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Peninsula College welcomes two new members to its board

Full-time enrollment slightly above last year’s full-time figures

Port Townsend churches host special drive for area food banks

WAVE effort culminates with final push

A tsunami alert siren in the public parking lot at First and Lincoln streets in downtown Port Angeles sounded during Thursday’s Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ShakeOut practice evaluated

Drill is preparation for big earthquake

A tsunami alert siren in the public parking lot at First and Lincoln streets in downtown Port Angeles sounded during Thursday’s Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A shed fire was extinguished early Friday morning. Chief Jake Patterson said firefighters knocked down the flames in about 10 minutes. The district responded with two fire engines, one ambulance and two chief officers. The Port Angeles Fire Department responded with one fire engine and one chief officer, along with Port Angeles police officers and Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)

Shed burns in Port Angeles

A 15-foot by 15-foot wooden shed filled with firewood on Bean Road just north of Lincoln Park caught fire and burned part… Continue reading

A shed fire was extinguished early Friday morning. Chief Jake Patterson said firefighters knocked down the flames in about 10 minutes. The district responded with two fire engines, one ambulance and two chief officers. The Port Angeles Fire Department responded with one fire engine and one chief officer, along with Port Angeles police officers and Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies. (Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue)
President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Friday in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden faces tough battle to secure $105 billion for Ukraine, Israel, the border

The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2023
  • By Chris Megerian and Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press
President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Friday in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Phone outages in Brinnon prompt concern

Some CenturyLink customers say landline phones have been out for weeks

Nor'Wester Rotary Club on Friday heard from Port Angeles School Board candidates Chris Noble, left, and Sandy Long. Noble is a write-in candidate for Position 3 and incumbent Long is running unopposed for Position 4. The two other candidates did not appear at the event.

Two of four PASD hopefuls speak at forum

Write-in candidate introduced

Nor'Wester Rotary Club on Friday heard from Port Angeles School Board candidates Chris Noble, left, and Sandy Long. Noble is a write-in candidate for Position 3 and incumbent Long is running unopposed for Position 4. The two other candidates did not appear at the event.

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Contracts, building codes before county boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighter/paramedics Jeremy Church, left, and Jeff Albers practice resuscitation techniques during a training session on Thursday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. Numerous medical personnel from fire districts 2, 3 and 4, along with the Port Angeles Fire Department and Olympic Ambulance, took part in the “Difficult Airway Course” featuring a variety of resuscitation situations in an event hosted by the Clallam County EMS Council. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Resuscitation training

Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighter/paramedics Jeremy Church, left, and Jeff Albers practice resuscitation techniques during a training session on Thursday at Vern Burton Community… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighter/paramedics Jeremy Church, left, and Jeff Albers practice resuscitation techniques during a training session on Thursday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. Numerous medical personnel from fire districts 2, 3 and 4, along with the Port Angeles Fire Department and Olympic Ambulance, took part in the “Difficult Airway Course” featuring a variety of resuscitation situations in an event hosted by the Clallam County EMS Council. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Hazard trees prompt winter campground closures

Kalaloch, Mora and Staircase in Olympic National Park affected

Legislative listening session for young voters set for Saturday

Young voters and soon-to-be voters ages 16-29 are invited to speak with local legislators at a listening session hosted by the North… Continue reading

Port Townsend council delays vote on backing pool plan

Proposal would include new district, sales tax hike

President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday in Washington about the war in Israel and Ukraine. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via The Associated Press)

Biden declares support for Israel, Ukraine ‘vital’ for US security

President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America’s national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case… Continue reading

  • Oct 19, 2023
  • By Chris Megerian and Seung Min Kim The Associated Press
  • National News
President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday in Washington about the war in Israel and Ukraine. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via The Associated Press)
Kellie Baker of Port Angeles enjoys a warm autumn day to eat lunch with a book at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Mostly dry conditions are forecast for much of the region through the weekend with wetter weather expected to return by early next week. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Sunny lunch

Kellie Baker of Port Angeles enjoys a warm autumn day to eat lunch with a book at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Mostly… Continue reading

Kellie Baker of Port Angeles enjoys a warm autumn day to eat lunch with a book at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Mostly dry conditions are forecast for much of the region through the weekend with wetter weather expected to return by early next week. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County to keep contracted courthouse security

Sheriff’s Office reports 11 deputy vacancies; Jefferson County says it is fully staffed

Clallam Transit driver Dante Ruiz prepares his bus for the 30 Route to Sequim on Wednesday at The Gateway transit center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit free in ’24

Not all services part of 1-year pilot program

Clallam Transit driver Dante Ruiz prepares his bus for the 30 Route to Sequim on Wednesday at The Gateway transit center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Oct. 20; Book launch for “Salmon, Cedar, Rock Rain” in Port Angeles

Tim McNulty and Loni Greninger will read from McNulty’s new book. “Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain” at 7 p.m. Friday. The book… Continue reading

Oct. 21; Crystal Abbotte and Valerie Henschel who will demonstrate how to color wood.

Crystal Abbotte and Valerie Henschel will demonstrate how to color wood at 11 a.m. Saturday. The hands-on demonstration is part of a meeting… Continue reading

Oct. 21; Legal aid presentation in Chimacum

Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers will present a seminar on landlord-tenant issues at 11 a.m. Saturday. The free presentation is at the Chimacum… Continue reading