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Volunteers hand out information to aid crabbing

Two organizations are teaming up to help educate crabbers to cut back on the number of crab pots that are lost each… Continue reading

Apple pie contest volunteers, from left, Sally Fulton, Iantha Frazer and Edna Petersen sort through entries prior to judging during Independence Day festivities at Port Angeles City Pier. The contest was one of several events around Port Angeles on Tuesday, including a Fourth of July parade through the downtown area and fireworks over Port Angeles Harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles pie contest draws 40 entries on Fourth of July

The inaugural Fourth of July apple pie baking contest in Port Angeles attracted so many entries that organizers had to pull judges… Continue reading

Apple pie contest volunteers, from left, Sally Fulton, Iantha Frazer and Edna Petersen sort through entries prior to judging during Independence Day festivities at Port Angeles City Pier. The contest was one of several events around Port Angeles on Tuesday, including a Fourth of July parade through the downtown area and fireworks over Port Angeles Harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Hood Canal Bridge closures planned tonight

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic several times tonight, with each closure lasting for up to an hour. The… Continue reading

Behind the scenes: Pyrotechnician tells of prep for Port Townsend fireworks show

Behind the scenes: Pyrotechnician tells of prep for Port Townsend fireworks show

Port Townsend’s third annual Old School 4th of July fireworks are a summer staple for families in Jefferson County, but the show… Continue reading

Behind the scenes: Pyrotechnician tells of prep for Port Townsend fireworks show
Port Angeles City Council agrees to remove Lincoln Park trees from flight path

Port Angeles City Council agrees to remove Lincoln Park trees from flight path

More than 70 trees at Lincoln Park obstructing a Fairchild International Airport flight path will be cut, the Port Angeles City Council… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council agrees to remove Lincoln Park trees from flight path
Port Angeles has a new parade route this year starting on North Cedar Street, creating a loop along Marine Drive to Front Street and back to Valley Road. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Celebrations to dazzle for the Fourth of July

Celebrations will explode all over Clallam County today on the Fourth of July. The Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s Fourth of July all-day celebration will… Continue reading

Port Angeles has a new parade route this year starting on North Cedar Street, creating a loop along Marine Drive to Front Street and back to Valley Road. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County celebrations fete the Fourth

Celebrations in Jefferson County today will mark the Fourth of July. The third annual “Old School” 4th of July will be from 4 p.m. to… Continue reading

Carving option floated for tree removal at Lincoln Park

Carving option floated for tree removal at Lincoln Park

Obstructive Lincoln Park trees could become fodder for carvers instead of logging revenue for the city, city council members said this week.… Continue reading

Carving option floated for tree removal at Lincoln Park
Port Angeles police searching for man in waterfront area

Port Angeles police searching for man in waterfront area

More than a dozen officers and a canine unit were searching east Port Angeles including along the Olympic Discovery Trail this morning… Continue reading

Port Angeles police searching for man in waterfront area
Marrowstone Island barn burns

Marrowstone Island barn burns

Engulfed in flames, a large barn on Marrowstone Island was beyond saving when firefighters arrived. No one was injured in the Friday… Continue reading

Marrowstone Island barn burns
Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

Community members, city officials and business owners are working together to hone the city’s final plan for the Upper Sims Way and… Continue reading

Port Townsend workshop takes input on Upper Sims Way, Howard Street subarea

State Patrol finds officers acted to protect selves, others in killing

A State Patrol investigation has concluded law enforcement officers were protecting themselves and Beaver mobile home park residents when a Clallam County sheriff’s… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee signs a new two-year state operating budget Friday at the Capitol in Olympia. The budget was approved by the Legislature earlier in the day, just in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press

Governor signs $43.7 budget deal, averting partial state government shutdown

With less than an hour to spare, Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new two-year $43.7… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee signs a new two-year state operating budget Friday at the Capitol in Olympia. The budget was approved by the Legislature earlier in the day, just in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press
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Two step into principal positions in Chimacum

Chimacum schools will be under new leadership in the 2017-18 school year with two new principals, one for the high school and another… Continue reading

Brian McKenzie

Property tax levy proposed to tackle lack of affordable housing in Jefferson County

Jefferson County commissioners will be briefed Monday about a property tax levy proposed to tackle the county’s rising housing and rental costs… Continue reading

McDonald Creek Bridge set for closure July 5 as businesses ready for impact

McDonald Creek Bridge set for closure July 5 as businesses ready for impact

McDonald Creek Bridge likely will close in the coming weeks for up to nine months for reconstruction, which could lead to an inconvenience… Continue reading

McDonald Creek Bridge set for closure July 5 as businesses ready for impact
Details of state budget plan released: Property tax, online retail sales tax among provisions

Details of state budget plan released: Property tax, online retail sales tax among provisions

A bipartisan budget agreement that has taken months to reach and addresses a court mandate… Continue reading

Details of state budget plan released: Property tax, online retail sales tax among provisions
Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about ongoing budget negotiations Tuesday in Olympia. (Rachel La Corte/The Associated Press)

Lawmakers reach budget agreement ‘in principle’; no details released

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that state lawmakers have reached agreement “in principle” on a new… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about ongoing budget negotiations Tuesday in Olympia. (Rachel La Corte/The Associated Press)
Fireworks go on sale statewide starting at noon today

Fireworks go on sale statewide starting at noon today

Fireworks go on sale at noon statewide today, but that doesn’t mean they are legal everywhere. Port Angeles is in its second year of a… Continue reading

Fireworks go on sale statewide starting at noon today

Sewer line work to close Marine Drive at Cedar Street in PA tonight

Work on a sewage pipe plug-up at Marine Drive and Cedar Street will close the intersection today starting at 7 p.m. until… Continue reading