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Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Visitors look at the Dungeness River near the site in 2017 where Clallam County officials continue to seek support for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir.

Sequim council drafts letter to support county reservoir project

Sequim City Council members have unanimously agreed to a letter of support for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir. Carol Creasey, Clallam County senior planner… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Visitors look at the Dungeness River near the site in 2017 where Clallam County officials continue to seek support for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir.
Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in the Shop with a Hero program at Wal-Mart in Port Angeles. About 80 kids from the community got to go on a shopping spree with law enforcement officers from Port Angeles, Sequim and other agencies and spend $100 however they wished. They also had a chance to take photos with Santa, sip on hot chocolate, decorate cookies and see police vehicles up close. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Shop with a Hero

Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in… Continue reading

Brian King, the chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, is among more than 100 volunteers from a dozen agencies to participate in the Shop with a Hero program at Wal-Mart in Port Angeles. About 80 kids from the community got to go on a shopping spree with law enforcement officers from Port Angeles, Sequim and other agencies and spend $100 however they wished. They also had a chance to take photos with Santa, sip on hot chocolate, decorate cookies and see police vehicles up close. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)

Wild Rose Chorale to perform Thursday at church’s Candlelight Concerts series

The Wild Rose Chorale, a Port Townsend a cappella group, will perform Thursday as part of the Candlelight Concert series at Trinity United Methodist Church.… Continue reading

Woman’s body found along Olympic Discovery Trail

The middle-aged woman whose body was found Sunday morning in the Morse Creek area of the Olympic Discovery Trail appears to have… Continue reading

Members of The Fractal Phase, from front, Nova Cain, Pumba Burns and Ahnrix Bishop, breathe fire and preform dance with flames during Saturday’s Wintertide Festival of Light at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The event featured music, entertainment, a lantern parade and other yule activities to celebrate the winter solstice. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Breathing fire

Members of The Fractal Phase, from front, Nova Cain, Pumba Burns and Ahnrix Bishop, breathe fire and perform dances with flames during Saturday’s Wintertide Festival… Continue reading

Members of The Fractal Phase, from front, Nova Cain, Pumba Burns and Ahnrix Bishop, breathe fire and preform dance with flames during Saturday’s Wintertide Festival of Light at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The event featured music, entertainment, a lantern parade and other yule activities to celebrate the winter solstice. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Election numbers: turnout, rejections

Data shows Peninsula’s general election markers

Energy audit to be conducted at Fort Worden to address goals

Project intended to improve efficiency, reduce emissions

Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards nominations open

Deadline is Feb. 3; awards presented March 25

New on-demand Clallam Transit service starts today

Riders can download an app for a ride

A pair of Portland Loo public restroom stalls wait on Saturday for their official opening, scheduled for today, at the breezeway parking lot in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles to open 24-hour restroom facilities

Three Portland Loos to be in downtown

A pair of Portland Loo public restroom stalls wait on Saturday for their official opening, scheduled for today, at the breezeway parking lot in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sequim schools seek funding for vocational facility on campus

Council seeks input from residents about requested pledge

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, left, looks over revetment repair plans with Port Angeles Mayor Kate Dexter and city engineer Jonathan Boehme, right, during a visit to Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Friday.

Kilmer visits port, Ediz Hook where federal grant dollars are working

Port’s log yard to be paved, funded by federal grants

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, left, looks over revetment repair plans with Port Angeles Mayor Kate Dexter and city engineer Jonathan Boehme, right, during a visit to Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Friday.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off… Continue reading

Respiratory illness hits Peninsula hard

Children, elderly especially affected

Trial set for defendents accused in $7 million drug smuggling try

Two of three indicted appear in federal court

Applications taken for Port Angeles council seat

Appointee to fill Mike French’s unexpired term

The poster for the 2022 Chimacum Arts & Crafts Fair was created by Chimacum High School student Layla Franson, who also is a member of 4H.

Chimacum Arts Crafts Fair this weekend

Fundraiser offers some 100 vendors

The poster for the 2022 Chimacum Arts & Crafts Fair was created by Chimacum High School student Layla Franson, who also is a member of 4H.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Floodlit trees and illuminated sculptures circle the meadow in Webster's Woods Sculpture Park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center as part of the center's seasonal Wintertide celebration.

Festival of Lights offers art in many forms

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center celebrates outdoors

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Floodlit trees and illuminated sculptures circle the meadow in Webster's Woods Sculpture Park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center as part of the center's seasonal Wintertide celebration.
Soprano Renee Fleming appears in the Metropolitan Opera's "The Hours," the new production to be simulcast live at Port Angeles' Naval Elks Ballroom this Saturday. photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera Photo: Kevin Puts, Composer & Greg Pierce, Libretto THE HOURS Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara & Joyce DiDonato Phelim McDermott, Director; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor Met Orchestra and Chorus Dress Rehearsals photographed: Sunday, November 6, 2022 at The Metropolitan Opera; New York, NY. Photograph: © 2022 Richard Termine PHOTO CREDIT - RICHARD TERMINE

New York City to Port Angeles: Opera to premiere Saturday morning

“The Hours” makes a trip through time: into three women’s lives, in… Continue reading

Soprano Renee Fleming appears in the Metropolitan Opera's "The Hours," the new production to be simulcast live at Port Angeles' Naval Elks Ballroom this Saturday. photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera Photo: Kevin Puts, Composer & Greg Pierce, Libretto THE HOURS Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara & Joyce DiDonato Phelim McDermott, Director; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor Met Orchestra and Chorus Dress Rehearsals photographed: Sunday, November 6, 2022 at The Metropolitan Opera; New York, NY. Photograph: © 2022 Richard Termine PHOTO CREDIT - RICHARD TERMINE

Program to benefit businesses and students

Grant of $1.3 million supports three-county effort