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Presentation to highlight electric vehicles

Speaker to review current options, history of EVs

Mike James will play American folk songs plus some bluesy numbers during his livestreamed Candlelight Concert on Thursday evening. (Mike James)

Singer-guitarist to host online Candlelight Concert

Thursday’s program to stream from church website

Mike James will play American folk songs plus some bluesy numbers during his livestreamed Candlelight Concert on Thursday evening. (Mike James)

Three die from COVID-19 in Clallam County

Health officer expects more hospitalizations, deaths

Cynthia Daily cradles an injured red-tailed hawk, one of the patients at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue. Birds from across the North Olympic Peninsula receive care at Daily’s avian hospital in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Winter weather hits birds

Rescue center answers calls to help injured animals

Cynthia Daily cradles an injured red-tailed hawk, one of the patients at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue. Birds from across the North Olympic Peninsula receive care at Daily’s avian hospital in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Crescent girls hoops win again

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife seek feedback

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Forks’ Keira Johnson has been red-hot through January, helping the Spartans to their first-place position in the Pacific 2B League standings. Johnson hit five 3-pointers… Continue reading

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball
Derek Kilmer.

Kilmer meeting with government agencies to speak about infrastructure

Congressman highlights roads, bridges and other projects

Derek Kilmer.

LETTER: Keep traffic flowing into West End

Our highways into and out of Port Angeles and the West End are critical to the safety and economy of Clallam County. Our county road… Continue reading

Pair sought after stealing purse from woman in Port Angeles

Port Angeles police are looking for a man and woman they suspect of stealing a purse Sunday morning and fleeing after dragging… Continue reading

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers' Arik Armstead during the second half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: This weekend felt like history being made

Exactly a week after a truly historic volcanic explosion in the South Pacific that rattled pretty much everyone on the Pacific Rim, we were treated… Continue reading

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers' Arik Armstead during the second half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County Courthouse. The plein air painter typically spends just an hour finishing a piece before her hands get too cold. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Plein air

Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County Courthouse. The plein air painter typically spends… Continue reading

Madeline Nelson of Port Townsend works in watercolors and bright sun on the grass outside the Jefferson County Courthouse. The plein air painter typically spends just an hour finishing a piece before her hands get too cold. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The city of Port Townsend will finish construction of a well at the municipal golf course this spring for irrigation and emergency water. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The city of Port Townsend will finish construction of a well at the municipal golf course this spring for irrigation and emergency water. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Three months for vehicular assault

Donavan Patrick Murphy, a former U.S. Coast Guardsman who started a six-vehicle chain-reaction collision in July 2019, was sentenced Monday to three… Continue reading

LETTER: Neal-Trump comparison is a distraction

Congratulations to Pat Neal. He has been nominated by the very selective letter editors of the PDN (“Neal like Trump?” Jan. 21-22 Peninsula Voices) to… Continue reading

No one was hurt in a fire at the Port Townsend Paper Mill on Saturday afternoon. East Jefferson Fire Rescue firefighters were called to the mill at 2:40 p.m. after a blaze began in an enclosed conveyor belt carrying wood chips into the mill and spread into the sixth floor, according to fire district spokesperson Phyllis Speser. The fire sent a black cloud into the sky, according to reports. The blaze in the conveyor belt was put out by 3:16 p.m. and the sixth floor fire at 3:31 p.m., Speser said. The cause remained under investigation on Sunday. Assisting were Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue, Clallam County Fire District 3, Poulsbo Fire Department and Quilcene Fire Rescue. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Blaze extinguished

No one was hurt in a fire at the Port Townsend Paper Mill on Saturday afternoon. East Jefferson Fire Rescue firefighters were called to the… Continue reading

No one was hurt in a fire at the Port Townsend Paper Mill on Saturday afternoon. East Jefferson Fire Rescue firefighters were called to the mill at 2:40 p.m. after a blaze began in an enclosed conveyor belt carrying wood chips into the mill and spread into the sixth floor, according to fire district spokesperson Phyllis Speser. The fire sent a black cloud into the sky, according to reports. The blaze in the conveyor belt was put out by 3:16 p.m. and the sixth floor fire at 3:31 p.m., Speser said. The cause remained under investigation on Sunday. Assisting were Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue, Clallam County Fire District 3, Poulsbo Fire Department and Quilcene Fire Rescue. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)
Clallam County Fire District 3 officials look to move Dungeness Station 31 east away from a flood and tsunami zone. They’ve begun recruiting an architect to design new stations for Dungeness and Carlsborg Station 33. Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Clallam County Fire District 3 officials look to move Dungeness Station 31 east away from a flood and tsunami zone. They’ve begun recruiting an architect to design new stations for Dungeness and Carlsborg Station 33. Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks leads on coyote carcass dumping

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks information about the killing and dumping of multiple dead coyotes by the Dungeness River just north of… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women win sixth straight

The Peninsula men and women split a pair of games against North Region foe Olympic on Saturday. The women easily won their game… Continue reading

Expansion approved for Sequim City Band’s rehearsal space

Sequim City Council members have unanimously approved the expansion of the James Center for Performing Arts’ practice space, Swisher Hall. The council acted… Continue reading