Clallam County

Port Angeles Fire Department paramedics Kristin Fox, left, and Brian Gerdes flip pancakes during the department’s annual pancake breakfast on Saturday at the fire hall. The event, which included a complete breakfast with beverage, was a fundraiser for fire department scholarships and community outreach. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Pancake fundraiser

Port Angeles Fire Department paramedics Kristin Fox, left, and Brian Gerdes flip pancakes during the department’s annual pancake breakfast on Saturday at the fire hall.… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department paramedics Kristin Fox, left, and Brian Gerdes flip pancakes during the department’s annual pancake breakfast on Saturday at the fire hall. The event, which included a complete breakfast with beverage, was a fundraiser for fire department scholarships and community outreach. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Scholarship trust named for Port Angeles pioneer comes home to Clallam County

A $600,000 scholarship fund benefiting Port Angeles High School students now will be administered locally after its recent transfer to the Olympic… Continue reading

PDN phones out of order

Peninsula Daily News phones are out of order on Sunday. To reach us, use email or cell phones. If you do not know the individual… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Larry Strohm sells a $7 Duck Derby ticket to Carl Alexander inside Swain’s General Store. Tickets will be on sale until Sunday, and for a limited time on Sunday at Pebble Beach Park, located at Front and Railroad streets in Port Angeles. The event will begin 11:30 a.m. there, with the Bub and Alice Olsen Very Important Duck (VID) Pluck just before the main event at 1:30 p.m. Ducks will be plucked from trucks for 34 prizes, including a 2023 Toyota Corolla from Wilder Auto. Proceeds go to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.

Ducks to be plucked from trucks on Sunday

Ducks will be plucked from trucks on Sunday during the 34th annual Duck Derby organized by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. Once… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Larry Strohm sells a $7 Duck Derby ticket to Carl Alexander inside Swain’s General Store. Tickets will be on sale until Sunday, and for a limited time on Sunday at Pebble Beach Park, located at Front and Railroad streets in Port Angeles. The event will begin 11:30 a.m. there, with the Bub and Alice Olsen Very Important Duck (VID) Pluck just before the main event at 1:30 p.m. Ducks will be plucked from trucks for 34 prizes, including a 2023 Toyota Corolla from Wilder Auto. Proceeds go to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County election assistant Gretchen Weeks, right, spins a tumbler containing the names of candidates a county voter registration coordinator Joshua Hart records the results during a lot drawing for candidate positions on the ballot on Friday at the county courthouse in Port Angeles.

Peninsula election contests coming up

Filing week ends with several races

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County election assistant Gretchen Weeks, right, spins a tumbler containing the names of candidates a county voter registration coordinator Joshua Hart records the results during a lot drawing for candidate positions on the ballot on Friday at the county courthouse in Port Angeles.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Three Clallam County volunteers were honored for their decades of service with Clallam County Community Service Awards. From left are Lloyd Eisenman of Port Angeles, Emily Westcott of Sequim and Mike Dukes, of Clallam Bay-Sekiu.

Three honored for longtime volunteerism

Community Service Awards presented

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Three Clallam County volunteers were honored for their decades of service with Clallam County Community Service Awards. From left are Lloyd Eisenman of Port Angeles, Emily Westcott of Sequim and Mike Dukes, of Clallam Bay-Sekiu.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday's bell-ringing ceremony on National Peace Officer Memorial Day at Veteran's Park in Port Angeles. The event was part of National Police Week to pay tribute to officers how ave lost their lives in the line of duty.
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Officers remembered in Port Angeles

Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday’s bell-ringing ceremony… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday's bell-ringing ceremony on National Peace Officer Memorial Day at Veteran's Park in Port Angeles. The event was part of National Police Week to pay tribute to officers how ave lost their lives in the line of duty.

A GROWING CONCERN: Water you waiting for? Get gardening

WOW, WHAT GORGEOUS weather we’ve been having. With the passage of Mother’s Day and most of your baskets for the house being planted and hung,… Continue reading

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Community Prayer Breakfast in Port Angeles set for Thursday

The 21st annual Community Prayer Breakfast will be conducted in the St. Anne Room at Queen of Angels Catholic Church from 8… Continue reading

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Rob Epstein

Doctor wins medical educator 2022 award

Dr. Rob Epstein has been named as the 2022 Family Medicine Educator of the Year by the Washington Academy of Family Physicians. Epstein,… Continue reading

Rob Epstein

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off… Continue reading

Mike Healy

Healy named to permanent director of Public Works and Utilities post

Mike Healy has been appointed the permanent director of Public Works and Utilities in Port Angeles. Healy, who has served in an… Continue reading

Mike Healy

Honors students to present original research

Free lectures scheduled on Monday

Skwim Toastmaster Lindy MacLaine

MacLaine honored by area Toastmasters

Skwim Toastmaster Lindy MacLaine has been named Toastmaster of the Year for Toastmasters’ District 32 The annual prize is voted for and awarded… Continue reading

Skwim Toastmaster Lindy MacLaine

Standoff suspect has a long court history

Accused remained in jail on Friday

Pictured, in the back row, from left to right are Gunnar Thomason, Flavio Aurelio Wilson-Rojero, Thomas Jones, Jacob Oberly, Kayla Grant, Lillian Mahaney, Brooklyn McKnight, Parker Horn and Brenda Manson. Middle row, from left to right, Peter Schiess, Avery Cammisa, Madeline Walton, Stella Fradkin, Teig Carlson, Brett Manson, Sarah Butterworth, Chloe Bruning and Charlotte Curran. And in the front row, from left to right, Audrey Rudd, Addison Fox, Miriam Cobb, Olivia Mesen, Izzy Torgerson and McHenry Miller.

Stevens Middle School competes at state technology conference

The Stevens Middle School Technology Student Association competed in annual Washington State TSA Conference at the Doubletree SeaTac Hotel in March. Faculty advisors,… Continue reading

Pictured, in the back row, from left to right are Gunnar Thomason, Flavio Aurelio Wilson-Rojero, Thomas Jones, Jacob Oberly, Kayla Grant, Lillian Mahaney, Brooklyn McKnight, Parker Horn and Brenda Manson. Middle row, from left to right, Peter Schiess, Avery Cammisa, Madeline Walton, Stella Fradkin, Teig Carlson, Brett Manson, Sarah Butterworth, Chloe Bruning and Charlotte Curran. And in the front row, from left to right, Audrey Rudd, Addison Fox, Miriam Cobb, Olivia Mesen, Izzy Torgerson and McHenry Miller.

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Charging station, early learning center before county boards

Govenbment meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Accused murder suspect is dead

Man was on court order at hospital

Candidates file on fourth day of filing week

A fourth day of candidate filings led to a primary race forming in the Port Townsend School District while three primary races have emerged in… Continue reading

Ian Maksin will perform in Forks on Sunday.

Cellist to perform in Forks

Ian Maksin will appear in concert in a tour called “Songs of a Vagabond Cello” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday in… Continue reading

Ian Maksin will perform in Forks on Sunday.