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PHOTO GALLERY: Irrigation Festival’s ‘122 Skies of Blue’ lights up Sequim

PHOTO GALLERY: Irrigation Festival’s ‘122 Skies of Blue’ lights up Sequim

Competitions of strength and skill, fireworks and a 105-piece parade will be highlights of the 122nd Sequim Irrigation Festival grand finale this weekend.… Continue reading

PHOTO GALLERY: Irrigation Festival’s ‘122 Skies of Blue’ lights up Sequim
Henry Hazen, a 2017 Heart of Service Award recipient, stands by the 30-foot-long boat, EPIC, that he helped construct by mentoring students at Community Boat Project in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sterling service: Six Jefferson County heroes to be honored

Six volunteers — one of them a teen — will be honored with the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for 2017… Continue reading

Henry Hazen, a 2017 Heart of Service Award recipient, stands by the 30-foot-long boat, EPIC, that he helped construct by mentoring students at Community Boat Project in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration of more than 10,000 acres of habitat… Continue reading

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River
New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration of more than 10,000 acres of habitat… Continue reading

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

Candidates start filing for slew of public offices in Clallam

Candidates began filing Monday for a multitude of general election offices up for grabs throughout Clallam County in the Nov. 7 general… Continue reading

Few contests emerge as filing week begins in Jefferson County

Only two positions are contested so far out of the 54 offices open in Jefferson County for the Nov. 7 general election.… Continue reading

Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

Members of the Washington Scuba Alliance want to build an artificial reef to provide marine habitat when the Point Hudson jetties are… Continue reading

Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson
Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

Washington lawmakers closed out their third week of special session and so far have little… Continue reading

Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

New program for opioid abuse planned for fall in Clallam County

Olympic Medical Physicians is working to develop a medicine-assisted treatment program for patients with opioid use disorder. It’s part of a greater… Continue reading

PUD seeing fewer than expected sign up for low-income assistance program

The Jefferson County Public Utilities District is seeing fewer people than expected enrolling in its low-income assistance program. As of Friday, 509… Continue reading

Candidate filing week begins Monday

Potential candidates for public office have their pick among 92 nonpartisan elected positions that are up for grabs in Clallam and Jefferson counties during candidate… Continue reading

Olympic National Park has draft search and rescue plan, chief says

Acting Superintendent Lee Taylor said last week that Olympic National Park has a draft plan it uses to guide search and… Continue reading

Possible hate crime in Port Angeles now Assault 4

A report last summer of a black man beaten while being called a racial slur, which was investigated as a hate crime,… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to be partner in Port Angeles arts center

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to be partner in Port Angeles arts center

The Port Angeles Waterfront Center has partnered with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, allowing the proposed performing arts center to combine local… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to be partner in Port Angeles arts center
Armed man robs Port Angeles gas station

Armed man robs Port Angeles gas station

Port Angeles police on Tuesday worked on leads from information supplied by city residents in their search for an armed man who… Continue reading

Armed man robs Port Angeles gas station
Benjamin Bonner

Attorney says Bainbridge man will plead not guilty to causing death of Sequim woman

The Bainbridge High School student who authorities say confessed to killing a 71-year-old Sequim-area children’s advocate last week will plead not guilty… Continue reading

Benjamin Bonner
Sequim Irrigation Festival’s grand finale wraps this weekend

Sequim Irrigation Festival’s grand finale wraps this weekend

Competitions of strength and skill, fireworks and a 105-piece parade will be highlights of the 122nd Sequim Irrigation Festival grand finale this weekend.… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival’s grand finale wraps this weekend
Wearable Art Show donned this weekend in Port Townsend

Wearable Art Show donned this weekend in Port Townsend

This year’s Port Townsend Wearable Art Show will feature 48 creations by 40 artists that will take the stage Saturday for the… Continue reading

Wearable Art Show donned this weekend in Port Townsend
Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved

Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved

Power will be out in some areas of Port Townsend for several hours today and sections of streets will be closed while… Continue reading

Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved
Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale

Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale

Building on a 122-year-old tradition, the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Finale Weekend will commence today and continue through the weekend. Consistent with this… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale