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Peninsula Children’s Clinic settles into new Port Angeles site

Peninsula Children’s Clinic settles into new Port Angeles site

It’s been nearly a month since Peninsula Children’s Clinic moved to its new location, and doctors are now pretty well settled in,… Continue reading

Peninsula Children’s Clinic settles into new Port Angeles site
Volunteers report trees illegally cut at Indian Island County Park

Volunteers report trees illegally cut at Indian Island County Park

Jefferson County officials and volunteers have found trees illegally cut and taken from Indian Island County Park in Port Hadlock and are… Continue reading

Volunteers report trees illegally cut at Indian Island County Park
Aldrich’s Market under new ownership

Aldrich’s Market under new ownership

Aldrich’s Market will open under new ownership Thursday after almost closing for good in November. Scott and Robin Rogers, the owners of… Continue reading

Aldrich’s Market under new ownership
Hot Springs Road reopens to Glines Canyon overlook

Hot Springs Road reopens to Glines Canyon overlook

Exploring the Elwha River valley got a whole lot easier Thursday with the reopening of Olympic Hot Springs Road. Olympic National… Continue reading

Hot Springs Road reopens to Glines Canyon overlook
Discovery Bay eatery pulls $26,000 donation off its walls

Discovery Bay eatery pulls $26,000 donation off its walls

It added up to $26,582. The $1 bills that covered the walls of Fat Smitty’s restaurant in Discovery Bay were taken down… Continue reading

Discovery Bay eatery pulls $26,000 donation off its walls
World War II veterans in Sequim honored with flags

World War II veterans in Sequim honored with flags

More than 75 years later, their legacies live on. Two Pearl Harbor veterans who call Sequim home received unexpected tributes in early January… Continue reading

  • Jan 27, 2017
  • By Michael Dashiell Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
World War II veterans in Sequim honored with flags
Seattle author’s book selected for Community Read in Port Townsend

Seattle author’s book selected for Community Read in Port Townsend

The Port Townsend Public Library has announced that “Before the Wind” by Seattle author Jim Lynch is the Community Read book for… Continue reading

Seattle author’s book selected for Community Read in Port Townsend
Kilmer: Future of health insurance remains up in the air

Kilmer: Future of health insurance remains up in the air

A day after President Donald J. Trump signed a single-page executive order aimed at scaling back the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Rep.… Continue reading

Kilmer: Future of health insurance remains up in the air
DNR buys forested slopes above Tarboo Bay for long-term conservation

DNR buys forested slopes above Tarboo Bay for long-term conservation

The Dabob Bay Natural Area has been expanded by 159 acres. Pope Resources sold 159 acres to the state Department of Natural Resources… Continue reading

DNR buys forested slopes above Tarboo Bay for long-term conservation
Jim’s Pharmacy raises funds for Peninsula Home Fund

Jim’s Pharmacy raises funds for Peninsula Home Fund

Jim’s Pharmacy employees and customers have helped to give the Peninsula Home Fund a good start in the new year. In December,… Continue reading

Jim’s Pharmacy raises funds for Peninsula Home Fund
THANK YOU! Peninsula Home Fund donations at $264,486

THANK YOU! Peninsula Home Fund donations at $264,486

1,093 households or groups — contributed $264,486 to the Peninsula Home Fund during the 2016 campaign from Thanksgiving though… Continue reading

THANK YOU! Peninsula Home Fund donations at $264,486
Sequim boy struggles with rare disease; parents strive to raise awareness

Sequim boy struggles with rare disease; parents strive to raise awareness

When a 5-year-old Sequim boy complained of arm pain in September, his parents chalked it up to growing pains. About a week later,… Continue reading

Sequim boy struggles with rare disease; parents strive to raise awareness
Jefferson Sheriff’s Office aims to expand Project Lifesaver program

Jefferson Sheriff’s Office aims to expand Project Lifesaver program

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is looking to expand its Project Lifesaver program, which helps law enforcement and search and rescue teams… Continue reading

Jefferson Sheriff’s Office aims to expand Project Lifesaver program
Port Angeles native writes tale of haunting plane crash

Port Angeles native writes tale of haunting plane crash

The details of a story haunting a man since he was a child growing up in Port Angeles eventually led him to… Continue reading

Port Angeles native writes tale of haunting plane crash
Report: Salmon are in trouble, with most below recovery goals

Report: Salmon are in trouble, with most below recovery goals

Salmon throughout most of Washington state are in trouble, and will need continued investment by state, federal and local organizations if they… Continue reading

Report: Salmon are in trouble, with most below recovery goals
Home Fund helps Port Townsend family tackle unexpected expense’s damage

Home Fund helps Port Townsend family tackle unexpected expense’s damage

By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR’S NOTE: For 28 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have… Continue reading

Home Fund helps Port Townsend family tackle unexpected expense’s damage
Volunteers make big gains on Habitat for Humanity homes; more volunteers sought

Volunteers make big gains on Habitat for Humanity homes; more volunteers sought

Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County received some extra help over the holidays — and is seeking more volunteers for this… Continue reading

Volunteers make big gains on Habitat for Humanity homes; more volunteers sought
Sequim native competing online to play at Grammy Awards

Sequim native competing online to play at Grammy Awards

Bailey Bryan, a Sequim native and rising country musician, is vying for a chance to perform at the Grammy Awards in February. Bryan,… Continue reading

Sequim native competing online to play at Grammy Awards
PDN photographer remembers the snowstorm of 1996

PDN photographer remembers the snowstorm of 1996

My first thoughts upon looking out the window were “I’ve seen worse.” Little did I realize that most of my colleagues and… Continue reading

PDN photographer remembers the snowstorm of 1996
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Blankets of snow, measuring as much as three feet deep in parts of Port Angeles with greater amounts in surrounding areas, covers south Lincoln Street in this file photo taken in the wake of a snowstorm that blasted the North Olympic Peninsula on Dec. 28-29, 1996.

White Christmas week: Snowstorm of 1996 remembered 20 years later

Twenty years later, the snowstorm of 1996 brings back memories of a one-two punch that brought several feet of snow to Seattle… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Blankets of snow, measuring as much as three feet deep in parts of Port Angeles with greater amounts in surrounding areas, covers south Lincoln Street in this file photo taken in the wake of a snowstorm that blasted the North Olympic Peninsula on Dec. 28-29, 1996.