Clallam County eyes four locations for reservoir

Clallam County will know more about the four potential locations for the Dungeness River off-channel reservoir when it gets a draft seismic… Continue reading

Conservation Futures Fund citizen committee to elect officers

The Jefferson County Conservation Futures Fund Citizen Oversight Committee will elect new officers during a special meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The… Continue reading

Evelyn Jefferson, a crisis outreach supervisor for Lummi Nation, stands at the grave of her son Patrick George Jr., who died last September due to an overdose of street drugs containing the synthetic opioid carfentanil, at the Lummi Nation cemetery on tribal reservation lands on Feb. 8 near Bellingham. Jefferson had to wait a week to bury her son due to several other overdose deaths in the community. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)

State tribes battling a devastating opioid crisis

Legislation could provide annual funding to help

Evelyn Jefferson, a crisis outreach supervisor for Lummi Nation, stands at the grave of her son Patrick George Jr., who died last September due to an overdose of street drugs containing the synthetic opioid carfentanil, at the Lummi Nation cemetery on tribal reservation lands on Feb. 8 near Bellingham. Jefferson had to wait a week to bury her son due to several other overdose deaths in the community. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)
Tom Ferrell.

Former Sequim mayor announces resignation from council

Ferrell said work obligations overseas limit his time

Tom Ferrell.
June Claypool.

Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market names new executive director

The Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market’s board of directors has appointed June Claypool as the new executive director. With her extensive background in… Continue reading

June Claypool.

UPDATE: Spokane Valley man found dead near Highway 112

Clallam County sheriff’s deputies have identified a man found dead off state Highway 112 about 12 miles west of Joyce. Jarrett R. Wilson,… Continue reading

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Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson rises to shoot while defended by Steilacoom’s Chace McSherry during the Roughriders’ come-from-behind 63-49 bi-district tournament victory Thursday night. Port Angeles will face Enumclaw today [Saturday] in a winner-to-state, loser-out contest at 4 p.m. at Foster High School in Tukwila. For more information, see Page B1.

Port Angeles’ comeback kids

Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson rises to shoot while defended by Steilacoom’s Chace McSherry during the Roughriders’ come-from-behind 63-49 bi-district tournament victory Thursday night. Port Angeles… Continue reading

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Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson rises to shoot while defended by Steilacoom’s Chace McSherry during the Roughriders’ come-from-behind 63-49 bi-district tournament victory Thursday night. Port Angeles will face Enumclaw today [Saturday] in a winner-to-state, loser-out contest at 4 p.m. at Foster High School in Tukwila. For more information, see Page B1.

Marina in Port Townsend to reopen on March 1

Grand opening celebration set April 24

Port Angeles City Council to address STR regulations

Tuesday meeting will tackle contentious topic

Towne Road could go to bid March 26

Next update to be March 4

Animal tracks dot the otherwise smooth surface of the putting surface after a 2-inch blanket of snow fell on parts of Jefferson County on Thursday morning, including Discovery Bay Golf Course in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Animal tracks dot the otherwise smooth surface of the putting surface after a 2-inch blanket of snow fell on parts of Jefferson County on Thursday morning, including Discovery Bay Golf Course in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Everett woman dies in crash on Highway 104

A 71-year-old Everett woman died in a collision on state Highway 104 at 9:43 a.m. Thursday, according to the State Patrol. Donna M.… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles updates on John Wayne Marina, Marine Trade Center

New tariffs to take effect next month

Ethel Butler, a Sequim High graduate and longtime Olympic Peninsula resident, bequeathed nearly $1 million to the Albert Haller Foundation. (Marilyn Newton)

Bequest gives $959K to Haller Foundation

Cousin: ‘She didn’t live like a millionaire’

Ethel Butler, a Sequim High graduate and longtime Olympic Peninsula resident, bequeathed nearly $1 million to the Albert Haller Foundation. (Marilyn Newton)
After five years of investigations, Sequim police have sought additional help from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Investigation Unit through state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office to help solve the 2019 homicide of Valerie Claplanhoo, a Makah tribal member, pictured with her son Brandan. (Cindy Lee Claplanhoo)

Sequim police working with state unit on Claplanhoo homicide

Task force focuses on cases involving indigenous people

After five years of investigations, Sequim police have sought additional help from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Investigation Unit through state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office to help solve the 2019 homicide of Valerie Claplanhoo, a Makah tribal member, pictured with her son Brandan. (Cindy Lee Claplanhoo)

Clallam County voters approving all propositions

Clallam County voters supported Forks Community Hospital and Crescent and Cape Flattery public school districts in Tuesday’s special election. Four measures —… Continue reading

Barry and Ellen Lerich of Marrowstone Island are pictured in front of the Anuradhapura Monastery in Sri Lanka.

Couple chosen Marrowstone Citizens of Year

Husband, wife moved to Marrowstone in ’01

Barry and Ellen Lerich of Marrowstone Island are pictured in front of the Anuradhapura Monastery in Sri Lanka.