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Joyce Daze pancake breakfast canceled

The Joyce Blackberry Daze annual pancake breakfast scheduled for Saturday has been canceled. Mike Hazelett, who organized the Crescent School District scholarship fundraiser… Continue reading

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopened four days ahead of schedule after repairs to the dock were completed.

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopens

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park has reopened for public use after the piling replacement project and repairs to the floating docks were… Continue reading

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopened four days ahead of schedule after repairs to the dock were completed.

Motorcycle rider airlifted to Seattle hospital

One motorcycle rider was airlifted to a Seattle hospital after she went into a ditch along northbound U.S. Highway 101. Jaelinn C. Farmer,… Continue reading

Motorcycle rider dies after colliding with deer

A motorcycle rider who was airlifted to a Seattle hospital following a collision with a deer earlier this month has died. Alexander L.… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District eyes two measures this fall

Operations levy, capital bond to go before voters

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of a larger safety project to improve 13 intersections across the city. Plans call for replacing signal timing equipment and inclusion of ADA-compliant curb ramps as well as sidewalk repairs around work sites. The $5.6 million project is expected to be completed by December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Rewiring traffic lights

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of… Continue reading

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of a larger safety project to improve 13 intersections across the city. Plans call for replacing signal timing equipment and inclusion of ADA-compliant curb ramps as well as sidewalk repairs around work sites. The $5.6 million project is expected to be completed by December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County commissioners re-establish animal advisory committee

Volunteer members sought with applications due Aug. 19

Clallam County Fire District 3’s newest probationary firefighters, from left, Madison Bowe, Steve Oberley, Matthew Aston and Nicole Simson, recent graduates of the State Fire Academy in Snoqualmie.

Firefighters graduate from state academy

Clallam County Fire District 3 has announced the graduation of four firefighters from the State Patrol’s fire academy in Snoqualmie. Firefighter/EMT Madison Bowe,… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 3’s newest probationary firefighters, from left, Madison Bowe, Steve Oberley, Matthew Aston and Nicole Simson, recent graduates of the State Fire Academy in Snoqualmie.

Humane Society considers options

Dogs are still available for adoption

Jefferson County fires destroy travel trailers

East Jefferson Fire Rescue responded to two fire incidents involving travel trailers within a span of three days. Both fires resulted in total… Continue reading

Mountain View Pool reopens in Port Townsend

Flooding had caused facility to be closed for more than a month

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed Conformation Show and Obedience and Rally Trials near Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured hundreds of dogs from around the region in a show of rally obedience and conformance to style, as well as a Fast CAT coursing ability testing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Dog show

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed… Continue reading

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed Conformation Show and Obedience and Rally Trials near Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured hundreds of dogs from around the region in a show of rally obedience and conformance to style, as well as a Fast CAT coursing ability testing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam considers cultural access tax

Estimated annual household cost would be $25-$30

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival set for Saturday

The Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is set for Saturday at a variety of locations in Joyce. Festivities will kick off with a… Continue reading

Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life at an activity table setup by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary during a 30th birthday party for the sanctuary at Waterfront Park. The celebration included information and activity booths from a variety of environmental stewardship groups, including the Feiro Marine Life Center, which will soon share a building at the location with the marine sanctuary. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Matching game

Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life at an activity table setup by the… Continue reading

Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life at an activity table setup by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary during a 30th birthday party for the sanctuary at Waterfront Park. The celebration included information and activity booths from a variety of environmental stewardship groups, including the Feiro Marine Life Center, which will soon share a building at the location with the marine sanctuary. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Crews work last month to expand wastewater capacity on Fourth Street in Port Angeles. (City of Port Angeles)

Port Angeles crews working on 10 construction projects in city

Signal controller upgrades, city hall parking lot among list

Crews work last month to expand wastewater capacity on Fourth Street in Port Angeles. (City of Port Angeles)

Port of Port Angeles approves public access plan

Update allows agency to be eligible for state grant funding

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Canoe lands in Port Townsend

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal… Continue reading

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Marylaura Ramponi, right, speaks with Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels following the July 15 board meeting. Facilities naming committee members were unanimous in accepting Ramponi’s $1 million donation for the district’s vocational education center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Donation to name Sequim CTE center

Sequim resident gives $1M toward project

Marylaura Ramponi, right, speaks with Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels following the July 15 board meeting. Facilities naming committee members were unanimous in accepting Ramponi’s $1 million donation for the district’s vocational education center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles City Council set to meet

The Port Angeles City Council will conduct a strategic planning work session during a special meeting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The council… Continue reading