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Port Townsend transportation tax goes into effect

Additional sales tax projected to generate $800,000 for streets

Two US 101 wrecks slow traffic through Morse Creek

PORT ANGELES – A possibly speeding driver rolled his SUV in the Morse Creek grade on U.S. Highway 101, resulting in a long traffic backup… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tree recycling

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Hanif Fazal.

Anti-racist speaker to launch new series in Port Townsend

Young Hanif Fazal, born in Chicago to a full Mexican mother and a full Indian father, struggled to find a place where… Continue reading

Hanif Fazal.

Cape Flattery putting levy on February ballot

Replacement measure would collect nearly $2M over four-year period

Clallam approves $500K for affordable housing project

Habitat for Humanity units to be sited in Sequim

Jamison Orr of Port Townsend tees off on the first hole during a demonstration round of disc golf at the Port Townsend Golf Park on Monday during an open house marking the change in management by the nonprofit Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park. The disc course measures about 6,800 feet in length and is played over part of the same layout as the golf course. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Disc golf demonstration

Jamison Orr of Port Townsend tees off on the first hole during a demonstration round of disc golf at the Port Townsend Golf Park on… Continue reading

Jamison Orr of Port Townsend tees off on the first hole during a demonstration round of disc golf at the Port Townsend Golf Park on Monday during an open house marking the change in management by the nonprofit Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park. The disc course measures about 6,800 feet in length and is played over part of the same layout as the golf course. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Great Decisions meeting slated

The Great Decisions discussion group will meet at at 10 a.m. Friday. The monthly discussion group meets in the adult learning annex at… Continue reading

Health officer: Little data doesn’t mean less risk

Sparse information about COVID-19, RSV, flu and other respiratory diseases doesn’t mean risks are diminished. It just means less data is being… Continue reading

Hundreds of state health jobs cut

Federal COVID-19 funds to expire by end of July ’25

Monthly tech help available at NOLS

The North Olympic Library System will launch drop-in Tech help beginning Friday. The monthly program is on the first Friday of each… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: New Year’s resolutions

By now, I’m pretty sure we’ve all had it up to here with know-it-all newspaper columnists wasting valuable print space spouting off phony New Year’s… Continue reading

The Vegas Golden Knights arrive dressed like Elvis before the NHL Winter Classic hockey game against the Seattle Kraken, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: 2024 off to a great start in the sports world

As 2023 becomes a thing of the past, we look forward to 2024. And what an exciting beginning to the year it has already been.… Continue reading

The Vegas Golden Knights arrive dressed like Elvis before the NHL Winter Classic hockey game against the Seattle Kraken, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)

Shuttle and spindle meeting set

The North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. The guild meets at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,… Continue reading

Pictured from left to right are Marty Brewer, Port Angeles School District superintendent; Michelle Turner, Port Angeles Education Foundation president; Michell Gentry, Port Angeles AmeriCorps coordinator; and Kayla Oakes, Field Arts and Events Hall.

Grants awarded to Port Angeles district educators

The Port Angeles Education Foundation recently awarded SPICE grants totaling $65,410 to educators throughout the Port Angeles School District. SPICE, or Supporting… Continue reading

Pictured from left to right are Marty Brewer, Port Angeles School District superintendent; Michelle Turner, Port Angeles Education Foundation president; Michell Gentry, Port Angeles AmeriCorps coordinator; and Kayla Oakes, Field Arts and Events Hall.
Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Taking the plunge

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at… Continue reading

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Keira Johnson made history for the Forks girls basketball program last week. Johnson scored 26 points in a victory over Lummi at the Mount Vernon… Continue reading

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Congress faces two shutdown deadlines

No agreements yet as spending bills loom

  • Jan 2, 2024
  • By Jennifer Shutt Washington State Standard
  • National News
Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The Production Alliance created an all-ages experience for New Year’s Eve. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

First Night acrobatics

Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The… Continue reading

Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The Production Alliance created an all-ages experience for New Year’s Eve. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)