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Government climate report warns of worsening U.S. disasters

As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2018
  • By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
Discounts abound on Olympic Peninsula for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday

Discounts abound on Olympic Peninsula for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday

and an ice rink in downtown Port Angeles — to encourage Christmas shopping on Black… Continue reading

Discounts abound on Olympic Peninsula for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday
Port of Port Angeles wash-down facility expected to be ready by end of year

Port of Port Angeles wash-down facility expected to be ready by end of year

Workers finished pouring a concrete pad Tuesday for a waterfront vessel wash-down facility, the cornerstone feature of the Port of Port Angeles’… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles wash-down facility expected to be ready by end of year
Tarboo Ridge Coalition claims D’Amico making changes at planned shooting range site

Tarboo Ridge Coalition claims D’Amico making changes at planned shooting range site

Members of the Tarboo Ridge Coalition on Monday told the Jefferson County commissioners that Joe D’Amico has been making changes at the… Continue reading

Tarboo Ridge Coalition claims D’Amico making changes at planned shooting range site

Trial briefs, jury instructions expected today in Clallam harassment case

Trial briefs and jury instructions will be presented in federal court today in preparation for a Dec. 11 trial that will determine if… Continue reading

4.1 earthquake shakes Olympic Peninsula

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has shaken an area beneath Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles. The U.S. Geological… Continue reading

Finishing touches: Adventuress in final phase of restoration in Port Townsend

Finishing touches: Adventuress in final phase of restoration in Port Townsend

Local marine tradespeople are in the process of the final stage of the restoration of Adventuress, the National Historic Landmark schooner based… Continue reading

Finishing touches: Adventuress in final phase of restoration in Port Townsend

Port Angeles woman airlifted after Highway 20 wreck

A Port Angeles woman was injured and airlifted to a Seattle hospital following a Thursday night wreck on Highway 20 near Fairmount… Continue reading

Port Angeles Thanksgiving meal feeds more than a thousand

Port Angeles Thanksgiving meal feeds more than a thousand

Hundreds flocked Thursday to the Queen of Angels Community Thanksgiving Dinner, grateful in the face of hardship. Stephen McBride, 38, on the… Continue reading

Port Angeles Thanksgiving meal feeds more than a thousand
Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center hosts hundreds for Thanksgiving

Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center hosts hundreds for Thanksgiving

It may have been raining outside, but it was warm inside as the aromas of Thanksgiving filled the Tri-Area Community Center on Thursday,… Continue reading

Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center hosts hundreds for Thanksgiving

Grant aids fundraising for new Boys & Girls Club facility

A $300,000 grant has boosted efforts to build a new Port Angeles clubhouse for Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Vessel breaks free from anchor, smashes into Port of Port Townsend breakwater

Vessel breaks free from anchor, smashes into Port of Port Townsend breakwater

The state Department of Ecology said Thursday that any fuel spilled when a boat broke free from its anchor in Port Townsend… Continue reading

Vessel breaks free from anchor, smashes into Port of Port Townsend breakwater

OMC approves budget with cuts: Hospital to lose $1.7 million in Medicare reimbursement

Olympic Medical Center commissioners Wednesday approved a 2019 budget that addresses the $1.7 million loss the hospital faces as a result of… Continue reading

Free community feasts offered today in Clallam

Free community feasts offered today in Clallam

Free community feasts are planned in Clallam County today. One feast was offered by the Salvation Army in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Also on Thanksgiving… Continue reading

Free community feasts offered today in Clallam
Jeannie McMacken/Peninsula Daily News                                St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend served a record number of meals Wednesday as part of its Wednesday Just Soup program. Volunteers Erica Bauermeister, left, and Anna Wilke served up a full Thanksgiving feast prepared by members of the congregation.

Traditional Thanksgiving dinners slated in Jefferson

Free community feasts are planned in Jefferson County today. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend hosted a traditional Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday. Most other meals… Continue reading

Jeannie McMacken/Peninsula Daily News                                St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend served a record number of meals Wednesday as part of its Wednesday Just Soup program. Volunteers Erica Bauermeister, left, and Anna Wilke served up a full Thanksgiving feast prepared by members of the congregation.
Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County

Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County

Electrical power was lost midday Wednesday throughout almost all of East Jefferson County as an uprooted tree fell onto transmission lines in… Continue reading

Electricity out briefly for most in East Jefferson County
Fire destroys poet’s Port Angeles home

Fire destroys poet’s Port Angeles home

A rural residence east of Port Angeles was destroyed by a fire Tuesday afternoon after flames that began in the daylight basement… Continue reading

Fire destroys poet’s Port Angeles home

Clallam County taps chief financial officer

Clallam County has made a conditional offer of employment for its new chief financial officer position, Interim County Administrator Rich Sill told… Continue reading

Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

Ridership has greatly increased in the past year on the Washington State Ferries route between Port Townsend and Coupeville. “Ridership on the… Continue reading

Ridership up on Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry

Housing agreement approved by Jefferson County, Port Townsend

The Jefferson County commissioners and the Port Townsend City Council have unanimously approved an updated interlocal agreement supporting affordable housing and housing… Continue reading