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Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

A Carlsborg man is still looking for answers after a blaze destroyed his home on New Year’s Day. Firefighters searched Monday for the… Continue reading

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home
Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV

Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV

A 5-year-old boy died New Year’s Day and four other people believed to be from the same Federal Way family were seriously… Continue reading

Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV
Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

All 20 inches of Jason Michael Rutherford Jr. rang in the new year early Sunday morning as the first baby born in… Continue reading

Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017
Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens of North Olympic Peninsula residents shocked their way into 2017 by madly rushing into frigid waters Sunday in polar bear plunges… Continue reading

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula
Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Theresa Stirling will demonstrate her painting style that uses beeswax and blow torches during Saturday’s Gallery Walk in Port Townsend. Stirling has… Continue reading

Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Chimacum schools chief outlines proposed levy to hospital board

Chimacum Schools Superintendent Rick Thompson outlined a proposed replacement levy to the Jefferson Healthcare commissioners, the first of 12 community presentations he… Continue reading

Water flow restored to Port Angeles homes while repairs mulled

Running, potable water was restored to seven households Thursday morning while city officials prepared to replace a malfunctioning stormwater pipe and repair… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.

Port Angeles water line repairs to cost $55,000

A cast-iron potable water main ruptured Tuesday night, exposing a leak in a stormwater pipe below it and prompting City Manager Dan… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.
Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent

Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent

Bella’s back is broken. Her grandfather’s back is broken. Her grandmother was in a coma Tuesday. Her cousin is dead. It looks… Continue reading

Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent
Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice

Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice

The three Jefferson County commissioners have joined the Clallam County commissioners and Forks City Council in urging that the Elwha River bridge… Continue reading

Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice
Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead

Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead

The oldest member of the small population of endangered Puget Sound orcas has been missing for months and is… Continue reading

Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead
Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent

Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent

Four of five occupants of an SUV that was crushed by a falling tree as it traveled along Lake Crescent on New… Continue reading

Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent
Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops

Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops

Local farms and the businesses that rely on them struggle to meet the demand for organic produce during the winter months, but… Continue reading

Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops
An aerial photo shows the wreckage of Bernhoft’s Cessna 182 in a wooded area near Quilcene. (KOMO-News)

Two Sequim residents and two children killed in plane crash

Federal officials on Saturday scoured a Thorndyke Creek ravine where an eyewitness reported that a small aircraft “just dropped from the sky” Thursday… Continue reading

An aerial photo shows the wreckage of Bernhoft’s Cessna 182 in a wooded area near Quilcene. (KOMO-News)
Carla Parke and Jon Bernhoft

Friends of Sequim pilot, fiancee mourn

Sequim Sunrise Rotary members, friends and family are searching for answers as they mourn the loss of longtime Sequim pharmacist and pilot Jon… Continue reading

Carla Parke and Jon Bernhoft

Contributions to Peninsula Home Fund always welcome

a safety net for local residents when they suddenly face an emergency situation and can’t find help elsewhere — continues… Continue reading

Gingerbread houses on display in Port Townsend

Gingerbread houses on display in Port Townsend

The last of 10 entries into the Port Townsend annual Gingerbread House Contest are now on display, with judging for the best… Continue reading

Gingerbread houses on display in Port Townsend

Prosecutors await test results in Port Angeles pedestrian death

The Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is awaiting DNA test results on a trail of blood drops leading to the body of… Continue reading

Red-naped Sapsucker — Sally Harris

Rare red-naped sapsucker photographed near Sequim

Sally Harris had her camera focused on a Stellar’s Jay when she saw a flash of red out of the corner of her… Continue reading

Red-naped Sapsucker — Sally Harris

Federal investigators headed to Dabob Bay crash site

A team from the National Transportation Safety Board was headed this afternoon to the Dabob Bay-area site of a plane crash where… Continue reading