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A Port Angeles city worker places a tree topper on the city’s Christmas tree, located at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at the intersection of Laurel and First streets. A holiday street party is scheduled to take place in downtown Port Angeles from noon to 7 p.m. Nov. 30 with the tree lighting scheduled for about 5 p.m. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)
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A Port Angeles city worker places a tree topper on the city’s Christmas tree, located at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at the intersection of… Continue reading

A Port Angeles city worker places a tree topper on the city’s Christmas tree, located at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at the intersection of Laurel and First streets. A holiday street party is scheduled to take place in downtown Port Angeles from noon to 7 p.m. Nov. 30 with the tree lighting scheduled for about 5 p.m. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)
Two people were displaced after a house fire in the 4700 block of West Valley Road in Chimacum on Thursday. No injuries were reported. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Two displaced after Chimacum house fire

One person evacuated safely along with two pets from a fire at a single-story home in Chimacum, East Jefferson Fire Rescue reported. Firefighters… Continue reading

Two people were displaced after a house fire in the 4700 block of West Valley Road in Chimacum on Thursday. No injuries were reported. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Whitefeather Way intersection closed at Highway 101

Construction crews have closed the intersection of Whitefeather Way and U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim. The intersection will remain closed during the… Continue reading

Highway 112 partially reopens to single-lane traffic

Maintenance crews have reopened state Highway 112 between Sekiu and Neah Bay. The highway had been closed since the windstorm on Tuesday… Continue reading

Print edition to be delivered Monday; e-edition only on Thanksgiving

Peninsula Daily News will have a print edition on Monday and an electronic edition only on Thursday. The newspaper is making the… Continue reading

Laken Folsom, a Winter Ice Village employee, tries to remove leaves that blew in from this week’s wind storm before they freeze into the surface of the rink on Thursday. The Winter Ice Village, operated by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce in the 100 block of West Front Street, opens today and runs through Jan. 5. Hours are from noon to 9 p.m. daily. New this year is camera showing the current ice village conditions at www.skatecam.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Ice village opens in Port Angeles

Laken Folsom, a Winter Ice Village employee, tries to remove leaves that blew in from this week’s wind storm before they freeze into the surface… Continue reading

Laken Folsom, a Winter Ice Village employee, tries to remove leaves that blew in from this week’s wind storm before they freeze into the surface of the rink on Thursday. The Winter Ice Village, operated by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce in the 100 block of West Front Street, opens today and runs through Jan. 5. Hours are from noon to 9 p.m. daily. New this year is camera showing the current ice village conditions at www.skatecam.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Ella Biss, 4, sits next to her adoptive mother, Alexis Biss, as they wait in Clallam County Family Court on Thursday for the commencement of the ceremony that will formalize the adoption of Ella and her 9-year-old brother John. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)

Adoption ceremony highlights need for Peninsula foster families

State department says there’s a lack of foster homes for older children, babies

Ella Biss, 4, sits next to her adoptive mother, Alexis Biss, as they wait in Clallam County Family Court on Thursday for the commencement of the ceremony that will formalize the adoption of Ella and her 9-year-old brother John. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)

Fort PDA receiver protecting assets

Principal: New revenue streams needed

Jae McGinley

Jae McGinley selected for fellowship, scholarship

Jae McGinley has been selected for the Next Generation Leader Fellowship sponsored by the American Hospital Association. McGinley, a registered nurse who… Continue reading

Jae McGinley

Legislature to decide fate of miscalculation

Peninsula College may have to repay $339K

The Sequim Valley Lions Club donated $5,000 the Sequim Unit of the Boys Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. Mary Budke, on left, and Norma Turner, on right, received the donation on behalf of the Boys Girls Clubs.
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Lions donation

The Sequim Valley Lions Club donated $5,000 the Sequim Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. Mary Budke, on left, and… Continue reading

The Sequim Valley Lions Club donated $5,000 the Sequim Unit of the Boys Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. Mary Budke, on left, and Norma Turner, on right, received the donation on behalf of the Boys Girls Clubs.

Plays, music and puzzles top weekend events

Stage productions, music performances and a crossword puzzle contest highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • Saltfire Theatre will stage its sixth… Continue reading

Man investigated in coffee stand burglary

A 29-year-old man was arrested on investigation of second-degree burglary after he allegedly broke into a coffee stand north of U.S. Highway… Continue reading

A street sweeper on I Street in Port Angeles cleans up the street along the curbs of all the debris that blew down during Tuesday evening’s storm. Thousands were without power at the peak of the storm. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Storm causes power outages, road closures

Smaller weather system may hit Friday

A street sweeper on I Street in Port Angeles cleans up the street along the curbs of all the debris that blew down during Tuesday evening’s storm. Thousands were without power at the peak of the storm. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
“Obstruction Point” by Anne Pfeiffer of Port Angeles is part of “Small Expressions,” the wide-ranging show which will open Friday at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

‘Small Expressions’ opens Friday in Port Townsend

One of the most wide-ranging exhibitions in recent memory at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery opens Friday. “Small Expressions,” the annual juried… Continue reading

“Obstruction Point” by Anne Pfeiffer of Port Angeles is part of “Small Expressions,” the wide-ranging show which will open Friday at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.
Sequim's Kalli Grove, left, and Port Angeles' Ava-Anne Sheahan, both made the first All-Olympic girls soccer team. (Photos by Michael James and Michael Dashiell)

ALL-OLYMPIC LEAGUE SOCCER: PA’s Rognlien, Sheahan; Sequim’s Brewer, Grove make first team

The Port Angeles and Sequim soccer teams got a pair of goalkeepers on the all-Olympic League first team, with Roughriders’ defender Ava-Anne… Continue reading

Sequim's Kalli Grove, left, and Port Angeles' Ava-Anne Sheahan, both made the first All-Olympic girls soccer team. (Photos by Michael James and Michael Dashiell)

Port Angeles Community Players to host auditions

Auditions for the Port Angeles Community Players’ production of “Enchanted April” will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 and 3 p.m.… Continue reading

Port Angeles funds lodging tax requests

Sixteen applications to undergo review

Port of Port Angeles commissioners approve 2025 budget

Board OKs project that would treat seawater to make it less acidic

Port Townsend’s Water Street sewer project gets funds

City council authorizes contracts; construction to start in January