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Registration open for Washington Coast Cleanup

Registration open for Washington Coast Cleanup

Registration is open now for the Washington Coast Cleanup on April 29. Every April for the past 10 years, Washington CoastSavers and its partners and… Continue reading

Registration open for Washington Coast Cleanup
Above-average Olympic snowpack holding firm as spring begins

Above-average Olympic snowpack holding firm as spring begins

An above-average winter snowpack is holding firm in the Olympic Mountains, a water supply specialist said. Olympic snowpack was 112 percent of… Continue reading

Above-average Olympic snowpack holding firm as spring begins
Groups addressing details of new Port Townsend homeless shelter

Groups addressing details of new Port Townsend homeless shelter

Representatives from a number of local organizations are tackling the logistics of a new year-round homeless shelter, which is planned as an… Continue reading

Groups addressing details of new Port Townsend homeless shelter
Pennies for Quarters finds property for tiny homes community to help vets

Pennies for Quarters finds property for tiny homes community to help vets

An organization aiming to help homeless veterans get back onto their feet has found a 22-acre property in Port Angeles on which… Continue reading

Pennies for Quarters finds property for tiny homes community to help vets
LIHEAP utility funds on the line with Trump budget

LIHEAP utility funds on the line with Trump budget

Nearly 3,200 people across the North Olympic Peninsula could lose funding that helps pay utility bills if Congress adopts President Donald J.… Continue reading

LIHEAP utility funds on the line with Trump budget
Cars make their way around a curve on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent west of Port Angeles earlier this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Contract awarded for Lake Crescent’s Highway 101 rehab project

Construction will get underway in late April under a traffic-disrupting, three-year contract to repave and restore the Lake Crescent Road portion of… Continue reading

Cars make their way around a curve on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent west of Port Angeles earlier this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The industrial water treatment plant along the Elwha River, shown at left in this 2012 aerial photo, is the subject of a dispute between the city of Port Angeles and the National Park Service.

Port Angeles to sue Park Service in dispute over Elwha River water facilities

The Port Angeles City Council has set the stage for filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the National Park Service.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The industrial water treatment plant along the Elwha River, shown at left in this 2012 aerial photo, is the subject of a dispute between the city of Port Angeles and the National Park Service.
Heated bunkhouses are under construction at Camp Beausite NW in Chimacum. They will be ready for the next season of campers.

Camp Beausite NW builds bunkhouses in time for summer camp

Campers with special needs who attend summer camp at Camp Beausite NW this summer will sleep in brand-new heated bunkhouses instead of tents.… Continue reading

Heated bunkhouses are under construction at Camp Beausite NW in Chimacum. They will be ready for the next season of campers.
Project to test forest management techniques in Olympic Experimental State Forest

Project to test forest management techniques in Olympic Experimental State Forest

Researchers are preparing for a large-scale forest management experiment in the Olympic Experimental State Forest with hopes of benefiting the environment, economy… Continue reading

Project to test forest management techniques in Olympic Experimental State Forest
Deadlines near for Port Townsend Main Street loans

Deadlines near for Port Townsend Main Street loans

Deadlines for the Port Townsend Main Street Program’s small-business loans are quickly approaching. Applications are due March 31 for federal Housing and… Continue reading

Deadlines near for Port Townsend Main Street loans
Environmentalists warn about Trump’s Puget Sound budget cuts

Environmentalists warn about Trump’s Puget Sound budget cuts

State officials, environmental advocates and others are warning of dire environmental and economic consequences if President Donald… Continue reading

Environmentalists warn about Trump’s Puget Sound budget cuts
Peninsula backs development of cross-state trail system

Peninsula backs development of cross-state trail system

Clallam County has joined 40 municipalities on both sides of the Cascade Mountains that have backed the development of a cross-state trail… Continue reading

Peninsula backs development of cross-state trail system
Donations pour in after scholarship fund stolen from Joyce cafe

Donations pour in after scholarship fund stolen from Joyce cafe

The owner of Joyce’s Blackberry Cafe was brought to tears after customers from across the North Olympic Peninsula more than doubled a scholarship… Continue reading

Donations pour in after scholarship fund stolen from Joyce cafe
Film from former Port Townsend resident deals with Salish Sea, climate change

Film from former Port Townsend resident deals with Salish Sea, climate change

Former Port Townsend resident Ian Hinkle hopes his film “Reaching Blue” stirs discussion on climate change. “For a lot of people, discussions… Continue reading

Film from former Port Townsend resident deals with Salish Sea, climate change
Sea lion necropsy unearths surprising cancer finding

Sea lion necropsy unearths surprising cancer finding

Old age beached a Steller sea lion that was euthanized after it was found dying on shore in January, but a finding… Continue reading

Sea lion necropsy unearths surprising cancer finding
Friends remember Hoh pioneer Elsa Schmidt

Friends remember Hoh pioneer Elsa Schmidt

Friends of Hoh pioneer Elsa Schmidt are remembering her love of the outdoors and self-reliance on what would have been her 98th birthday… Continue reading

Friends remember Hoh pioneer Elsa Schmidt
Jig & Lure restaurant hopes sink as new business model folds

Jig & Lure restaurant hopes sink as new business model folds

When a Port Angeles East Boat Haven restaurant was sold March 12, 2016, to Vancouver-based Art and Soul Hospitality LLC, new owners… Continue reading

Jig & Lure restaurant hopes sink as new business model folds
Gold, silver stolen from Kala Point home found in Everett

Gold, silver stolen from Kala Point home found in Everett

A collection of gold and silver worth an estimated $115,000 that was stolen from a Kala Point home in February was found by… Continue reading

Gold, silver stolen from Kala Point home found in Everett
Joyce cafe owner putting away donation jar after burglaries

Joyce cafe owner putting away donation jar after burglaries

The owner of Joyce’s Blackberry Cafe is so frustrated by break-ins and thefts of donations that she is no longer putting her donation… Continue reading

Joyce cafe owner putting away donation jar after burglaries
Sequim resident wins Coast Guard’s Enlisted Person of the Year award

Sequim resident wins Coast Guard’s Enlisted Person of the Year award

Petty Officer 1st Class Tara Dodd of Sequim has received the Enlisted Person of the Year award for the 13th Coast Guard District.… Continue reading

Sequim resident wins Coast Guard’s Enlisted Person of the Year award