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West of Here: Book stirs local interest (see related story, above)

PORT ANGELES — West of Here, Jonathan Evison's epic tome about life beneath the Olympic Mountains, could mean “pennies from heaven,” as Diane Schostak sees… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: ‘Lunch Lady’ ascends to director at Boys & Girls Clubs in Sequim, Port Angeles

SEQUIM — Ever since she was the only girl on the boys' team, Mary Budke has been one to go the distance. Budke, 51, looks… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Singer Magness to bring blues to The Upstage

PORT TOWNSEND — Singer Janiva Magness knows exactly what she's doing on stage — and it's not just about hitting the right notes. The job… Continue reading

‘Deep-Song’ at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center tonight

PORT ANGELES — Daniel Deardorff aims to shine a light into the past, a light that reveals what may be missing from our workaday world.… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Spring is coming, live music is here, enjoy it all

HERE WE GO with another week of live music and your excuses for not going out and enjoying some are getting thin. The snow is… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Sequim woman finds place in a man’s world . . . up on the roof

SEQUIM — For Donna Cox, scampering up to and around the steep pitches of a two- or three-story house is no big deal. A few… Continue reading

Port Angeles to light up with glitter of Hollywood on Oscar night

PORT ANGELES — You might be King George VI in “The King’s Speech.” Or perhaps you’re the “Black Swan” ballerina or the hiker who spent… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Delhi 2 Dublin brings its unusual blend of music to Port Angeles stage

So three Punjabis and a Korean walk into a bar. It's St. Patrick's Day, five years ago, and these four are high-energy makers of music… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Peninsula has great live music

I’M BACK WITH more good news about where you can listen and dance to some great live music right here on the Peninsula. Port Angeles… Continue reading

PA Forward’s buy locally message spread at Port Angeles Business Association meeting

PORT ANGELES — Next time you buy something — a pair of shoes, a car, a couch — consider the effect you’re having on the… Continue reading

‘Human cartoon’ comes to Port Angeles Thursday

PORT ANGELES — He's been called a lot of things: the “human cartoon,” funniest “young, young” comedian in the Rocky Mountain West. Vargus Mason, a… Continue reading

MV Coho gets a makeover; concessions getting upgrades [**Video**] [**GALLERY**]

PORT ANGELES — As it has been on the vast majority of Pacific Northwest modes of transport, it is now on the Black Ball Ferry… Continue reading

Uncommon elements blend for harmonic healing

PORT ANGELES — This evening, an uncommon concert — populated with unusual instruments — will fill the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall between Sequim and Port… Continue reading

TV writer-turned-author uses Port Townsend as setting for ‘tween’ novel

SEQUIM — Eric Delabarre had had just about enough of television’s “Law & Order.” After seven years on the show’s writing team, he wanted to… Continue reading

‘Final Forest’ author to read, talk, sign book in Forks today

FORKS — William Dietrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks and the Pacific Northwest, will hold a book reading,… Continue reading

Port Angeles Symphony’s Applause! auction changed up for 2011

PORT ANGELES — This isn't your stereotypical fancy affair, even if it is at SunLand Country Club. No, the Feb. 26 Applause! auction, with its… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Using both heart, mind to teach her students

By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Woman Here is a woman confronting a major obstacle — and not allowing it to stand in… Continue reading

“Final Forest” author at reading, book signing in Forks on Wednesday

FORKS — William Dietrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest," will hold a special… Continue reading

CHRISTI BARON’S WEST END NEIGHBOR: Inspiration from a feathered friend

It is time again for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Scientists use the counts along with observations from citizen-science projects to provide an immense representation… Continue reading

Flute-tabla concert Friday brings together India, South Africa, Port Angeles (***GALLERY***)

PORT ANGELES -- When Joseph Ravi Albright and Deepak Ram give a concert this Friday night, it will be a reunion of men pulled --… Continue reading