Peninsula Daily News

The downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree stands illuminated on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at First and Laurel streets. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Donations sought for Port Angeles holiday lights

PORT ANGELES — Jars on downtown counters are available now for collecting donations to the annual holiday light show. Stringing more than 100,000 lights in… Continue reading

The downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree stands illuminated on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at First and Laurel streets. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
'A hand up, not a handout' Peninsula Home Fund: Your donation will change lives.

‘A hand up, not a handout’ Peninsula Home Fund: Your donation will change lives.

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' Peninsula Home Fund: Your donation will change lives.

OPNET efforts result in arrest, two sentences

PORT ANGELES — A 30-year-old Port Angeles woman has been sentenced to two years’ probation as a result of a guilty plea to three counts… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Port Angeles dominates wrestling tourney; Neah Bay basketball teams win

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles remained undefeated after winning its own eighth annual Battle for the Axe wrestling tournament Saturday. The Roughriders captured their third… Continue reading

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The all-time feel-good Christmas Eve flash-mob video!

The all-time feel-good Christmas Eve flash-mob video!

WE CAN'T LET Christmas Eve pass without watching our all-time favorite flash-mob video — the Christmas Food Court Hallelujah Chorus. There have been 40 million… Continue reading

The all-time feel-good Christmas Eve flash-mob video!

United Way of Clallam raises $667,549

PORT ANGELES — The United Way of Clallam County 2012 fundraising campaign has gathered $667,549 in donations — 67 percent of its $1.06 million goal.… Continue reading

A researcher stands atop the Japanese dock that swept ashore on a coastal beach in a wilderness portion of Olympic National Park last week. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Are there invaders on the flotsam from Japan? Lab analysis will find out [4 photos and map]

LAPUSH — Researchers are analyzing samples of potentially invasive marine species they took from a 64-foot concrete-and-steel dock that swept ashore on a remote Olympic… Continue reading

A researcher stands atop the Japanese dock that swept ashore on a coastal beach in a wilderness portion of Olympic National Park last week. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Camp Beausite near Chimacum get executive director

CHIMACUM — Claudia Edmondson has been named executive director of Camp Beausite, a camp near Chimacum for children and adults with disabilities. Edmondson has a… Continue reading

Firefighters battle a house blaze in the 300 block of North Bay Way in Port Ludlow on Friday afternoon. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Cause sought in Port Ludlow fire that destroys residence

PORT LUDLOW — Investigators on Saturday were sifting through the wreckage of a house in the 300 block of North Bay Way that was destroyed… Continue reading

Firefighters battle a house blaze in the 300 block of North Bay Way in Port Ludlow on Friday afternoon. Bill Beezley/East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Clallam warns residents of package thefts

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents in the Monroe and Mount Pleasant areas that vehicles have been reported trailing U.S.… Continue reading

Gina Lowman and Levon Mathews Peninsula Daily News

First Federal’s CEO and president abruptly resigns; chief banking officer has also departed

PORT ANGELES — The president and CEO of First Federal Savings and Loan Association has abruptly resigned. Levon L. Mathews resigned as the bank's president… Continue reading

Gina Lowman and Levon Mathews Peninsula Daily News

Free community meals planned for the holidays

Free public community meals are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here is a sample: Christmas Eve meal SEQUIM —… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News announces top staffers of the year

PORT ANGELES — Brenda Hanrahan is the Peninsula Daily News' Employee of the Year for 2012. Hanrahan, the editor of special advertiser-supported sections of the… Continue reading

Sequim businessman wants to give back, offers his help to small business owners

SEQUIM — Angelo Spandrio is a very successful businessman. He wants to share the lessons he's learned in more than 30 years as a “solopreneur”… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum and Port Townsend split basketball doubleheader; other prep basketball results

CHIMACUM — Port Townsend finally won a close game and Chimacum finally kept a game close. The Redskins girls basketball team won the rivalry showdown… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles falls to Klahowya; other prep swimming and wrestling results

SILVERDALE — Avery Koehler became the first Port Angeles swimmer to qualify for state, but the Roughriders lost to Klahowya 94-86 Thursday. Koehler qualified by… Continue reading

The New York Times

The New York Times: ‘Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek’

THE TRAGIC STORY of the huge avalanche that killed three people at the out-of-bounds Tunnel Creek ski run near Stevens Pass in the Cascade Mountains… Continue reading

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New York Times News Service

Thoughtful story for Christmas: ‘One Nation Under God?’

By MOLLY WORTHEN Copyright 2012 New York Times News Service THIS WEEK, MILLIONS of “Chreasters” — Americans who attend church only on Christmas and Easter… Continue reading

New York Times News Service

U.S. Highway 101 open along Hood Canal after slides, fallen trees

BRINNON — A 25-mile stretch of US. Highway 101 that connects Brinnon in southeast Jefferson County to Mason County was reopened last week after being… Continue reading

'A hand up, not a handout' Peninsula Home Fund: Your donation will change lives.

‘A hand up, not a handout’ Peninsula Home Fund: Your donation will change lives.

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' Peninsula Home Fund: Your donation will change lives.