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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The site of a proposed 106-room hotel being planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe near the downtown Port Angeles waterfront sits idle on Friday as the tribe works with the city on infrastructure and environmental issues.

More delay for Elwha Hotel

Hurdles mount for $25 million project

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The site of a proposed 106-room hotel being planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe near the downtown Port Angeles waterfront sits idle on Friday as the tribe works with the city on infrastructure and environmental issues.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula College graduate Mackenzie Jay of Sequim looks at her cellphone in Pirate Square prior to the beginning of Saturday's ceremony to award associate of arts degrees on the Port Angeles campus. A total of 413 students were qualified to receive degrees and certificates as part of the Class of 2020 and 2021.
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Peninsula College graduation held Saturday

Peninsula College graduate Mackenzie Jay of Sequim looks at her cellphone in Pirate Square prior to the beginning of Saturday’s ceremony to award associate of… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula College graduate Mackenzie Jay of Sequim looks at her cellphone in Pirate Square prior to the beginning of Saturday's ceremony to award associate of arts degrees on the Port Angeles campus. A total of 413 students were qualified to receive degrees and certificates as part of the Class of 2020 and 2021.
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Port Angeles Fine Arts Center welcomes new executive director

Christine Loewe is the new executive director for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The organization earlier this month announced the hiring… Continue reading

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The Port Angeles Navy JROTC Precision Air Rifle Team became the first Port Angeles High School to qualify for the Navy JROTC National Championship. The team finished fifth in the nation in the virtual event. Team members from left are, back row, Meagan McCann and Kaeden Murphy and front, Cheyenne Maggard and Jenna Sanders.

SHOOTING SPORTS: Port Angeles Navy JROTC rifilists aim is true

Port Angeles Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members have been busy honing their precision air rifle skills in recent months. Cheyenne… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Navy JROTC Precision Air Rifle Team became the first Port Angeles High School to qualify for the Navy JROTC National Championship. The team finished fifth in the nation in the virtual event. Team members from left are, back row, Meagan McCann and Kaeden Murphy and front, Cheyenne Maggard and Jenna Sanders.

Single-car wreck sends two to hospitals

A passenger was sent to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle while the driver was taken to Forks Community Hospital after a single-car wreck… Continue reading

Lyn Muench, grant writer for the Dungeness River Audubon Center’s “Inspire Wonder” capital campaign, shows Rep. Steve Tharinger details of River Center construction. Photo by Margi Palmer

Tharinger tours river center expansion project

Project expected to be completed in fall

Lyn Muench, grant writer for the Dungeness River Audubon Center’s “Inspire Wonder” capital campaign, shows Rep. Steve Tharinger details of River Center construction. Photo by Margi Palmer

Urban sketchers to meet in Port Townsend

The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. The group will meet at Sunrise Coffee, 308 10th St., before… Continue reading

US Highway 101 work starting Monday

Maintenance crews from the Department of Transportation will repair pavement on U.S. Highway 101 west of Lake Crescent from 7 a.m. to 4:30… Continue reading

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Wooden tent law under consideration

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear an update on a possible ordinance to allow “wooden tent” developments to house those without shelter when they… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County, DCD mediation to be discussed

Peninsula Daily News Clallam County commissioners will discuss mediation with Department of Community Development (DCD) Director Mary Ellen Winborn on Monday. The work session will… Continue reading

Coronavirus

Immunizations edge upward while COVID variants threaten unvaccinated

Travel especially dangerous

Teen airlifted to Harborview after bicycle wreck

A teenage girl was seriously injured and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday after she was struck by a… Continue reading

Coast Guard suspends searches for missing man west of Port Angeles

Mariner identified

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: West End Thunder drag races return this weekend

Peninsula College to host summer basketball camps in July and August

Woodbridge Farm’s Peter Mustin and singer and chef Grace Love look forward to celebrating Juneteenth at the Chimacum farm on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Black business owners create a celebration

‘Healing with unity’ focus of Saturday’s feast

Woodbridge Farm’s Peter Mustin and singer and chef Grace Love look forward to celebrating Juneteenth at the Chimacum farm on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The Midnight Train Blues Band -- from left, Chicago Bob Longmire, Dan Stacy, Dave Olsen, Jayme Ryan and Barb Dawson -- will host the open blues jam at Port Townsend's Discovery Bay Brewing this Sunday afternoon. photo courtesy Chicago Bob Longmire

Blues jam open to players, listeners

After a 16-month suspension, the Midnight Train Blues Band is coming straight out of the dark and into the Discovery Bay Brewing… Continue reading

The Midnight Train Blues Band -- from left, Chicago Bob Longmire, Dan Stacy, Dave Olsen, Jayme Ryan and Barb Dawson -- will host the open blues jam at Port Townsend's Discovery Bay Brewing this Sunday afternoon. photo courtesy Chicago Bob Longmire
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Crews work on Thursday to dismantle the loading dock at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles. Workers began removing about 800 concrete dock panels this week as a step toward dismantling the 6-acre pier at the former Rayonier property 2 miles east of downtown Port Angeles. The target date for completion is July, while more than 5,000 creosote-treated pilings will not be taken out at least until 2023 as part of the overall environmental cleanup of the 75-acre former industrial site's uplands and adjacent harbor waters, a process overseen by the state Department of Ecology and paid for by property owner Rayonier Advanced Materials.
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Dock dismantle begins at Rayonier site in Port Angeles

Peninsula Daily News Crews work on Thursday to dismantle the loading dock at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles. Workers… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Crews work on Thursday to dismantle the loading dock at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles. Workers began removing about 800 concrete dock panels this week as a step toward dismantling the 6-acre pier at the former Rayonier property 2 miles east of downtown Port Angeles. The target date for completion is July, while more than 5,000 creosote-treated pilings will not be taken out at least until 2023 as part of the overall environmental cleanup of the 75-acre former industrial site's uplands and adjacent harbor waters, a process overseen by the state Department of Ecology and paid for by property owner Rayonier Advanced Materials.

Food pantry open in Port Townsend on June 25

New Life Church will conduct a free food bank ministry from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on June 25. Church members will… Continue reading

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Future camp for Jefferson County homeless is considered

Cape George at top of list but not only option

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