Arwyn Rice

The Port Angeles High School engineering team attended the statewide American Society for Civil Engineers Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition in Seattle and earned second

Port Angeles seniors place in state bridge-building contest

PORT ANGELES — Six Port Angeles High School seniors representing three bridge-building teams earned second, third and fourth place at a statewide civil engineering contest.… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School engineering team attended the statewide American Society for Civil Engineers Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition in Seattle and earned second
Sky Heatherton

WEEKEND: Heatherton Gallery owner to celebrate first year in business and her 70th birthday with public party tonight in Port Angeles

Today, tonight signify Friday, Feb. 13. PORT ANGELES — An art gallery owner will celebrate the first anniversary of her gallery's opening and her own… Continue reading

Sky Heatherton
Ron Freyer of Sequim

WEEKEND: Home improvement experts to gather under one roof for building expo in Sequim on Saturday, Sunday

SEQUIM — North Olympic Peninsula residents can get help with planning home improvements “from the ground to the ceiling and everything in between” at the… Continue reading

Ron Freyer of Sequim
The Forks Junior-Senior High School Jazz Band

Forks schools’ music program seeks potential of 2010 investment

FORKS — The resurgent Forks school music program has continued to grow since its reinstatement in 2010 and is nearly ready for prime time, according… Continue reading

The Forks Junior-Senior High School Jazz Band

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seizes two malnourished dogs

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff's Office took two severely undernourished dogs from a filthy pen Thursday, authorities said. The owner, Joshua Almaden, 26,… Continue reading

Mayor: Forks hospital levy passage ensures emergency care

FORKS — Voters’ approval of a Forks Community Hospital six-year emergency medical care and services property tax levy will support continued top-notch emergency care and… Continue reading

The Forks Junior-Senior High School Jazz Band

Forks schools’ music program seeks potential of 2010 investment

FORKS — The resurgent Forks school music program has continued to grow since its reinstatement in 2010 and is nearly ready for prime time, according… Continue reading

The Forks Junior-Senior High School Jazz Band

Mayor: Forks hospital levy passage ensures emergency care

FORKS — Voters’ approval of a Forks Community Hospital six-year emergency medical care and services property tax levy will support continued top-notch emergency care and… Continue reading

Charles Andrew Lloyd (Kitsap County Sheriff's Office)

Still looking, but Port Angeles police say so far no sign of Kitsap County fugitive

PORT ANGELES — Police in Port Angeles have seen no sign of a Kitsap County felon wanted by authorities for investigation of burglary. Police had… Continue reading

Charles Andrew Lloyd (Kitsap County Sheriff's Office)
Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center levy supporters Rhonda Rose

CLALLAM ELECTION — SARC measure fails to get 60 percent; may close, board chairman says

SEQUIM — A six-year property tax levy for the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center's failed to reach the needed 60 percent approval in the initial count… Continue reading

Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center levy supporters Rhonda Rose
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CLALLAM ELECTION — SARC measure fails to get 60 percent; may close, board chairman says

SEQUIM — A six-year property tax levy for the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center's failed to reach the needed 60 percent approval in the initial count… Continue reading

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With pistols drawn

UPDATE: No sign of Kitsap County fugitive, Port Angeles police say

PORT ANGELES — Police in Port Angeles have seen no sign of a Kitsap County felon wanted by authorities for investigation of burglary. Police had… Continue reading

With pistols drawn
The crippled trestle leading up to the steel-and-concrete Railroad Bridge at the span's Sequim-area namesake park shows broken and missing piles as overflow waters of the flooded Drungeness River rage underneath. (Dungeness River Audubon Center)

Dungeness River bridge remains in precarious position as Peninsula dries out after floods (with VIDEO)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here's a link to a detour map for Olympic Discovery Trail bikers: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/628596354. Flooding on the North Olympic Peninsula was reduced Sunday as… Continue reading

The crippled trestle leading up to the steel-and-concrete Railroad Bridge at the span's Sequim-area namesake park shows broken and missing piles as overflow waters of the flooded Drungeness River rage underneath. (Dungeness River Audubon Center)
Port Angeles firefighters

Structure fire, vehicle blaze force quick turnaround for firefighters in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A fire in an outbuilding behind the Reino gas station and a stubborn car fire in Gales Addition kept firefighters racing to… Continue reading

Port Angeles firefighters
Charles Andrew Lloyd

2nd UPDATE — Police arrest one burglary fugitive at Fairmount Grocery and Shell gas station; another suspect still at large

PORT ANGELES — Police were seeking a reportedly armed felon wanted by Kitsap County authorities for investigation of burglary after they captured another man also… Continue reading

Charles Andrew Lloyd
Port Angeles firefighters

UPDATE: Structure fire, vehicle blaze force quick turnaround for firefighters in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A fire in an outbuilding behind the Reino gas station and a stubborn car fire in Gales Addition kept firefighters racing to… Continue reading

Port Angeles firefighters
The crippled trestle leading up to the steel-and-concrete Railroad Bridge at the span's Sequim-area namesake park shows broken and missing piles as overflow waters of the flooded Drungeness River rage underneath. (Dungeness River Audubon Center)

Dungeness River bridge remains in precarious position as Peninsula dries out after floods (with VIDEO)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here's a link to a detour map for Olympic Discovery Trail bikers: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/628596354. Flooding on the North Olympic Peninsula was reduced Sunday as… Continue reading

The crippled trestle leading up to the steel-and-concrete Railroad Bridge at the span's Sequim-area namesake park shows broken and missing piles as overflow waters of the flooded Drungeness River rage underneath. (Dungeness River Audubon Center)
(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND: Plan for romance with wine, chocolate tour on Peninsula

Nine North Olympic Peninsula wineries aim to bring out the romantic in everyone with deft pairings of red wine and chocolate during the next two… Continue reading

(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Feiro Marine Life Center Executive Director Melissa Williams

Feiro Marine Life Center’s Fish on Fence sculptures are memorial to declining sea stars

PORT ANGELES — The newest creations on the Fish on the Fence display are a memorial. Sea stars in ceramic and metal are decorating the… Continue reading

Feiro Marine Life Center Executive Director Melissa Williams
(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND: Plan for romance with wine, chocolate tour on Peninsula

Nine North Olympic Peninsula wineries aim to bring out the romantic in everyone with deft pairings of red wine and chocolate during the next two… Continue reading

(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)