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Port of Port Angeles in program to support Dash Air

Commissioners revise a Minimum Revenue Guarantee

Port Townsend creates transportation district with taxing power

Members to consider putting sales tax to voters in November

Canoes from around the Pacific Northwest landed on the beach at the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Reservation on Sunday, part of the 2023 “Paddle to Muckleshoot” canoe journey. Canoe families from the West End of the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island arrived Sunday and will leave on the next leg of the journey to Port Townsend today. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Hundreds gather at Lower Elwha for canoe journey

Canoe pullers cross Strait of Juan de Fuca in about six hours

Canoes from around the Pacific Northwest landed on the beach at the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Reservation on Sunday, part of the 2023 “Paddle to Muckleshoot” canoe journey. Canoe families from the West End of the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island arrived Sunday and will leave on the next leg of the journey to Port Townsend today. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)
“9 to 5 The Musical” cast members, from left, Danielle Lorentzen, as Judy, Cecie McClelland, as Violet, Jeremy Pederson, as Franklin Hart, and Kathryn Lorentzen, as Doralee, ham it up at Ghostlight Production’s headquarters. (Darian Rentas)

Ghostlight works ‘9 to 5’ for its season finale

Easter eggs are sprinkled into show

  • Jul 25, 2023
  • By Emily Matthiessen Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
“9 to 5 The Musical” cast members, from left, Danielle Lorentzen, as Judy, Cecie McClelland, as Violet, Jeremy Pederson, as Franklin Hart, and Kathryn Lorentzen, as Doralee, ham it up at Ghostlight Production’s headquarters. (Darian Rentas)

Port Angeles stairs included in survey

City to receive designs for Laurel Street area

Man identified in home explosion

Fundraiser for family members raises over $9,000

A canoe representing the Hoh Tribe approaches the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory on Sunday. Canoe teams will set out Tuesday for their next stop at Jamestown Beach near Sequim for an overnight stay hosted by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Pullers arriving in Port Townsend on Wednesday will greeted by representatives of the Lower Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Canoe journey

A canoe representing the Hoh Tribe approaches the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory on Sunday.… Continue reading

A canoe representing the Hoh Tribe approaches the beach on Lower Elwha Klallam territory on Sunday. Canoe teams will set out Tuesday for their next stop at Jamestown Beach near Sequim for an overnight stay hosted by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Pullers arriving in Port Townsend on Wednesday will greeted by representatives of the Lower Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Lisa Markli.

SECOND UPDATE: RN Lisa Markli found dead in ONP

Backpacker had recently retired from North Olympic Healthcare Network

Lisa Markli.
North Olympic Library System leaders anticipate temporarily moving operations from the Sequim Library to the former Brian's Sporting Goods store later this year during a remodel of the current building. The temporary space will tentatively operate from January 2024 until the renovated library reopens the end of 2024, NOLS leaders said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Library to move to temporary space during remodel

Facility tentatively set to reopen in vacant sporting goods store

North Olympic Library System leaders anticipate temporarily moving operations from the Sequim Library to the former Brian's Sporting Goods store later this year during a remodel of the current building. The temporary space will tentatively operate from January 2024 until the renovated library reopens the end of 2024, NOLS leaders said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools hires two for maintenance, transportation

The 2023-24 academic year is still months away, but Sequim schools filled two key leadership roles in the district in mid-July. Board directors… Continue reading

Rose Wilson, center, was a 20-year cancer survivor and was a puller in the 2006 "Pink Paddle" to raise awareness about breast cancer. Wilson's daughter, Wendy Sampson, is joining the 2023 journey as support ground crew, and said she'll have a table about cancer awareness at every stop along the route. (Courtesy photo / Wendy Sampson)

Canoes to arrive at Lower Elwha land on Sunday

‘Paddle to Muckleshoot’ bringing tribes together

Rose Wilson, center, was a 20-year cancer survivor and was a puller in the 2006 "Pink Paddle" to raise awareness about breast cancer. Wilson's daughter, Wendy Sampson, is joining the 2023 journey as support ground crew, and said she'll have a table about cancer awareness at every stop along the route. (Courtesy photo / Wendy Sampson)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Varia Miller, 5, of Issaquah, decides which row of lavender to visit next for picking during a visit on Friday to Lavender Connection, one of 18 farms taking part in Lavender Weekend in and around Sequim. The annual celebration of Lavender continues on Sunday. In addition to tours, the 2023 Sequim Lavender Festival in the Park will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave.
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For the love of lavender in Sequim

Varia Miller, 5, of Issaquah, decides which row of lavender to visit next for picking during a visit on Friday to Lavender Connection, one of… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Varia Miller, 5, of Issaquah, decides which row of lavender to visit next for picking during a visit on Friday to Lavender Connection, one of 18 farms taking part in Lavender Weekend in and around Sequim. The annual celebration of Lavender continues on Sunday. In addition to tours, the 2023 Sequim Lavender Festival in the Park will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave.

OMC reports hires, cost-saving measures

Financial corrections aimed at multi-million-dollar loss

Orchestra program assured at Port Townsend School District

Position now part-time, superintendent says

Jim Fetzer.

Clallam Transit commissioners name Jim Fetzer general manager

Shuttle to Hurricane Ridge averaging 400 riders per day

Jim Fetzer.
Ellie Hales, 11, of Port Angeles, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, helps sort boxes of food that were donated to the Port Angeles Food Bank by the Mormon Church’s food operations in Utah. A total of 24 pallets of food and personal items weighing about 20 tons were to be divided up by local church members for later distribution to food banks in Forks, Sequim and Port Townsend, as well as Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Food bank donation

Ellie Hales, 11, of Port Angeles, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, helps sort boxes of food that were… Continue reading

Ellie Hales, 11, of Port Angeles, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, helps sort boxes of food that were donated to the Port Angeles Food Bank by the Mormon Church’s food operations in Utah. A total of 24 pallets of food and personal items weighing about 20 tons were to be divided up by local church members for later distribution to food banks in Forks, Sequim and Port Townsend, as well as Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ginger and Scott Wierzbanowski stand inside their lavender barn at Olympic Bluffs Cidery and Lavender Farm in Agnew. They’ve opened the lavender business for the first time this summer offering 30-plus lavender products. They’ll tentatively being operating their cidery in late summer. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Lavender only the beginning for new farm

Olympic Bluffs Cidery and Lavender Farm opens for first season

Ginger and Scott Wierzbanowski stand inside their lavender barn at Olympic Bluffs Cidery and Lavender Farm in Agnew. They’ve opened the lavender business for the first time this summer offering 30-plus lavender products. They’ll tentatively being operating their cidery in late summer. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Opioid money is to be dispersed

Port Angeles, Clallam County set priorities

Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 extinguish a fire after a home exploded on the 100 block of June Place on Tuesday evening. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Home explosion ruled accidental

Man found dead inside remains unidentified Wednesday

Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 extinguish a fire after a home exploded on the 100 block of June Place on Tuesday evening. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Buddy, a miniature poodle belonging to the owners of a home that exploded in Sequim on Tuesday evening, was recovered by neighbors with what appeared to be only small wounds. The dog, which had tags and is microchipped, was taken to Greywolf Veterinary Hospital on Thursday, according to Amy Grice, the neighbor who found him. (Amy Grice)

Neighbors describe Sequim home blast

‘Like 10 times a sonic boom’

Buddy, a miniature poodle belonging to the owners of a home that exploded in Sequim on Tuesday evening, was recovered by neighbors with what appeared to be only small wounds. The dog, which had tags and is microchipped, was taken to Greywolf Veterinary Hospital on Thursday, according to Amy Grice, the neighbor who found him. (Amy Grice)