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Serenity House seeking new executive director after resignation

Serenity House seeking new executive director after resignation

Twelve people have applied so far, but the board said it is looking for candidates who are better qualified.

Serenity House seeking new executive director after resignation
Crews examining erosion at Elwha River bridge to cause series of Highway 101 closures
Crews examining erosion at Elwha River bridge to cause series of Highway 101 closures
Design is approved for new Port Townsend school

Design is approved for new Port Townsend school

Grant Street Elementary is expected to open in 2018.

Design is approved for new Port Townsend school
Quilcene celebrates remodeled tennis, basketball courts with ribbon-cutting

Quilcene celebrates remodeled tennis, basketball courts with ribbon-cutting

Tuesday’s event was also meant to thank Clayton White, who soon will retire as campground host and maintenance manager at Quilcene Community Park and Lake Leland.

Quilcene celebrates remodeled tennis, basketball courts with ribbon-cutting

Mass-rescue drill today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca to test response

The international maritime exercise will be the first in Port Angeles and will include the Coast Guard and more than a dozen other agencies.

Allen, Perez tell students about acting’s highs and lows

Allen, Perez tell students about acting’s highs and lows

Both discussed the ups and downs of their acting careers, which are drastically different.

Allen, Perez tell students about acting’s highs and lows

Federal Way man jailed after wreck near La Push

Jeffrey Scott Alma, 30, was booked on investigation of felony hit-and-run with injury, driving under the influence, violation of a protection order and fourth-degree assault.

Jefferson County commissioner, PUD candidates discuss growth, housing

The same candidates have been invited to a candidates night in Brinnon on Monday.

Tuesday drill to practice response to maritime disaster

Port Angeles residents will see activity in the Strait off Ediz Hook and around the Port Angeles Coast Guard base beginning at about 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Olympic Medical Center CEO’s salary raised

Olympic Medical Center CEO’s salary raised

Effective Oct. 1, Eric Lewis will earn $225,000 annually, a $21,722 increase since his previous raise in 2014.

Olympic Medical Center CEO’s salary raised
Voyeurism charges urged after Facebook posting

Voyeurism charges urged after Facebook posting

The juvenile, who was not in custody Thursday, is not named because of the person’s age, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Voyeurism charges urged after Facebook posting
Julia Keegan, health services administrator, holds up a Suboxone strip, a drug the Clallam County jail uses to treat heroin and opioid addicts. The jail was the first on the West Coast and the only in the state to use medically assisted treatment for heroin addicts. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County jail breaking ground with opioid addiction treatment program

The medical team there — using Suboxone to stop inmates’ cravings for heroin — implements the only medically assisted drug treatment program inside a jail in the state.

Julia Keegan, health services administrator, holds up a Suboxone strip, a drug the Clallam County jail uses to treat heroin and opioid addicts. The jail was the first on the West Coast and the only in the state to use medically assisted treatment for heroin addicts. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Lodging tax receipts up on Peninsula, especially in Port Angeles

The city has seen a 24 percent increase in lodging taxes collected from January through August compared to 2015, recording $320,520 in revenue.

Jefferson County approves $650,000 internal loan for Undie Road work

The 0.8-mile stretch of roadway was damaged during the winter and fall due to high water levels in the Bogachiel River.

Motocross community mourns passing of Port Angeles racer

Motocross community mourns passing of Port Angeles racer

Racing association officials said Mike Procunier died doing what he loved.

Motocross community mourns passing of Port Angeles racer
Jamie Michel, Coastal Watershed Institute nearshore biologist, right, hands a pamphlet on beach restoration to CWI Executive Director Anne Shaffer while addressing visitors who turned out to catch a glimpse of the renewed Beach Lake shoreline, located just east of the Elwha River estuary. At middle is Tara McBride, CWI nearshore biologist. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

Restored expanse of beach near Elwha River shared with public

Tour comes in advance of open access for visitors to replenished Beach Lake shoreline.

Jamie Michel, Coastal Watershed Institute nearshore biologist, right, hands a pamphlet on beach restoration to CWI Executive Director Anne Shaffer while addressing visitors who turned out to catch a glimpse of the renewed Beach Lake shoreline, located just east of the Elwha River estuary. At middle is Tara McBride, CWI nearshore biologist. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)
Quilcene School wins award for its inclusive policies

Quilcene School wins award for its inclusive policies

Only 20 schools in the country received the distinction from the National Education Policy Center of University of Colorado.

Quilcene School wins award for its inclusive policies
Film festival kicks off in Port Townsend

Film festival kicks off in Port Townsend

Stars to light up what should be a sell-out success.

Film festival kicks off in Port Townsend
YMCA of Sequim sets soft, hard opening dates

YMCA of Sequim sets soft, hard opening dates

A celebration is planned Oct. 1 and a soft opening Oct. 24.

YMCA of Sequim sets soft, hard opening dates

Port Angeles man arrested in alleged robbery, assault

Law enforcement: A 39-year-old man required 17 stitches to his ear after the attack.