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Jazz on the Lawn presented Monday

The Twelfth Annual “Jazz on the Lawn” concert will offer 90 minutes of free music on the campus of Peninsula College in… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Agnew Little Free Pantry volunteers greet Sarah Irish, a Molina Healthcare community engagement specialist, fifth from left, as she donates $2,000 for food from the agency. Some of the volunteers who work daily to restock the pantry, include, from left, Susan Harris, Dave Large, Florence and Michael Bucierka, Irish, Peggy and John Toppenberg, Dave Iezzi, and Ren Garypie. ^

Little Free Pantries see higher demand, costs

Donations help offset federal programming being reduced

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Agnew Little Free Pantry volunteers greet Sarah Irish, a Molina Healthcare community engagement specialist, fifth from left, as she donates $2,000 for food from the agency. Some of the volunteers who work daily to restock the pantry, include, from left, Susan Harris, Dave Large, Florence and Michael Bucierka, Irish, Peggy and John Toppenberg, Dave Iezzi, and Ren Garypie. ^

Monthly death cafes scheduled

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will host monthly death cafes “Tea to Die For” in Sequim and Port Angeles. The cafes, which… Continue reading

Quileute Tribal Council Chairman Douglas Woodruff Jr. prepares to cut the ribbon at the Quileute Tribal School Blessing Ceremony held Friday morning at La Push. Looking on from behind are council members Rio Jaime, Tony Foster and Skyler Foster. Council member Zachary Jones was not available. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Newly completed Quileute Tribal School blessed

Site puts students on higher ground, away from tsunamis, floods

  • Aug 6, 2022
  • By Christi Baron and Brian Gawley Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Quileute Tribal Council Chairman Douglas Woodruff Jr. prepares to cut the ribbon at the Quileute Tribal School Blessing Ceremony held Friday morning at La Push. Looking on from behind are council members Rio Jaime, Tony Foster and Skyler Foster. Council member Zachary Jones was not available. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The largest audience of the summer showed up for the final Free Fridays at the Fort blues concert by performed by musicians Jayy Hopp, left, and Andrew Alli on the Commons at Fort Worden State Park on Friday. That night, the The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival also hosted Blues in the Clubs. Today, the Centrum program will present the Acoustic Blues Showcase Concert on Littlefield Green outside the McCurdy Pavilion at 1:30 p.m. and host another Blues in the Clubs tonight. For information, and tickets, see https://centrum.org/programs/blues/.
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Peninsula Blues in Port Townsend

The largest audience of the summer showed up for the final Free Fridays at the Fort blues concert by performed by musicians Jayy Hopp, left,… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The largest audience of the summer showed up for the final Free Fridays at the Fort blues concert by performed by musicians Jayy Hopp, left, and Andrew Alli on the Commons at Fort Worden State Park on Friday. That night, the The Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival also hosted Blues in the Clubs. Today, the Centrum program will present the Acoustic Blues Showcase Concert on Littlefield Green outside the McCurdy Pavilion at 1:30 p.m. and host another Blues in the Clubs tonight. For information, and tickets, see https://centrum.org/programs/blues/.
Colleen McAleer, Clallam County Economic Development Council executive director, speaks at a Port Angeles Business Association breakfast event at Joshua’s Restaurant. McAleer said that the way the state collects and uses data hurts rural communities. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Reform urged for rural counties

EDC director says state data skewed to urban areas

Colleen McAleer, Clallam County Economic Development Council executive director, speaks at a Port Angeles Business Association breakfast event at Joshua’s Restaurant. McAleer said that the way the state collects and uses data hurts rural communities. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Naming a classroom after her late husband, former Northwest Maritime Center executive director Stan Cummings, is the best way to honor the memory of a man who spent his life promoting education and encouraging life-long learning says Sigrid Cummings. The couple had been married 31 years when Stan Cummings was killed in a bicycling accident in 2021.

Stan Cummings remembered with classroom named in his honor

Late Northwest Maritime Center executive director dedicated to encouraging life-long learning

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Naming a classroom after her late husband, former Northwest Maritime Center executive director Stan Cummings, is the best way to honor the memory of a man who spent his life promoting education and encouraging life-long learning says Sigrid Cummings. The couple had been married 31 years when Stan Cummings was killed in a bicycling accident in 2021.

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, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Two people arrested after alleged altercation at OMC

Two people were arrested early Thursday morning and later released following an altercation at Olympic Medical… Continue reading

Voter turnout more than 50 percent on Peninsula

Primary participation in Clallam, Jefferson counties tops state’s

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There are… Continue reading

Housing, sheriff’s staffing on county agendas

Governmental entities have scheduled public meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula next week. Jefferson County The three Jefferson County commissioners will conduct workshops to elicit… Continue reading

Blues, blackberries and Butoh planned on Peninsula

Entertainment is breaking out all over this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula, with everything from blues to blackberry pies and chamber on tap. •… Continue reading

Clallam County: Outcomes remain the same after third count of primary ballots

County voter turnout 45.6 percent

Scott Miller, left, of Silverdale points to the undersized rock crab that Tom Price of Spanaway is holding. Both men were crabbing off the Marine Science Center pier at Fort Worden on Thursday. The other crab was barely legal size, and Price put both back into the sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Crabbing at the fort

Scott Miller, left, of Silverdale points to the undersized rock crab that Tom Price of Spanaway is holding. Both men were crabbing off the Marine… Continue reading

Scott Miller, left, of Silverdale points to the undersized rock crab that Tom Price of Spanaway is holding. Both men were crabbing off the Marine Science Center pier at Fort Worden on Thursday. The other crab was barely legal size, and Price put both back into the sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Emergency projects wrapping up in Clallam County

Landslide removal done on Highway 112

Firefighters to serve in taskforce to battle Spokane-area wildfire

East Jefferson, Port Ludlow both send crews for help

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First Friday Art Walk offers variety

A quilt show, music jam and a talk on candle-making are among the activities planned tonight during the First Friday Art Walk. The… Continue reading

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Liam Owens of Sequim, 11, pushes his brother, Kamden Owens, 2 1/2, on a swing at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were among dozens of children taking advantage of the year-old volunteer-built playground. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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In the swing of things

Liam Owens of Sequim, 11, pushes his brother, Kamden Owens, 2 1/2, on a swing at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Liam Owens of Sequim, 11, pushes his brother, Kamden Owens, 2 1/2, on a swing at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were among dozens of children taking advantage of the year-old volunteer-built playground. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Injured woman’s condition upgraded

A Port Angeles woman who was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday afternoon after… Continue reading