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Les Schnick's “Roots” is one of the prize winners in “Earth Matters

Winners announced in Port Townsend ‘Earth Matters’ show

PORT TOWNSEND — In the “Earth Matters” art show, on display throughout this month at the Northwind Arts Center, juror Michael Paul Miller has chosen… Continue reading

Les Schnick's “Roots” is one of the prize winners in “Earth Matters
Camille Stensgard

25 young chefs vie for top honors at Port Angeles food challenge

PORT ANGELES — Twenty-five Port Angeles elementary students will compete in a district contest after they were selected in Sodexo's Future Chefs: Healthy Sandwich Challenge… Continue reading

Camille Stensgard

BUSINESS BRIEFS — Spa open for business in Sequim . . . and other local business news

SEQUIM — Lavish Day Spa is now open at 145 E. Washington St., Suite C. The spa offers a variety of services, including massage therapy,… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS — Crews to pour concrete on Lauridsen Boulevard on Thursday . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Traffic will be disrupted Thursday when crews pour the concrete approach slab on the east end of the $4.5 million span on… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau awards $17,650 in tourism grants

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau has awarded a total of $17,650 in grants to eight projects aimed at increasing tourism in Clallam… Continue reading

Port Townsend Community Read enters final week of events with Thursday discussion

PORT TOWNSEND — Community Read is entering its final week of discussions on Atina Diffley's book Turn Here Sweet Corn. The annual event, which began… Continue reading

Chimacum's Yoshi Ishiuchi

PREP BASEBALL: Port Townsend tops rival Chimacum 5-1

CHIMACUM — Port Townsend opened the baseball season with a 5-1 nonleague win over rival Chimacum. The Redskins pounded out 11 hits, including two each… Continue reading

Chimacum's Yoshi Ishiuchi
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
Happy 80th anniversary, Murray Motors!  Public invited to ceremonies in Port Angeles at noon today

Happy 80th anniversary, Murray Motors! Public invited to ceremonies in Port Angeles at noon today

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula's oldest car dealership — which still sells used cars along with auto parts and does auto repairs and… Continue reading

Happy 80th anniversary, Murray Motors!  Public invited to ceremonies in Port Angeles at noon today

New state trooper from Port Ludlow honored; will work in Port Townsend area

OLYMPIA — A Port Ludlow woman who will work in the Port Townsend area on her first assignment as a State Patrol trooper won two… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS — Reading scheduled at Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend . . . and other news items

PORT TOWNSEND — Calcutta-born poet Sayantani Dasgupta and Eric Greenwell, a writer, teacher and editor of the Fugue literary journal, will share a reading at… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Future Business Leaders of America and Cheer team members

Port Angeles High students join to raise funds for Make-A-Wish

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter teamed up with the Port Angeles High School Cheer team to… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Future Business Leaders of America and Cheer team members
Vote today for your favorite cutie!

Vote now for the North Olympic Peninsula’s cutest baby!

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
Celebrate Murray Motors' 80th anniversary  — ceremonies in Port Angeles at noon Tuesday

Celebrate Murray Motors’ 80th anniversary — ceremonies in Port Angeles at noon Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula's oldest car dealership — which still sells used cars along with auto parts and does auto repairs and… Continue reading

Celebrate Murray Motors' 80th anniversary  — ceremonies in Port Angeles at noon Tuesday

Phone outage temporarily forces rerouting of 9-1-1 calls in Jefferson County

PORT HADLOCK — A phone outage at the JeffCom 9-1-1 service center this afternoon blocked incoming and outgoing calls at the facility for about 90… Continue reading

VIDEO — ‘Tides of Change’ explores the health of ocean waters off North Olympic Peninsula

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK released this video, "Tides of Change," a new Science Minute Movie by the North Coast and Cascades Science Learning Network. “Tides of… Continue reading

Port Townsend goalkeeper Forrest Piatt grabs the ball after a header by Port Angeles' Jesse Salgado (19). Also in on the play for Port Townsend are Mark Street (15)

BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles edges Port Townsend; Sequim falls to Kingston

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles opened the boys soccer season with a win over Port Townsend when freshman Jackson May converted a penalty kick in… Continue reading

Port Townsend goalkeeper Forrest Piatt grabs the ball after a header by Port Angeles' Jesse Salgado (19). Also in on the play for Port Townsend are Mark Street (15)
A recent single-car wreck in Port Townsend sent three people to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. — Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Conditions upgraded for three injured in Port Townsend crash

PORT TOWNSEND — The conditions of three people injured in a wreck Thursday have been upgraded at Harborview Medical Center. All three patients were improved… Continue reading

A recent single-car wreck in Port Townsend sent three people to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. — Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue
Helga Winter will demonstrate her wood-turning and painting skills during the Port Ludlow Artists’ League meeting at the Bay Club at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

NEWS BRIEFS — Woodturner to speak at Port Ludlow Artists’ meeting Wednesday . . . and other news items

PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Artists’ League will present Helga Winter as the demonstrator during the Wednesday meeting at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker… Continue reading

Helga Winter will demonstrate her wood-turning and painting skills during the Port Ludlow Artists’ League meeting at the Bay Club at 1 p.m. Wednesday.