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Starting Saturday anglers fishing off of Neah Bay will have the chance to bring home a chinook like this one caught by Bellingham's Tyler Dockins off Mushroom Rock during the 2020 salmon opener.

OUTDOORS: Where to find the kings

Neah Bay always productive

Starting Saturday anglers fishing off of Neah Bay will have the chance to bring home a chinook like this one caught by Bellingham's Tyler Dockins off Mushroom Rock during the 2020 salmon opener.
A contract has been awarded for safety improvements on a section of South Lincoln Street between Front and Eighth streets in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles City Council awards contract for Lincoln Street upgrade

Changes intended to improve safety in main corridor

A contract has been awarded for safety improvements on a section of South Lincoln Street between Front and Eighth streets in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Logan Massie of East Jefferson is surrounded by Port Angeles' Kameron Meadows, left, and Jacob Felton, right, as Massie is backed up by teammates Hunter Cerna, left rear and Anton Jones during a February game in Port Angeles. East Jefferson is looking for a new head coach after the resignation of Patrick Gaffney.

PREPS: Port Townsend athletic director and East Jefferson football coach Patrick Gaffney stepping down

Head coaching search underway

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Logan Massie of East Jefferson is surrounded by Port Angeles' Kameron Meadows, left, and Jacob Felton, right, as Massie is backed up by teammates Hunter Cerna, left rear and Anton Jones during a February game in Port Angeles. East Jefferson is looking for a new head coach after the resignation of Patrick Gaffney.

Rock show, open house set Saturday

The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association will host an open house and rock show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center executive director Christine Loewe admires an art installation, “The Pool Zone” by Chris Oliver, debuting Saturday in the Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Saturday celebration offers outdoor art, music

Summertide in Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center executive director Christine Loewe admires an art installation, “The Pool Zone” by Chris Oliver, debuting Saturday in the Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sequim City Council votes to have others continue race discussions

$1,000 membership not renewed for equity, inclusion group

Sequim police investigating alleged hate crime in downtown

Group plans protest on Saturday

Kate Henninger, YMCA of Sequim Aquatics Director, teaches youngsters at the YMCA's Spring Break Swim Camp earlier this year. She leads a free Safety Around Water Camp for youths of ages 6-12 this June. (Photo courtesy of YMCA of Sequim)

Sequim YMCA to host free Safety Around Water Camp

The YMCA of Sequim will offer a free Safety Around Water Camp for youths ages 6-12. The camp will be from 1 p.m.… Continue reading

Kate Henninger, YMCA of Sequim Aquatics Director, teaches youngsters at the YMCA's Spring Break Swim Camp earlier this year. She leads a free Safety Around Water Camp for youths of ages 6-12 this June. (Photo courtesy of YMCA of Sequim)
The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Awakening, the Distanceless Journey” at Unity in the Olympics at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Unity speaker scheduled for Sunday service

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Lessons in Awakening, Part 3: Claim the Truth” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the pastor… Continue reading

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “Awakening, the Distanceless Journey” at Unity in the Olympics at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Coronavirus

Clallam County returns to state’s high-risk category

COVID-19 cases up by three on Peninsula

Coronavirus

New state vaccine lottery announced for military

Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced a new COVID-19 vaccine incentive lottery for the state’s military,… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge reopened after wreck

Trooper: Motorcyclist injured

Alternative route for portion of Olympic Discovery Trail included in plans

Port Angeles City Council members say they won’t abandon present trail

Sculptor Jonah Trople and his artist’s assistant and daughter Tula, 5, made an appearance Tuesday at the Tyler Plaza, where one of his Creative District art markers stands. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Art markers celebrated in Port Townsend Creative District

Artists, dancers, restaurateurs, musicians and city officials celebrated the arrival of five “art markers” signifying the city’s Creative District designation Tuesday night.… Continue reading

Sculptor Jonah Trople and his artist’s assistant and daughter Tula, 5, made an appearance Tuesday at the Tyler Plaza, where one of his Creative District art markers stands. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the state this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File)

Dead ‘murder hornet’ near Seattle is first found in US in 2021

Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the country this year, federal… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2021
  • By Nicholas K. Geranios The Associated Press
  • Regional News
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the state this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File)

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: An apology, and a wish for dialogue

I’M WRITING THIS not to get you to take sides. Instead, I invite us all to take a pause. Two weeks ago, my PDN column… Continue reading

Free Fort Worden workshops offered

AmeriCorps service members will present two free workshops at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Nate Rees will discuss the operation of… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Lefties pitcher Preston Howey throws in the first inning of Tuesday night's game against the Bellingham Bells at Port Angeles Civic Field.

LEFTIES: Early blast, strong pitching fell Port Angeles

Bellingham opens series with 4-0 win

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Lefties pitcher Preston Howey throws in the first inning of Tuesday night's game against the Bellingham Bells at Port Angeles Civic Field.

LETTER: An elitist

Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton is a elitist. During a Zoom meeting on Monday, June 14, Brotherton said commissioners Kate Dean and Heidi Eisenhour were… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2021

LETTER: Homeless encampment

Jefferson County Commissioner George Brotherton is proposing the county build a homeless encampment on Cape George Road near our community. We are a largely rural… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2021