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Hanger development before Port Angeles

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will discuss Century West Engineering’s hangar development site prep design during a special meeting at 9 a.m.… Continue reading

Homelessness, housing top issues for PA city council candidates

Political newcomer aims for change

Lanes to shift on Highway 101 at Elwha River Bridge

PORT ANGELES – Westbound travelers using the US 101 Elwha River Bridge on U.S. Highway 101 will see new temporary changes to the roadway on… Continue reading

OMC talks finances at public forums

Government reimbursement among hospital’s challenges, officials say

Mike Theune, Regional Fire Communication and Education Specialist with the National Park Service, listens to the radio at Hurricane Ridge on Wednesday as fire crews prepare for a helicopter to help move equipment out of the park. Several wildfires have been burning in Olympic National Park and firefighters are mostly letting the fires run their course. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Posing little threat, Olympic National Park fires allowed to burn

Crews letting wildfires run their course

Mike Theune, Regional Fire Communication and Education Specialist with the National Park Service, listens to the radio at Hurricane Ridge on Wednesday as fire crews prepare for a helicopter to help move equipment out of the park. Several wildfires have been burning in Olympic National Park and firefighters are mostly letting the fires run their course. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

State Highway 19 reopened

State Highway 19 has been reopened after replacement of a culvert at Swansonville Creek, according to a press release from the state… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Hurricane Ridge, forests updates before county panels

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Clallam County sign code bans new electronic signs, billboards

Aim is to preserve area’s rural character

Dash Air Shuttle President Clint Ostler speaks to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday about the regional carrier’s flight schedule and fares from Port Angeles to Seattle. Although Ostler did not give a date service would start, he said an announcement would be made “very soon.” (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Dash Air to take off ‘very soon’

Schedule, fare information shared at chamber meeting

Dash Air Shuttle President Clint Ostler speaks to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday about the regional carrier’s flight schedule and fares from Port Angeles to Seattle. Although Ostler did not give a date service would start, he said an announcement would be made “very soon.” (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
Weston Jorgensen, capital projects inspector, at left, watches as workers dewater a trench for a sewer main installation on Marine Drive at Tumwater Truck Route in Port Angeles after a water main was damaged Thursday morning. Work on the sewer main crossing at Tumwater Truck Route was expected to be finished on Thursday, but the water main damage slowed that work, according to city civil engineer Lucio Baack. He anticipated the Tumwater Truck Route traffic signal to be shut off temporarily today while the water main is repaired. The work is part of a larger project to install a new sewer force main for Pump Station 3. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Sewer main repair

Weston Jorgensen, capital projects inspector, at left, watches as workers dewater a trench for a sewer main installation on Marine Drive at Tumwater Truck Route… Continue reading

Weston Jorgensen, capital projects inspector, at left, watches as workers dewater a trench for a sewer main installation on Marine Drive at Tumwater Truck Route in Port Angeles after a water main was damaged Thursday morning. Work on the sewer main crossing at Tumwater Truck Route was expected to be finished on Thursday, but the water main damage slowed that work, according to city civil engineer Lucio Baack. He anticipated the Tumwater Truck Route traffic signal to be shut off temporarily today while the water main is repaired. The work is part of a larger project to install a new sewer force main for Pump Station 3. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Vaccination clinics set in Port Townsend

The Port Townsend Safeway plans vaccine clinics this weekend. Flu shots, RSV vaccines, COVID boosters and other vaccines will be offered at… Continue reading

Beach cleanup Saturday

CoastSavers, Olympic National Park conducting separate initiatives

Rachael Healey, left, and her two daughters, Kaitlyn, 18, middle, and Kenzie, 16, right, lost their Dungeness home and two dogs Stella, front left, and Ollie, in a fire on Aug. 23. The family seeks a new place to rent as they live in a hotel while continuing to work and go to school. (Rachael Healey)

Dungeness house fire survivors are homeless

Mother, daughters currently seeking new home to rent

Rachael Healey, left, and her two daughters, Kaitlyn, 18, middle, and Kenzie, 16, right, lost their Dungeness home and two dogs Stella, front left, and Ollie, in a fire on Aug. 23. The family seeks a new place to rent as they live in a hotel while continuing to work and go to school. (Rachael Healey)

Minor flown to Harborview after early morning crash

One juvenile was transported to Harborview Medical Center early Sunday morning following a vehicle crash north of Sequim. First responders with Clallam County… Continue reading

Dash Air chief to talk Wednesday

Dash Air President Clint Ostler will unveil plans for the future during a presentation to the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.… Continue reading

Sales tax hike before Port Angeles City Council

Funds would address backlog of repairs

Water use restricted in most of Clallam County

East Jefferson County is monitoring supply closely

Port Townsend Police Officer Jon Stuart, Chief Thomas Olson, Assistant Fire Chief Brian Tracer and Fire Chief Bret Black observe a moment of silence Monday as Jefferson County Sheriff Joe Nole reads a remembrance of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Ceremony commemorates first responders on anniversary of 9/11

Public safety officials honored

Port Townsend Police Officer Jon Stuart, Chief Thomas Olson, Assistant Fire Chief Brian Tracer and Fire Chief Bret Black observe a moment of silence Monday as Jefferson County Sheriff Joe Nole reads a remembrance of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Interim director named at Public Development Authority

Celeste Tell to lead Fort Worden agency

Olympic National Park sites to host International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday

It’s time for some serious fall cleaning in the late summer along our state’s coastlines. The International Coastal Cleanup, an event that Ocean Conservancy began… Continue reading