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UPDATE: Electrical power restored on West End

UPDATE: Electrical power was restored to West End customers by 1:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the Clallam Public Utility District. The Bonneville Power Administration said… Continue reading

An excavator pulls a piece of aging stormwater drain pipe leading to the Peabody Creek Estuary under the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The operation was part of a project to replace a failed stormwater line, fortify the shoreline from erosion and replace damaged sidewalks around the parking area. In addition to the repairs, pedestrian ramps within the City Pier parking lot will be replaced and made ADA compliant. Nordland Construction, Inc. is the contractor for the city project. The parking lot, located at North Lincoln Street and East Railroad Avenue, is expected to remain closed through the project, which is expected to be completed in March. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Stormwater project

An excavator pulls a piece of aging stormwater drain pipe leading to the Peabody Creek Estuary under the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier… Continue reading

An excavator pulls a piece of aging stormwater drain pipe leading to the Peabody Creek Estuary under the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The operation was part of a project to replace a failed stormwater line, fortify the shoreline from erosion and replace damaged sidewalks around the parking area. In addition to the repairs, pedestrian ramps within the City Pier parking lot will be replaced and made ADA compliant. Nordland Construction, Inc. is the contractor for the city project. The parking lot, located at North Lincoln Street and East Railroad Avenue, is expected to remain closed through the project, which is expected to be completed in March. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Addiction treatment services available

Clallam County offers a range of services to people willing to seek treatment, and the county jail has one of the state’s… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners agree to finish Towne Road in 2024

Barring any setbacks, completion of a key segment of Towne Road will be completed by the end of September. Clallam County commissioners on… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Nora Eastman of Port Angeles displays a photo of her son, Ted Eastman, 33, who died of an overdose of fentanyl, at their home on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation.

Family grieves after fentanyl deaths

Clallam County looking at more overdose deaths than previous years

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Nora Eastman of Port Angeles displays a photo of her son, Ted Eastman, 33, who died of an overdose of fentanyl, at their home on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation.

Forks budget $11.55 million for 2024

Capital projects outlined

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Home Fund donors continue to give

Generosity aids neighbors on Peninsula

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New major state spending unlikely

Legislature’s lead budget writers offer clues about what’s next for state spending

  • Jan 6, 2024
  • By Bill Lucia Washington State Standard

State sees rise in overdose deaths

Overdose deaths are rising nationally, in Washington state and on the North Olympic Peninsula. According to the University of Washington’s Addiction, Drugs and Alcohol Institute,… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Power Plant acreage, growth management panel before county boards

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Jefferson County approves loan for Port Hadlock sewer project

Funds will provide cash before grants reimburse agency

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)