Arwyn Rice

Pie volunteers Whitney Woodard

WEEKEND: Pie to sweeten Joyce Daze blackberry celebration Saturday

JOYCE — Go wild with blackberry pie, live music, a salmon bake and a Grand Parade at the 32nd annual Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival… Continue reading

Pie volunteers Whitney Woodard
Crew members of a 45-foot response boat-medium based at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles pull two kayakers onto their boat Tuesday morning. U.S. Coast Guard

Port Angeles Coast Guard saves kayakers lost in fog in Strait west of Dungeness Spit

SEQUIM — A pair of kayakers lost in the fog were plucked from the Strait of Juan de Fuca by a Coast Guard rescue crew… Continue reading

Crew members of a 45-foot response boat-medium based at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles pull two kayakers onto their boat Tuesday morning. U.S. Coast Guard
Crew members of a 45-foot response boat-medium based at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles pull two kayakers onto their boat Tuesday morning. U.S. Coast Guard

Port Angeles Coast Guard saves kayakers lost in fog in Strait west of Dungeness Spit

SEQUIM — A pair of kayakers lost in the fog were plucked from the Strait of Juan de Fuca by a Coast Guard rescue crew… Continue reading

Crew members of a 45-foot response boat-medium based at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles pull two kayakers onto their boat Tuesday morning. U.S. Coast Guard

Port Angeles truck driver not hurt in state Highway 112 rollover near Joyce

JOYCE — A Port Angeles truck driver escaped injury Tuesday afternoon when the truck he was driving rolled over on state Highway 112 west of… Continue reading

Sequim motorcyclist’s status serious after I-5 crash

SEATTLE — A Sequim man injured in a motorcycle wreck last weekend remained in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center… Continue reading

Clallam Public Utility District to take bids on an estimated $12.6 million in construction projects

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners voted Monday to put out to bid an estimated $12.6 million in new construction — a… Continue reading

Protesters of the practices of the Olympic Animal Sanctuary

Forks drafts new animal-control ordinance in response to dog sanctuary flap; pet ownership would be limited

FORKS — The City Council is working through the first draft of a new ordinance that would limit the number and type of pets a… Continue reading

Protesters of the practices of the Olympic Animal Sanctuary

Last of Forks Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs now adopted

GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. — Guardians of Rescue has announced that the last 18 dogs from the now defunct Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks will be… Continue reading

Last of Forks Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs now adopted

GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. — Guardians of Rescue has announced that the last 18 dogs from the now defunct Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks will be… Continue reading

Protesters of the practices of the Olympic Animal Sanctuary

Forks drafts new animal-control ordinance in response to dog sanctuary flap; pet ownership would be limited

FORKS — The City Council is working through the first draft of a new ordinance that would limit the number and type of pets a… Continue reading

Protesters of the practices of the Olympic Animal Sanctuary
Playground equipment for the newly designated Forks Intermediate School arrived recently and awaits installation. — Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Facility updates to accompany schools reorganization in Forks

FORKS — A new roof, playground and computer labs are among the amenities Quillayute Valley School District students will see when they return to school… Continue reading

Playground equipment for the newly designated Forks Intermediate School arrived recently and awaits installation. — Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Disa Wilson

Peninsula marine life centers losing sea stars to mysterious disease

Visitors to the North Olympic Peninsula's two major marine science centers are likely to see few sea stars. Sea star wasting disease, which has decimated… Continue reading

Disa Wilson
Fat Chance

WEEKEND: Port Ludlow celebrates Festival by the Bay with music, fun, fireworks

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. PORT LUDLOW — Once a small affair with a couple of bands and a crafts show,… Continue reading

Fat Chance
Fat Chance

WEEKEND: Port Ludlow to celebrate Festival by the Bay with music, fun, fireworks starting today

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 25. PORT LUDLOW — Once a small affair with a couple of bands and a crafts show,… Continue reading

Fat Chance
Forks Planning Director Rod Fleck shows the layout of the city's new performing arts center

First walls to go up Friday on Forks’ new Rainforest Arts Center

FORKS — The foundation for the new Rainforest Arts Center in Forks is complete, showing the graceful curves that will grace the building's facade, and… Continue reading

Forks Planning Director Rod Fleck shows the layout of the city's new performing arts center

Port Angeles Boat Haven moorage rates rolled back temporarily to 2013 levels

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners have rolled back moorage rates at the Boat Haven Marina to 2013 levels temporarily through 2015. The… Continue reading

Dr. Rena Zimmerman

Olympic Medical Cancer Clinic oncologist: Sequim facility has the most experience with ‘gold standard’

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Cancer Clinic’s TrueBeam Linear Accelerator, once the only such device north of Stanford University in California, is now the gold… Continue reading

Dr. Rena Zimmerman
The driver of this tractor-trailer was killed when the truck left state Highway 104 west of the Hood Canal bridge and struck several trees. Russ WInger/Washington State Patrol

UPDATE — Port Angeles driver dies in tractor-trailer crash on state Highway 104 near Hood Canal Bridge

PORT LUDLOW — A Port Angeles truck driver was killed Monday morning when the tractor-trailer he was driving left state Highway 104 near the Hood… Continue reading

The driver of this tractor-trailer was killed when the truck left state Highway 104 west of the Hood Canal bridge and struck several trees. Russ WInger/Washington State Patrol
Mike Szatlocky

Corrected: Mystery still surrounds ‘sinkhole’ recesses off Port Angeles’ Hollywood Beach

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that only certain areas are closed at Hollywood Beach. PORT ANGELES — Engineers at the city… Continue reading

Mike Szatlocky
Lela Mae Morganroth of LaPush rides on the Forks Old Fashioned Fourth of July float during the Quileute days parade Saturday in LaPush.  Morganroth

Culture blend: Hip-hop artist gives boost to Quileute Days

LAPUSH — The Quileute Days festival in LaPush was successful, and an up-and-coming national hip-hop artist drew big crowds to the tribe's celebration Saturday night.… Continue reading

Lela Mae Morganroth of LaPush rides on the Forks Old Fashioned Fourth of July float during the Quileute days parade Saturday in LaPush.  Morganroth