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Sequim’s Centennial Place design options up for perusal

Three design concepts for the downtown Centennial Place intersection will be up for review through an open house today and online survey. City… Continue reading

Field Hall aims to close $8 million gap

Executive director says facility is boosting economy

New state laws take effect

Gun purchases, street racing, voting rights among issues

  • Jan 4, 2024
  • By Laurel Demkovich Washington State Standard

Port Angeles council elects officers

Port Angeles City Council member Kate Dexter was unanimously voted to fill a third two-year term as mayor, and council member Navarra… Continue reading

Port Townsend transportation tax goes into effect

Additional sales tax projected to generate $800,000 for streets

Two US 101 wrecks slow traffic through Morse Creek

PORT ANGELES – A possibly speeding driver rolled his SUV in the Morse Creek grade on U.S. Highway 101, resulting in a long traffic backup… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tree recycling

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam approves $500K for affordable housing project

Habitat for Humanity units to be sited in Sequim

Jamison Orr of Port Townsend tees off on the first hole during a demonstration round of disc golf at the Port Townsend Golf Park on Monday during an open house marking the change in management by the nonprofit Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park. The disc course measures about 6,800 feet in length and is played over part of the same layout as the golf course. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Disc golf demonstration

Jamison Orr of Port Townsend tees off on the first hole during a demonstration round of disc golf at the Port Townsend Golf Park on… Continue reading

Jamison Orr of Port Townsend tees off on the first hole during a demonstration round of disc golf at the Port Townsend Golf Park on Monday during an open house marking the change in management by the nonprofit Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park. The disc course measures about 6,800 feet in length and is played over part of the same layout as the golf course. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Health officer: Little data doesn’t mean less risk

Sparse information about COVID-19, RSV, flu and other respiratory diseases doesn’t mean risks are diminished. It just means less data is being… Continue reading

Hundreds of state health jobs cut

Federal COVID-19 funds to expire by end of July ’25

Monthly tech help available at NOLS

The North Olympic Library System will launch drop-in Tech help beginning Friday. The monthly program is on the first Friday of each… Continue reading

Pictured from left to right are Marty Brewer, Port Angeles School District superintendent; Michelle Turner, Port Angeles Education Foundation president; Michell Gentry, Port Angeles AmeriCorps coordinator; and Kayla Oakes, Field Arts and Events Hall.

Grants awarded to Port Angeles district educators

The Port Angeles Education Foundation recently awarded SPICE grants totaling $65,410 to educators throughout the Port Angeles School District. SPICE, or Supporting… Continue reading

Pictured from left to right are Marty Brewer, Port Angeles School District superintendent; Michelle Turner, Port Angeles Education Foundation president; Michell Gentry, Port Angeles AmeriCorps coordinator; and Kayla Oakes, Field Arts and Events Hall.
Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Taking the plunge

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at… Continue reading

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The Production Alliance created an all-ages experience for New Year’s Eve. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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First Night acrobatics

Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The… Continue reading

Juliane Hall of Seattle performs acrobatics on the straps during the First Night circus on Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The Production Alliance created an all-ages experience for New Year’s Eve. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

It’s a girl! First baby of new year born in Port Angeles

Fiona Springer born just before 6 a.m.

Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Stairclimb donations

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit approves annual budget, wage increases for union

The Board of Clallam County Transit at its Dec. 20 meeting unanimously approved a $17.3 million operating budget for 2024 that eliminated… Continue reading

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit provides free rides

One-year pilot program aims to boost ridership

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The first phase to revamp the parking and stormwater collection at Dr. Standard Little League Park is anticipated to be finished in January. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

First phase of Sequim Little League park revamp nears finish

No timeline, funding for final phases yet

The first phase to revamp the parking and stormwater collection at Dr. Standard Little League Park is anticipated to be finished in January. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)