Arwyn Rice

Sewer overflow, Rayonier site cleanup discussed

PORT ANGELES — Some cleanup work will be done in concert with the placing of the city of Port Angeles’ combined sewer overflow — or… Continue reading

Clallam Public Utility District joins fight on green-energy ratepayer hike

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners have signed onto a fight against a portion of a “green energy” law they say will… Continue reading

Recording fee changes for documents

PORT ANGELES — Recording fees for most real estate documents will increase beginning in September, but fees for many non-real estate recordings will be reduced,… Continue reading

Sequim council OKs schedule to fill post vacancy

SEQUIM — The Sequim City Council has approved a schedule for naming a replacement for an empty council seat that leaves the city with a… Continue reading

Third-generation Port Angeles resident Joan Morrish shows a retirement gift a fellow carrier gave her: A PDN delivery tube with a hammock made from string used to bundle newspapers. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Longtime PDN carrier says farewell after 35 years

PORT ANGELES — For more than 35 years, neither rain nor snow, chimney fires nor freight trains could keep Joan Morrish from her appointed rounds… Continue reading

Third-generation Port Angeles resident Joan Morrish shows a retirement gift a fellow carrier gave her: A PDN delivery tube with a hammock made from string used to bundle newspapers. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Makah tribe reviving old tradition: war canoe races

NEAH BAY — An old, borrowed tradition is making its way to the younger members of the Makah tribe, who are excelling at racing war… Continue reading

Birthday memorial Tuesday for murder victim Pimentel

PORT ANGELES — A memorial will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to recognize what would have been Jennifer Pimentel’s 28th birthday. The celebration will… Continue reading

Man killed in Gales Addition fire identified

PORT ANGELES — A 35-year-old man who died after he was trapped inside a shed that caught fire early Wednesday morning has been identified as… Continue reading

Young dancers entertain a large crowd with the Snipe Dance at the Makah Days celebration in 2011. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Makah to celebrate heritage in annual festival

NEAH BAY — Racing “war canoes” will ride the waves in friendly competition, fireworks will light up the sky, and dances, games and crafts will… Continue reading

Young dancers entertain a large crowd with the Snipe Dance at the Makah Days celebration in 2011. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — Victim identified in fire in Port Angeles’ Gales Addition

PORT ANGELES — A 35-year-old man who died after he was trapped inside a shed that caught fire early Wednesday morning has been identified as… Continue reading

Man dies in shed fire in Port Angeles’ Gales Addition

PORT ANGELES — A man died in a Gales Addition shed fire early Wednesday morning, the Clallam County sheriff said. Clallam County Fire District No.… Continue reading

Fire danger high amid outbreaks, officials report

PORT ANGELES — Several fires were reported during concerns about fire danger — and the risk is still there, according to Port Angeles-area fire officials.… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School to greet freshmen today

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School will welcome the Class of 2016, and their parents or guardians at 7 p.m. today at Freshman Welcome… Continue reading

Scientists tells of Elwha restoration progress during symposium

PORT ANGELES — Lake Mills is reduced to a large puddle, Lake Aldwell is gone, plants are starting to grow in the empty lakebeds, and… Continue reading

Makah to get $1 million grant to build housing for tribe’s most vulnerable

NEAH BAY — The Makah tribe will be awarded a $1 million grant to build housing for the most vulnerable families in Neah Bay, the… Continue reading

Crescent School teacher Janice Tydings holds up a piece of Ursula seaweed

Sea stars to skateboards — students discover what lies beneath Port Angeles City Pier

PORT ANGELES — Sea stars, pipefish, seaweed — and skateboards and iPhones? Six Joyce middle school students participating in a Crescent School District summer enrichment… Continue reading

Crescent School teacher Janice Tydings holds up a piece of Ursula seaweed
Sequim veterinarian lays one on pig at Clallam County Fair

Sequim veterinarian lays one on pig at Clallam County Fair

PORT ANGELES — It took until the last day of the Clallam County Fair, but finally, on Sunday, someone kissed a pig. Dr. Melissa Smith,… Continue reading

Sequim veterinarian lays one on pig at Clallam County Fair
Kathleen Reiter

Volunteers keep county fair running

PORT ANGELES — For those who attended the Clallam County Fair on any day last week, the first people visitors met were teenagers in orange… Continue reading

Kathleen Reiter

Elwha restoration details at meeting

PORT ANGELES — The public can hear about research conducted during the start of the Elwha River restoration at free presentations Monday and Wednesday during… Continue reading

Madison Ballou

WEEKEND: Clallam County Fair invites public to ‘kiss a pig, dance a jig’ — pig-kissing optional [**VIDEO**]

CORRECTION — This story has been corrected to say that tickets to the fair are available only at the gate at the Clallam County Fairgrounds.… Continue reading

Madison Ballou