Clallam County

BUSINESS BRIEFS: PA Ambassadors hold two ribbon-cutting ceremonies; real estate agents of the month named

The Port Angeles Ambassadors recently held grand opening ribbon-cuttings for two local businesses. The businesses were Epic Indulgence, 118 N. Laurel St.,… Continue reading

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Best of humanity in action in two local books

and the wave lifts and sweeps you forward. Time? Space? Limits? Gone. Summer’s… Continue reading

Estes Builders donates to Peninsula agencies

Estes Builders of Poulsbo has made cash awards to agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula. Awardees, and the amounts they received, are: • Dungeness… Continue reading

Harsh winter took heavy toll on wildlife across western U.S.

Harsh winter took heavy toll on wildlife across western U.S.

Wildlife suffered higher than normal losses this winter in severe weather across the western United States,… Continue reading

Harsh winter took heavy toll on wildlife across western U.S.

LETTER: If we can’t care for our elders what does that say about us?

AHCA) to the Affordable Care Act recommends sweeping changes to Medicaid. There are… Continue reading

LETTER: The Better Care Reconciliation Act is not a healthcare bill; it’s a tax cut bill.

The Better Care Reconciliation Act is not a healthcare bill. It’s a tax cut bill. By decreasing federal spending on health care to working people,… Continue reading

Microsoft, Trump administration clash over email searches

Microsoft, Trump administration clash over email searches

On the surface, the investigation was routine. Federal agents persuaded a judge to issue a warrant for… Continue reading

Microsoft, Trump administration clash over email searches

NEWS BRIEFS: Drink and Draw event set Thursday … and other items

Drink and Draw, a free event for all ages, is planned at 7 p.m. Thursday. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. at… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A short history of tourists

NOW THAT THE tourists are finally here it’s easy to remember why we put a season on them. From the acidified ocean to the melting… Continue reading

Port Angeles has a new parade route this year starting on North Cedar Street, creating a loop along Marine Drive to Front Street and back to Valley Road. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Celebrations to dazzle for the Fourth of July

Celebrations will explode all over Clallam County today on the Fourth of July. The Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s Fourth of July all-day celebration will… Continue reading

Port Angeles has a new parade route this year starting on North Cedar Street, creating a loop along Marine Drive to Front Street and back to Valley Road. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Whidbey Island aircraft operations set for five days this week at outlying field

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field night to… Continue reading

Study links at-risk orcas’ failed pregnancies to scarce food

Study links at-risk orcas’ failed pregnancies to scarce food

Endangered orcas that frequent the inland waters of Washington state are having pregnancy problems because they cannot… Continue reading

Study links at-risk orcas’ failed pregnancies to scarce food
Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled

Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled

The Port Angeles property where Extreme Sports Park has held sprint boat races annually since 2011 is now for sale and all… Continue reading

Extreme Sports Park land for sale; sprint boat events for this year canceled
U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Benjamin Berg, left, and Cmdr. Christofer German share a moment of levity during a ceremony Friday shifting command of the cutter Active, in the background, from Berg to German at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Command changes for Coast Guard’s Active

The cutter Active has a new commander. Coast Guard Cmdr. Christofer German relieved Cmdr. Benjamin Berg as commanding officer of the 210-foot-long… Continue reading

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Benjamin Berg, left, and Cmdr. Christofer German share a moment of levity during a ceremony Friday shifting command of the cutter Active, in the background, from Berg to German at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Townsend start-up tops Silicon Valley business competition

Port Townsend start-up tops Silicon Valley business competition

A Port Townsend start-up that connects local growers to local customers won first place at the Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition. In… Continue reading

Port Townsend start-up tops Silicon Valley business competition

Occupants suffer minor injuries after vehicle strikes three elk; animals killed

A Jeep Grand Cherokee’s occupants were mostly unharmed after the vehicle struck and killed three elk that were in the road late… Continue reading

Ceremony honors longtime firefighters as they retire from Port Angeles department

Ceremony honors longtime firefighters as they retire from Port Angeles department

An unprecedented flag ceremony honored two retiring Port Angeles firefighter paramedics. The Port Angeles Fire Department flew two American flags over the… Continue reading

Ceremony honors longtime firefighters as they retire from Port Angeles department

Port Angeles man arrested amid investigation of string of crimes

A 21-year-old Port Angeles man accused of stealing a van in Sequim and fleeing police last week in Port Angeles awoke to… Continue reading

Cantwell sets town hall meetings; free tickets required for the themed discussions

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell plans three town hall meetings in Seattle this week. Cantwell, D-Mountlake Terrace, will host town halls Wednesday, Friday and… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Coast Guard crew rescues PA teen girl; Clallam County Sheriff’s Office achieves reaccreditation

A U.S. Coast Guard crew from Port Angeles helped a 17-year-old girl after she fell 100 feet while hiking near the… Continue reading