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Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected

Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected

Efforts to bring Walter Maphalala, a 19-year-old student, from Swaziland to the Northwest have been rejected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration… Continue reading

Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected
Center for Biological Diversity threatens lawsuit over habitat protection for orcas

Center for Biological Diversity threatens lawsuit over habitat protection for orcas

A conservation group wants the federal government to move forward with protecting offshore areas along the U.S.… Continue reading

  • Jun 11, 2018
  • By Phuong Le The Associated Press
Center for Biological Diversity threatens lawsuit over habitat protection for orcas

Jefferson Healthcare breakfast to benefit hospice services

The eighth annual Hospice Foundation for Jefferson Healthcare breakfast event will feature an address by a palliative care physician along with a… Continue reading

UPDATE: Total of five people killed in explosion, fire near Brinnon

UPDATE: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said Monday morning it was a family of five that died in the explosion in Brinnon early Sunday, including… Continue reading

Legislature gives schools more money but also more earmarks

Legislature gives schools more money but also more earmarks

Public school officials from across the North Olympic Peninsula aired their concerns about school funding during a closed-door meeting with state lawmakers in… Continue reading

Legislature gives schools more money but also more earmarks
PHOTOS: Steampunk Festival rolls out adventures in Port Townsend

PHOTOS: Steampunk Festival rolls out adventures in Port Townsend

Adventures of the imagination are flourishing in Port Townsend this weekend with the Brass Screw Confederacy’s seventh annual Steampunk Festival. A hootenanny,… Continue reading

PHOTOS: Steampunk Festival rolls out adventures in Port Townsend

Court sets $100,000 bond for man accused of fourth-degree assault

A transient man charged with fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation is being held in jail on $100,000 bond. Brian Judah Michalek, 56,… Continue reading

Float dedication kicks off inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

Float dedication kicks off inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

With the tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain looming in the background, local dignitaries gathered Saturday to dedicate the new mooring… Continue reading

Float dedication kicks off inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival
Long-time Clallam County PUD commissioner suffers stroke, resigns from post

Long-time Clallam County PUD commissioner suffers stroke, resigns from post

Longtime and soon-to-be former Clallam County Public Utility District Commissioner Hugh Haffner continues to recover from a May 10 stroke, his wife… Continue reading

Long-time Clallam County PUD commissioner suffers stroke, resigns from post

Port Angeles council discusses racism after visitor’s story

A visitor’s account of a brush with racism in Port Angeles prompted a City Council discussion last week. James Hong of Seattle… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles considers levy lid lift to pay for John Wayne Marina upkeep

Port of Port Angeles considers levy lid lift to pay for John Wayne Marina upkeep

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will consider asking voters countywide to pay higher taxes to fund infrastructure improvements to John Wayne Marina… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles considers levy lid lift to pay for John Wayne Marina upkeep
Sequim man found guilty of third-degree rape

Sequim man found guilty of third-degree rape

A jury of six men and six women found the Sequim father of four school-age children guilty Thursday of raping two 14-year-old… Continue reading

Sequim man found guilty of third-degree rape

Port Angeles City Council debates review of comprehensive plan

A 4-3 majority of the Port Angeles City Council has voted to remand a comprehensive plan amendment to the city Planning Commission… Continue reading

Port Angeles school clinic scaled back for now

The school-based health center at Port Angeles High School that inspired months of impassioned debate last year has not been nearly as… Continue reading

Anderson Lake closed due to nerve toxin

Anderson Lake closed due to nerve toxin

Washington State Parks has closed Anderson Lake to recreation after high levels of the potent nerve toxin anatoxin-a were detected in a water… Continue reading

Anderson Lake closed due to nerve toxin
Ramona Ward sentenced to 26½ years in prison in boy’s killing

Ramona Ward sentenced to 26½ years in prison in boy’s killing

A Forks resident and Quileute tribal member who had pleaded guilty to homicide by abuse in the death of a 2½-year-old family… Continue reading

Ramona Ward sentenced to 26½ years in prison in boy’s killing
Official: Jefferson County readying for mediation over allegations against sheriff

Official: Jefferson County readying for mediation over allegations against sheriff

Jefferson County is preparing to enter into mediation over allegations of misconduct against Sheriff Dave Stanko, Jefferson County Administrator Philip Morley said… Continue reading

Official: Jefferson County readying for mediation over allegations against sheriff
Black Ball bicentennial to be marked at Port Angeles Maritime Festival

Black Ball bicentennial to be marked at Port Angeles Maritime Festival

The red and black flag that flies above the iconic MV Coho ferry turns 200 this year, and Black Ball Ferry Line… Continue reading

Black Ball bicentennial to be marked at Port Angeles Maritime Festival
North Olympic Healthcare Network to expand in Port Angeles

North Olympic Healthcare Network to expand in Port Angeles

North Olympic Healthcare Network will soon be able to see patients the same day they call. NOHN is preparing to open its… Continue reading

North Olympic Healthcare Network to expand in Port Angeles
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, examines a steampunk-themed metal artwork created by Peninsula College welding students, from left, Ellis Henderson of Port Townsend, and Nathan Hofer and Matthew Weaver of Port Angeles during the governor’s tour of the college’s welding class on the Port Angeles campus on Thursday. The shop tour was part of a presentation on economic opportunities and partnerships in the maritime industries on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Inslee focuses on maritime industry during tour of Peninsula

Gov. Jay Inslee visited the North Olympic Peninsula on Thursday to discuss the area’s maritime industry and celebrate a collaborative spirit among businesses, local governments,… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, examines a steampunk-themed metal artwork created by Peninsula College welding students, from left, Ellis Henderson of Port Townsend, and Nathan Hofer and Matthew Weaver of Port Angeles during the governor’s tour of the college’s welding class on the Port Angeles campus on Thursday. The shop tour was part of a presentation on economic opportunities and partnerships in the maritime industries on the North Olympic Peninsula.