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Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts

When Murph Gerber, 74, quilts, she likes to go big. “I mostly make king-size quilts,” she… Continue reading

Annual show’s featured quilter focuses on big show, big quilts
Victor’s Lavender Farm adds second location in Sequim

Victor’s Lavender Farm adds second location in Sequim

With the help of his family, Victor Gonzalez, owner of Victor’s Lavender Farm, looks to expand his lavender reach. Gonzalez, his brother Sergio… Continue reading

Victor’s Lavender Farm adds second location in Sequim
Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake Crescent to be reopened this weekend

Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake Crescent to be reopened this weekend

Hikers and bikers will travel through North Olympic Peninsula history when Spruce Railroad Trail reopens this weekend. Crews have nearly completed a… Continue reading

Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake Crescent to be reopened this weekend
Port Angeles artist creates portrait to comfort grieving mother

Port Angeles artist creates portrait to comfort grieving mother

When a Port Angeles artist learned about two children who died in a flash flood in Arkansas, she decided to use her… Continue reading

Port Angeles artist creates portrait to comfort grieving mother
Boat-building school aims to save Port Hadlock’s Ajax Cafe

Boat-building school aims to save Port Hadlock’s Ajax Cafe

The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building plans to purchase a small piece of property in Port Hadlock that includes the now… Continue reading

Boat-building school aims to save Port Hadlock’s Ajax Cafe
Clallam County suggests routes for residents, visitors during McDonald Creek bridge closure

Clallam County suggests routes for residents, visitors during McDonald Creek bridge closure

“So far, so good.” That was Clallam County Engineer Ross Tyler’s assessment of the traffic situation one day after McDonald Creek Bridge was… Continue reading

Clallam County suggests routes for residents, visitors during McDonald Creek bridge closure
Entrance realignment for Sequim’s Carrie Blake Park set to begin mid-August

Entrance realignment for Sequim’s Carrie Blake Park set to begin mid-August

Construction will soon begin to realign the entrance to Carrie Blake Park. Sequim city engineer Matt Klontz said construction tentatively will begin in… Continue reading

Entrance realignment for Sequim’s Carrie Blake Park set to begin mid-August
Port Townsend’s Concerts on the Dock offer upgrades in bid to reduce waste

Port Townsend’s Concerts on the Dock offer upgrades in bid to reduce waste

The Port Townsend Main Street Program’s annual summer concert series is going green with stainless steel and clay cups. “Recycling has always… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s Concerts on the Dock offer upgrades in bid to reduce waste
Kyle Wagner, a PenCom Communications officer receives and dispatches calls from the Port Angeles office at 321 E. Fifth St. (Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Draft plan for PenCom, JeffCom merger expected by end of month

Emergency dispatch services for Clallam and Jefferson counties are getting closer to becoming a regional entity. Clallam County Peninsula Communications [PenCom] and JeffCom 911 Communications… Continue reading

Kyle Wagner, a PenCom Communications officer receives and dispatches calls from the Port Angeles office at 321 E. Fifth St. (Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Tree removal clears path for airlifts, commercial service at Fairchild

Tree removal clears path for airlifts, commercial service at Fairchild

A federal flight restriction that blocked nighttime fixed-wing emergency airlift and commercial delivery services at Fairchild International Airport is expected to be… Continue reading

Tree removal clears path for airlifts, commercial service at Fairchild
Navy to host Deer Run at Naval Magazine Indian Island on Saturday

Navy to host Deer Run at Naval Magazine Indian Island on Saturday

Naval Magazine Indian Island will host its annual Deer Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, one of the few times Indian Island is… Continue reading

Navy to host Deer Run at Naval Magazine Indian Island on Saturday
Last team makes it over the finish line in Race to Alaska

Last team makes it over the finish line in Race to Alaska

The last boat in the race, Team Oaracle, has crossed the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, marking the end of the third… Continue reading

Last team makes it over the finish line in Race to Alaska
Longtime downtown Sequim business Over the Fence listed for sale

Longtime downtown Sequim business Over the Fence listed for sale

For more than two decades, Over the Fence has been an anchor in downtown Sequim. Now the owners of the business at 112… Continue reading

Longtime downtown Sequim business Over the Fence listed for sale
Serenity House “reaching out’ with program to get panhandlers off the street

Serenity House “reaching out’ with program to get panhandlers off the street

Serenity House is putting panhandlers to work as part of a grant-funded program that aims to get them off the street. Operations… Continue reading

Serenity House “reaching out’ with program to get panhandlers off the street
Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Port Angeles Police Officer Kyle Cooper pets a female deer that was stuck between two fence posts downtown Monday. Port Angeles firefighters used the Jaws of Life to separate the posts and set the doe free at about 12:30 p.m. The doe appeared to have attempted to jump through the gap between fence posts at the intersection of Marine Drive and Front Street, but its hips couldn’t make it through. “Never have I seen anything like that,” he said. Cooper said the deer appeared mostly unharmed, with minor skin injuries.

Woe, a deer: First responders free animal from fence

The Port Angeles Fire Department came to the rescue when a passerby discovered a female deer stuck between two fence posts in… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News                                Port Angeles Police Officer Kyle Cooper pets a female deer that was stuck between two fence posts downtown Monday. Port Angeles firefighters used the Jaws of Life to separate the posts and set the doe free at about 12:30 p.m. The doe appeared to have attempted to jump through the gap between fence posts at the intersection of Marine Drive and Front Street, but its hips couldn’t make it through. “Never have I seen anything like that,” he said. Cooper said the deer appeared mostly unharmed, with minor skin injuries.
Olympic Game Farm adds two timber wolf puppies

Olympic Game Farm adds two timber wolf puppies

Grace and Tonka, a sister and brother pair of timber wolf puppies will soon join the rest of the wolf pack at the… Continue reading

Olympic Game Farm adds two timber wolf puppies
Jardin du Soleil’s Jungible Music Series returns

Jardin du Soleil’s Jungible Music Series returns

Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm brings back its weekly concert series, the Jungible Summer Music Series,… Continue reading

Jardin du Soleil’s Jungible Music Series returns
Filmmaker Morgan Neville to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

Filmmaker Morgan Neville to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville will be the special guest at September’s Port Townsend Film Festival. “We are tremendously excited that Morgan… Continue reading

Filmmaker Morgan Neville to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest
Hoh elder to give canoe to ONRC in Forks

Hoh elder to give canoe to ONRC in Forks

The Olympic Natural Resources Center will host a celebration as Viola Penn Riebe gifts her canoe, The Viola, to the center at noon… Continue reading

Hoh elder to give canoe to ONRC in Forks
Study links at-risk orcas’ failed pregnancies to scarce food

Study links at-risk orcas’ failed pregnancies to scarce food

Endangered orcas that frequent the inland waters of Washington state are having pregnancy problems because they cannot… Continue reading

Study links at-risk orcas’ failed pregnancies to scarce food