East Jefferson Fire Rescue Chief Bret Black describes the 2,500-gallon wildfire tender located at Marrowstone Fire Station 12 on Marrowstone Island during an open house on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Marrowstone Island fire station open for business

Volunteers to staff 1,300-square-foot building

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Woman charged in animal cruelty

Jacobsen facing 30 counts from 2021, ‘22

Measures passing for Quilcene schools, Clallam Bay fire

Next ballot count expected by 4 p.m. Thursday

Dion Graham

Actors to close out festival Saturday night

‘Selected Shorts’ live show to be held at Field Arts & Events Hall

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Walter (Shaun Hughbanks) sings a familiar jingle with Haley (Steve Fisher) in “The Man with the Plastic Sandwich.” Hughbanks’ character encounters three life-changing individuals after losing his job of 20 years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

New fortunes for ‘Man with the Plastic Sandwich’

Olympic Theatre Arts’ show kicks off three-week run

Tribe seeking funds for hotel

Plans still in works for downtown Port Angeles

Sequim Valley Chapel is one of only three locations that offer full-service funeral options in Sequim Valley.

Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel recommends advance funeral planning amid rising costs

Advance planning protects your family from rising inflation rates

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Isaac Wendel, 11, left, and his mother Jennie Wendel of Port Angeles, comb the beach on the inside of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Saturday as part of a cleanup effort hosted by Washington CoastSavers in honor of Earth Day. Hundreds of volunteers fanned out across numerous beaches on Washington’s Pacific Coast and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca to collect trash and other unwanted debris. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Earth Day cleanup

Isaac Wendel, 11, left, and his mother Jennie Wendel of Port Angeles, comb the beach on the inside of Ediz Continue reading...

Pictured, from left, are Mary Kelso, Jane Marks, Barbara Silva and Linda Cooper.

School donation

The Port Angeles Garden Club donated $800 to the Crescent School in Joyce. The funds will help with the construction Continue reading...

Amy DeQuay of Port Angeles, right, signs up for information at a table staffed by Christopher Allen and Mary Sue French of the Port Angeles Arts Council during a Volunteer Fair on Wednesday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The event, organized by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, brought together numerous North Olympic Peninsula agencies that offer people a chance to get involved in their communities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Volunteer fair in Port Angeles

Amy DeQuay of Port Angeles, right, signs up for information at a table staffed by Christopher Allen and Mary Sue Continue reading...

Pictured are Susan Hillgren, on left, and Emily Murphy.

TAFY donation in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles Garden Club has donated $1,000 to The Answer For Youth’s Sprouting Hope Greenhouse. The Answer for Youth Continue reading...

 

Crime

Woman who gave drugs to minor to receive mental health alternative sentence

A Port Angeles woman who previously told police she identifies as a teenage boy will be sentenced Continue reading...

 

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP Continue reading...

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Continue reading...

 

Life
Martha Worthley is the new executive director at Northwind Art in Port Townsend.

Northwind Art names new executive director

She thought she’d jump in, help out, “and keep things running until someone else came along,” recalled Continue reading...

 

A GROWING CONCERN: Chill out before you plant too early

AS THIS PAST week’s chill lay heavy in the valleys and the snow-frosted trees sit low on the mountains, I Continue reading...

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Opinion
Pat Neal, left, and former Peninsula Daily News editor and publisher John Brewer. (Pat Neal)

PAT NEAL: Free speech isn’t free

There were giants in the land. We lost one last week. John Brewer died on a fishing trip on the Continue reading...

 

The Peninsula Daily News office building, at 305 W. First St. in Port Angeles, will soon be on the commercial real estate market. But staff will relocate to another Port Angeles building in the coming months.

OUR VIEW: We’re moving, but we will remain in community

THIS OLD BUILDING, steeped in history, whispers stories of bygone days. Within its walls, presses once hummed, their rhythmic cadence Continue reading...

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