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PAT NEAL: They clearcut the ‘Tunnel of Love’

SOME NIGHTS, I dream of rivers. Ones I have floated and others that exist only in dreams of a distant past. Last winter was a… Continue reading

Port Angeles sets commerical waste rates

Glass recycling options to be brought to council in future

Traveler’s Journey series scheduled Thursday

Mary and Ken Campbell will present “20/20: Visions of Nature in Washington During our Year-Long Travel Restrictions” at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Campbells’… Continue reading

Washington Native Plant Society to host prairie walks in Port Townsend

The Olympic Peninsula chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society will present “Introduction to Native Plants of the Prairie” on Thursday and… Continue reading

Logan Olson, Forks baseball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Logan Olson, Forks baseball

Logan Olson is off to a blazing start for the Forks Spartans baseball team. In his first game of the year March 18 against Sequim,… Continue reading

Logan Olson, Forks baseball

Driver flees after wreck on U.S. Highway 101

A driver fled after colliding with a fence off U.S. Highway 101 at 6:40 a.m. Monday, leaving a passenger who was later taken… Continue reading

Investigators allege scheme to smuggle drugs into prison

Four people said to have been involved

Dr. Jack Tian.

New doctor joins staff at Sequim eye surgeon

Dr. Jack Tian has joined the medical staff at Northwest Eye Surgeons’ Sequim office. Tian is a graduate of the David Geffen Medical… Continue reading

Dr. Jack Tian.
Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Keeli-Jade Smith dribbles against Lower Columbia in the NWAC women's basketball championship game Sunday. Also in on the play at right is Peninsula's Itaua Tuisaula.

NWAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: A dagger at the buzzer breaks the Pirates’ hearts

Oh, so close. Less than a second close. The Peninsula College women’s basketball team just missed out on an NWAC championship in heartbreaking… Continue reading

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Keeli-Jade Smith dribbles against Lower Columbia in the NWAC women's basketball championship game Sunday. Also in on the play at right is Peninsula's Itaua Tuisaula.

Open house event slated

Study conducted for next two years

OUTDOORS BRIEF: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife approves six days of razor clam digs beginning April 1

Razor clam enthusiasts can head to four coastal beaches as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife last week confirmed the next round… Continue reading

Fran Howell.

Port Angeles Chamber Community Awards set for Saturday

Video presentation to highlight top volunteers, businesses

Fran Howell.

Port Angeles opens city offices to in-person visitors

Port Angeles City Hall will resume standard, in-person operating hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning today. In… Continue reading

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Minor injuries were reported after a wreck at the intersection at U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 113 at about 6 a.m. Friday, said Trooper Brandon Johanson of the State Patrol. The trooper said that a car stopped at the Highway 113 stop sign, waiting to turn left onto northbound Highway 101. The driver did not see the SUV behind a boat being towed on Highway 101 and hit the SUV on its passenger side, causing it to roll/rotate before coming to rest on its driver side in the middle of the road, facing northbound, he said. A citation was issued for failure to yield the right-of-way, he said.

Rollover wreck on U.S. Highway 101 at Sappho

Minor injuries were reported after a wreck at the intersection at U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 113 at about 6 a.m. Friday, said Trooper… Continue reading

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Minor injuries were reported after a wreck at the intersection at U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 113 at about 6 a.m. Friday, said Trooper Brandon Johanson of the State Patrol. The trooper said that a car stopped at the Highway 113 stop sign, waiting to turn left onto northbound Highway 101. The driver did not see the SUV behind a boat being towed on Highway 101 and hit the SUV on its passenger side, causing it to roll/rotate before coming to rest on its driver side in the middle of the road, facing northbound, he said. A citation was issued for failure to yield the right-of-way, he said.
Volunteers stab through sheets of cardboard to plant shrubs to grow to shade out reed canary grass, an invasive species, along Tarboo Creek during the 16th annual Plant-A-Thon. (Northwest Watershed Institute)

Volunteers plant trees to save Tarboo Creek habitat

Invasive reed canary grass knocked down by cardboard sheets

Volunteers stab through sheets of cardboard to plant shrubs to grow to shade out reed canary grass, an invasive species, along Tarboo Creek during the 16th annual Plant-A-Thon. (Northwest Watershed Institute)

Woman charged with DUI after rear-ending pickup in Carlsborg

A Sequim woman was hurt when her SUV ran into the back of another vehicle stopped at a red light on U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Fire extinguished in abandoned building in downtown Port Angeles

People taking shelter there attempted to stay warm

Applications accepted now for grants to help businesses

Allocations from American Rescue Plan Act funds

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks tips in Sunland burglary, gun theft

Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking information about a daytime burglary in Sunland north of Sequim where a loaded handgun was stolen. Deputies… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee signs $17 billion transportation package

Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that will pay for a variety of projects across the… Continue reading