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Port Angeles council awards $770,000 contract for suicide barriers

Port Angeles council awards $770,000 contract for suicide barriers

In what was described as a “big win” for Port Angeles, the City Council has awarded a contract to raise suicide barriers… Continue reading

Port Angeles council awards $770,000 contract for suicide barriers
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe aims to re-establish oyster farm in Dungeness refuge

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe aims to re-establish oyster farm in Dungeness refuge

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe seeks to re-establish an oyster farm in Dungeness Bay and will have its proposal heard by the Clallam County… Continue reading

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe aims to re-establish oyster farm in Dungeness refuge
Chapman rails at House GOP, takes issue with leaders who visited area recently

Chapman rails at House GOP, takes issue with leaders who visited area recently

Rep. Mike Chapman on Tuesday fired back at state House Republican leaders who visited Port Angeles last week. “Don’t come into my… Continue reading

Chapman rails at House GOP, takes issue with leaders who visited area recently
Nurse to challenge Chapman for district state rep seat

Nurse to challenge Chapman for district state rep seat

A licensed practical nurse who spearheaded the successful drive against an affordable housing initiative in Jefferson County last November announced her candidacy… Continue reading

Nurse to challenge Chapman for district state rep seat
Naval Magazine Indian Island holding exercises this week

Naval Magazine Indian Island holding exercises this week

Naval Magazine Indian Island is conducting exercises this week in and around its facility and in Port Townsend Bay near the installation’s… Continue reading

Naval Magazine Indian Island holding exercises this week
OPNET funding held up in sanctuary cities litigation

OPNET funding held up in sanctuary cities litigation

The Department of Justice is withholding approved funding for the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team due to litigation of the federal government’s… Continue reading

OPNET funding held up in sanctuary cities litigation
Sequim man awarded Carnegie Medal for role in saving woman on Hood Canal Bridge

Sequim man awarded Carnegie Medal for role in saving woman on Hood Canal Bridge

A Sequim man who risked his life preventing a woman from jumping off the Hood Canal Bridge last year has recently earned a… Continue reading

Sequim man awarded Carnegie Medal for role in saving woman on Hood Canal Bridge
Kilmer talks with students: 6th District representative discusses congressional inaction

Kilmer talks with students: 6th District representative discusses congressional inaction

Many who attended U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer’s town hall meeting at Peninsula College expressed frustration with a congressional lack of action on… Continue reading

Kilmer talks with students: 6th District representative discusses congressional inaction
Continuing Robby’s legacy: Streett family remember Robby at showing of ‘Ready Player One’

Continuing Robby’s legacy: Streett family remember Robby at showing of ‘Ready Player One’

Twenty-six times over, it’s safe to say “Ready Player One” was Robby Streett’s favorite book. The nostalgic science fiction romp by Ernest Cline… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2018
  • By Erin Hawkins and Matthew Nash Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Continuing Robby’s legacy: Streett family remember Robby at showing of ‘Ready Player One’

Colorado man sentenced for fatal crash

A Mancos, Colo., man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a high-speed crash last July that killed Robert Streett,… Continue reading

Sedro-Woolley man found guilty of Beaver home arson, other charges

An interview with authorities, voicemail messages and traces of DNA linking Marshall Jay Lewis to the torching of his ex-girlfriend’s Beaver-area home… Continue reading

Colorado man charged in Washington Net Nanny sting

A 62-year-old Colorado man has been charged with child sex crimes through a Washington state internet sting. Ten people were arrested between… Continue reading

The National Park Service is considering raising entrance fees at Olympic National Park in an effort to work on a maintenance backlog. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Officials rethinking fee hikes: Olympic National Park officials await final plan

Olympic National Park officials are awaiting word from Washington, D.C., following reports that the… Continue reading

The National Park Service is considering raising entrance fees at Olympic National Park in an effort to work on a maintenance backlog. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson PUD to celebrate five years of providing electrical power

On Friday, the Jefferson County Public Utility District will celebrate power to the people. The Jefferson County Public Utility District (PUD) has… Continue reading

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigating stolen campaign signs

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigating stolen campaign signs

Approximately 50 Ryan McAllister campaign signs have been illegally removed from properties throughout the county in the past two weeks, according to the… Continue reading

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigating stolen campaign signs

Port Townsend bicycle rider dies of collision injuries

A 75-year-old Port Townsend bicycle rider has died of his injuries after a collision with a vehicle. The identity of the man,… Continue reading

Legislation ‘classic mistake:’ House GOP chief talks about public records, 24th District

Legislation ‘classic mistake:’ House GOP chief talks about public records, 24th District

Washington House Minority Leader J. T. Wilcox said he was wrong to support a law exempting state lawmakers from the state Public… Continue reading

Legislation ‘classic mistake:’ House GOP chief talks about public records, 24th District

Port Townsend man in fatal collision identified as local artist

A Port Townsend bicyclist who was struck by a car last week and later died from his injuries has been identified as… Continue reading

Officials: Annexation would cost Port Townsend property owners more, but provide more

If city residents approve annexation into the East Jefferson Fire District, they would pay more in property taxes — but they also… Continue reading

Port Angeles Food Bank, volunteers provide ‘Break Bags’ for students

Port Angeles Food Bank, volunteers provide ‘Break Bags’ for students

For many students, spring break means a week of rest and relaxation and no homework. For others, being out of school this… Continue reading

Port Angeles Food Bank, volunteers provide ‘Break Bags’ for students