Arwyn Rice

School maintenance supervisor Bill Henderson and School District Superintendant Diana Reaume talk of needed repairs on a sidewalk near the school football field.  It is heavily used by Forks Elementary School students as well as parents for various sports activities. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Quillayute school officials plan upgrades after vote

FORKS — Quillayute Valley School District officials plan traffic-safety upgrades, track resurfacing, repairs and equipment replacement now that voters have approved a four-year property tax… Continue reading

School maintenance supervisor Bill Henderson and School District Superintendant Diana Reaume talk of needed repairs on a sidewalk near the school football field.  It is heavily used by Forks Elementary School students as well as parents for various sports activities. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
School Maintenance Supervisor Bill Henderson and Superintendent Diana Reaume of the Quillayute Valley School District talk of needed repairs on a walkway near the football field in Forks. It is heavily used by Forks Elementary School students as well as parents for various sports activities. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

‘We have great support’ says thankful Quillayute school superintendent as levy passes

FORKS — Quillayute Valley School District officials celebrated quietly Tuesday night after an initial vote count showed that voters had approved a replacement four-year maintenance-and-operations… Continue reading

School Maintenance Supervisor Bill Henderson and Superintendent Diana Reaume of the Quillayute Valley School District talk of needed repairs on a walkway near the football field in Forks. It is heavily used by Forks Elementary School students as well as parents for various sports activities. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

‘We have great support’ says thankful Quillayute school superintendent as levy passes

FORKS — Quillayute Valley School District officials celebrated quietly Tuesday night after an initial vote count showed that voters had approved a replacement four-year maintenance-and-operations… Continue reading

Philip Adams is shown performing at his retirement party in 2010. His pickup was found down an embankment of Lower Elwha Road on Saturday night. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Monday. Peninsula College

Tribal elder Philip Adams, 69, was ‘multitalented’

PORT ANGELES — A 69-year-old Port Angeles man and former Peninsula College counselor who died following a one-vehicle crash was remembered Monday for his academic… Continue reading

Philip Adams is shown performing at his retirement party in 2010. His pickup was found down an embankment of Lower Elwha Road on Saturday night. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Monday. Peninsula College
Feiro Marine Life Center board member Morgan Fox stands next to a "Fish on the Fence" display in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Fish on the Fence Gala seeks to lure ticket-buyers

PORT ANGELES — A new school of fish has appeared on the City Pier fence. It's there to let people know the Feiro Marine Life… Continue reading

Feiro Marine Life Center board member Morgan Fox stands next to a "Fish on the Fence" display in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
CJ Elliott

Volunteers write letters to strangers in labor of love

PORT ANGELES — Love has infected 60 volunteers, inspiring them to write love letters to total strangers. On Wednesday, a group of about 60 people… Continue reading

CJ Elliott
Tom Bihn of Port Angeles suggests an addition to a list to U.S. Park Ranger Sanny Lustig during Olympic National Park's “scoping meeting” Tuesday at Jefferson Elementary School in Port Angeles. Bihn said he wanted to see more cohesive wilderness management in the park. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic National Park ‘scopes’ public for wilderness plan input

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park officials want to know how area residents think wilderness areas within the park should be managed. The first of… Continue reading

Tom Bihn of Port Angeles suggests an addition to a list to U.S. Park Ranger Sanny Lustig during Olympic National Park's “scoping meeting” Tuesday at Jefferson Elementary School in Port Angeles. Bihn said he wanted to see more cohesive wilderness management in the park. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
The Forks combined high school-middle school jazz band plays under the direction of Erika Rudnicki

Music program inches into Forks High School

FORKS — Although the sounds of drums and brass and woodwind instruments have yet to echo through the hallways of the new Forks High School… Continue reading

The Forks combined high school-middle school jazz band plays under the direction of Erika Rudnicki

Port Angeles man held on bail in three felonies

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man was being held Tuesday on $5,000 bail in the Clallam County jail for investigation of three felonies after… Continue reading

Anthony Joshua Freitas

Motel’s new owner helps officers catch alleged thief

PORT ANGELES — The new owner of the Chinook Motel assisted in the capture of a suspected thief Monday morning, slowing a fleeing Port Angeles… Continue reading

Anthony Joshua Freitas
Anthony Joshua Freitas

New Chinook Motel owner helps to capture suspected thief

PORT ANGELES — Police captured a suspected robber today with the assistance of the new owner of the Chinook Motel and his renovation crew. Anthony… Continue reading

Anthony Joshua Freitas
Kyle Sholinder

Fundraisers enough to get surgery for ailing dog

PORT ANGELES — Max will get his surgery, thanks to about 150 people who attended the “Save the Dog” benefit Saturday and a wealth of… Continue reading

Kyle Sholinder
Port Angeles gun dealer Nicholas De Scala holds an A-15 assault-style rifle

Port Angeles gun show does booming business

PORT ANGELES — Lines to get into the Falcon Productions Gun and Knife Show at the Port Angeles Masonic Lodge snaked a block down the… Continue reading

Port Angeles gun dealer Nicholas De Scala holds an A-15 assault-style rifle

Port Angeles woman foils phone scam

PORT ANGELES — The scam is a common one: A person on the phone says, ‘Hey, Grandma, I’m stranded in a foreign country, and I… Continue reading

Eagle Lucas

Students showcase business ideas at Port Angeles expo

PORT ANGELES — Boffering is a business idea with potential, agreed two of the business leaders judging presentations at the Port Angeles High School Business… Continue reading

Eagle Lucas

Task force to study Port Angeles school facilities

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District’s newly created long-term facilities task force wasted no time in its mission to research how to replace… Continue reading

Young Peninsula musicians qualify for state competition

PORT ANGELES — About 100 North Olympic Peninsula music students, including 12 solo performers and those in eight ensembles, have qualified for state competition. They… Continue reading

Bob Pensworth of Joyce talks to Congressman Derek Kilmer about communications issues in Neah Bay during a Wednesday visit to Forks

Forks mayor talks of replacing burned structure, city’s first women police officers

FORKS — The city will begin the process in March of deciding how to replace a structure that burned last fall, and for the first… Continue reading

Bob Pensworth of Joyce talks to Congressman Derek Kilmer about communications issues in Neah Bay during a Wednesday visit to Forks
Richard Coulson of Port Angeles talks to Congressman Derek Kilmer about the use of all-terrain vehicles in national forests during a Wednesday visit to Forks

Freshman congressman addresses economic concerns at Forks chamber

FORKS — When Derek Kilmer, the 6th Congressional District's new representative, was graduating from Port Angeles High School in 1992, “the timber industry was taking… Continue reading

Richard Coulson of Port Angeles talks to Congressman Derek Kilmer about the use of all-terrain vehicles in national forests during a Wednesday visit to Forks

CORRECTED — Free services to be afforded Clallam homeless Friday, Feb. 8

EDITOR'S NOTE — The date of the Homeless Connect event has been corrected. PORT ANGELES — Homeless Clallam County residents — or those who are… Continue reading