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Quillayute Valley School District maintenance and facilities manager Bill Henderson, left, and Superintendent Diana Reaume check out the site on campus where new softball and baseball fields will be constructed. The $3 million project is scheduled to open sometime in 2026. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Forks baseball, softball teams to get new fields

State grant to help fund $3 million project

Quillayute Valley School District maintenance and facilities manager Bill Henderson, left, and Superintendent Diana Reaume check out the site on campus where new softball and baseball fields will be constructed. The $3 million project is scheduled to open sometime in 2026. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Legislative conversations focus on federal changes

State-level housing bills also top priority

Potential solution coming to fix Hoh Road

Commissioner: Past sources not an option

Child, 5, dies in fire; 1-year-old flown to Seattle

Fire agencies respond to blaze on Gasman Road

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival Sun Fun Color Run take off from the starting line on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields near Carrie Blake Park. The two-day festival featured numerous activities, food, music and a drone show on Saturday night. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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And they’re off

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival Sun Fun Color Run take off from the starting line on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields near… Continue reading

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival Sun Fun Color Run take off from the starting line on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields near Carrie Blake Park. The two-day festival featured numerous activities, food, music and a drone show on Saturday night. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Residents expressed concerns on Feb. 27 to Sequim’s hearing examiner that improvements should be made to West Brownfield Road before any developments go in nearby. City staff said they’re negotiating with a developer to pay some of the costs to realign and repair the road so it’s safer and has better drainage. The funds would be refunded if they’re not used by the city within five years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Examiner to rule on two projects

Neighbors seek improvements before one moves forward

Residents expressed concerns on Feb. 27 to Sequim’s hearing examiner that improvements should be made to West Brownfield Road before any developments go in nearby. City staff said they’re negotiating with a developer to pay some of the costs to realign and repair the road so it’s safer and has better drainage. The funds would be refunded if they’re not used by the city within five years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
A volunteer helps at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge detect and trap European green crab. The refuge seeks more volunteers for various shifts from April to September or October by emailing Volunteer Coordinator Leshell Michaluk-Bergan at leshell@dungenessrivercenter.org. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

Jamestown Tribe seeks volunteers for green crab detection

Invasive species continues to be found across Peninsula waterways

A volunteer helps at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge detect and trap European green crab. The refuge seeks more volunteers for various shifts from April to September or October by emailing Volunteer Coordinator Leshell Michaluk-Bergan at leshell@dungenessrivercenter.org. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)
A new parking lot for Sequim city staff is slated to be finished sometime this summer. City council members agreed to a contract with Hoch Construction of Port Angeles to build the lot. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim contracts to build new parking lot

Spots to be open to public on weekends

A new parking lot for Sequim city staff is slated to be finished sometime this summer. City council members agreed to a contract with Hoch Construction of Port Angeles to build the lot. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Deputy to patrol south Jefferson County

Internal candidates to interview for role

Lucas Niclas, 23 months, hangs onto to the leg of his father, Ben Niclas of Sequim, as they make their way around the pump track on Friday at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were on a family outing to the popular attraction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Going for a ride

Lucas Niclas, 23 months, hangs onto to the leg of his father, Ben Niclas of Sequim, as they make their way around the pump track… Continue reading

Lucas Niclas, 23 months, hangs onto to the leg of his father, Ben Niclas of Sequim, as they make their way around the pump track on Friday at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were on a family outing to the popular attraction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Murder trial rescheduled for October

Both sides waiting for forensic testing results

Port Angeles work plan identifies 81 projects tied to vision, objectives

Areas include community resilience, optimization, housing, infrastructure

Road construction begins on Eighth Street in Port Angeles

Project expected to take several months

A bicyclist out on a Thursday afternoon ride reaches the trailhead along the Larry Scott Trail. The Port of Port Townsend is working to have cleaner water coming from the boatyard with a stormwater improvement project in the area. The project is designed to improve the environmental conditions of the working waterfront, which provides 20 percent of the jobs in Jefferson County. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Stormwater project

A bicyclist out on a Thursday afternoon ride reaches the trailhead along the Larry Scott Trail. The Port of Port Townsend is working to have… Continue reading

A bicyclist out on a Thursday afternoon ride reaches the trailhead along the Larry Scott Trail. The Port of Port Townsend is working to have cleaner water coming from the boatyard with a stormwater improvement project in the area. The project is designed to improve the environmental conditions of the working waterfront, which provides 20 percent of the jobs in Jefferson County. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Lobbyist: State looking at cuts, revenue to solve shortfall

Impact expected in education, property tax, trust lands

Michelle Olsen.

Olsen hired for Port Angeles School District’s top job

New superintendent in district for 23 years

Michelle Olsen.

PA teen’s body rejecting heart transplant

Landon Smith readmitted to Seattle hospital

Penney Sanders.

Sanders to fill hospital position

Unexpired term to be on ballot

Penney Sanders.
Joseph Prince takes a photo of a hoodie jacket on Wednesday on a small hill overlooking the entrance to John Wayne Marina near Sequim. Prince, a member of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, said the weather was ideal for adding items to the catalog of his online vintage clothing business. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Vintage clothes

Joseph Prince takes a photo of a hoodie jacket on Wednesday on a small hill overlooking the entrance to John Wayne Marina near Sequim. Prince,… Continue reading

Joseph Prince takes a photo of a hoodie jacket on Wednesday on a small hill overlooking the entrance to John Wayne Marina near Sequim. Prince, a member of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, said the weather was ideal for adding items to the catalog of his online vintage clothing business. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Business association says DNR violated its legal responsibility

Argument could be grounds to file lawsuit against state