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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.
Peninsula Home Fund recipient gives back after aid

Peninsula Home Fund recipient gives back after aid

Doug Platten crosses himself, in-the-name-of-the-father-son-holy spirit way. But for this lapsed Catholic, it’s a gesture not so much of religiosity as of… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund recipient gives back after aid
Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village

Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village

After learning his pen pal in Africa did not have access to a working toilet, Doc Reiss of Port Angeles wanted to… Continue reading

Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village
Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty

Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty

In their 26 years married, Louise and David Mitchell have lived the… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty
College student gets a hand: Home Fund, Peninsula College aid in repairing vehicle

College student gets a hand: Home Fund, Peninsula College aid in repairing vehicle

EDITOR’S NOTE: For 28 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the “hand up, not a handout” Peninsula Home Fund.… Continue reading

College student gets a hand: Home Fund, Peninsula College aid in repairing vehicle
State order protects nearly 4,000 more acres of Dabob Bay

State order protects nearly 4,000 more acres of Dabob Bay

OLYMPIA – The outgoing commissioner of public lands has added nearly 4,000 acres to the Dabob Bay Natural Resource Conservation Area. Peter Goldmark signed on… Continue reading

State order protects nearly 4,000 more acres of Dabob Bay
Settlement reached in Port Ludlow timber harvest issue

Settlement reached in Port Ludlow timber harvest issue

After months of negotiations, Jefferson County and Port Ludlow Associates have approved a settlement agreement for contested timber harvests inside the Port… Continue reading

Settlement reached in Port Ludlow timber harvest issue
Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”

Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”

The failed economy of 1939 meets the worlds of carnivals and gypsies in Michael Bunnell’s “American Gypsy.” Bunnell, who lives in Sequim, has… Continue reading

Sequim author Michael Bunnell discusses his latest novel, “American Gypsy”
Ship named after astronaut John Glenn at Indian Island

Ship named after astronaut John Glenn at Indian Island

The USNS John Glenn, named for the recently deceased astronaut, made its first visit to Naval Magazine Indian Island for… Continue reading

Ship named after astronaut John Glenn at Indian Island