Arwyn Rice

An unadorned water storage tank on Lauridsen Boulevard near the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center could receive a decorative mural arranged by Revitalize Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Revitalize Port Angeles group proposes mural to brighten city water tank

PORT ANGELES — Revitalize Port Angeles has taken on a new project: a mural to cover the plain exterior of the city water tank on… Continue reading

An unadorned water storage tank on Lauridsen Boulevard near the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center could receive a decorative mural arranged by Revitalize Port Angeles. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Kyle Trussell

Port Angeles man run over by bulldozer improves to serious condition in Seattle hospital

PORT ANGELES — A man crushed by a bulldozer in an accident in September has improved to serious condition in intensive care at Harborview Medical… Continue reading

Kyle Trussell
An unadorned water storage tank on Lauridsen Boulevard near the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center could receive a decorative mural arranged by Revitalize Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Revitalize Port Angeles group proposes mural to brighten city water tank

PORT ANGELES — Revitalize Port Angeles has taken on a new project: a mural to cover the plain exterior of the city water tank on… Continue reading

An unadorned water storage tank on Lauridsen Boulevard near the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center could receive a decorative mural arranged by Revitalize Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Kyle Trussell

Port Angeles man run over by bulldozer improves to serious condition in Seattle hospital

PORT ANGELES — A man crushed by a bulldozer in an accident in September has improved to serious condition in intensive care at Harborview Medical… Continue reading

Kyle Trussell
Twenty-three Port Angeles students took part in a cleanup effort Friday in downtown Port Angeles. Tina Sperry

Port Angeles teens band together to help combat drug abuse with ‘Hope After Heroin’ group

PORT ANGELES — Four teenagers who have seen the damage drugs can inflict on a young life have founded an organization to help teens avoid… Continue reading

Twenty-three Port Angeles students took part in a cleanup effort Friday in downtown Port Angeles. Tina Sperry
Twenty-three Port Angeles students took part in a cleanup effort Friday in downtown Port Angeles. Tina Sperry

Port Angeles teens band together to help combat drug abuse with ‘Hope After Heroin’ group

PORT ANGELES — Four teenagers who have seen the damage drugs can inflict on a young life have founded an organization to help teens avoid… Continue reading

Twenty-three Port Angeles students took part in a cleanup effort Friday in downtown Port Angeles. Tina Sperry
Two tugs push on the platform that holds the control tower at the Hood Canal Bridge to exert pressure on the drawspan and keep it in alignment with the bridge in mid-September. State Department of Transportation

Official: Hood Canal Bridge work is ongoing but drivers should be free from traffic delays that impacted project in September

HOOD CANAL — One of two maintenance projects on the Hood Canal Bridge are complete, and there are no more delays expected on the bridge… Continue reading

Two tugs push on the platform that holds the control tower at the Hood Canal Bridge to exert pressure on the drawspan and keep it in alignment with the bridge in mid-September. State Department of Transportation
Amanda Adams

Peninsula shelter animals find homes during adoption open houses Oct. 3

North Olympic Peninsula animal shelters found homes for four dogs and seven cats during a statewide animal shelter open house last weekend. Eight animals were… Continue reading

Amanda Adams
Two tugs push on the platform that holds the control tower at the Hood Canal Bridge to exert pressure on the drawspan and keep it in alignment with the bridge in mid-September. State Department of Transportation

Official: Hood Canal Bridge work is ongoing but drivers should be free from traffic delays that impacted project in September

HOOD CANAL — One of two maintenance projects on the Hood Canal Bridge are complete, and there are no more delays expected on the bridge… Continue reading

Two tugs push on the platform that holds the control tower at the Hood Canal Bridge to exert pressure on the drawspan and keep it in alignment with the bridge in mid-September. State Department of Transportation
Amanda Adams

Peninsula shelter animals find homes during adoption open houses Oct. 3

North Olympic Peninsula animal shelters found homes for four dogs and seven cats during a statewide animal shelter open house last weekend. Eight animals were… Continue reading

Amanda Adams
Two tugs push on the platform that holds the control tower at the Hood Canal Bridge to exert pressure on the drawspan and keep it in alignment with the bridge in mid-September. State Department of Transportation

Official: Hood Canal Bridge work is ongoing but drivers should be free from traffic delays that impacted project in September

HOOD CANAL — One of two maintenance projects on the Hood Canal Bridge are complete, and there are no more delays expected on the bridge… Continue reading

Two tugs push on the platform that holds the control tower at the Hood Canal Bridge to exert pressure on the drawspan and keep it in alignment with the bridge in mid-September. State Department of Transportation
Amanda Adams

Peninsula shelter animals find homes during adoption open houses Oct. 3

North Olympic Peninsula animal shelters found homes for four dogs and seven cats during a statewide animal shelter open house last weekend. Eight animals were… Continue reading

Amanda Adams
Fairview Elementary School

Port Angeles School Board delays decision on bond measure; reopening Fairview Elementary one of several options to answer space needs

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board has delayed a decision on when to propose another school construction bond to voters until after newly… Continue reading

Fairview Elementary School
Fairview Elementary School

Port Angeles School Board delays decision on bond measure; reopening Fairview Elementary one of several options to answer space needs

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board has delayed a decision on when to propose another school construction bond to voters until after newly… Continue reading

Fairview Elementary School

School funding, security and standardized testing aired at Port Angeles School Board candidate forum

PORT ANGELES — Six candidates for three positions on the Port Angeles School Board answered questions about timber arrearage and its effects on school funding,… Continue reading

Timber, air passenger service, emergency preparedness discussed at Port of Port Angeles commissioner candidates forum

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioner candidates Connie Beauvais and Michael Breidenbach agreed on the port's role in correcting timber arrearage and subsidizing… Continue reading

A line of traffic makes its way up Tumwater Truck Route through a riot of fall color in Port Angeles in 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula fall colors voted among top in nation in USA Today online contest

The Olympic Peninsula's fall colors are among the best in the nation, according to the USA Today “Best Scenic Autumn Drive” online poll. The Olympic… Continue reading

A line of traffic makes its way up Tumwater Truck Route through a riot of fall color in Port Angeles in 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles resident Ron Rogers waterskis Sunday with Victoria in the background. Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles man, 61, crosses Strait on waterski but cancels return trip citing dangerous conditions

PORT ANGELES — Ron Rogers crossed the Strait of Juan de Fuca on a waterski Sunday but was forced to cancel his planned ski trip… Continue reading

Port Angeles resident Ron Rogers waterskis Sunday with Victoria in the background. Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles resident Ron Rogers waterskis Sunday with Victoria in the background. Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News

2ND UPDATE: Port Angeles man, 61, crosses Strait on waterski but cancels return trip citing dangerous conditions

PORT ANGELES — Ron Rogers crossed the Strait of Juan de Fuca on a waterski Sunday but was forced to cancel his planned ski trip… Continue reading

Port Angeles resident Ron Rogers waterskis Sunday with Victoria in the background. Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News
A line of traffic makes its way up Tumwater Truck Route through a riot of fall color in Port Angeles in 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula fall colors voted among top in nation in USA Today online contest

The Olympic Peninsula's fall colors are among the best in the nation, according to the USA Today “Best Scenic Autumn Drive” online poll. The Olympic… Continue reading

A line of traffic makes its way up Tumwater Truck Route through a riot of fall color in Port Angeles in 2009. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News