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Jefferson commissioners approve budget requests for third quarter

Additional revenue, grants help offset various expenditures

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, pull yarn on spinning wheels as part of a demonstration of the art during the Pacific Northwest Fiber Exposition on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day expo featured workshops, demonstrations and a marketplace of yarns and fibers. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Pulling yarn

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, pull yarn on spinning… Continue reading

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, pull yarn on spinning wheels as part of a demonstration of the art during the Pacific Northwest Fiber Exposition on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day expo featured workshops, demonstrations and a marketplace of yarns and fibers. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Rain is keeping park fires in check

New team arrive to assess damage

Two facing potential charges after rollover at midspan of Hood Canal Bridge

At least two people could face charges after a flipped car was found abandoned at the midspan of the Hood Canal Bridge, closing… Continue reading

Michaela Christiansen, 14, left, and Pen DeBord, 14, both of Port Angeles, use a cider press to crush fresh apples into juice and pulp during Saturday’s Applestock celebration in Sequim. The event, a benefit for several area charities, featured food, music, crafts and games in the orchard at Williams Manor B&B/Vacation Rental. Applestock 2023 beneficiaries were the Salvation Army Food Bank, Angel Tree Christmas, Coats for Kids and area food banks. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Pressing apples

Michaela Christiansen, 14, left, and Pen DeBord, 14, both of Port Angeles, use a cider press to crush fresh apples into juice and pulp during… Continue reading

Michaela Christiansen, 14, left, and Pen DeBord, 14, both of Port Angeles, use a cider press to crush fresh apples into juice and pulp during Saturday’s Applestock celebration in Sequim. The event, a benefit for several area charities, featured food, music, crafts and games in the orchard at Williams Manor B&B/Vacation Rental. Applestock 2023 beneficiaries were the Salvation Army Food Bank, Angel Tree Christmas, Coats for Kids and area food banks. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Etta Street construction to take up to eight weeks in downtown Sequim

A piping and pavement project along the Etta Street alleyway begins today and will take up to eight weeks, City of Sequim staff… Continue reading

Head-on collision injures five people

A head-on collision on U.S. Highway 101 Saturday sent one person to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and injured four others, according… Continue reading

Homecoming Royalty are, from left, Chimacum High School King Gary Zambor and Queen Julia Breitweg, and Port Townsend High School King Ken Llotse-Rowell and Queen Tadu Dollarhide as they were introduced to the spectators at Memorial Field in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Homecoming court

Homecoming Royalty are, from left, Chimacum High School King Gary Zambor and Queen Julia Breitweg, and Port Townsend High School King Ken Llotse-Rowell and Queen… Continue reading

Homecoming Royalty are, from left, Chimacum High School King Gary Zambor and Queen Julia Breitweg, and Port Townsend High School King Ken Llotse-Rowell and Queen Tadu Dollarhide as they were introduced to the spectators at Memorial Field in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Emily Matthiessen / Olympic Peninsula News Group The Sequim Logging Show, seen in May 2023, will operate next year as its own nonprofit organization to seek insurance coverage separate from the Sequim Irrigation Festival. Organizers of both the festival and show say it was a pragmatic decision and is similar to what the festival did in late 2017 after leaving the umbrella of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Logging Show to be separate from festival

New nonprofit formed, but event will continue

Emily Matthiessen / Olympic Peninsula News Group The Sequim Logging Show, seen in May 2023, will operate next year as its own nonprofit organization to seek insurance coverage separate from the Sequim Irrigation Festival. Organizers of both the festival and show say it was a pragmatic decision and is similar to what the festival did in late 2017 after leaving the umbrella of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce.

One hurt when driver falls asleep, hits tree

A driver fell asleep behind the wheel of a car and crashed into a tree on state Highway 20 near Frederick Street… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District student scores inching up

Board hears results of state assessments, approves teacher contract

Sequim downtown lot to be prepped for redesign with three potential concepts

City purchased Centennial Place property in 2013 for 100th anniversary

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Olympic National Park visitor Sandra Schmidt of Leipzig, Germany, right, looks over a map of the park with interpretive ranger Emily Ryan on Friday at the park's visitor center in Port Angeles.

Federal shutdown appears imminent

Coast Guard to work without pay during shutdown

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Olympic National Park visitor Sandra Schmidt of Leipzig, Germany, right, looks over a map of the park with interpretive ranger Emily Ryan on Friday at the park's visitor center in Port Angeles.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gives two thumbs up as the Senate votes to approve a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open on Saturday in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Associated Press)

Government shutdown averted with little time to spare

Ukraine funding remans an issue

  • Oct 1, 2023
  • By Lisa Mascaro Kevin Freking and Stephen Groves The Associated Press
  • National News
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gives two thumbs up as the Senate votes to approve a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open on Saturday in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Associated Press)

On the brink of a federal shutdown, the House passes a 45-day funding plan, sends it to Senate

On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2023
  • By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Stephen Groves The Associated Press

Mount Walker Lookout Road closed again

Olympic National Forest engineers have closed Mount Walker Lookout Road after it was reopened on Thursday following a landslide. The landslide late Thursday… Continue reading

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Salish Sea on cusp of losing tufted puffins

One nesting pair reported on Protection Island

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Work slated to winterize Hurricane Ridge

The plans as of Friday were for American Abatement & Demo of Auburn, under contract with the National Park Service, to demolish… Continue reading

Year-round tourism aim for Peninsula

Businesses emphasize winter, shoulder seasons

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Capital plan, strategic plan before county panels

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula