Keith Thorpe

PHOTO GALLERY: Colonial, British re-enactors do battle
PHOTO GALLERY: Colonial, British re-enactors do battle
Bridge barrier work underway in Port Angeles

Bridge barrier work underway in Port Angeles

A work crew places upright posts on the Eighth Street bridge over Valley Creek in Port Angeles on Wednesday as part of a project to… Continue reading

Bridge barrier work underway in Port Angeles
Paving the way on Hurricane Ridge Road

Paving the way on Hurricane Ridge Road

A paving machine puts down a layer of asphalt on Hurricane Ridge Road below Heart O’the Hills in Olympic National Park… Continue reading

Paving the way on Hurricane Ridge Road
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Parks Department worker Brooke Keohokaloke, right, hands a drill to coworker Leon Leonard as the pair assemble new playground equipment at Georgiana Park in Port Angeles on Tuesday. The equipment was the result of $148,000 in funding and in-kind labor to buy new playground pieces and a wheelchair-friendly surface for the play area, located a block from Olympic Medical Center. Keohokaloke said the goal was to have the equipment finished and the playground open by the end of summer.

PHOTO: New PA playground expected before end of summer

Parks Department worker Brooke Keohokaloke, right, hands a drill to coworker Leon Leonard as the pair assemble new playground equipment at Georgiana… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Parks Department worker Brooke Keohokaloke, right, hands a drill to coworker Leon Leonard as the pair assemble new playground equipment at Georgiana Park in Port Angeles on Tuesday. The equipment was the result of $148,000 in funding and in-kind labor to buy new playground pieces and a wheelchair-friendly surface for the play area, located a block from Olympic Medical Center. Keohokaloke said the goal was to have the equipment finished and the playground open by the end of summer.
PHOTO: Movie magic

PHOTO: Movie magic

Youngsters and adults watch a showing of the movie “Peter Rabbit” under a tent set up at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles as part of… Continue reading

PHOTO: Movie magic
PHOTO: Art in the library

PHOTO: Art in the library

Members of the Tanner family of Port Angeles, from left, Griffin, 11, Heather Tanner and Marcus Tanner, examine a line of decorated art chairs that… Continue reading

PHOTO: Art in the library
Fire damages Port Angeles home

Fire damages Port Angeles home

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Deputy Chief Jake Patterson walks to the scene of a house fire at 1615 S. Owen Ave., in Port… Continue reading

Fire damages Port Angeles home
Propane leak causes evacuation in Port Angeles

Propane leak causes evacuation in Port Angeles

A propane gas leak forced the evacuation of about 40 people Tuesday afternoon from Wildwood Terrace Apartments on West Lauridsen Boulevard. Lt.… Continue reading

Propane leak causes evacuation in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Delays on Hurricane Ridge Road

PHOTO: Delays on Hurricane Ridge Road

Motorists line up on Mount Angeles Road near the turnoff to Hurricane Ridge Road on Tuesday as a flagger controls traffic near the Olympic National… Continue reading

PHOTO: Delays on Hurricane Ridge Road
PHOTO: Learning space taking shape in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Learning space taking shape in Port Angeles

Nor’wester Rotary Club of Port Angeles members Steve Zenovic, right, and Jack Galloway work Thursday to assemble a wheelchair ramp on what will be an… Continue reading

PHOTO: Learning space taking shape in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Sweet sales at Strawberry Shortcake Festival in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Sweet sales at Strawberry Shortcake Festival in Port Angeles

Mary Comeau, a member of the Port Angeles Farmers Market board of directors, adds whipped cream to a strawberry shortcake Saturday at The Gateway transit… Continue reading

PHOTO: Sweet sales at Strawberry Shortcake Festival in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Fireworks ready for the big day

PHOTO: Fireworks ready for the big day

Kira Watson, 13, stocks tables of fireworks at the Olympus Fireworks stand on Tuesday at Gales Street and U.S. Highway 101 east of Port Angeles.… Continue reading

PHOTO: Fireworks ready for the big day
Low tide draws the curious to Joyce shoreline

Low tide draws the curious to Joyce shoreline

Some of the best things are found in shallow places. Friday’s minus 2.6 tide — one of the lowest of the year —… Continue reading

Low tide draws the curious to Joyce shoreline
PHOTOS: Port Angeles High, Peninsula College conduct graduations

PHOTOS: Port Angeles High, Peninsula College conduct graduations

Above, Port Angeles High School seniors Tana Hiigel, center, and Freja Jarvegren-Uecker, right, hold academic honors medals in front of their eyes as Mercedes Shimko… Continue reading

PHOTOS: Port Angeles High, Peninsula College conduct graduations
PHOTO: Help it grow

PHOTO: Help it grow

Leila Biondolillo, 2, of Port Angeles adds water to a pot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles on Tuesday. The youngster was… Continue reading

PHOTO: Help it grow
PHOTOS: Field kitchen arrives in Joyce for disaster prep

PHOTOS: Field kitchen arrives in Joyce for disaster prep

Above, Joyce community members examine a MKT99 field kitchen Saturday at the Joyce Bible Church after the mobile commissary was donated as surplus by the… Continue reading

PHOTOS: Field kitchen arrives in Joyce for disaster prep
PHOTO: Going for the gold with Special Olympics

PHOTO: Going for the gold with Special Olympics

Special Olympian Garet Bonham, right, carries the torch as he walks with Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict on the Waterfront Trail near Port Angeles City… Continue reading

PHOTO: Going for the gold with Special Olympics
PHOTO: Olympic Peninsula Nickel Era Tour arrives in style

PHOTO: Olympic Peninsula Nickel Era Tour arrives in style

Jim and Susan Stutzman of Lewiston, Idaho alight from their 1914 Ford Model T horseless carriage in the parking lot of Port Angeles City Pier… Continue reading

PHOTO: Olympic Peninsula Nickel Era Tour arrives in style
PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands parade for Sequim Irrigation Festival
PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands parade for Sequim Irrigation Festival
PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles

Jack Clemens, 12, a seventh-grade student at Stevens Middle School, pulls his homemade remotely operated underwater vehicle from a pool set up in an unused… Continue reading

PHOTO: Young underwater engineers in Port Angeles