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Alternating one-way traffic near Neah Bay begins today

Travelers on state Highway 112 between Neah Bay and Sekiu will want to add more travel time to help prevent delays. Drivers… Continue reading

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off Port Angeles City Pier. The Stewarts were visiting the North Olympic Peninsula with plans for a journey to Victoria. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Visiting the Peninsula

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off… Continue reading

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off Port Angeles City Pier. The Stewarts were visiting the North Olympic Peninsula with plans for a journey to Victoria. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Vera Eksteen masters an obstacle course at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club while Hunter Brown, left, and Rome Martin look on. (Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula)

Boys Girls Clubs launch new Project L.A.N.E. lifestyle program

Initiative named in honor of late community advocate

Vera Eksteen masters an obstacle course at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club while Hunter Brown, left, and Rome Martin look on. (Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula)
Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group “Inherit the Wind” actors, from left, Ron Graham, as Matthew Harrison Brady, Nikki Forrest, as Rachel Brown, Joe Schulz, as the judge, and Steve Rodeman, as Henry Drummond, rehearse a scene in Olympic Theatre Arts’ upcoming production set for Sept. 12-28 in the Gathering Hall.

OTA brings topical ‘Inherit the Wind’ to stage

Actors share connection to Scopes trial adaptation

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group “Inherit the Wind” actors, from left, Ron Graham, as Matthew Harrison Brady, Nikki Forrest, as Rachel Brown, Joe Schulz, as the judge, and Steve Rodeman, as Henry Drummond, rehearse a scene in Olympic Theatre Arts’ upcoming production set for Sept. 12-28 in the Gathering Hall.
In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim approves school contract

Firm to help with project timelines

In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Highway 101 to close near Tumwater Truck Route

U.S. Highway 101 is expected to be closed to all travelers for close to two weeks near the Tumwater Truck Route, also… Continue reading

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. About 100 people attended the vigil. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Candlelight vigil

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie… Continue reading

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. About 100 people attended the vigil. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fundraiser to benefit Olympic Medical Center cancer patients

Harvest of Hope aims to purchase equipment for Sequim clinic

Port Townsend planning for climate resilience

Recommendations will impact policy decisions for next 20 years

Port Angeles, Port Townsend ask customers to conserve water

The cities of Port Angeles and Port Townsend have declared water shortages. In response to continuously decreasing flows in the Elwha River, Port Angeles’ primary… Continue reading

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Jefferson County International Airport until 2 p.m. Sunday. Lopeman, a 1968 Port Townsend High School graduate, died in Vietnam in 1969. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Vietnam Memorial

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at… Continue reading

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Jefferson County International Airport until 2 p.m. Sunday. Lopeman, a 1968 Port Townsend High School graduate, died in Vietnam in 1969. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance ceremony on Thursday at the twin monuments at 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles. The ceremony also included a flag presentation, comments from law enforcement officials and music by the Grand Olympics Chorus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Remembering 9/11

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11,… Continue reading

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance ceremony on Thursday at the twin monuments at 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles. The ceremony also included a flag presentation, comments from law enforcement officials and music by the Grand Olympics Chorus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County to ask for center proposals

Contracts would be set by end of year

Port of Port Townsend planning $56M in projects over five years

Agency preparing to upgrade electric grid at boat yard

Waterfront district aims for Main Street inclusion

Designation would open area for grant funding

Lightning-caused fire burning west of Quilcene

A lightning-caused wildfire is burning in a remote area of the Buckhorn Wilderness in Olympic National Forest. U.S. Forest Service fire managers located… Continue reading

A crowd of about 120 people bless a totem pole and 10 cedar masks carved by the Lummi Nation’s House of Tears outside of the Capitol building in Olympia on Monday as part of the Indigenous-led campaign “Xaalh and the Way of the Masks.” The totem and masks will travel 1,700 miles between rally sites in Washington and Oregon before it’s given to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe west of Port Angeles on Sept. 20. (Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard)

Backlash mounts over proposed repeal of protections for 2M acres

Tribes, environmental advocates organizing to oppose rollback

  • Sep 11, 2025
  • By Emily Fitzgerald Washington State Standard
  • Regional News
A crowd of about 120 people bless a totem pole and 10 cedar masks carved by the Lummi Nation’s House of Tears outside of the Capitol building in Olympia on Monday as part of the Indigenous-led campaign “Xaalh and the Way of the Masks.” The totem and masks will travel 1,700 miles between rally sites in Washington and Oregon before it’s given to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe west of Port Angeles on Sept. 20. (Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard)
Siblings Grace and Ben Thompson own Kodama Farm and Food Forest. (Deja View Photography)

Jefferson County farm tour set this weekend

Organizers focus on access for all

Siblings Grace and Ben Thompson own Kodama Farm and Food Forest. (Deja View Photography)

Port Angeles movie producer premiers first film

‘Triumph of the Heart’ details final days of Catholic priest

Sunset clause added to $5 fee

Conservation district to report funding metrics