Arwyn Rice

Former Port Angeles mayor dies at 91

Former Port Angeles mayor dies at 91

PORT ANGELES — Former Port Angeles Mayor Joan K. Sargent died early Thursday at the age of 91. Sargent had suffered a stroke two weeks… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles mayor dies at 91
Jamestown S'Klallam Chairman Ron Allen greets canoes Wednesday to Jamestown Beach. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Jamestown S’Klallam welcome tribal canoes; next stop, Port Townsend

SEQUIM — Canoes were welcomed at Jamestown Beach on Wednesday after pullers on the 2012 Canoe Journey to Squaxin Island launched them from Port Angeles… Continue reading

Jamestown S'Klallam Chairman Ron Allen greets canoes Wednesday to Jamestown Beach. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Firefighters were dispatched to Lotzgesell Road in Dungeness Tuesday night. Clallam County Fire District No. 3

Sequim man found dead in burning car

DUNGENESS — A Sequim man was found dead in a burning car that had crashed into a tree. The Clallam County Sheriff's Office identified the… Continue reading

Firefighters were dispatched to Lotzgesell Road in Dungeness Tuesday night. Clallam County Fire District No. 3
Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District No. 3 douse the remains of a fire next to wreckage of a car that plowed into a tree off Lotzgesell Road in the Dungeness area.  -- Photo courtesy of Fire District No. 3

Driver killed when car crashes into tree, burns

DUNGENESS — A car wreck in Dungeness resulted in the death of one person when the car crashed into a tree. The driver was identified… Continue reading

Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District No. 3 douse the remains of a fire next to wreckage of a car that plowed into a tree off Lotzgesell Road in the Dungeness area.  -- Photo courtesy of Fire District No. 3
State Patrol Trooper Allen Nelson with his Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

End of an era: State Patrol gets last Crown Vic

PORT ANGELES — The last State Patrol Crown Victoria Police Interceptor order has been outfitted and put into service, representing the beginning of the end… Continue reading

State Patrol Trooper Allen Nelson with his Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A collection of tribal canoes sits on Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles after participants in the 2012 Canoe Journey arrived Tuesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Jamestown next stop on 2012 Canoe Journey

JAMESTOWN — Canoes will arrive at Jamestown Beach with the high tide today after completing the most recent leg of the three-week 2012 Canoe Journey.… Continue reading

A collection of tribal canoes sits on Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles after participants in the 2012 Canoe Journey arrived Tuesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Lavender Weekend to spice up Sequim

SEQUIM — Sequim Lavender Weekend, featuring events hosted by two lavender groups as well as community activities, will begin Friday. During the three-day festival, lavender… Continue reading

A wreck on U.S. Highway 101 at Schoolhouse Point Road briefly blocks traffic Monday. Clallam County Fire District No. 3

Two wrecks near Sequim send three to Olympic Medical Center

SEQUIM — Two Sequim-area wrecks on U.S. Highway 101 in two days sent three people to Olympic Medical Center. The injuries to all three were… Continue reading

A wreck on U.S. Highway 101 at Schoolhouse Point Road briefly blocks traffic Monday. Clallam County Fire District No. 3
Reiko Barclay of Sequim deciphers the writing on this volleyball found by John Anderson of Forks.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Scouts join in cleanup effort, find signed volleyball from Japan on Peninsula beach

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News FORKS — As debris from the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami continues to arrive on Washington shores, more can… Continue reading

Reiko Barclay of Sequim deciphers the writing on this volleyball found by John Anderson of Forks.  -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
A flotilla of canoes representing the Quinault and Quileute tribes of the Pacific Coast

Sun comes out to help welcome Canoe Journey paddlers to Port Angeles [**Video**]

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe welcomed more than a dozen canoe families from coastal Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island on Monday afternoon… Continue reading

A flotilla of canoes representing the Quinault and Quileute tribes of the Pacific Coast
From left: Gwyn Callis

Rose House shelter receives much-needed upgrades

PORT ANGELES — On a quiet Port Angeles street, a converted Victorian home that houses some of the most vulnerable of the city's residents has… Continue reading

From left: Gwyn Callis

Tribal canoes to arrive in Port Angeles this afternoon

PORT ANGELES — At least 17 canoes from West Olympic Peninsula tribes and Vancouver Island First Nations will arrive in Port Angeles today on their… Continue reading

A fire suspected to have been caused by lightning early Friday morning damaged a house at 704 South Elizabeth Place off Golf Course Road. Port Angeles Police Department

Firefighters kept on move by lightning storm

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters were kept on the move during the “Friday the 13th storm,” said Chief Sam Phillips.… Continue reading

A fire suspected to have been caused by lightning early Friday morning damaged a house at 704 South Elizabeth Place off Golf Course Road. Port Angeles Police Department
University of Washington School of Oceanography undergraduate students Evan Davies and Julia Marks gather sediments from the Strait of Juan de Fuca using a “Shipek” device onboard the RV Barnes

Researchers excited by early signs of Elwha changes

PORT ANGELES — A huge plume of muddy water, fed by sediment released by dam-removal efforts, is spewing from the mouth of the Elwha River,… Continue reading

University of Washington School of Oceanography undergraduate students Evan Davies and Julia Marks gather sediments from the Strait of Juan de Fuca using a “Shipek” device onboard the RV Barnes
A bolt of lightning hits above the Peabody Heights section of Port Angeles near Port Angeles High School about 5:30 a.m. today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

[Updated] Thunder, lightning might revisit North Olympic Peninsula tonight, this weekend

Three slow-moving thunderstorms shook the North Olympic Peninsula from Port Townsend to Lake Crescent beginning late Thursday night and continuing throughout the early morning, causing… Continue reading

A bolt of lightning hits above the Peabody Heights section of Port Angeles near Port Angeles High School about 5:30 a.m. today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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Sequim rock shop reports theft

SEQUIM — A shoplifter walked away with an estimated $6,000 to $8,000 worth of a mineral often called “space glass,” a Sequim rock shop owner… Continue reading

Mike Pimentel
Writing on this ball identifies it as belonging to a Japanese soccer club. Ikkatsu Project

West End beaches awash with more debris

LAPUSH — A continuing survey of the coastline along western Clallam and Jefferson counties by three kayakers has revealed piles of debris on beaches, including… Continue reading

Writing on this ball identifies it as belonging to a Japanese soccer club. Ikkatsu Project

City Council awards contract for work on Sequim Avenue

SEQUIM — Beginning in late July, South Sequim Avenue will become a construction zone at night, with some work also possibly done during daylight hours.… Continue reading

This map shows the route that the canoes will take

Paddle Journey 2012 canoes due in LaPush today

LAPUSH — Pullers from central and southern Washington coastal areas will reach LaPush today in the 2012 Paddle Journey. The canoe journey of Native Americans… Continue reading

This map shows the route that the canoes will take

Sequim Council endorses proposed sales tax hike

SEQUIM — The City Council has endorsed a proposed sales tax hike, which would raise the tax within the city limit to 8.7 percent and… Continue reading