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A crew from Olympic Electric Co. works to upgrade a traffic signal at Race Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles on Thursday as part of Phase One of the Race Street Corridor upgrade project. The first part of the project includes a pedestrian trail, improved crosswalks, stormwater infrastructure replacement and landscaping between Eighth Street and Olympus Avenue. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Race Street project

A crew from Olympic Electric Co. works to upgrade a traffic signal at Race Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles on Thursday as part… Continue reading

A crew from Olympic Electric Co. works to upgrade a traffic signal at Race Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles on Thursday as part of Phase One of the Race Street Corridor upgrade project. The first part of the project includes a pedestrian trail, improved crosswalks, stormwater infrastructure replacement and landscaping between Eighth Street and Olympus Avenue. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Candidates offer their visions for Port of Port Angeles

Beauvais, Whetham competing for District 3 position

This is an artist's conception of the proposed Marine Discovery Center planned for the Port Angeles Waterfront Center. (MIG | Portico Architects)

Marine Center making progress

Money raised is for exhibit design

This is an artist's conception of the proposed Marine Discovery Center planned for the Port Angeles Waterfront Center. (MIG | Portico Architects)

Peninsula counties see early ballot returns

More than 22 percent of residents have sent in their election choices

General election ballots mailed

Voters have until 8 p.m. on Nov. 7

Port of Port Townsend wrestles with rate increases

Public hearing to be continued next week

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Public Safety Fair agencies to tell how to prepare for emergencies

At least 30 groups to be at Saturday event

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$1M left in Clallam County ARPA funds

Workforce housing, Bullman Beach water among upcoming projects

Hood Canal Bridge delays planned on Thursday

The Hood Canal Bridge on state Highway 104 will repeatedly open and close from 10 p.m. Thursday to 12:01 a.m. Friday. Maintenance crews… Continue reading

Huff, Schwab tell of plans at forum

Candidates unopposed for separate races

Finnriver Farm and Cidery has opened a new taproom in the craft district of Tumwater.

New taproom

Finnriver Farm and Cidery has opened a new taproom in the craft district of Tumwater. The Finnriver Tumwater Taproom is located in Suite… Continue reading

Finnriver Farm and Cidery has opened a new taproom in the craft district of Tumwater.
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)