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Strait swimmer speaker for Studium Generale

An athlete who swam the Strait of Juan de Fuca will present “Athlete with a Cause” during Peninsula College’s Studium Generale at… Continue reading

Rob DeCou

Thousands awarded for housing in Jefferson County

Bulk of funding goes to maintaining operations

Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. The newly opened nature center has moved its bird displays from the former Dungeness River Audubon Center on the same site and has plans for additional educational displays to teach about the flora and fauna of the Dungeness Valley. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Nature center

Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge… Continue reading

Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. The newly opened nature center has moved its bird displays from the former Dungeness River Audubon Center on the same site and has plans for additional educational displays to teach about the flora and fauna of the Dungeness Valley. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
FILE - Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Patty Murray elected Senate pro tempore

Seattle Democrat first woman in history to hold post

FILE - Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Frosty Moss.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: Frosty Moss registration discounted until Saturday

Early pricing for the Frosty Moss Relay ends on Saturday. The cost is $95 per team member for the full relay, $75… Continue reading

Frosty Moss.
Clockwise, from top left, Julia Baeder, Faye Dachs, Natalie Johnson and Willow Harvey.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Julia Baeder, Faye Dachs, Willow Harvey, Port Angeles girls wrestling

The Port Angeles girls wrestling team had a remarkable performance at the Hawkins Memorial Tournament held last week in Belfair with four girls going a… Continue reading

Clockwise, from top left, Julia Baeder, Faye Dachs, Natalie Johnson and Willow Harvey.

Clallam County to consider farmland preservation grant

Funding would keep nearly 55 acres near SunLand from development

Clallam County to review protocols after inmate death

Clallam County is working on an unexpected fatality review regarding the death of a Clallam County jail inmate, Chief Corrections Deputy Don… Continue reading

Port Townsend employees Chris MacDonald, left, and Rafe Thornton, clean up the last of the tons of dirt from a landslide that occurred on Water Street in Port Townsend about 4 a.m. Monday. The road was closed and vehicular traffic was diverted to other streets. It took 18 trips of 5-yard capacity dump trucks to remove the dirt and haul it to a facility on Redwood Street. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Landslide on Water Street blocks road, but little damage is done

Traffic to ferry rerouted while city crews clean up debris

Port Townsend employees Chris MacDonald, left, and Rafe Thornton, clean up the last of the tons of dirt from a landslide that occurred on Water Street in Port Townsend about 4 a.m. Monday. The road was closed and vehicular traffic was diverted to other streets. It took 18 trips of 5-yard capacity dump trucks to remove the dirt and haul it to a facility on Redwood Street. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Orientation scheduled for hospice volunteers this week

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will conduct both an online orientation and an in-person session for potential volunteers. The in-person session will… Continue reading

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full days with a crane and a large wood chipper on the site behind Cathy Traut-Hessom’s Clay Street home. She was apologetic about having the tree cut, but wanted to remove it before a winter storm blew it down onto nearby homes and cars. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Treetop trim

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full… Continue reading

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full days with a crane and a large wood chipper on the site behind Cathy Traut-Hessom’s Clay Street home. She was apologetic about having the tree cut, but wanted to remove it before a winter storm blew it down onto nearby homes and cars. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Volunteers sought for annual Point in Time count

Service organizations seek help for survey

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to go off at 9 p.m. to coincide with the Times Square celebration in New York City, were the concluding event of First Night, an all-ages New Year’s Eve event put on by The Production Alliance, a non-profit in Port Townsend. Madison Street, site of city hall on the right, was blocked off so people could watch the display unhindered by traffic. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Ringing in the new year

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to… Continue reading

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to go off at 9 p.m. to coincide with the Times Square celebration in New York City, were the concluding event of First Night, an all-ages New Year’s Eve event put on by The Production Alliance, a non-profit in Port Townsend. Madison Street, site of city hall on the right, was blocked off so people could watch the display unhindered by traffic. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit OKs its budget for this year

$16.7M plan includes funds for downtown resource officer

EDC small business program seeks legal, marketing services

More than $400K to be awarded in three counties

ESL classes get free child care in Sequim

Classes also offered in Port Angeles, Forks, Port Townsend

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Firefighters extinguished a fire on Southport Lane on New Year’s Eve.

Fires keep crews busy in Jefferson County on New Year’s Eve

A lack of water hydrants hampered firefighters as they battled a carport blaze at a home on Southport Lane, while a concurrent… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Firefighters extinguished a fire on Southport Lane on New Year’s Eve.
Justice Schulze, at 7 pounds and 6 ounces, was the Peninsula’s first baby, born at 7:12 a.m. at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. His parents are Jacob and Dianne Schulze. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula hospitals’ first baby of 2023 born at Olympic Medical Center

Dad: Becoming a father ‘kinda crazy and exciting’

Justice Schulze, at 7 pounds and 6 ounces, was the Peninsula’s first baby, born at 7:12 a.m. at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. His parents are Jacob and Dianne Schulze. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Seattle Seahawks safety Johnathan Abram (23) breaks up a pass intended for New York Jets wide receiver Corey Davis (84) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

SEAHAWKS: Seattle beats Jets to remain in the playoff hunt

Geno Smith finished off a very personal sweep. And by him doing so, a season that started with low expectations for the Seattle… Continue reading

Seattle Seahawks safety Johnathan Abram (23) breaks up a pass intended for New York Jets wide receiver Corey Davis (84) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Forks Spartans.

PREP WRESTLING: Forks boys win The Rock

Third tournament the Spartans have won this year

Forks Spartans.