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Port Townsend Mayor David Faber signs a ceremonial shovel used in the groundbreaking ceremony for six permanent, affordable housing units being constructed by East Jefferson Habitat for Humanity at 18th and Landes Streets in Port Townsend. This shovel and others will be given to each homeowner upon receiving the keys to their new home. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Habitat for Humanity ceremonial signing

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber signs a ceremonial shovel used in the groundbreaking ceremony for six permanent, affordable housing units being constructed by East Jefferson… Continue reading

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber signs a ceremonial shovel used in the groundbreaking ceremony for six permanent, affordable housing units being constructed by East Jefferson Habitat for Humanity at 18th and Landes Streets in Port Townsend. This shovel and others will be given to each homeowner upon receiving the keys to their new home. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

ISSUES OF FAITH:

AS A FRIEND of mine often says about the world at large, “I worry, I worry.” As a religious leader in this community, and also… Continue reading

Jefferson County PUD commissioners consider broadband loan

With concerns about debt load, commissioners look for funding options

Marley Reeder of Sequim will receive the first Juan de Fuca Foundation-PA Panto scholarship this weekend.

JFFA, PA Panto award first scholarship

Marley Reeder, a teenage playwright, performer and 2022 Sequim High School graduate,… Continue reading

  • Sep 16, 2022
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Marley Reeder of Sequim will receive the first Juan de Fuca Foundation-PA Panto scholarship this weekend.

Lethal toxin prompts closures of beaches to shellfish harvesting

Fort Flagler, Mystery Bay and Kilisut Harbor affected

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber, sixth from the left, and other council members and port commissioners toss a ceremonial golden shovel of dirt to break ground on the Point Hudson jetty replacement project on Wednesday at the northern breakwater of the Point Hudson Marina. The marina will reopen in March 2023. After next year’s Wooden Boat Festival, the south breakwater will receive the same treatment. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Long-awaited Port Townsend jetty project begins

Marina slated to reopen in March 2023

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber, sixth from the left, and other council members and port commissioners toss a ceremonial golden shovel of dirt to break ground on the Point Hudson jetty replacement project on Wednesday at the northern breakwater of the Point Hudson Marina. The marina will reopen in March 2023. After next year’s Wooden Boat Festival, the south breakwater will receive the same treatment. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Waterleaf Architecture created this latest rendering of the downtown Port Angeles hotel planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to start site work on Port Angeles hotel

Project manager expects minimal impact on downtown traffic

Waterleaf Architecture created this latest rendering of the downtown Port Angeles hotel planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
Wind Child, skippered by Rudy Heessels, one of the perennial participants in the annual Reach and Row for Hospice, competes in a Duck Dodge race in August. Heessels’ crew in this race included Charlie Roberts, Mylo Hauptli and Leon Skerbeck. (Fran Thompson)

Reach, Row for Hospice to set sail this weekend

Annual fundraiser to be conducted on Sequim Bay

Wind Child, skippered by Rudy Heessels, one of the perennial participants in the annual Reach and Row for Hospice, competes in a Duck Dodge race in August. Heessels’ crew in this race included Charlie Roberts, Mylo Hauptli and Leon Skerbeck. (Fran Thompson)
Fencing surrounds the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles after parks department officials closed the equipment because of play surface tiles that are shrinking and becoming dislodged. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Shane Park playground closed for repairs

Dislodged tiles deemed to be a tripping hazard

Fencing surrounds the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles after parks department officials closed the equipment because of play surface tiles that are shrinking and becoming dislodged. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
BA Huffman

Speaker slated for Port Angeles Unity in Olympics

BA Huffman will present “What’s Your Story?” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Huffman will speak at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle… Continue reading

BA Huffman
Smoke rises from a wildland fire along a side spur from Joyce Access Road east of Joyce on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Smoke rises from a wildland fire along a side spur from Joyce Access Road east of Joyce on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement in the Media Tech and Stagehand Training School with KING-5 television interviewer Eric Wilkinson and camera operator Robin Lile during a taping session at Field Hall Arts & Events Hall on Thursday in Port Angeles. The training school, which features a new media technicians certificate program, will be hosted by Field Hall and accredited by the college. The program will be funded through a $1 million grant by the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to develop skills that can be put to living-wage jobs on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Tech talk at Field Arts & Events Hall

Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement in the Media Tech and Stagehand Training… Continue reading

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Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement in the Media Tech and Stagehand Training School with KING-5 television interviewer Eric Wilkinson and camera operator Robin Lile during a taping session at Field Hall Arts & Events Hall on Thursday in Port Angeles. The training school, which features a new media technicians certificate program, will be hosted by Field Hall and accredited by the college. The program will be funded through a $1 million grant by the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to develop skills that can be put to living-wage jobs on the North Olympic Peninsula.
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Christ Beside and Within Us” at Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Christ Beside and Within Us” at 11 a.m. Sunday The service is at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

United Way celebrates the kickoff of new campaign year

The United Way of Clallam County will kick off its annual community campaign at Club 7 in 7 Cedars at 11 a.m. today.… Continue reading

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Port Angeles freshman Leia Larson runs up the final hill in a cross country meet at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. Larson finished fourth in her first-ever varsity meet.

CROSS COUNTRY: Port Angeles’ Gladfelter, East Jefferson’s Manza and Yearian all win league races

Port Angeles and Sequim runners fared well in the initial cross country event of the fall, an Olympic League Jamboree at Kitsap County… Continue reading

Rodger Johnson/Port Angeles Cross Country
Port Angeles freshman Leia Larson runs up the final hill in a cross country meet at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. Larson finished fourth in her first-ever varsity meet.
Port Angeles police arrest a man at the corner of First and Albert streets in Port Angeles on Tuesday after he allegedly created a disturbance and brandished a handgun replica at passers-by. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Man subdued with ‘sponge round’ after standoff

Street blocked, crisis negotiator called in

Port Angeles police arrest a man at the corner of First and Albert streets in Port Angeles on Tuesday after he allegedly created a disturbance and brandished a handgun replica at passers-by. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Neah Bay football ranked No. 2 in the state; Forks No. 4

After beating Naselle last week 58-20, Neah Bay has moved up to No. 2 among 1B schools in the most recent Washington football… Continue reading

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Clallam County to support water right application for Carlsborg

As county seeks development, PUD wants stakeholder meetings