Home

Coronavirus

Clallam County sees COVID-19 rates drop into moderate-risk category

Jefferson County reports increase in cases

Recovery of Aleutian Isle vessel is delayed

The fishing vessel Aleutian Isle won’t be barged to a mainland facility until later this week, the Coast Guard said in… Continue reading

Viewpoint to be named for late Olympic Discovery Trail advocate

Project backers hope to open it next year

Man arrested after incident briefly locks down Port Angeles High School

Man arrested; no injuries reported

Clallam County Poet Laureate program launched

Applications open Oct. 17

Clallam County Search and Rescue crews walk the beach at Dungeness Spit on Friday. The sheriff’s office suspects the remains found are from a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island on Sept. 4. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

Dungeness Spit torso suspected to be from seaplane crash

Discovery on beach under investigation

Clallam County Search and Rescue crews walk the beach at Dungeness Spit on Friday. The sheriff’s office suspects the remains found are from a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island on Sept. 4. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

Electric Vehicle Expo to offer information

Panel discussions set for Oct. 8 event

Jackson Chapman, 3, of Sequim plays with a model train display during the 22nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet on Saturday at the Home Arts Building at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The two-day event, hosted by the North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders, featured a variety of model railroad sets and accessories for sale or trade, as well as operating train layouts on display. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Photo and video

Model trains

Jackson Chapman, 3, of Sequim plays with a model train display during the 22nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet on Saturday at the Home… Continue reading

Jackson Chapman, 3, of Sequim plays with a model train display during the 22nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet on Saturday at the Home Arts Building at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The two-day event, hosted by the North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders, featured a variety of model railroad sets and accessories for sale or trade, as well as operating train layouts on display. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The Aleutian Isle lays on its side suspended by crane after being lifted to the surface on Saturday. (Canada Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans)

Sunken vessel lifted from depths of Haro Strait

Aleutian Isle fishing boat sank on Aug. 13

The Aleutian Isle lays on its side suspended by crane after being lifted to the surface on Saturday. (Canada Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A pleasure boat sits aground on the north side of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Friday.

Cabin cruiser washes onto Ediz Hook

No environmental threat, said Coast Guard, DOE

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A pleasure boat sits aground on the north side of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Friday.
The Creative Alliance of Fort Worden members are pictured, top row, from left, Heron Scott, Port Townsend School of Woodworking; Renee Klein, Madrona MindBody Institute; Robert Ambrose and Kate Ingram, KPTZ; with, far right David Timmons, Fort Worden Public Development Authority. middle row, from left, Joseph Bednarik, Copper Canyon Press; Rob Birman, Centrum; George Knotek, Copper Canyon Press; and bottom row, from left, Randy Arent, Corvidae Press; and Teresa Verraes, Northwind Art.

Creative Alliance ‘historic’

Nonprofits to invest in Fort Worden

The Creative Alliance of Fort Worden members are pictured, top row, from left, Heron Scott, Port Townsend School of Woodworking; Renee Klein, Madrona MindBody Institute; Robert Ambrose and Kate Ingram, KPTZ; with, far right David Timmons, Fort Worden Public Development Authority. middle row, from left, Joseph Bednarik, Copper Canyon Press; Rob Birman, Centrum; George Knotek, Copper Canyon Press; and bottom row, from left, Randy Arent, Corvidae Press; and Teresa Verraes, Northwind Art.
iona-fyfe-by-elly-lucas

Performer illustrates singing traditions of northeast Scotland

Folks singer advocate for Scots language

iona-fyfe-by-elly-lucas
Ruby Beach has reopened to the public after improvements were completed. NPS Photo

Ruby Beach reopens after upgrades

The Ruby Beach parking area and access road at Olympic National Park has reopened after a three-month closure. Ruby Beach reopened on… Continue reading

Ruby Beach has reopened to the public after improvements were completed. NPS Photo

YMCA eyeing 2024 for early learning center

$4.5M facility to serve up to 92 children

Jefferson County Historical Society to honor historic preservation projects

Eleven awards noted on Saturday at Ajax Cafe

Jefferson County PUD commissioners consider broadband loan

With concerns about debt load, commissioners look for funding options

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber, sixth from the left, and other council members and port commissioners toss a ceremonial golden shovel of dirt to break ground on the Point Hudson jetty replacement project on Wednesday at the northern breakwater of the Point Hudson Marina. The marina will reopen in March 2023. After next year’s Wooden Boat Festival, the south breakwater will receive the same treatment. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Long-awaited Port Townsend jetty project begins

Marina slated to reopen in March 2023

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber, sixth from the left, and other council members and port commissioners toss a ceremonial golden shovel of dirt to break ground on the Point Hudson jetty replacement project on Wednesday at the northern breakwater of the Point Hudson Marina. The marina will reopen in March 2023. After next year’s Wooden Boat Festival, the south breakwater will receive the same treatment. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Waterleaf Architecture created this latest rendering of the downtown Port Angeles hotel planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to start site work on Port Angeles hotel

Project manager expects minimal impact on downtown traffic

Waterleaf Architecture created this latest rendering of the downtown Port Angeles hotel planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
Wind Child, skippered by Rudy Heessels, one of the perennial participants in the annual Reach and Row for Hospice, competes in a Duck Dodge race in August. Heessels’ crew in this race included Charlie Roberts, Mylo Hauptli and Leon Skerbeck. (Fran Thompson)

Reach, Row for Hospice to set sail this weekend

Annual fundraiser to be conducted on Sequim Bay

Wind Child, skippered by Rudy Heessels, one of the perennial participants in the annual Reach and Row for Hospice, competes in a Duck Dodge race in August. Heessels’ crew in this race included Charlie Roberts, Mylo Hauptli and Leon Skerbeck. (Fran Thompson)
Fencing surrounds the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles after parks department officials closed the equipment because of play surface tiles that are shrinking and becoming dislodged. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Shane Park playground closed for repairs

Dislodged tiles deemed to be a tripping hazard

Fencing surrounds the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles after parks department officials closed the equipment because of play surface tiles that are shrinking and becoming dislodged. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)