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UPDATED: Huge victory parade, rally to hail NFL champion Seahawks on Wednesday

SEATTLE — Hundreds of thousands of Pacific Northwest fans of the NFL champion Seattle Seahawks will give their team a warm welcome Wednesday during a… Continue reading

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Free help with taxes available through tax season in Jefferson, Clallam counties

IRS-certified AARP Tax-Aide volunteers began Saturday preparing and electronically filing tax returns for free at seven sites in Jefferson and Clallam counties. The service will… Continue reading

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Johnson totem pole focus of Studium Generale talk Thursday at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — The Johnson family of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe will present “Brick Johnson Totem Pole: The History and the Journey of Restoration” at… Continue reading

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Port Angeles community trivia contest slated for Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles know-it-alls are challenged to prove their claims Saturday at the first Port Angeles Trivia Night. Winners will not only be… Continue reading

Port Townsend poets to read Thursday at Northwind Arts Center

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend poets Kathryn Hunt, who recently toured the West with her new collection Long Way through Ruin, and Gayle Kaune, whose… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Madylan Coventon performs on the balance beam during the Roughriders' win at Black Hills Gymnastics Center in Lacey.

PREP GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles set for postseason after closing regular season with win

LACEY — Next up, the postseason. The Port Angeles gymnastics team heads into Thursday's sub-district meet coming off its first team win of the regular… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Madylan Coventon performs on the balance beam during the Roughriders' win at Black Hills Gymnastics Center in Lacey.

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene girls basketball upsets Evergreen Lutheran; Port Townsend wrestling falls

TACOMA — The Quilcene girls basketball team upset second-place Evergreen Lutheran 46-41 in 1B Sea-Tac League play. In the first meeting between the teams this… Continue reading

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

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

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award
Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

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
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UPDATE: Seahawks victory parade to be held Wednesday

The NFL champion Seattle Seahawks will be featured in a victory parade through downtown Seattle on Wednesday, the team and Seattle city officials announced. Details… Continue reading

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Small quake north of Tacoma

TACOMA — A 3.0-magnitude earthquake occurred 17 miles below the surface shortly after noon today in the Fife area. University of Washington seismologists said the… Continue reading

Free help with taxes available through tax season in Jefferson, Clallam counties

IRS-certified AARP Tax-Aide volunteers began Saturday preparing and electronically filing tax returns for free at seven sites in Jefferson and Clallam counties. The service will… Continue reading

Members of the Johnson family gather on the steps of the Peninsula College Longhouse. They are

Johnson totem pole focus of Studium Generale talk Thursday at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — The Johnson family of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe will present “Brick Johnson Totem Pole: The History and the Journey of Restoration” at… Continue reading

Members of the Johnson family gather on the steps of the Peninsula College Longhouse. They are

Olympic Mountain snowpack has grown in last month

Although only 34 percent of normal, the water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack had grown by Friday from the 24 percent of normal measured… Continue reading

Port Angeles Business Association backs change to Dungeness Water Rule

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Business Association supports the Olympic Resource Protection Council petition to amend the Dungeness Water Rule. In a Jan. 28… Continue reading

Port Townsend poets to read Thursday at Northwind Arts Center

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend poets Kathryn Hunt, who recently toured the West with her new collection Long Way through Ruin, and Gayle Kaune, whose… Continue reading

Chimacum's Christopher Bainbridge passes the ball to a temmate as Cascade Christian's Jesse Howelis applies pressure. Steven Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Chimacum boys basketball fall to Cascade Christian; Sequim bowling at districts

CHIMACUM — A scoreless first quarter was too much for the Chimacum boys basketball team overcome against Cascade Christian. The Cougars scored 14 unanswered points… Continue reading

Chimacum's Christopher Bainbridge passes the ball to a temmate as Cascade Christian's Jesse Howelis applies pressure. Steven Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

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

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award
Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

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
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‘Guarding Alaska’ topic of Port Townsend lecture

PORT TOWNSEND — Coast Guard rescue missions in Alaska will be the topic of the Jefferson County Historical Society First Friday Lecture this week. Capt.… Continue reading

Capt. Jeffrey Hartman