Clallam County

PASD coaches, maintenance, grounds workers also without contracts

Like paraeducators, members of the Port Angeles Activities Advisors’ Association, which represents coaches, and the Teamsters, which represents building maintenance and grounds… Continue reading

PASD, paraeducators still talking

Hope is to reach settlement by end of year

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Melissa Montague of Corvallis, Ore., examines tables filled with locally-made gifts at the Makers Market on Friday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.

Post-Thanksgiving shopping spurred on Peninsula

Holiday events offered today

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Melissa Montague of Corvallis, Ore., examines tables filled with locally-made gifts at the Makers Market on Friday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.
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Sequim veterans home begins remodel

‘Minsky Place’ to open tentatively spring 2024

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Training set to do marine debris surveys on local beaches for COASST

Have an interest in becoming a citizen scientist and love walks on the beach? The University of Washington’s Coastal Observation and Seabird… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Capital plan in Clallam; fees in Jefferson before county boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

ISSUES OF FAITH: Being thankful for Thanksgiving

I AM THANKFUL for Thanksgiving and how it prepares our hearts for the Christmas season. In my family history, there are many farmers. Thanksgiving must… Continue reading

Singers, from left, Abbigail Cuellar, 16, Danielle Lorentzen of Ghostlight Productions, Kaylyn Stroup, 15, and Max MacFall, 15, perform a Christmas carol during Wednesday evening’s opening ceremony for the 33rd annual Festival of Trees at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tickets are available for Festival of Trees

Senior breakfast, gala and family days also part of annual event

Singers, from left, Abbigail Cuellar, 16, Danielle Lorentzen of Ghostlight Productions, Kaylyn Stroup, 15, and Max MacFall, 15, perform a Christmas carol during Wednesday evening’s opening ceremony for the 33rd annual Festival of Trees at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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‘Grace’ is set for Sunday program

Joseph Bednarik will present “Holding Hands with Grace” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik

Ceremonies, lights, shopping mark Thanksgiving weekend

Port Angeles and Sequim both will mark the Saturday after Thanksgiving with tree-lighting ceremonies to coincide with Small Business Saturday, while the Port Angeles Fine… Continue reading

Anna-Marie Tax, 7, of Port Angeles and her brother A.J. Tax, 4, behind, are served by volunteers, from left, Phil Becillis, Lorenz Sololmann and Patty Sollman during Thursday’s Community Dinner at Queen of Angeles community hall in Port Angeles. Hundreds of people took part in the free meal, which featured traditional Thanksgiving fare, dessert and the companionship of other community members. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Free community feasts draw Peninsula residents

Volunteers serve hundreds with turkey, all the fixings

Anna-Marie Tax, 7, of Port Angeles and her brother A.J. Tax, 4, behind, are served by volunteers, from left, Phil Becillis, Lorenz Sololmann and Patty Sollman during Thursday’s Community Dinner at Queen of Angeles community hall in Port Angeles. Hundreds of people took part in the free meal, which featured traditional Thanksgiving fare, dessert and the companionship of other community members. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Gen X dance party set for Saturday

An early-evening nightclub is set for Saturday at Studio Bob. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the Gen X Dance Party… Continue reading

A fire broke out in an excavator on Key Road earlier this week.

No one hurt in excavator fire

No one was injured when an excavator became engulfed in flames in the 1000 block of Key Road south of Port Angeles,… Continue reading

A fire broke out in an excavator on Key Road earlier this week.
The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “The Great-Fullness” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “The Great-Fullness” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics,… Continue reading

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “The Great-Fullness” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.
Volunteer Merry Svenson of Port Angeles carries plates of turkey and fixings to be served to hungry visitors during Wednesday’s annual pre-Thanksgiving lunch at the Salvation Army Social Service Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Salvation Army offers meal on Thanksgiving Eve

Additional free community fests to be offered today

Volunteer Merry Svenson of Port Angeles carries plates of turkey and fixings to be served to hungry visitors during Wednesday’s annual pre-Thanksgiving lunch at the Salvation Army Social Service Center in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lincoln School site to be razed

Historical society board in Port Angeles tells of ‘difficult decision’

Bruce Emery, Clallam County’s director of Community Development, chats with about 30 farmers on Nov. 7 to seek input on updating the county’s code in order to better help farms come into compliance. “This is going to be cooperative, constructive, and it’s not going to be punitive,” he said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Clallam working on farm guidelines

Survey open to public; action possible in ’24

Bruce Emery, Clallam County’s director of Community Development, chats with about 30 farmers on Nov. 7 to seek input on updating the county’s code in order to better help farms come into compliance. “This is going to be cooperative, constructive, and it’s not going to be punitive,” he said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Temporary fencing blocks the end of Port Angeles City Pier at the observation tower after the city closed the area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles closes observation tower pending engineering report

The future of the waterfront observation tower, which was fenced off to the public on Tuesday, will be decided after city officials… Continue reading

Temporary fencing blocks the end of Port Angeles City Pier at the observation tower after the city closed the area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Betsy Reed Schultz (far left), founder of Captain Joseph House, gets a look at a carved bear donated by Bret Wirta’s Black Bear Diner and Holiday Inn & Suites last week at the Port Angeles facility. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Carved bear added to Captain Joseph House grounds

Gold Star families can find respite at Port Angeles facility

Betsy Reed Schultz (far left), founder of Captain Joseph House, gets a look at a carved bear donated by Bret Wirta’s Black Bear Diner and Holiday Inn & Suites last week at the Port Angeles facility. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)