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Members of the Port Angeles High School Band perform on the new pitch during Saturday’s dedication ceremony for the Port Angeles School District’s Monroe Athletic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Monroe Playfield open for multi-sport activity

$1.58M project can host soccer, fastpitch, football

Members of the Port Angeles High School Band perform on the new pitch during Saturday’s dedication ceremony for the Port Angeles School District’s Monroe Athletic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Brianne Lawson, treasurer with Peninsula Pre-3 Cooperative (with 16-month-old Charlie) and fellow board member Kelsey Wheeler accept a $4,150 grant from the Albert Haller Foundation. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Albert Haller Foundation awards $300K in Clallam County

Foundation has donated about $10 million since 1992

Brianne Lawson, treasurer with Peninsula Pre-3 Cooperative (with 16-month-old Charlie) and fellow board member Kelsey Wheeler accept a $4,150 grant from the Albert Haller Foundation. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Automated tracking coming to Fairchild

Port of Port Angeles budget includes nine new positions in 2024

Helen Kenoyer of the Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic and Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriffs Office unload unwanted pharmaceuticals and medications from the agency at a drop-off point at the Clallam County Courthouse during Saturday’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. At the event, people were allowed to get rid of unwanted or expired drugs for disposal in a safe and responsible manner. Additional drop-off points on Saturday were at Sequim City Hall and the QFC grocery store in Port Hadlock. Year-round drug disposal sites are kiosks at the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office in Port Angeles, at the Sequim Police Department and through the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Port Hadlock. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Drug takeback day

Helen Kenoyer of the Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic and Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriffs Office unload unwanted pharmaceuticals and medications from the… Continue reading

Helen Kenoyer of the Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic and Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriffs Office unload unwanted pharmaceuticals and medications from the agency at a drop-off point at the Clallam County Courthouse during Saturday’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. At the event, people were allowed to get rid of unwanted or expired drugs for disposal in a safe and responsible manner. Additional drop-off points on Saturday were at Sequim City Hall and the QFC grocery store in Port Hadlock. Year-round drug disposal sites are kiosks at the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office in Port Angeles, at the Sequim Police Department and through the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Port Hadlock. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Haller Foundation grants listed

Here is a list of the 2023 Albert Haller Foundation grants. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula (1) — $4,750, for… Continue reading

House fire sends one to hospital

An early morning house fire sent one person to Olympic Medical Center with unknown injuries, according to a news release from Clallam County… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners to conduct budget workshop

The Board of Jefferson County Commissioners will conduct a biennial budget workshop during a special meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday. The hybrid… Continue reading

No one was injured in a Sunday afternoon house fire on Angel’s Lair Lane in Joyce. The house is considered a total loss. (Clallam County Fire District 4)

No one injured in Joyce house fire

No one was injured in a fire that left an Angel’s Lair Lane house a total loss, Clallam County Fire District 4 Chief… Continue reading

No one was injured in a Sunday afternoon house fire on Angel’s Lair Lane in Joyce. The house is considered a total loss. (Clallam County Fire District 4)
Sonnie Fountain, 8, of Sequim plays an oversized version of the Operation game under the direction of Sequim High School freshman Lillian Anderson during Saturday’s Haunted Hallways holiday event at the school. Haunted Hallways featured a portion of the school set aside for a variety of Halloween games and attractions hosted by students as a benefit for the Sequim Food Bank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Haunted Hallways

Sonnie Fountain, 8, of Sequim plays an oversized version of the Operation game under the direction of Sequim High School freshman Lillian Anderson during Saturday’s… Continue reading

Sonnie Fountain, 8, of Sequim plays an oversized version of the Operation game under the direction of Sequim High School freshman Lillian Anderson during Saturday’s Haunted Hallways holiday event at the school. Haunted Hallways featured a portion of the school set aside for a variety of Halloween games and attractions hosted by students as a benefit for the Sequim Food Bank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
King Wyatt Owens, a lineman for the Crescent High School football team, left, and Queen Ciara Cargo were named homecoming royalty at halftime of the Loggers’ game against Darrington on Saturday. Both are seniors at the school. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Crescent royalty

King Wyatt Owens, a lineman for the Crescent High School football team, left, and Queen Ciara Cargo were named homecoming royalty at halftime of the… Continue reading

King Wyatt Owens, a lineman for the Crescent High School football team, left, and Queen Ciara Cargo were named homecoming royalty at halftime of the Loggers’ game against Darrington on Saturday. Both are seniors at the school. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Jefferson Healthcare CEO new board chair for state association

Position helps guide policy, clinical areas for care systems

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A paranormal fan looks at a monitor showing an image from a infrared camera set up in a room at the School House at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday night in the hopes of catching a ghostly image of a spirit passing through the room during a paranormal investigation as part of the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend weekend by the Port Townsend Main Street Association. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Paranormal investigation

A paranormal fan looks at a monitor showing an image from a infrared camera set up in a room at the School House at Fort… Continue reading

A paranormal fan looks at a monitor showing an image from a infrared camera set up in a room at the School House at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday night in the hopes of catching a ghostly image of a spirit passing through the room during a paranormal investigation as part of the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend weekend by the Port Townsend Main Street Association. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles city budget adds six positions in 2024

The 2024 Port Angeles city budget is balanced at $161.9 million, including $26.1 million in capital spending, while adding six new positions… Continue reading

Janaye Birkland of Sequim takes on the persona of Barbie as she passes out treats to Sophie Van Proyen, 5, right, and Shelbie Van Proyen, both of Sequim, during Saturday’s Sequim Prairie Grange Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat at the grange hall near Carlsborg. The festival featured pumpkin carving, children’s games and treats handed out to costumed youngsters. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Trunk or Treat

Daria O’Neill, 9, of Sequim empties the innards of a pumpkin at Sequim Prairie Grange Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat on Saturday at the… Continue reading

Janaye Birkland of Sequim takes on the persona of Barbie as she passes out treats to Sophie Van Proyen, 5, right, and Shelbie Van Proyen, both of Sequim, during Saturday’s Sequim Prairie Grange Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat at the grange hall near Carlsborg. The festival featured pumpkin carving, children’s games and treats handed out to costumed youngsters. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Good Samaritans aboard the Canadian fishing vessel Ocean Sunset approach the life raft. (Photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard)

Man rescued off Vancouver Island after two weeks on life raft

Coast Guard investigates sinking, whereabouts of companion

Good Samaritans aboard the Canadian fishing vessel Ocean Sunset approach the life raft. (Photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard)

Ridge funding included in Biden ask

Request in supplemental budget proposal

Road work to disrupt 101 traffic near Sequim

Work crews from the state Department of Transportation will close the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 101 near River Road from 7 a.m.… Continue reading

Traffic shift on Highway 20 starts Monday

PORT TOWNSEND – Travelers who use state Highway 20 near Port Townsend will find a traffic shift at Kearney Street, beginning Monday. Westbound travelers on… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Regional meeting on forests, water supply requested

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Clallam County approves adult disability services contracts

Clallam County commissioners have approved three fee-for-service contracts for fiscal year 2023 adult disability services. The companies awarded the contracts on Tuesday… Continue reading