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Jefferson County to draft wildfire plan

Official plan to help with response, grants

Port Angeles to resume glass recycling this weekend

No home pickup planned during pilot program

Harm reduction center to move

New site to provide addict services in downtown Port Angeles

Hurricane Ridge set to reopen on Tuesday

Visitors urged to use Clallam Transit service

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating rink in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The village, operated by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and staffed by volunteers, will offer three daily sessions of skating through Aug. 14. Admission is $10 per session or $8 per session if you bring your own skates. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Skating preparations

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating… Continue reading

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating rink in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The village, operated by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and staffed by volunteers, will offer three daily sessions of skating through Aug. 14. Admission is $10 per session or $8 per session if you bring your own skates. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County approves homelessness funding

Clallam County Commissioners approved $1.4 million in funding agreements with nine area organizations to provide homeless services. The homelessness funding approved Tuesday… Continue reading

Permit issued to search for body of drowned man

Christian Aid Ministries can dive until June 30

Fire managers, from front, Robert Thurston working with GIS, communications unit leader Carsen Smith and operations section chief Scott Coulson work at a command post for the Lake Sutherland Fire on Tuesday at Dry Creek School in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lake Sutherland Fire fight continues

Mop-up operations ongoing in some areas of the blaze

Fire managers, from front, Robert Thurston working with GIS, communications unit leader Carsen Smith and operations section chief Scott Coulson work at a command post for the Lake Sutherland Fire on Tuesday at Dry Creek School in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Dry conditions prompt earlier action on Peninsula

Clallam, Jefferson have burning restrictions in place

Kevin Van De Wege.
Kevin Van De Wege.
Noah Erickson, 2, snips a flower head with the help of his father, Chris Erickson of Port Angeles, while making a solstice crown headdress during the Summertide Solstice Art Festival on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and adjoining Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. The event served as a celebration of the coming of summer with a variety of food, music and outdoor activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Artists, poets ring in beginning of new season

Solstice event draws in families for arts exhibitions

Noah Erickson, 2, snips a flower head with the help of his father, Chris Erickson of Port Angeles, while making a solstice crown headdress during the Summertide Solstice Art Festival on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and adjoining Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. The event served as a celebration of the coming of summer with a variety of food, music and outdoor activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Fire near lake at 10 percent contained

Evacuation orders for 4 homes downgraded

Everett Polansk, 14, provides the first performance at the Field Hall Theater. (Lexie Winters)
Everett Polansk, 14, provides the first performance at the Field Hall Theater. (Lexie Winters)

Port of Port Townsend to apply for $2.3 million grant

Dissenting commissioner wants to take more time

A state Department of Natural Resources helicopter flies through clouds of smoke to dump water on a hotspot of a wildland fire in the Indian Creek Valley on Sunday southwest of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A state Department of Natural Resources helicopter flies through clouds of smoke to dump water on a hotspot of a wildland fire in the Indian Creek Valley on Sunday southwest of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

20-year sentence set in 2020 robbery, shooting

One of three people involved in a December 2020 robbery and shooting in the Sequim area has been sentenced to 20 years… Continue reading

Family seeks to recover body of drowned kayaker

Gofundme site raises more than $50,000 for dive into Lake Crescent

OMC in crisis, says CEO

Hospital says it lost $7.9 million during first four months of year

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Steve Hargis, a board member of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, directs the alignment of an events tent on Thursday that will cover a temporary roller skating rink in downtown Port Angeles.

Roller skating rink to open next weekend

Summer attraction outgrowth of winter ice village

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Steve Hargis, a board member of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, directs the alignment of an events tent on Thursday that will cover a temporary roller skating rink in downtown Port Angeles.

Second place arrives, third place sets record in Race to Alaska

Third place team set race’s all-time solo record