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Federal grants aim to improve fish passage in region

Funding part of nationwide effort

Alan Turner, co-owner of Port Book and News in downtown Port Angeles, shovels snow from in front of his business on Tuesday morning after most of the North Olympic Peninsula was blanketed in the overnight hours. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Peninsula blanketed with snow

Snow measured in feet in some areas

Alan Turner, co-owner of Port Book and News in downtown Port Angeles, shovels snow from in front of his business on Tuesday morning after most of the North Olympic Peninsula was blanketed in the overnight hours. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

College dental hygiene program delayed

Certification process can take 18 months

Marie Cauvel adds ornaments to a tree along the sidewalk in front of her house in the 600 block of South Cedar Street in Port Angeles. The tree was one of a pair next to the street that received holiday adornment by Cauvel, who said she was taking advantage of a sunny day to accomplish the task. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Holiday spirit

Marie Cauvel adds ornaments to a tree along the sidewalk in front of her house in the 600 block of South Cedar Street in Port… Continue reading

Marie Cauvel adds ornaments to a tree along the sidewalk in front of her house in the 600 block of South Cedar Street in Port Angeles. The tree was one of a pair next to the street that received holiday adornment by Cauvel, who said she was taking advantage of a sunny day to accomplish the task. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County Commissioners approve supplemental budget

Includes almost $1 million in salary and benefit increases

Port Angeles marijuana producer subject of emergency license suspension

Liquor and Cannabis Board cites violations

Winter weather coming to Peninsula

Accumulation could be up to 6-10 inches

Port Angeles public hearing set on old pump house

The Port Angeles City Council will conduct a public hearing Tuesday on a proposal to designate as surplus the property at the… Continue reading

Port approves Dash Air lease pact

Announcement expected in January

Port Townsend man sentenced for bus driver assault

Three months in jail for felony conviction

Blown-down trees that have been cut and removed from nearby forested areas of Robin Hill County Park await removal from a staging area next to the Olympic Discovery Trail within the park between Sequim and Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Robin Hill Farm Park closed for cleanup until late winter

Clallam County works to clear tree blowdown

Blown-down trees that have been cut and removed from nearby forested areas of Robin Hill County Park await removal from a staging area next to the Olympic Discovery Trail within the park between Sequim and Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Violist Lauren Waldron of Port Angeles, pictured in 2018, is one of the previous winners of the Nico Snel Young Artist Competition, to be held in person in January. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Symphony education programs in-person again

Contest, school visits coming soon

Violist Lauren Waldron of Port Angeles, pictured in 2018, is one of the previous winners of the Nico Snel Young Artist Competition, to be held in person in January. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave of Coast Guard veteran Harold Hanusa, who served during World War II, during Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The event, part of a national initiative to honor veterans of military service, saw individual branches of the military recognized during the ceremony followed by the placement of more than 2,300 wreaths for servicemen and women at six cemeteries across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Wreaths Across America

Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave of Coast Guard veteran Harold Hanusa, who… Continue reading

Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave of Coast Guard veteran Harold Hanusa, who served during World War II, during Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The event, part of a national initiative to honor veterans of military service, saw individual branches of the military recognized during the ceremony followed by the placement of more than 2,300 wreaths for servicemen and women at six cemeteries across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Teen taken to hospital after wreck

Fatigue listed as cause of collision with power pole

PASD superintendent says cuts will be needed

Financial projections given to board; no specifics decided yet

Port commissioners hear more about possible farmland purchase

Negotiation deadline end of next month

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Tribe files challenge to fish farm ban

Jamestown S’Klallam says agency violated due process, separation of powers

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At long last, lights A city crew installed long-awaited lights above Tyler Plaza in downtown Port Townsend this week. The bulbs will stay on from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m., city Public Works Director Steve King said, adding they're a year-round fixture. The Port Townsend Main Street Program, the Washington State Arts Commission, the city of Port Townsend and local donors funded the waterfront plaza lights. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz for Peninsula Daily News

Tyler Plaza lights in Port Townsend

A city crew installed long-awaited lights above Tyler Plaza in downtown Port Townsend this week. The bulbs will stay on from 3 p.m. until 10… Continue reading

At long last, lights A city crew installed long-awaited lights above Tyler Plaza in downtown Port Townsend this week. The bulbs will stay on from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m., city Public Works Director Steve King said, adding they're a year-round fixture. The Port Townsend Main Street Program, the Washington State Arts Commission, the city of Port Townsend and local donors funded the waterfront plaza lights. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz for Peninsula Daily News
Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

Ken Balcomb, researcher who championed orcas, dies at 82

Ken Balcomb, a researcher who spent nearly five decades studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas — and whose findings helped end… Continue reading

Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

Jamestown Tribe to fight Department of Natural Resources’ ruling

Feasibility of project in Port Angeles is uncertain