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Advance tickets available for May’s Juan de Fuca Festival of Arts

PORT ANGELES ­— Early-bird tickets are on sale for the 21st annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, a cavalcade of music and dance… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEF — Jolie Salon in Sequim adds new stylist, nail technician

SEQUIM — Jolie Salon owners/stylists Bonnie Ferguson and Angie Heaton have announced new hours for the salon, which is open by appointment Monday through Saturday,… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips

Clallam Fire District No. 2 lauds Roark Miller with award

PORT ANGELES — Sheila Roark Miller, Clallam County community development director and fire marshal, has been recognized for spearheading a fire protection ordinance and advocating… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips
Vince Riccobene

New principal named for Sequim Middle School

SEQUIM — Vince Riccobene, who is currently the Sequim School District's executive director of teaching and learning, has been named the new principal of Sequim… Continue reading

Vince Riccobene

NEWS BRIEFS — Jefferson Healthcare commissioners to meet today in Port Townsend . . . and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson Healthcare hospital commissioners will review Jefferson County health care services data at a workshop today. The workshop is scheduled from… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau announces its board for 2014

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau has announced its nine-member board of directors for 2014. Board members live and do business in the… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Sean Dwyer looks back at the umpire after being tagged out on a steal attempt by Sequim's Dylan Lott

PREP SPORTS: Sequim baseball and softball rout Port Townsend

SEQUIM — Two games, two convincing wins by the Sequim baseball team. The Wolves ran all over Port Townsend, recording 12 stolen bases in a… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Sean Dwyer looks back at the umpire after being tagged out on a steal attempt by Sequim's Dylan Lott

Tidepools literary magazine reveals 2014 edition winners

PORT ANGELES — Contest winners have been named for the 2014 edition of Tidepools, Peninsula College’s art, music and literary magazine. The magazine features fine… Continue reading

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award; nomination deadline is March 24

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award; nomination deadline is March 24

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Jefferson County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award; nomination deadline is March 24

WEEKEND: French cinema series begins Saturday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rose Theatre is soon to have a “Rendez-vous with French Cinema,” with the first of many film showings starting Saturday afternoon… Continue reading

A giant squid is among the creatures in tonight's Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre performance of “20

WEEKEND: French dinner and auction, driftwood show among events on Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 21. A French dinner and auction, a driftwood sculptors' show, dances and lectures are planned on the… Continue reading

A giant squid is among the creatures in tonight's Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre performance of “20

WEEKEND: Sequim City Band kicks off season Sunday

SEQUIM — The Sequim City Band begins its 23rd season with “Marches & More — in March” in the Sequim High School auditorium, 601 N.… Continue reading

Jamestown S'Klallam Cultural Resources Specialist Gideon Cauffman holds a handstone and grinding slab uncovered during Sequim Bypass excavations in the late 1990s

WEEKEND: Tribal history exhibit to open Saturday in Sequim

SEQUIM — A new history exhibit highlighting archaeological excavations at Washington Harbor and the U.S. Highway 101-Sequim bypass will be unveiled at a free public… Continue reading

Jamestown S'Klallam Cultural Resources Specialist Gideon Cauffman holds a handstone and grinding slab uncovered during Sequim Bypass excavations in the late 1990s

PREP SPORTS: Sequim boys golf routs Bremerton; other area reports

BREMERTON — Jack Shea earned medalist honors as his 1-over-par 37 helped lead the Sequim boys golf team to a 224-268 win over the Bremerton… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS — Owners sell Port Townsend’s Gold Star Marine, plan to retire

PORT TOWNSEND — Gold Star Marine Inc.’s owners, Jerry and Mary Lou Wentworth, have sold their full-service boat repair business to Jim Heckmann and Karen… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Hinrichs, Neah Bay’s Moss chosen to play in all-state game

SEATTLE — Maddy Hinrichs and Cierra Moss have been chosen to participate in the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association Senior All-State game Saturday at… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS — Washington state’s studded tire deadline looms; March 31 last day . . . and other items

OLYMPIA — Studded tires must be removed by midnight March 31, according to state law. Unless the state Department of Transportation grants a weather-related extension,… Continue reading

Vote today for your favorite cutie!

Vote now for the North Olympic Peninsula’s cutest baby! The deadline arrives Friday at noon!

THANKFULLY, NO ONE at the Peninsula Daily News has to decide the winners in our Cutest Baby on the Peninsula contest. All the babies entered… Continue reading

Vote today for your favorite cutie!
Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award; nomination deadline is March 24

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award; nomination deadline is March 24

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Jefferson County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award; nomination deadline is March 24
A bald eagle soars over the waters of Port Angeles Harbor in this file photo. Two other bald eagles were found shot and killed east of Forks on March 15

UPDATED — Two bald eagles found shot and killed east of Forks; state seeks information from public

PORT ANGELES — Two male bald eagles found dead Saturday 4.5 miles east of Forks were illegally shot and killed, according to the state Department… Continue reading

A bald eagle soars over the waters of Port Angeles Harbor in this file photo. Two other bald eagles were found shot and killed east of Forks on March 15