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Do you enjoy pumpkin-flavored food or drinks?

Do you enjoy pumpkin-flavored food or drinks?… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2025

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let frost leave you out in the cold

NOW THAT AUTUMN is here, cold weather will soon be upon us, and Jack Frost will come to visit your yard. These first few frosts… Continue reading

Board names middle school

Hurricane Ridge to replace Stevens

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Forty years later, residents remember West End blaze

East wind picked up embers from slash fire in Forks

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

LETTER: Double standard

So let me get this straight, when Brian Kilmeade, a Fox & Friends host, says that “We should just kill ’em,” when talking about homeless… Continue reading

LETTER: Insurrection Act

“Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself,” Thomas Fuller, The Holy War, 1639. Stupidity and ignorance have been featured in the past… Continue reading

LETTER: Trash cleaned up

I would like to send a shout-out to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and 4PA, as well as anyone else who helped clean up the… Continue reading

LETTER: Westbay proposal

After numerous claims from developers that they wanted to become an integral part of our community with careful and sensitive construction of 650 homes over… Continue reading

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Carolyn Edge.

Why Recompete matters for North Olympic Peninsula

IF YOU’VE HEARD that the North Olympic Peninsula is receiving funding through the Recompete grant and aren’t quite sure what it means, you’re not alone.… Continue reading

Carolyn Edge.

Do you agree with the indictment of former FBI director James Comey?

Do you agree with the indictment of former FBI director James Comey?… Continue reading

  • Sep 26, 2025
Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fall is in the air

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort… Continue reading

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

ISSUES OF FAITH: Ask yourself who you are listening to

AS A BISHOP in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I don’t publicly endorse or oppose political parties or candidates. When I was… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend examines fee increases in draft budget

Cruise ship docking would see bump to $2,000 per day

Peninsula Daily News Editor Brian McLean and Publisher Eran Kennedy cut ceremonial ribbons on Thursday in front of the newspaper’s new building at 1102 E. First St. in Port Angeles. Newspaper employees and ambassadors from both the Port Angeles and Sequim-Dungeness chambers of commerce celebrated the event. (Peninsula Daily News)

Ribbon cutting

Peninsula Daily News Editor Brian McLean and Publisher Eran Kennedy cut ceremonial ribbons on Thursday in front of the newspaper’s new building at 1102 E.… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News Editor Brian McLean and Publisher Eran Kennedy cut ceremonial ribbons on Thursday in front of the newspaper’s new building at 1102 E. First St. in Port Angeles. Newspaper employees and ambassadors from both the Port Angeles and Sequim-Dungeness chambers of commerce celebrated the event. (Peninsula Daily News)

Are you comfortable with artificial intelligence being used to review whether claims should be covered by Medicare?

Are you comfortable with artificial intelligence being used to review whether claims should be covered by Medicare?… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2025
Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez, left, stands with an attorney outside of the ICE detention center where he was held for nearly four weeks. Hernandez, a firefighter who was detained while battling a wildfire in Washington state, was released Tuesday, his attorneys said. (Courtesy photo/Innovation Law Lab)

Firefighter arrested at wildfire released by ICE

A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigration and… Continue reading

Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez, left, stands with an attorney outside of the ICE detention center where he was held for nearly four weeks. Hernandez, a firefighter who was detained while battling a wildfire in Washington state, was released Tuesday, his attorneys said. (Courtesy photo/Innovation Law Lab)

Do you prefer salty or sweet snacks?

Do you prefer salty or sweet snacks?… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2025
Violist Tyrone Beatty of Sequim will join more than 80 musicians in the Port Angeles Symphony’s Family Concert on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

All-ages symphony concert set for Saturday

This Saturday, with 75 singers and an orchestra of 82 musicians, the Port Angeles Symphony will go full-out, promised Jonathan Pasternack, artistic… Continue reading

Violist Tyrone Beatty of Sequim will join more than 80 musicians in the Port Angeles Symphony’s Family Concert on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)
For the first time in Washington prep history, the Port-Angeles/Mount Baker game Sept. 5 was offiiciated by an all-woman crew. The officials were referee Kaila Olin, umpire Molly Mahan, back judge Shailah Wood, line judge Maggie Wright and head linesperson Rainee Signor. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: All-woman officiating crew made history at Civic Field

For people attending the Port Angeles game against Mount Baker on Sept. 5, you quietly witnessed history being made. The game featured… Continue reading

For the first time in Washington prep history, the Port-Angeles/Mount Baker game Sept. 5 was offiiciated by an all-woman crew. The officials were referee Kaila Olin, umpire Molly Mahan, back judge Shailah Wood, line judge Maggie Wright and head linesperson Rainee Signor. (Courtesy photo)