No weekly flight operations this week

There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There are… Continue reading

Port Townsend to celebrate Arbor Day

Plant adoptions, tours available Saturday

Solid Waste Advisory Committee to conduct special meeting

The Jefferson County Solid Waste Advisory Committee will discuss potential revisions to its bylaws regarding the standards of conduct for meetings during… Continue reading

WSDOT: Highway projects on track

Preservation on 112 set for completion next year

Port Angeles man dies following rollover collision

A man who was in a single-car rollover collision last week has died. Curtis Denney, 43, of Port Angeles was traveling westbound on… Continue reading

Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)

Sequim school board fills its vacant seat

Nicholas Bell to be sworn in on Nov. 3

Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)
Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools propose fee hike

Board may approve changes in October

Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

American Constitution

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront.… Continue reading

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Board names middle school

Hurricane Ridge to replace Stevens

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Forty years later, residents remember West End blaze

East wind picked up embers from slash fire in Forks

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Jefferson County officials connecting with STR owners

Plan implemented in April starting to permit rentals

Peninsula College to observe day of reconciliation

Peninsula College will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The gathering will be on Robins Green… Continue reading

Peninsula counties receive state grants

Funding will go toward habitat, conservation projects

Portion of Francis Street to be closed for sewer work

The city of Port Angeles will begin re-lining the sanitary sewers beneath Francis Street on Monday. Francis Street will be closed between… Continue reading

Ann Livingston.

Trails coalition names first executive director

Livingston says she has passion for hiking, biking

Ann Livingston.
Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fall is in the air

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort… Continue reading

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson utility settles dispute

PUD to pay $62,500 to property owner

Port of Port Townsend examines fee increases in draft budget

Cruise ship docking would see bump to $2,000 per day

Port Townsend woman wins Washington State Book Award

Tessa Hulls of Port Townsend won a 2025 Washington State Book Award in the Creative Nonfiction/Memoir category for “Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir.”… Continue reading