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Memorial Day remembrance set for Sunday at Captain Joseph House

The Captain Joseph House Foundation will conduct a memorial service at 2 p.m. Sunday. The ceremony, which includes a flyover by the U.S. Coast Guard,… Continue reading

Dahlia expert Harold Jensen works with Cecile Culp on plant starts for the Quilcene Brinnon Garden Club's big plant sale Saturday and Sunday at the Brinnon Community Center. 
photo by Laurie Mattson

Pancakes, flowers replace ShrimpFest

Plant sale supplants canceled festival

Dahlia expert Harold Jensen works with Cecile Culp on plant starts for the Quilcene Brinnon Garden Club's big plant sale Saturday and Sunday at the Brinnon Community Center. 
photo by Laurie Mattson
Bicyclists ride through a recent slide area at milepost 3.5 on the Waterfront Trail on Wednesday near Four Seasons Ranch east of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Bicyclists ride through a recent slide area at milepost 3.5 on the Waterfront Trail on Wednesday near Four Seasons Ranch east of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Another COVID death reported on North Olympic Peninsula

Fourth death in Jefferson County; 15 total in two-county region

Alleged: Gun pointed in state park dispute

Kingston woman charged with second-degree assault

Crews to reopen a portion of Highway 112 on Friday

At 9 a.m. Friday, travelers will regain access to almost six miles of state Highway 112 that have been closed for five months.… Continue reading

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Flurry of job action at Port of Port Angeles

Executive director signs new contract

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Hayley Sharpe, owner of MOSS, left, talks with Kayla Oakes, executive director of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, on Tuesday next to a display of festival merchandise offered at the downtown Port Angeles shop. The festival’s concerts and street fair return to the Vern Burton Community Center this Friday through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Juan de Fuca Festival in person, online, outdoors

Hybrid event offers extended virtual concert viewing

Hayley Sharpe, owner of MOSS, left, talks with Kayla Oakes, executive director of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, on Tuesday next to a display of festival merchandise offered at the downtown Port Angeles shop. The festival’s concerts and street fair return to the Vern Burton Community Center this Friday through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Employers chafe over lack of workers

Issues cited: Child care, housing, ‘funemployment’

Injured hiker rescued after fall down 300-foot ice chute

A search and rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island negotiated an 800-foot climb to rescue an injured 71-year-old hiker… Continue reading

More beaches open for shellfish harvesting

Recreational shellfish harvesting is open on Strait of Juan de Fuca beaches from Lyre River east to Discovery Bay, which is closed for all species… Continue reading

Search and Rescue team members used the Dosewallips State Park’s field as their command post for the multi-agency rescue of two hikers who had fallen down the Brothers Mountain on Sunday afternoon. Teams from Jefferson Search and Rescue, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue and Olympic Mountain Rescue responded to the emergency. (Jefferson Search and Rescue)

Seattle hiker dies during Brothers Mountain hike

Woman lost footing, fell into crevasse

Search and Rescue team members used the Dosewallips State Park’s field as their command post for the multi-agency rescue of two hikers who had fallen down the Brothers Mountain on Sunday afternoon. Teams from Jefferson Search and Rescue, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue and Olympic Mountain Rescue responded to the emergency. (Jefferson Search and Rescue)
Julia Buggy of Sequim knees on a flatbed trailer as she lays her hands on a traveling totem created by carvers from the Lummi Nation during a stop on Tuesday at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Totem pole welcomed before summer’s journey

Lummi carving to travel from Washington state to Washington, D.C.

Julia Buggy of Sequim knees on a flatbed trailer as she lays her hands on a traveling totem created by carvers from the Lummi Nation during a stop on Tuesday at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)