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Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Jamestown S’Klallam tribal fisherman Josh Chapman and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe shellfish manager Liz Tobin measure Dungeness crab samples as part of the genetics project.

Crab DNA study examines possible distinct populations

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe partners are considering genetics

  • Jan 24, 2024
  • By Tiffany Royal Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
  • Clallam County
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Jamestown S’Klallam tribal fisherman Josh Chapman and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe shellfish manager Liz Tobin measure Dungeness crab samples as part of the genetics project.

Port Townsend City Council calls for ceasefire in Gaza

Several cities passed similar statements

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Sequim entrepreneur, volunteer remembered

Sudden death shocks family, friends

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Video tour of underwater laboratory to be featured at Studium Generale

Deborah Kelley, a marine biologist and professor in the University of Washington’s School of Oceanography, will be the speaker Thursday during Peninsula… Continue reading

Fire Commissioner Dan Huff, left, is sworn in for a six-year term by Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue Chief Jake Patterson.

Clallam County Fire District 2 Commissioner sworn in

Dan Huff was sworn in as a commissioner at a recent meeting of the commissioners of Clallam County Fire District 2. Huff,… Continue reading

Fire Commissioner Dan Huff, left, is sworn in for a six-year term by Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue Chief Jake Patterson.

Jefferson commissioners ask DNR to consider swap

Agency may ‘donate’ conservation acres to Clallam County

Port of Port Angeles director talks of 100 years into future

The Port of Port Angeles is looking ahead to the next 100 years of expansion and new ventures while standing by its… Continue reading

Night lane closures this week at Morse Creek

Contractors for the state Department of Transportation will replace plants in the median of U.S. Highway 101 in the Morse Creek curve… Continue reading

Deputy chief Justin Grider with Clallam County Fire District 2, center, has accepted an offer to become Fire District 3’s next fire chief. Here he stands with, from left, Port Angeles Fire Department Chief Derrell Sharp, Joel McKeen, Port Angeles Fire Department assistant chief, Joyce Fire and Rescue chief Greg Waters and Fire District 3 interim fire chief Dan Orr. (Jay Cline)

Fire District 3 chooses Grider as new chief

Finance manager, new district leader set to start March 1

Deputy chief Justin Grider with Clallam County Fire District 2, center, has accepted an offer to become Fire District 3’s next fire chief. Here he stands with, from left, Port Angeles Fire Department Chief Derrell Sharp, Joel McKeen, Port Angeles Fire Department assistant chief, Joyce Fire and Rescue chief Greg Waters and Fire District 3 interim fire chief Dan Orr. (Jay Cline)
Sequim City Council members Rachel Anderson and Brandon Janisse were voted in by fellow council members to serve as deputy mayor and mayor through the end of 2025. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Janisse elected mayor by Sequim City Council

A tenured city council member is Sequim’s mayor after newly elected and re-elected council members were sworn in at the first council meeting… Continue reading

Sequim City Council members Rachel Anderson and Brandon Janisse were voted in by fellow council members to serve as deputy mayor and mayor through the end of 2025. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

OMC CEO updates on staffing, legislation

Hospital says it lost about $24 million in 2023

Ridge fire cause unknown, report says

Several potential ignition sources found

Grant covers installation of electric chargers

Port Angeles funding to cover 50 chargers

Several possible layouts for Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County's proposed Mason Street neighborhood in Port Hadlock was shown to the public Thursday, though no plans have been finalized. The future Mason Street neighborhood seeks to add more than 100 units of housing to Port Hadlock, and is being made possible by the over $30 million expansion of sewer infrastructure in the area. (Courtesy photo / Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County)

Habitat unveils layouts for Port Hadlock development

Master plan expected in May

Several possible layouts for Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County's proposed Mason Street neighborhood in Port Hadlock was shown to the public Thursday, though no plans have been finalized. The future Mason Street neighborhood seeks to add more than 100 units of housing to Port Hadlock, and is being made possible by the over $30 million expansion of sewer infrastructure in the area. (Courtesy photo / Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County)
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Sequim agave victim of cold weather

Stalk grew to 22 feet

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Timber revenue panel, Gaza resolution before boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

The former Lincoln School, shown on Thursday, will be examined by the City of Port Angeles for possible conversion into multifamily housing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Housing study set at school

City of Port Angeles wants to transform former Lincoln building

The former Lincoln School, shown on Thursday, will be examined by the City of Port Angeles for possible conversion into multifamily housing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Rain forecasted for Hurricane Ridge

Weather dampens prospects for winter sports club

Aurora Oceguera, Puget Sound Restoration Fund's habitat lab technician, looks through the lab’s petri dishes of sorted kelp male and female gametophytes. (Tiffany Royal/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)

Tribe, partners preserving kelp for restoration needs

Researchers say they’ve seen an 80 percent decline

  • Jan 19, 2024
  • By Tiffany Royal Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
  • Clallam County
Aurora Oceguera, Puget Sound Restoration Fund's habitat lab technician, looks through the lab’s petri dishes of sorted kelp male and female gametophytes. (Tiffany Royal/Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Noah Glaude, executive director of the North Olympic Library System, shovels snow from the front sidewalk at the Port Angeles Public Library after a fast and furious band of snow showers rolled across Port Angeles on Wednesday morning.

Brief snow, then rain for Peninsula

Warmer temperatures with rain expected, even at elevation

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Noah Glaude, executive director of the North Olympic Library System, shovels snow from the front sidewalk at the Port Angeles Public Library after a fast and furious band of snow showers rolled across Port Angeles on Wednesday morning.