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WEEKEND: Auditions scheduled for play ‘The Foreigner’

PORT ANGELES — Auditions for the Port Angeles Community Players’ next production, “The Foreigner,” will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and… Continue reading

Filmmaker Sandra Johnson Osawa

WEEKEND: Chief Seattle’s daughter topic of documentary

PORT ANGELES — Filmmaker Sandra Johnson Osawa, a member of the Makah tribe who now lives in Seattle, will make two appearances this week when… Continue reading

Filmmaker Sandra Johnson Osawa
“Fort Worden” by Roy D. Erickson will be among the paintings displayed in “Scapes: 1867-1992

WEEKEND: Jefferson museum to open art exhibit

PORT TOWNSEND — A new art exhibition called “Scapes: 1867-1992” will open with a ribbon-cutting at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History at 11… Continue reading

“Fort Worden” by Roy D. Erickson will be among the paintings displayed in “Scapes: 1867-1992
Balloons brighten the Vern Burton Community Center around the Port Angeles Friends of the Library table during the 2012 KidsFest.

WEEKEND: KidsFest promises fun, information for families

PORT ANGELES — Children and their parents will find fun and information at the 24th annual Kiwanis KidsFest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.… Continue reading

Balloons brighten the Vern Burton Community Center around the Port Angeles Friends of the Library table during the 2012 KidsFest.

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Build a hula hoop in Port Angeles. Go to a job fair in Sequim. Hear a lecture in Port Townsend about the Olympic Mountains’ glaciers.… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Party to kick off Playwrights’ Fest

PORT TOWNSEND — With the 17th annual Playwrights’ Festival to begin next week, Key City Public Theatre is throwing a free party at the Key… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Sequim centennial art entries deadline today

SEQUIM — The deadline for entries for the Sequim Centennial Public Art Project: Traffic Utility Box Vinyl Wraps is 4 p.m. today. As part of… Continue reading

1B STATE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay shuts down Taholah

1B STATE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay shuts down Taholah

SPOKANE --Neah Bay’s defense shut down the Taholah Chitwins in the second half as the Red Devils opened the 1B state tournament with a 69-45… Continue reading

1B STATE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay shuts down Taholah

Port Angeles man gets 20 months for selling heroin

PORT ANGELES — A 38-year-old Port Angeles man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for selling heroin to an Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement… Continue reading

Clallam renews lease for Forks City Hall space

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will continue to lease office space at Forks City Hall for District Court 2 operations. Commissioners approved a five-year agreement… Continue reading

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Nominate volunteers for Clallam County Community Service Award (Don’t delay! Deadline is March 4)

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

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Nominate your community hero for Jefferson County Heart of Service award (Deadline: March 25)

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

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SPORTS: Sequim and Neah Bay boys teams ready for state basketball tournaments

The state’s high school basketball championships, Hardwood Classic, opens today and goes through Saturday with area teams Sequim and Neah Bay looking to bring home… Continue reading

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Watch for Sequim elk near Highway 101 between Simdars Road and Sequim Bay Lodge

Watch for Sequim elk near Highway 101 between Simdars Road and Sequim Bay Lodge

A WARNING ABOUT the Sequim-Dungeness elk herd from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office: Late yesterday afternoon, the elk herd moved southeast across Keeler Road toward… Continue reading

Watch for Sequim elk near Highway 101 between Simdars Road and Sequim Bay Lodge
Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters enter a house at 72 McCarver St. east of Port Angeles on Tuesday as smoke pours from the attic of the house. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

No one hurt in Gales Addition house fire

GALES ADDITION — Fire crews with Clallam County Fire District No. 2 tamped down a second-story fire in a single-family home off McCarver Road east… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters enter a house at 72 McCarver St. east of Port Angeles on Tuesday as smoke pours from the attic of the house. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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Nominate volunteers for Clallam County Community Service Award (Don’t delay! Deadline is March 4)

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

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Peninsula water cleanup projects finalists for Ecology funds

OLYMPIA — Two North Olympic Peninsula water cleanup projects are finalists for state Department of Ecology funds. Centennial Program Grants are earmarked for Jefferson County… Continue reading

Jim Nyby brings his band inside for a Candlelight Concert at Port Townsend's Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday.

Port Townsend concert to offer eclectic selection

PORT TOWNSEND — In a special benefit event, jazz standards, folk, country, blues and gospel will warm the place in a “Candlelight Concert” featuring Jim… Continue reading

Jim Nyby brings his band inside for a Candlelight Concert at Port Townsend's Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday.
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SPORTS: Peninsula’s Taylor Larson named co-MVP; five other Pirates receive NWAACC honors

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Peninsula College’s Taylor Larson has been named the 2012-13 NWAACC North Region co-MVP. Larson’s selection headlines a list of members of Peninsula’s… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Port Townsend will remain in Olympic League through 2013-14

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend High School’s athletic teams are staying put. After months of trying to join the Nisqually League in all sports, Port… Continue reading