Arwyn Rice

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
Rachel Hagaman of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe places two king salmon on a bed of cedar boughs during a traditional ceremony to welcome the salmon back to the Elwha River.  -- Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe ceremoniously welcomes salmon back into upstream river

PORT ANGELES — Members of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe welcomed salmon back to the Elwha River during a ceremony Thursday morning. About 40 members… Continue reading

Rachel Hagaman of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe places two king salmon on a bed of cedar boughs during a traditional ceremony to welcome the salmon back to the Elwha River.  -- Photo by Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Tense fire watch remains on West End this morning

The West End of the North Olympic Peninsula is in extreme danger of fire, said the National Weather Service as a heat wave settles across… Continue reading

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Volunteer Mary Marsh of Sequim arranges artworks in the Artists Building at the Clallam County Fairgrounds on Tuesday. The Clallam County Fair begins its four-day run starting on Thursday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam County Fairgrounds gets ready for four-day expo

PORT ANGELES — The barns at the Clallam County Fairgrounds were at the center of a buzz of activity Tuesday as carnival workers, vendors and… Continue reading

Volunteer Mary Marsh of Sequim arranges artworks in the Artists Building at the Clallam County Fairgrounds on Tuesday. The Clallam County Fair begins its four-day run starting on Thursday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam schools, students prepare for classes to begin

Clallam County public school districts are preparing to open for the 2012-2013 school year with students returning for such end-of-summer activities as sports camps and… Continue reading

Jefferson County schools prepare to open after Labor Day

Jefferson County school districts are preparing to open for the 2012-2013 school year, and students are already returning for pre-school-year activities. End of summer activities… Continue reading

Narrow bands of seedlings

Nature taking over: Seedlings thrive in beds of former reservoirs

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Nature already has provided a few surprises for workers tasked with replanting the wastelands where lakes Aldwell and Mills once drowned… Continue reading

Narrow bands of seedlings

Port to raise rates at Port Angeles, Sequim marinas in 2013

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles moorage rates at the port’s marinas will increase in 2013 — the first hike in three years —… Continue reading

Eleanor Tschimperle

Exhibit takes visitors through Port Angeles’ history

PORT ANGELES — As the Port Angeles Sesquicentennial year heads toward its crescendo in September, a downtown display of the city's history can lead visitors… Continue reading

Eleanor Tschimperle
Pilot Josh Armstrong of Sequim

Plane makes emergency landing west of Port Angeles

INDIAN VALLEY — A small pontoon plane made a dramatic emergency landing on a narrow pond 2 miles west of the Elwha River on Sunday.… Continue reading

Pilot Josh Armstrong of Sequim
Port Angeles firefighters respond to a blaze at 1614 W. Eighth St. that reportedly began in a couch. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sunday evening house fire leaves family of six homeless

PORT ANGELES — A fast-moving house fire left a family of six homeless late this afternoon, but the entire family — Bill Boston, his wife,… Continue reading

Port Angeles firefighters respond to a blaze at 1614 W. Eighth St. that reportedly began in a couch. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Construction work slated for busy Sequim roadway

SEQUIM — Construction work on one of Sequim’s busiest roads will begin Aug. 20 and continue through mid-September. A major water main replacement and road… Continue reading

Humane Society survey to test support

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society wants to know if people living in Clallam County would support a new animal shelter in a… Continue reading

Vacancy opens up on Sequim City Council

SEQUIM — A veteran member of the City Council has resigned, and the city will immediately seek his successor, city officials announced Thursday. Sequim Councilman… Continue reading

Next steps in new police station now that Sequim sales tax increase passing

SEQUIM — Approval of a sales tax increase to finance a new police station seemed certain after the second-day count of primary election ballots Wednesday.… Continue reading

Construction continues Wednesday on a Clallam County Public Utility District electrical substation on Power Plant Road near Laird Road west of Port Angeles.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Why all the recent power failures at the Lairds Corner substation?

PORT ANGELES — Work is progressing on a new, state-of-the art electrical substation at Lairds Corner. Once completed, it should give customers in the area… Continue reading

Construction continues Wednesday on a Clallam County Public Utility District electrical substation on Power Plant Road near Laird Road west of Port Angeles.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Sequim voters favor sales tax hike by large margin in first count of ballots

Sequim voters favor sales tax hike by large margin in first count of ballots

SEQUIM — The first rush of ballots show voters coming out in force to favor a sales tax hike to fund a new Sequim police… Continue reading

Sequim voters favor sales tax hike by large margin in first count of ballots
Sequim voters favor sales tax hike by large margin in first count of ballots

Sequim voters favor sales tax hike by large margin in first count of ballots

SEQUIM — The first rush of ballots show voters coming out in force to favor a sales tax hike to fund a new Sequim police… Continue reading

Sequim voters favor sales tax hike by large margin in first count of ballots
Charlie Brandt

Battelle lab likely to make composites announcement

PORT ANGELES — There is nothing official yet, but an announcement is expected in late August regarding Battelle’s involvement in the North Olympic Peninsula composites… Continue reading

Charlie Brandt

24 contested races in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — Tuesday is the final day for voters to turn in ballots for the Washington primary elections. Jefferson County has 24 contested races… Continue reading