Home

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Nora Eastman of Port Angeles displays a photo of her son, Ted Eastman, 33, who died of an overdose of fentanyl, at their home on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation.

Family grieves after fentanyl deaths

Clallam County looking at more overdose deaths than previous years

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Nora Eastman of Port Angeles displays a photo of her son, Ted Eastman, 33, who died of an overdose of fentanyl, at their home on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation.
tsr
tsr

New major state spending unlikely

Legislature’s lead budget writers offer clues about what’s next for state spending

  • Jan 6, 2024
  • By Bill Lucia Washington State Standard
Evette Allerdings of Port Angeles created “Orangy,” a silk painting, for the “Burst of Color” show opening today at Port Townsend’s Jeanette Best Gallery. (Evette Allerdings)
Evette Allerdings of Port Angeles created “Orangy,” a silk painting, for the “Burst of Color” show opening today at Port Townsend’s Jeanette Best Gallery. (Evette Allerdings)

Clallam Transit bus is stolen

Woman to enter plea on Monday

Jefferson County approves loan for Port Hadlock sewer project

Funds will provide cash before grants reimburse agency

tsr

‘Whodunnit Downtown?’ contest coming up in Sequim

First Friday Art Walk offers variety of venues

tsr

Alleged arsonist faces arraignment Jan. 12

Manhunt led to arrest of Sequim man

New state laws take effect

Gun purchases, street racing, voting rights among issues

  • Jan 4, 2024
  • By Laurel Demkovich Washington State Standard

Port Townsend transportation tax goes into effect

Additional sales tax projected to generate $800,000 for streets

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tree recycling

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cape Flattery putting levy on February ballot

Replacement measure would collect nearly $2M over four-year period

Clallam approves $500K for affordable housing project

Habitat for Humanity units to be sited in Sequim

Health officer: Little data doesn’t mean less risk

Sparse information about COVID-19, RSV, flu and other respiratory diseases doesn’t mean risks are diminished. It just means less data is being… Continue reading

Hundreds of state health jobs cut

Federal COVID-19 funds to expire by end of July ’25

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Taking the plunge

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at… Continue reading

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Congress faces two shutdown deadlines

No agreements yet as spending bills loom

  • Jan 2, 2024
  • By Jennifer Shutt Washington State Standard
  • National News
Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Stairclimb donations

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit approves annual budget, wage increases for union

The Board of Clallam County Transit at its Dec. 20 meeting unanimously approved a $17.3 million operating budget for 2024 that eliminated… Continue reading