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Smoke expected to clear but return in a few days

The air quality on the North Olympic Peninsula may have improved for now, but “we’re not out of the woods yet,” atmospheric… Continue reading

Expect the unexpected at Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

Expect the unexpected at Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

More than 200 wooden vessels, 120 presentations, 91 vendors and 21 bands are expected at Point Hudson Marina today through Sunday for… Continue reading

Expect the unexpected at Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

MV Kennewick to be lone ferry on Port Townsend-Coupeville route come Monday

The Port Townsend-Coupeville route will return to one-ferry service starting Monday morning, according to Washington State Ferries officials. The MV Chetzemoka, which… Continue reading

Contract to be developed for new opioid treatment program in Port Angeles

Clallam County could be getting another option for treating opioid addiction after action taken by the Salish Behavioral Health Organization. Last week,… Continue reading

Port Angeles looks to expand code enforcement through condemnation, resell

A unanimous Port Angeles City Council has agreed to add a tool to the city’s toolbox for code enforcement: condemnation and resell.… Continue reading

Port Angeles man faces charges for supergluing ATM machines

Port Angeles man faces charges for supergluing ATM machines

A 65-year-old Port Angeles man is facing sabotage and malicious mischief charges for allegedly putting glue on several ATM machines over Labor… Continue reading

Port Angeles man faces charges for supergluing ATM machines

Permanent rules for Howard Street area in Port Townsend expected in January

The Port Townsend City Council’s public hearing on interim land use rules for a portion of the Howard Street subarea was quick… Continue reading

15 states, including Washington, sue Trump administration over ending DACA

15 states, including Washington, sue Trump administration over ending DACA

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to end a program protecting young immigrants… Continue reading

15 states, including Washington, sue Trump administration over ending DACA
DACA decision stirs concern in Clallam, Jefferson counties

DACA decision stirs concern in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Immigrant rights advocates in Clallam and Jefferson counties had little faith that President Donald Trump’s impending elimination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program… Continue reading

DACA decision stirs concern in Clallam, Jefferson counties
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The sun shines behind a flagpole in front of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles at mid-morning on Tuesday as layers of smoke from wildfires in eastern Washington and Montana filter the light to shades of orange and red.

Smoke expected to clear from Olympic Peninsula by Thursday

Ash that fell as smoke across the North Olympic Peninsula obscured the sun Tuesday is expected to clear out soon. The smoke,… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The sun shines behind a flagpole in front of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles at mid-morning on Tuesday as layers of smoke from wildfires in eastern Washington and Montana filter the light to shades of orange and red.
Wooden Boat Festival welcomes sailors and the curious this weekend in Port Townsend

Wooden Boat Festival welcomes sailors and the curious this weekend in Port Townsend

The Wooden Boat Festival — featuring more than 300 boats on land and in the water, live music, local food and 120… Continue reading

Wooden Boat Festival welcomes sailors and the curious this weekend in Port Townsend

Enhanced burn ban back in Jefferson County; Natural Resources bars fires on its lands

An enhanced burn ban is back in effect in Jefferson County, and the state Department of Natural Resources has banned burning on all lands it… Continue reading

Air quality alert issued for Clallam and Jefferson counties tonight

An air quality alert has been issued for Clallam and Jefferson counties. According to the National Weather Service, smoke from wildfires in Eastern Washington and… Continue reading

Hearing to decide if accused murderer should be made to take medication

Hearing to decide if accused murderer should be made to take medication

A Bainbridge Island teen charged with killing a 71-year-old Sequim woman will have a court hearing this month to determine whether he… Continue reading

Hearing to decide if accused murderer should be made to take medication
Inslee declares state of emergency for wildfire worries; red flag warning issued

Inslee declares state of emergency for wildfire worries; red flag warning issued

As the growing Jolly Mountain Fire in Kittitas County threatens thousands of homes in Ronald and Roslyn, Gov. Jay Inslee has proclaimed… Continue reading

Inslee declares state of emergency for wildfire worries; red flag warning issued

Delays to lengthen around Lake Crescent starting Thursday

Come Thursday, it’s going to get a lot harder to travel to and from the West End. The first planned four-hour delay… Continue reading

Deputies seek vehicle that fled wreck

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating allegations that another vehicle fled the scene of a rollover wreck in Port Townsend that… Continue reading

Fort Worden Public Development Authority pursues ‘glamping’ sites

Fort Worden Public Development Authority officials plan to build “glamping” sites as new attractions to draw visitors. Fort Worden would be one… Continue reading

Port Angeles port candidate corrects record; address to be kept confidential

Port Angeles port candidate corrects record; address to be kept confidential

Michael Cobb, a candidate for Port of Port Angeles commissioner, has corrected a voter registration record of his residential address that he said… Continue reading

Port Angeles port candidate corrects record; address to be kept confidential
Port Townsend woman hurt in crash at Cape George, Nelson’s Landing roads

Port Townsend woman hurt in crash at Cape George, Nelson’s Landing roads

A Port Townsend woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a rollover wreck on the corner of Cape George… Continue reading

Port Townsend woman hurt in crash at Cape George, Nelson’s Landing roads