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Sobriety patrols kick off today

Washington state’s first-ever Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign will begin today. Extra officers will be patrolling Clallam County roadways looking for impaired drivers… Continue reading

Turkey feasts offered across Peninsula

Turkey feasts offered across Peninsula

Free community feasts are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula for Thanksgiving. Although most will be Thursday, two — one in Port Angeles and one… Continue reading

Turkey feasts offered across Peninsula
Ben Basden

30 students honored with special lunch

PORT ANGELES — Thirty Stevens Middle School students were treated to lunch at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center earlier this month to recognize their… Continue reading

Ben Basden
The 1888 former Puget Sound Cooperative Colony Congregational Church at the corner of First and Vine streets in Port Angeles will be remodeled in 2013 on its 125th anniversary.  -- Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Donations aid restoration of oldest church building in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The forest-products company Green Crow and Independent Bible Church have given a major lift to efforts to restore Port Angeles’ first church… Continue reading

The 1888 former Puget Sound Cooperative Colony Congregational Church at the corner of First and Vine streets in Port Angeles will be remodeled in 2013 on its 125th anniversary.  -- Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Dry Creek Elementary receives $2,022 grant

PORT ANGELES — The Ben and Myrtle Walkling Memorial Trust has given Dry Creek Elementary School a $2,022.24 grant. The grant will enable Dry Creek… Continue reading

Land trust gets bequest to preserve longtime Dungeness Valley farm

Peninsula Daily News SEQUIM — Jane’s Farm, a 50-acre site near the intersection of Kitchen-Dick Road and Old Olympic Highway, has been permanently protected through… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s and women’s soccer teams make history

TUKWILA — It will be a day that goes down in Peninsula College sports history. The Pirate women beat Spokane in a nail-biting shootout to… Continue reading

Where free Thanksgiving meals are served this week

Free community feasts are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula for Thanksgiving. Although most will be Thursday, two are scheduled the day before. In Port… Continue reading

A barrier blocking access to Elwha Valley Road will be taken down Tuesday for its official opening to the public. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Elwha Valley Road to open Tuesday with tribal ceremony

PORT ANGELES — A new access road to the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation west of town is expected to be open for use Tuesday. The… Continue reading

A barrier blocking access to Elwha Valley Road will be taken down Tuesday for its official opening to the public. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Great value, savings coming in Thanksgiving's PDN

Great value, savings coming in Thanksgiving’s PDN

GET READY FOR one of the Peninsula Daily News' biggest editions of the year Thursday — Thanksgiving Day! It will be packed with pre-printed advertising… Continue reading

Great value, savings coming in Thanksgiving's PDN

Jefferson County Library OKs budget, prepares for construction

PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library board has adopted a $1,805,825 operating budget for 2013 and is making plans for the beginning of remodeling… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s and women’s soccer teams win semifinal games

TUKWILA — The Peninsula College men’s and women’s soccer teams continued their quests to win NWAACC championships by winning semifinal games Saturday. Both Pirate teams… Continue reading

Turkey Trot registration under way

PORT ANGELES — Registration is under way for the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, a 5- and 10-kilometer race over the river and through the woods early… Continue reading

Plywood panels cover portions of the former Price Ford Lincoln showroom on East Front Street in Port Angeles after the windows were shot out midday Friday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

BB gun suspected in window vandalism spree in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Police think a BB gun might have been used when windows were shot out of businesses, bus shelters and vehicles last week.… Continue reading

Plywood panels cover portions of the former Price Ford Lincoln showroom on East Front Street in Port Angeles after the windows were shot out midday Friday.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Forest group offers highest award to former lawmaker

JOYCE — Former state Rep. Rep. Jim Buck recently received the Stu Bledsoe Award from the Washington Forest Protection Association during the group’s 104th annual… Continue reading

Great value, savings coming in Thanksgiving's PDN

Great value, savings coming in Thanksgiving’s PDN

GET READY FOR one of the Peninsula Daily News' biggest editions of the year Thursday — Thanksgiving Day! It will be packed with pre-printed advertising… Continue reading

Great value, savings coming in Thanksgiving's PDN

Jefferson County luncheon set on balancing energy sources

PORT TOWNSEND — Ted Beatty of Energy Northwest will discuss reconciling “baseload” power generation with renewable-energy generation at the Jefferson County Energy Lunch program on… Continue reading

Nelson Ludlow Intellicheck Mobilisa file photo

Ludlow back as CEO of Intellicheck Mobilisa

PORT TOWNSEND — Nelson Ludlow is back at the day-to-day helm of Intellicheck Mobilisa Inc., replacing Steve Williams as president and CEO of the high-tech… Continue reading

Nelson Ludlow Intellicheck Mobilisa file photo

No new details on possible child-abduction attempt

PORT ANGELES — Police had collected no new information as of Saturday into the investigation of a reported child-abduction attempt in the area of Lauridsen… Continue reading

A snowy owl was seen all day Thursday across from the fishing pier at the entrance to the Port Hudson Marina. David Gluckman

Snowy owl spotted in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Snowy owls have been making rare appearances in Port Townsend. The owl with the white plumage that echoes its Arctic origins was… Continue reading

A snowy owl was seen all day Thursday across from the fishing pier at the entrance to the Port Hudson Marina. David Gluckman