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Field Arts & Events Hall hires director

Job to focus on fundraising

First Step Family Center gets donation

First Step Family Center has announced a $2,500 donation from Kitsap Bank of Clallam County. The donation will benefit the center’s maternity… Continue reading

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Darby Huffman of LaughinGnome Pottery, pictured at the Port Townsend Farmers Market, will welcome visitors to the new studio space he shares with partner Francie Loveall this Friday evening during the First Friday Speaker Series program. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

LaughinGnome to host Friday visit

Capacity of First Friday in-person program is 30

Darby Huffman of LaughinGnome Pottery, pictured at the Port Townsend Farmers Market, will welcome visitors to the new studio space he shares with partner Francie Loveall this Friday evening during the First Friday Speaker Series program. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

PAT NEAL: Who owns the river: An apology

It was wrong to say in a recent column that bureaucrats, biologists and the bull trout owned the Hoh River. In my own defense, there’s… Continue reading

Clallam County election worker Daniel Cain of Sequim consults a database of signatures to verify ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles. Results of the primary election were posted online Tuesday night, and they will be explored in depth in Thursday’s print edition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Preparing for count

Clallam County election worker Daniel Cain of Sequim consults a database of signatures to verify ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles. Results… Continue reading

Clallam County election worker Daniel Cain of Sequim consults a database of signatures to verify ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles. Results of the primary election were posted online Tuesday night, and they will be explored in depth in Thursday’s print edition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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13-year-old Joey Kang of Port Angeles caught a 28-pound king salmon this week at Freshwater Bay near Eagle's Nest. Kang was fishing with his father James Kang of Port Angeles and reeled in his the giant fish himself.

SALMON FISHING: 13-year-old Port Angeles boy catches 28-pounder

Joey Kang, 13, of Port Angeles caught a 28-pound king salmon this week at Freshwater Bay west of Port Angeles. Kang was fishing with his… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2021
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13-year-old Joey Kang of Port Angeles caught a 28-pound king salmon this week at Freshwater Bay near Eagle's Nest. Kang was fishing with his father James Kang of Port Angeles and reeled in his the giant fish himself.

Southern Resident orca presumed dead in Strait of Juan de Fuca

Institute thinks illness is to blame

A fire on Protection Island is spotted from an aircraft on Tuesday. The state Department of Natural Resources was responding to the incident. (Photo courtesy of Jack Graham)

Protection Island fire fills bay with smoke

Cause of blaze under investigation

A fire on Protection Island is spotted from an aircraft on Tuesday. The state Department of Natural Resources was responding to the incident. (Photo courtesy of Jack Graham)
The All View Motel in Port Angeles may be renovated under a plan by Peninsula Behavioral Health and turned into 27 units of low-income housing. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)

Hotel may be renovated for low-income mental health housing

Clallam County to support renovation effort for 27 living spaces

The All View Motel in Port Angeles may be renovated under a plan by Peninsula Behavioral Health and turned into 27 units of low-income housing. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)
”The Cherokee Word for Water,” co-produced and co-directed by Charlie Soap, left, and starring Kimberly Guerrero as Wilma Mankiller and Mo Brings Plenty as Soap, is the August Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for streaming throughout this week. (Photo courtesy Port Townsend Film Festival via cw4w.com)

‘Cherokee’ film available for streaming this week

Story highlights ability to bring people together

”The Cherokee Word for Water,” co-produced and co-directed by Charlie Soap, left, and starring Kimberly Guerrero as Wilma Mankiller and Mo Brings Plenty as Soap, is the August Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for streaming throughout this week. (Photo courtesy Port Townsend Film Festival via cw4w.com)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Youth soccer signups underway

Port Angeles Youth Soccer Club registration closes on Aug. 15 for the fall season. Registration for U8 through U15 is online on… Continue reading

Clallam County primary ballots due by 8 p.m. Tuesday

Voter turnout increases to 25 percent

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Members of the Port Townsend Women's Golf Club and the Discovery Bay Women's Golf Club held their memorial memorial scramble July 27.

GOLF: Port Townsend women’s club hosts memorial scramble

The Port Townsend Women’s Golf Club hosted the Discovery Bay Women’s club for their annual memorial scramble on July 27. The day… Continue reading

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Members of the Port Townsend Women's Golf Club and the Discovery Bay Women's Golf Club held their memorial memorial scramble July 27.

Jefferson County primary ballots due by 8 p.m. Tuesday

More than 30 percent have already voted

LETTER: Traitors to democracy

After watching the first day of the Jan. 6 committee investigation, it became obvious, if it wasn’t already, that there were no love and kisses… Continue reading

  • Aug 3, 2021

LETTER: West End Thunder

A huge thank you to all the volunteers at West End Thunder. They put on the drag races at the Forks Airport once a month.… Continue reading

  • Aug 3, 2021

Port Angeles resident named to dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic

Palmer College of Chiropractic has named Micayla Weider of Port Angeles to its spring 2021 dean’s list. Weider is enrolled at the… Continue reading

Holding a piece of baleen from a bowhead whale, Port Townsend Marine Science Center exhibit and outreach specialist Mandi Johnson, left, and aquarium specialist Marley Loomis stand before the center’s newly acquired Flagship Landing building in downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to move downtown

Water Street mall to become location for labs, exhibits

Holding a piece of baleen from a bowhead whale, Port Townsend Marine Science Center exhibit and outreach specialist Mandi Johnson, left, and aquarium specialist Marley Loomis stand before the center’s newly acquired Flagship Landing building in downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)