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LETTER:Save watershed

We should not be logging in the Elwha watershed. I’m a retired fisheries biologist formally employed by NOAA Fisheries. I worked on salmon issues in… Continue reading

Local school districts reach settlement with Juul

Part of nationwide class-action lawsuit

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they… Continue reading

PASD only Peninsula district to join social media lawsuit

The Port Angeles School District is the lone public school district on the North Olympic Peninsula to join a class-action lawsuit against… 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,… Continue reading

How much impact do you think short-term rentals are having on the Peninsula’s housing shortage?

How much impact do you think short-term rentals are having on the Peninsula's housing shortage?… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2023

LETTER:Music program

Here we are again: enrollment declining, special education underfunded, school funding formulas changing, a global pandemic whose impacts we will continue to feel for years.… Continue reading

Do you think state lawmakers will be quick when they reconvene May 16 to fix a drug law that’s set to expire July 1?

Do you think state lawmakers will be quick when they reconvene May 16 to fix a drug law that's set to expire July 1?… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2023
A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett on Nov. 8, 2017. A temporary law that makes possession of small amounts of drugs a misdemeanor expires on July 1, so if lawmakers fail to pass a bill, Washington would become the second state — after neighboring Oregon — to decriminalize drug possession. Lawmakers said Tuesday they were increasingly optimistic a compromise will be reached to avoid those consequences. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press, file)

Drug policy sparks special session

State would decriminalize possession if law expires

A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett on Nov. 8, 2017. A temporary law that makes possession of small amounts of drugs a misdemeanor expires on July 1, so if lawmakers fail to pass a bill, Washington would become the second state — after neighboring Oregon — to decriminalize drug possession. Lawmakers said Tuesday they were increasingly optimistic a compromise will be reached to avoid those consequences. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press, file)

LETTER:Gun law

Sen. Kevin Van De Wege voted “No” on Substitute Senate Bill 1240, the “Assault Weapons” ban, because he understands that criminals pay no attention to… Continue reading

LETTER:Mass shootings

In the “Speaking Out” segment (PDN, April 29), people were asked to comment on the assault weapon ban in Washington. One reader stated that “It’s… Continue reading

Artwork by Stephanie Kunz, a featured artist at Locally Known Cowork, 112 W. Washington St. during the First Friday Art Walk on May 5. (Stephanie Kunz)

Sequim Art Walk offers Irrigation Fest theme

Fanciful hats also encouraged

Artwork by Stephanie Kunz, a featured artist at Locally Known Cowork, 112 W. Washington St. during the First Friday Art Walk on May 5. (Stephanie Kunz)
Lower Elwha Police Chief Sam White was on a task force that explored the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people statewide. (Paul Gottlieb/Special to Peninsula Daily News)

Missing, murdered indigenous legislation signed

Task force to seek answers to unsolved cases

Lower Elwha Police Chief Sam White was on a task force that explored the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people statewide. (Paul Gottlieb/Special to Peninsula Daily News)

Do you agree with the Biden administration’s move to send 1,500 troops to the southern border in anticipation of a migrant surge?

Do you agree with the Biden administration's move to send 1,500 troops to the southern border in anticipation of a migrant surge?… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2023

March set for Friday

A march from the Vern Burton Community Center to downtown Port Angeles will highlight a Friday morning public event spotlighting violence against… Continue reading

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Unsolved cases include murder, disappearances

Authorities intend to request help for two North Olympic Peninsula cases: Makah artist George… Continue reading

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What is a cold case?

By Paul Gottlieb Special to the Peninsula Daily News A cold case is defined by the National Institute of Justice (nij.ojp.gov) as “any case whose… Continue reading

Can the Seattle Kraken win the series against the Dallas Stars and advance to the NHL’s Western Conference Finals?

Can the Seattle Kraken win the series against the Dallas Stars and advance to the NHL's Western Conference Finals?… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2023

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Discovery Bay women play front nine

Sunshine and warmer spring weather greeted the women of Discovery Bay for their regular Thursday play. Spring also means important course work… Continue reading

LETTER:Assault on rights

Where do gun owners get off calling an assault weapon ban a gun ban? When did the Second Amendment well-regulated militia become every Tom, Dick… Continue reading