DAVE LOGAN/FOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A parade honoring Ron Cameron, with nearly two dozen vehicles with lights flashing, heads east on First Street in Port Angeles.

Clallam’s undersheriff retires with accolades

Procession through Port Angeles marks last day

DAVE LOGAN/FOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A parade honoring Ron Cameron, with nearly two dozen vehicles with lights flashing, heads east on First Street in Port Angeles.

Conservationists, tribes say deal with Biden administration is a road map to breach Snake River dams

The U.S. government said it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon… Continue reading

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  • By Gene Johnson The Associated Press
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Respiratory illness on rise on Peninsula

Cases far below pandemic levels

Rockfall closes Spruce Railroad Trail

A landslide has closed the Spruce Railroad Trail, Olympic National Park announced late Friday afternoon. Significant rockfall and debris cover the trail… Continue reading

Forks reviews 2024 draft budget

Half million in lodging tax requests

After 28 years, Isobel Johnston’s agave plant started to bloom this summer and rose to about 22 feet. “I never ever thought it’d get that tall,” she said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

After 28 years, Sequim agave reaches 22 feet tall

Owner, fire district plan to start anew with seedling

After 28 years, Isobel Johnston’s agave plant started to bloom this summer and rose to about 22 feet. “I never ever thought it’d get that tall,” she said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Olympic Medical Center board gives its CEO a hefty pay raise

Commissioners also hear community paramedicine update

Port of Port Townsend looks to centennial

Book, activities to mark 2024 anniversary

Judy Tordini, top, helps unload a bundle of six wreaths from a truck that arrived Wednesday afternoon at the Church of Latter-Day Saints parking lot on Monroe Road in Port Angeles. From left to right, Gwen Oden, Erin Rousos and Jim Bower were among a host of volunteers who helped receive 2,411 wreaths for local cemeteries. The wreaths from Maine will be distributed in Saturday ceremonies. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Judy Tordini, top, helps unload a bundle of six wreaths from a truck that arrived Wednesday afternoon at the Church of Latter-Day Saints parking lot on Monroe Road in Port Angeles. From left to right, Gwen Oden, Erin Rousos and Jim Bower were among a host of volunteers who helped receive 2,411 wreaths for local cemeteries. The wreaths from Maine will be distributed in Saturday ceremonies. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Kristin Smith fiddles the opening of this season’s Port Townsend Farmers Market on April 1. The market closes on Saturday. (Sarah Wright Photography)
Kristin Smith fiddles the opening of this season’s Port Townsend Farmers Market on April 1. The market closes on Saturday. (Sarah Wright Photography)

Thirty-first season is one of market growth

Several decisions lie ahead for JCFM board

Two Port Townsend men airlifted to Harborview after rollover on Marrowstone

Two Port Townsend men in their early 20s were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle early Wednesday morning following a one-vehicle… Continue reading

Enzo Ramirez, 4, of Port Angeles clutches his dollar bill while searching for an affordable gift to purchase at a vendor table set up by Port Angeles-based Power Up Perler & Soaps during Saturday’s Holiday Market at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The market featured dozens of gift and craft tables by local artisans, including a donation and craft table benefiting Peninsula Friends of Animals. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Holiday market

Enzo Ramirez, 4, of Port Angeles clutches his dollar bill while searching for an affordable gift to purchase at a vendor table set up by… Continue reading

Enzo Ramirez, 4, of Port Angeles clutches his dollar bill while searching for an affordable gift to purchase at a vendor table set up by Port Angeles-based Power Up Perler & Soaps during Saturday’s Holiday Market at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The market featured dozens of gift and craft tables by local artisans, including a donation and craft table benefiting Peninsula Friends of Animals. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PT OKs lease for golf course

Changes yet to be accepted by group

From left to right, Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer, Ann Richart, the aviation director for the state Department of Transportation, Port Commissioner Connie Beauvais, Ryan Zulaul and Port Commissioner Steve Burke cut a ceremonial ribbon on Tuesday at Fairchild International Airport to celebrate the resurfacing of the runway. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Ribbon cutting celebrates renovated runway

Port of Port Angeles commissioner sworn in for third term

From left to right, Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer, Ann Richart, the aviation director for the state Department of Transportation, Port Commissioner Connie Beauvais, Ryan Zulaul and Port Commissioner Steve Burke cut a ceremonial ribbon on Tuesday at Fairchild International Airport to celebrate the resurfacing of the runway. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Judy Willman, the daughter of Joe Rantz, is interviewed by Danika Chen, a 2023 Sequim graduate, in the Sequim High School Auditorium on Friday about elements of “The Boys in the Boat” film and how her father is portrayed. Willman said her dad would not want attention but would be OK with it if it supported causes such as restoring the historic ASUW Shell House and building a homeless youth house in Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Students share in ‘The Boys in the Boat’ excitement

Momentum builds for Sequim homeless youth house

Judy Willman, the daughter of Joe Rantz, is interviewed by Danika Chen, a 2023 Sequim graduate, in the Sequim High School Auditorium on Friday about elements of “The Boys in the Boat” film and how her father is portrayed. Willman said her dad would not want attention but would be OK with it if it supported causes such as restoring the historic ASUW Shell House and building a homeless youth house in Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Farrah Friswold, 5, of Port Angeles looks at a silhouette of a bird for placement on an overhead projector at an interactive light station at Wintertide on Saturday in Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The Wintertide Festival of Lights featured a variety of hands-on activities, food, music, a fire dancing exhibition, a lantern walk and a seasonal selection of illuminated sculptures, as well as an ongoing Makers Market of artistic gifts in the fine art center gallery. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Wintertide Festival

Farrah Friswold, 5, of Port Angeles looks at a silhouette of a bird for placement on an overhead projector at an interactive light station at… Continue reading

Farrah Friswold, 5, of Port Angeles looks at a silhouette of a bird for placement on an overhead projector at an interactive light station at Wintertide on Saturday in Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The Wintertide Festival of Lights featured a variety of hands-on activities, food, music, a fire dancing exhibition, a lantern walk and a seasonal selection of illuminated sculptures, as well as an ongoing Makers Market of artistic gifts in the fine art center gallery. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County deputies aid in Kitsap arrest

A man suspected of homicide in Kitsap County was found in Jefferson County and pursued into Kitsap County, where he was arrested,… Continue reading