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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles police and rescue workers assist the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a traffic light support pole at Marine Drive and the Tumwater Truck Route at abut 3:30 p.m. Thursday. No more information was available as of Friday.
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Marine Drive crash in Port Angeles

Port Angeles police and rescue workers assist the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a traffic light support pole at Marine Drive and the… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles police and rescue workers assist the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a traffic light support pole at Marine Drive and the Tumwater Truck Route at abut 3:30 p.m. Thursday. No more information was available as of Friday.
John Fitzgerald Barcellos, 59, of Sequim appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Sept. 29 where he was charged with 10 felonies. (Photo screen capture)

Trial set for Sequim man charged with 10 felonies

Charges include assaulting deputy, attempting to hit children with car

John Fitzgerald Barcellos, 59, of Sequim appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Sept. 29 where he was charged with 10 felonies. (Photo screen capture)
U.S. Navy veteran Brent Brant of Port Hadlock gets a haircut from Susan Gile, owner of Benny’s Barbershop in Sequim, during Thursday’s Port Angeles Stand Down at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. The event was designed to provide direct services and connect veterans to a variety of assistance organizations, as well as offer clothing, medical services and a meal. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Veterans services

U.S. Navy veteran Brent Brant of Port Hadlock gets a haircut from Susan Gile, owner of Benny’s Barbershop in Sequim, during Thursday’s Port Angeles Stand… Continue reading

U.S. Navy veteran Brent Brant of Port Hadlock gets a haircut from Susan Gile, owner of Benny’s Barbershop in Sequim, during Thursday’s Port Angeles Stand Down at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. The event was designed to provide direct services and connect veterans to a variety of assistance organizations, as well as offer clothing, medical services and a meal. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

City of Port Townsend proclaims Banned Book Week

Book bans rare in Washington state, on North Olympic Peninsula

Joe Donisi, an engineer with the Clallam County Road Department, gives details on the four options of the lower Dungeness levee at a public meeting in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Dungeness levee options are presented

Commissioners taking public comments on variations until Tuesday

Joe Donisi, an engineer with the Clallam County Road Department, gives details on the four options of the lower Dungeness levee at a public meeting in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Port Angeles Deputy Mayor Brendan Meyer, right, speaks to a meeting of the Port Angeles Kiwanis Club Thursday alongside his opponent, Kalli Mae Jones, who’s challenging Meyer for his Position 7 seat on the Port Angles City Council. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Hopefuls debate best path for Port Angeles

Meyer, Jones discuss homelessness, housing

Port Angeles Deputy Mayor Brendan Meyer, right, speaks to a meeting of the Port Angeles Kiwanis Club Thursday alongside his opponent, Kalli Mae Jones, who’s challenging Meyer for his Position 7 seat on the Port Angles City Council. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Low housing availability limits international students at college

Homestay program one way to ease lack

Crews from Bothel-based Grand Event Rentals assemble tent sections on Wednesday that will house parts of this weekend’s 22nd annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in downtown Port Angeles. The three-day event features a wide variety of seafood, music and other activities on the Port Angeles waterfront. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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CrabFest sets up

Crews from Bothel-based Grand Event Rentals assemble tent sections on Wednesday that will house parts of this weekend’s 22nd annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival… Continue reading

Crews from Bothel-based Grand Event Rentals assemble tent sections on Wednesday that will house parts of this weekend’s 22nd annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in downtown Port Angeles. The three-day event features a wide variety of seafood, music and other activities on the Port Angeles waterfront. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Chief tells of aims of Port of Port Angeles

Trades center, industrial park among projects

Paul Jarkiewicz.

Fees in PA to rise for some types of housing

Incremental approach urged to slow impact

A fishing boat makes its way to the ramp at Port Angeles Boat Haven on Tuesday past a line of small sailboats belonging to the Community Boating Program for learn-to-sail classes. As the sailing season nears its end, the Port of Port Angeles plans to remove the floating docks at Boat Haven for the winter season on Oct. 16. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Floating docks

A fishing boat makes its way to the ramp at Port Angeles Boat Haven on Tuesday past a line of small sailboats belonging to the… Continue reading

A fishing boat makes its way to the ramp at Port Angeles Boat Haven on Tuesday past a line of small sailboats belonging to the Community Boating Program for learn-to-sail classes. As the sailing season nears its end, the Port of Port Angeles plans to remove the floating docks at Boat Haven for the winter season on Oct. 16. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

City Council candidates offer different visions for Port Angeles

Carr and Karjalainen split on city direction

Clallam sheriff pursuing grant for updated drone

Search and rescue among camera’s uses

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A Clallam Transit bus destined for Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park prepares to depart The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday.

Gateway transit center festival detour outlined

Gateway Transit Center will be the site of crustacean pickups, not pedestrians, on Friday through Sunday during the Dungeness Crab & Seafood… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A Clallam Transit bus destined for Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park prepares to depart The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday.

State minimum wage moving up to $16.28 per hour

Washington state’s minimum wage will increase 54 cents to $16.28 an hour next year.  The Washington Department of Labor and Industries made the… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2023
  • The Associated Press
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)

McCarthy becomes the first speaker to be ousted from the job in a House vote

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced… Continue reading

  • Oct 3, 2023
  • By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri The Associated Press
  • National News
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)
Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles. Murray led the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday at the Gateway Transit Center. The annual blessings are performed in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th century patron saint of animals and the environment. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Animal blessings

Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles. Murray led the… Continue reading

Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles. Murray led the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday at the Gateway Transit Center. The annual blessings are performed in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th century patron saint of animals and the environment. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County finalizing 6-year transportation plan

Thirty-four funded projects, including ODT, under review

Clallam County Fire District 3 conducts a rescue on Thursday for an injured teenager in the Dungeness River. (Chris Turner)

Firefighters rescue teen from middle of Dungeness River

A 15-year-old boy was rescued from the middle of the Dungeness River with a dislocated knee. Battalion Chief Chris Turner said Clallam County… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 3 conducts a rescue on Thursday for an injured teenager in the Dungeness River. (Chris Turner)

Harvest of Hope raises funds for cancer center

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation raised $382,000 at its 21st annual Harvest of Hope for the Sequim Cancer Center. The money raised Saturday… Continue reading