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Demolition began Monday morning on the derelict two-story brick building at 204 E. Front St. in Port Angeles. A 300-foot section of Front Street will be shut down while the work is being done, and that could stretch into next week. The developer has said he has plans for an apartment building on the site. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Building demolition

Demolition began Monday morning on the derelict two-story brick building at 204 E. Front St. in Port Angeles. A 300-foot section of Front Street will… Continue reading

Demolition began Monday morning on the derelict two-story brick building at 204 E. Front St. in Port Angeles. A 300-foot section of Front Street will be shut down while the work is being done, and that could stretch into next week. The developer has said he has plans for an apartment building on the site. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
The WDFW is allowing two additional pink salmon per days in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca because of a strong run of Fraser River pinks. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bonus pink salmon catch approved by WDFW

Pink salmon daily limit increased this weekend in Marine Areas 5, 6, and 7 (Sekiu, eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and the… Continue reading

The WDFW is allowing two additional pink salmon per days in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca because of a strong run of Fraser River pinks. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)
The demolition derby was the last event Sunday of the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles and lived up to expectations with large crowds watching cars smashing into each other in several divisions. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

DEMOLITION DERBY: It was a smashing good time at the Clallam County Fair

The demolition derby was the last event Sunday of the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles and lived up to expectations with large crowds watching… Continue reading

The demolition derby was the last event Sunday of the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles and lived up to expectations with large crowds watching cars smashing into each other in several divisions. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Official: Woman dies jumping from vehicle

Autopsy to confirm cause, manner of death

Would you feel comfortable reporting a misdemeanor crime online, or would you prefer to speak with law enforcement?

Would you feel comfortable reporting a misdemeanor crime online, or would you prefer to speak with law enforcement?… Continue reading

  • Aug 21, 2023
Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded down Lawrence Street in front of hundreds of spectators lining the sidewalk. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Uptown Street Fair

Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded… Continue reading

Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded down Lawrence Street in front of hundreds of spectators lining the sidewalk. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Have you been affected by the wildfire smoke from Eastern Washington and Canada?

Have you been affected by the wildfire smoke from Eastern Washington and Canada?… Continue reading

  • Aug 20, 2023

A GROWING CONCERN: The big eight of late summer gardening

MONDAY, WE WILL move into the last trimester of summer. As late summer looms just over the horizon, many changes are occurring in your yard!… Continue reading

LETTER: Winter access

A big thank you to the group that was raising awareness about winter access to Hurricane Ridge (PDN, July 18.) We need to let the… Continue reading

LETTER:Don’t blame AR-15s

In the Speaking Out section (PDN, Aug. 6) two people made the same mistake. They both call the AR-15 an automatic weapon. It is illegal… Continue reading

OMC financial woes continue

Agency gets distressed hospital grant

Port Townsend's Anna Nasset will launch her book "Now I Speak: From Stalked to Standing Up" this Monday at Jeanette Best Gallery. photo courtesy of Stand Up Resources

Port Townsend woman to launch ‘Now I Speak’

One fall day in downtown Port Townsend, Anna Nasset was creating a window display at her gallery, Artisans on Taylor. When a… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Anna Nasset will launch her book "Now I Speak: From Stalked to Standing Up" this Monday at Jeanette Best Gallery. photo courtesy of Stand Up Resources
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow and died in 2019 as they look at a display of the 42-foot whale’s skeleton on Union Wharf in Port Townsend. The skeleton, which was dedicated on Tuesday after it had been put together in July, “is attracting a lot of attention,” said Liesl Slabaugh, development and marketing director for the Port Townsend Marine Life Center. She said personnel at the center hoped the exhibit would inspire awareness and curiosity ”about this whole world that is under the water and our interdependence with it… We need to respect their home.”
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Skeleton makes whale of a statement

Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow and died in 2019 as they look at a display of the 42-foot whale’s skeleton on Union Wharf in Port Townsend. The skeleton, which was dedicated on Tuesday after it had been put together in July, “is attracting a lot of attention,” said Liesl Slabaugh, development and marketing director for the Port Townsend Marine Life Center. She said personnel at the center hoped the exhibit would inspire awareness and curiosity ”about this whole world that is under the water and our interdependence with it… We need to respect their home.”

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,… Continue reading

Would you use a driverless taxi or bus?

Would you use a driverless taxi or bus?… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2023
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Sequim graduate loses home in Maui fire

‘Lahaina’s just not there anymore’

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Rowan Geraco, 6, of Port Angeles, a member of the East Clallam County 4H Livestock Club, shows his white Cochin chicken for judging on Thursday at the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Beer garden a first for Clallam County Fair

Juan de Fuca Foundation awarded concession contract

Rowan Geraco, 6, of Port Angeles, a member of the East Clallam County 4H Livestock Club, shows his white Cochin chicken for judging on Thursday at the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ISSUES OF FAITH: Less is less: Letting go of ‘Type A’ ways of being

MANY PREACHERS AND religious writers have had a long history of writing about how “less is more” during the penitential seasons, both Advent and Lent;… Continue reading

LETTER:CCA an investment

I support the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), and here’s why. Many of our communities suffer from the effects of carbon pollution, including hazardous air quality… Continue reading

Music on the Strait cofounders James Garlick, left, and Richard O'Neill, pictured rehearsing, are bringing the festival to Field Arts & Events Hall and Maier Hall this week. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News

Music on the Strait concerts at two venues

Two weekends of concerts begin Saturday

Music on the Strait cofounders James Garlick, left, and Richard O'Neill, pictured rehearsing, are bringing the festival to Field Arts & Events Hall and Maier Hall this week. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News