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PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PORT ANGELES — Representatives of the Peninsula Daily News are available to speak to clubs, organizations and at other gatherings across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News today — the 'ultimate Christmas season shopping guide'

Peninsula Daily News today — the ‘ultimate Christmas season shopping guide’

AVAILABLE ACROSS THE North Olympic Peninsula — the Peninsula Daily News’ special Thanksgiving edition, the ultimate Christmas season shopping guide for residents. Today's PDN has… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News today — the 'ultimate Christmas season shopping guide'

Sentencing, charges set in Peninsula narcotics cases

PORT ANGELES — A 29-year-old Port Angeles man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and a year of probation for selling oxycodone to… Continue reading

Sequim forum to help with holiday de-stressing

SEQUIM — Dr. Penny Burdick of Mandala Healing Touch will present a free WOW! Working on Wellness Forum titled “Overwhelmed by the Holidays? De-stress with… Continue reading

THANKSGIVING IN CLALLAM COUNTY: Free public dinners set today in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks

The sixth annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be served in the Queen of Angels gym today in what has become the North Olympic Peninsula’s largest… Continue reading

THANKSGIVING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY: Free public feasts set today in Chimacum, Brinnon

The biggest free public Thanksgiving Day feast in East Jefferson County traditionally is at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road. The meal will… Continue reading

Rhonda Raymond of Port Angeles adjusts the top of a tree called “Victorian Charm” as she and dozens of other designers make last minute adjustments for the Festival of Trees in the Vern Burton Community Center this weekend. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Festival of Trees opens today

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Nov. 29. PORT ANGELES — Festooned with ornaments and swathed in lights, 58 holiday trees are ready for… Continue reading

Rhonda Raymond of Port Angeles adjusts the top of a tree called “Victorian Charm” as she and dozens of other designers make last minute adjustments for the Festival of Trees in the Vern Burton Community Center this weekend. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News
A still from the webcam at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center on Thursday morning shows very little snow has fallen at the popular winter sports area.

WEEKEND: Hurricane Ridge Road begins winter schedule

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Although the ground is brown and barren at Hurricane Ridge, the road to the popular winter playground south of Port Angeles… Continue reading

A still from the webcam at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center on Thursday morning shows very little snow has fallen at the popular winter sports area.

WEEKEND: Port Angeles basketball teams to be recognized

PORT ANGELES — Two legendary Port Angeles High School basketball teams will be honored at an all-class reunion Saturday. The 1952 Roughrider boys and 1986… Continue reading

Cultural and natural resources student Dylan Bennett does some cleanup work at the Peabody Creek area while scouting the area prior to the volunteer work party. Port Angeles School District

Work party slated for lower Peabody Creek

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers are needed to remove weeds and trash from the banks of lower Peabody Creek on Monday. The invitation to volunteers for… Continue reading

Cultural and natural resources student Dylan Bennett does some cleanup work at the Peabody Creek area while scouting the area prior to the volunteer work party. Port Angeles School District
Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at ‘The Bear’ in Sequim

WEEKDAY BREAKFAST CUSTOMERS at the Black Bear Diner in Sequim are getting something FREE with their entrée. Can you guess what that is? Read more… Continue reading

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim
CLEAR VISION: Peninsula Home Fund turns lives around with new eyeglasses

CLEAR VISION: Peninsula Home Fund turns lives around with new eyeglasses

EDITOR'S NOTE: For 25 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the “hand up, not a handout” Peninsula Home Fund.… Continue reading

CLEAR VISION: Peninsula Home Fund turns lives around with new eyeglasses
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters extinguish a blaze in a Winnebago recreational vehicle in Port Townsend earlier this week. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Heater cause of RV fire in Port Townsend mobile home park

PORT TOWNSEND — An old portable heater left on in a Winnebago recreational vehicle was determined to be the cause of a fire that burned… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters extinguish a blaze in a Winnebago recreational vehicle in Port Townsend earlier this week. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PORT ANGELES — Representatives of the Peninsula Daily News are available to speak to clubs, organizations and at other gatherings across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Peninsula jobless rate rises past 8 percent

PORT ANGELES — Unemployment inched up past 8 percent on the North Olympic Peninsula in October, the state Employment Security Department reported Tuesday. Clallam County… Continue reading

Sentencing, charges set in Peninsula narcotics cases

PORT ANGELES — A 29-year-old Port Angeles man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and a year of probation for selling oxycodone to… Continue reading

Volunteer cooks

Thanksgiving feasts start today on Peninsula

Thanksgiving will start early in Port Angeles and Port Townsend, with two community meals set today. Other free community feasts throughout the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Volunteer cooks
'A hand up, not a handout': This season's Peninsula Home Fund campaign debuts

‘A hand up, not a handout’: This season’s Peninsula Home Fund campaign debuts

A GRANDMOTHER CARING for two small children received help with her utility bills. An out-of-work logger in Quilcene got money to obtain prescribed medicine. A… Continue reading

'A hand up, not a handout': This season's Peninsula Home Fund campaign debuts

BASKETBALL: Peninsula College women fall in fourth-place game; men open season tonight

EVERETT — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team finished with a 1-2 record at the Everett Classic over the weekend. The Pirates finished the tournament… Continue reading

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at ‘The Bear’ in Sequim

WEEKDAY BREAKFAST CUSTOMERS at the Black Bear Diner in Sequim are getting something FREE with their entrée. Can you guess what that is? Read more… Continue reading

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim