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PA Republican aims to win Legislative seat

Deputy prosecutor lists public safety, education as major issues

Matt Roberson
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Dungeness River Nature Center stands illuminated by Christmas lights as visitors roam the outdoor patio after a lighting ceremony for the center and nearby Railroad Bridge on Thursday night in Sequim. Hundreds of people took part in the event, which featured holiday songs by the Sequim High School Choir on the historic bridge over the Dungeness River.
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Railroad Bridge lights the night in Sequim

The Dungeness River Nature Center stands illuminated by Christmas lights as visitors roam the outdoor patio after a lighting ceremony for the center and nearby… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Dungeness River Nature Center stands illuminated by Christmas lights as visitors roam the outdoor patio after a lighting ceremony for the center and nearby Railroad Bridge on Thursday night in Sequim. Hundreds of people took part in the event, which featured holiday songs by the Sequim High School Choir on the historic bridge over the Dungeness River.
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Easton Joslin clears leaves from the parking lot in front of Port Angeles City Hall. As autumn foliage passes its peak of color across the North Olympic Peninsula, so follows the inevitable falling of leaves across the landscape. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Falling foliage

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Easton Joslin clears leaves from the parking lot in front of Port Angeles City Hall. As autumn foliage… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Easton Joslin clears leaves from the parking lot in front of Port Angeles City Hall. As autumn foliage passes its peak of color across the North Olympic Peninsula, so follows the inevitable falling of leaves across the landscape. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Nate Tyler.

Makah Tribal Council member seeks state legislative position

Nate Tyler announces his candidacy for area’s 24th District

Nate Tyler.

Port of Port Angeles approves 2024 budget

$14.196M in capital projects scheduled

Road to Ridge to open for season

Ski area scheduled for Dec. 3 opening

Technical outages reported in Port Angeles area

AT&T and Lumen Technologies reported outages on Thursday in the Port Angeles area. If you’re an AT&T wireless customer who tried to… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation and Public Works crews lift a 30-foot Douglas fir tree into position at the plaza of the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles on Wednesday before decorating it with lights for the holiday season. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, is scheduled to be lit during a ceremony on Nov. 25. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Holidays are arriving

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation and Public Works crews lift a 30-foot Douglas fir tree into position at the plaza of the Conrad Dyar Memorial… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation and Public Works crews lift a 30-foot Douglas fir tree into position at the plaza of the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles on Wednesday before decorating it with lights for the holiday season. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, is scheduled to be lit during a ceremony on Nov. 25. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County agrees to sell property that was seized in 2022

Parcel confiscated after investigation of pot growing operation

Port Townsend City Council OKs pool proposals

Recommendations go to county board

Three hurt in crash near Hood Canal Bridge

One airlifted to Harborview Medical Center

Tommy Robertson of Port Angeles, center, sprays water onto chiller coils that will eventually create the ice skating surface at the Port Angeles Ice Village on Tuesday in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Winter Ice Village to open for season on Friday

Only change is an increase for snacks

Tommy Robertson of Port Angeles, center, sprays water onto chiller coils that will eventually create the ice skating surface at the Port Angeles Ice Village on Tuesday in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Accused murderer pleads not guilty

Sequim woman to be back in court Dec. 12

Celebrating the expansion of the Dabob Bay Natural Area by adding 671 acres to the state’s new carbon sequestration program are, from left, Peter Bahls, Northwest Watershed Institute executive director; Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton; and state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz at an oyster farm on Dabob Bay. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Dabob Bay area expanded

Carbon sequestration first in state program

Celebrating the expansion of the Dabob Bay Natural Area by adding 671 acres to the state’s new carbon sequestration program are, from left, Peter Bahls, Northwest Watershed Institute executive director; Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton; and state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz at an oyster farm on Dabob Bay. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)
Teresa Verraes.

Verraes to retire from Northwind Art gallery

Executive director plans to step down Dec. 15, will help with transition

Teresa Verraes.
The state Department of Transportation will be setting girders this week on the new Elwha River bridge. Traffic will be held up for 30 minutes at a time between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. through Thursday, and there will be one-way alternating traffic from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. on those days. (Jesse Major)

Girder placement disrupts traffic across Elwha bridge

New construction part of $36 million replacement effort

The state Department of Transportation will be setting girders this week on the new Elwha River bridge. Traffic will be held up for 30 minutes at a time between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. through Thursday, and there will be one-way alternating traffic from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. on those days. (Jesse Major)
A bridge section is unloaded at a Clallam County gravel pit facility. (Clallam County Public Works)

Ferry bridges delivered to Olympic Discovery Trail

Walkways to be used on future segments

A bridge section is unloaded at a Clallam County gravel pit facility. (Clallam County Public Works)

Jefferson County hikes property tax by 1 percent

Commissioners set public hearing for additional fee increases

Gary Copeland Lilley will join a literary reading at Northwind Art’s gallery in Port Townsend on Tuesday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Former Port Angeles High School teacher, fellow poets to read this week

Maya Jewell Zeller, the recent winner of the New American Poetry Prize, will step into the spotlight alongside two of her favorite fellow writers this… Continue reading

Gary Copeland Lilley will join a literary reading at Northwind Art’s gallery in Port Townsend on Tuesday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Bagpiper Rick McKenzie performs “Amazing Grace” to close Saturday’s Veterans Day ceremony in the hanger at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Veterans honored across North Olympic Peninsula

Ceremonies held in Port Angeles, Forks, PT, Gardiner

Bagpiper Rick McKenzie performs “Amazing Grace” to close Saturday’s Veterans Day ceremony in the hanger at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)