small town

Two North Olympic Peninsula communities are in the top 10 in a regional online contest for the Best Northwestern Small Town, and, as of Sunday,… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Townsend in Top 10 of online contest for best Northwestern small town
Health study ranks counties: Jefferson No. 4 for health outcomes, Clallam No. 21

Health study ranks counties: Jefferson No. 4 for health outcomes, Clallam No. 21

Jefferson County remains in the state’s upper echelon for overall health, a national study suggests. Clallam County was just below the state… Continue reading

Health study ranks counties: Jefferson No. 4 for health outcomes, Clallam No. 21
Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off

Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off

A Sequim High School graduate and his family will soon star in one of the most popular cable television shows in home improvement… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off
County fairs fight for funds

County fairs fight for funds

PORT TOWNSEND —The state operating budget proposed by the House of Representatives strips funds from county fairs for the 2018 and 2019 seasons and residents… Continue reading

County fairs fight for funds
Teen hopes to raise money for Dove House through her artwork

Teen hopes to raise money for Dove House through her artwork

A teenager is using her art to help those in need, donating 50 percent of her sales for the month of April… Continue reading

Teen hopes to raise money for Dove House through her artwork
Olympic Peninsula Special Needs Housing breaks ground on first home

Olympic Peninsula Special Needs Housing breaks ground on first home

Soon-to-be residents of the first home from Olympic Peninsula Special Needs Housing have broken ground at the site in Sequim. The four-bedroom home,… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Special Needs Housing breaks ground on first home
Sequim woman to compete in Mrs. Washington America Pageant

Sequim woman to compete in Mrs. Washington America Pageant

A Sequim woman will represent the Olympic Peninsula this spring at the Mrs. Washington America Pageant in Olympia. Magan Waldron, who was crowned… Continue reading

Sequim woman to compete in Mrs. Washington America Pageant
Port Angeles wind turbine spires turning; design, not power, main point

Port Angeles wind turbine spires turning; design, not power, main point

After six months of standing motionless, the city’s $107,517 wind turbine spires are finally spinning. They are ready to generate an estimated… Continue reading

Port Angeles wind turbine spires turning; design, not power, main point