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Port of Port Angeles takes initial step in Boat Haven upgrade

Commissioners approve planning grant

Ruby Coulson of Sequim, playing as the Stanford Tree, and gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar, who competed for the Philippines’ women’s gymnastics team and is an incoming Stanford freshman, jump together in Paris during an interview promoting the university’s many Olympians. (Stanford Athletics)

Sequim woman performs as Stanford mascot at Paris Olympics

Coulson to appear as university’s ‘Tree’ through next April

Ruby Coulson of Sequim, playing as the Stanford Tree, and gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar, who competed for the Philippines’ women’s gymnastics team and is an incoming Stanford freshman, jump together in Paris during an interview promoting the university’s many Olympians. (Stanford Athletics)

2620 Road Fire reaches 81 percent containment

Transition back to DNR command set to take place on Wednesday

Clallam commissioners consider $2 million for housing project

Funding would cover 16 percent of projected cost

Members of the Sequim Guide Dogs for the Blind Puppy Club, from left, Barbara Surber, Claudine Sill with dog Phaedra, Kith Lamm with Weasley and Delores Wolfe with Timon, examine a 1947 Republic RC-3 airplane during Air Affaire on Saturday at Sequim Valley Airport. The event included food, music and a car show, as well as a variety of aircraft. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Air affaire

Members of the Sequim Guide Dogs for the Blind Puppy Club, from left, Barbara Surber, Claudine Sill with dog Phaedra, Kith Lamm with Weasley and… Continue reading

Members of the Sequim Guide Dogs for the Blind Puppy Club, from left, Barbara Surber, Claudine Sill with dog Phaedra, Kith Lamm with Weasley and Delores Wolfe with Timon, examine a 1947 Republic RC-3 airplane during Air Affaire on Saturday at Sequim Valley Airport. The event included food, music and a car show, as well as a variety of aircraft. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Chip sealing to begin today between Forks, La Push

Work crews will begin road preservation work between Forks and La Push at 6 a.m. today. The work on state Highway 110, and… Continue reading

Public safety building topic of joint meeting

The Clallam Board of Commissioners and the Port Angeles City Council will discuss the A Street basin sewer project and the joint… Continue reading

Ocean Mounts, 12, stands with his brother Ollie, 7, on Greywolf Elementary School’s new playground Quantis M2. Ocean suggested a new playground a few years ago, and Sequim School District and PTA leaders have sought funds for the project. He now attends Sequim Middle School and said he’s glad his brother and other children will get to play on the structure. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools celebrate playground installations

Crab Trap, We-Saw, Friendship Swings some of new attractions

Ocean Mounts, 12, stands with his brother Ollie, 7, on Greywolf Elementary School’s new playground Quantis M2. Ocean suggested a new playground a few years ago, and Sequim School District and PTA leaders have sought funds for the project. He now attends Sequim Middle School and said he’s glad his brother and other children will get to play on the structure. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Martha Williams, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ron Allen, CEO and chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (both seated), celebrate the signing of a co-stewardship agreement for the Dungeness and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuges on Aug. 16. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

Tribe, USFW sign pact for refuges

Jamestown to manage activities at Dungeness, Protection Island

Martha Williams, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ron Allen, CEO and chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (both seated), celebrate the signing of a co-stewardship agreement for the Dungeness and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuges on Aug. 16. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

2620 Road Fire now 15 percent contained

The 2620 Road Fire has grown to 403 acres with an increased containment at 15 percent. The Western Washington Incident Management Team provided… Continue reading

This 2020 aerial photo shows Sequim and the bypass that was opened in 1999. It deterred traffic from Washington Street in hopes of creating less congestion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Business leaders say bypass improved downtown Sequim

Traveling across city used to take 30 minutes, locals say

This 2020 aerial photo shows Sequim and the bypass that was opened in 1999. It deterred traffic from Washington Street in hopes of creating less congestion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Court decision could impact homeless camping

Counties, cities consider incorporating ways to help those impacted

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to discuss Bogachiel restoration

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Disa Wilson, guest services specialist at Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier, rinses anthropods from a filtering screen that will become food for other fish in the center’s public displays. The center offers visitors a chance to see and touch numerous forms of marine life, along with other interactive displays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Filter food

Disa Wilson, guest services specialist at Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier, rinses anthropods from a filtering screen that will become food… Continue reading

Disa Wilson, guest services specialist at Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier, rinses anthropods from a filtering screen that will become food for other fish in the center’s public displays. The center offers visitors a chance to see and touch numerous forms of marine life, along with other interactive displays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles soliciting feedback for comprehensive plan update

State-required policy to address housing, transportation, more

Quilcene boy recovering after collision

Fundraiser brings in nearly $22K of $25K goal

Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Back to School Fair set for today

With the start of school just days away, Sequim’s annual Back to School Fair will look to help students in all grades be… Continue reading

Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure to the public. The tower was closed in November 2023 due to safety issues and structural concerns, prompting numerous repairs. Funding for the work, totaling more than $650,000, came from city lodging tax. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tower opens in Port Angeles

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure… Continue reading

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure to the public. The tower was closed in November 2023 due to safety issues and structural concerns, prompting numerous repairs. Funding for the work, totaling more than $650,000, came from city lodging tax. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)