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Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. About 100 people attended the vigil. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Candlelight vigil

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie… Continue reading

Jeremy Pederson of Sequim leads a prayer during a gathering at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Thursday honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. About 100 people attended the vigil. (Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Officials to discuss joint public safety facility

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Fundraiser to benefit Olympic Medical Center cancer patients

Harvest of Hope aims to purchase equipment for Sequim clinic

Port Townsend planning for climate resilience

Recommendations will impact policy decisions for next 20 years

Port Angeles, Port Townsend ask customers to conserve water

The cities of Port Angeles and Port Townsend have declared water shortages. In response to continuously decreasing flows in the Elwha River, Port Angeles’ primary… Continue reading

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Jefferson County International Airport until 2 p.m. Sunday. Lopeman, a 1968 Port Townsend High School graduate, died in Vietnam in 1969. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Vietnam Memorial

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at… Continue reading

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Jefferson County International Airport until 2 p.m. Sunday. Lopeman, a 1968 Port Townsend High School graduate, died in Vietnam in 1969. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance ceremony on Thursday at the twin monuments at 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles. The ceremony also included a flag presentation, comments from law enforcement officials and music by the Grand Olympics Chorus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Remembering 9/11

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11,… Continue reading

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance ceremony on Thursday at the twin monuments at 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles. The ceremony also included a flag presentation, comments from law enforcement officials and music by the Grand Olympics Chorus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County to ask for center proposals

Contracts would be set by end of year

Port of Port Townsend planning $56M in projects over five years

Agency preparing to upgrade electric grid at boat yard

Jon Hamilton, right, is sworn in as a Port Angeles City Council member Tuesday evening in council chambers at Port Angeles City Hall. His first meeting as a council member will be Sept. 16. (City of Port Angeles)
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Sworn in

Jon Hamilton, right, is sworn in as a Port Angeles City Council member Tuesday evening in council chambers at Port Angeles City Hall. His first… Continue reading

Jon Hamilton, right, is sworn in as a Port Angeles City Council member Tuesday evening in council chambers at Port Angeles City Hall. His first meeting as a council member will be Sept. 16. (City of Port Angeles)

Waterfront district aims for Main Street inclusion

Designation would open area for grant funding

Lightning-caused fire burning west of Quilcene

A lightning-caused wildfire is burning in a remote area of the Buckhorn Wilderness in Olympic National Forest. U.S. Forest Service fire managers located… Continue reading

A crowd of about 120 people bless a totem pole and 10 cedar masks carved by the Lummi Nation’s House of Tears outside of the Capitol building in Olympia on Monday as part of the Indigenous-led campaign “Xaalh and the Way of the Masks.” The totem and masks will travel 1,700 miles between rally sites in Washington and Oregon before it’s given to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe west of Port Angeles on Sept. 20. (Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard)

Backlash mounts over proposed repeal of protections for 2M acres

Tribes, environmental advocates organizing to oppose rollback

  • Sep 11, 2025
  • By Emily Fitzgerald Washington State Standard
  • Regional News
A crowd of about 120 people bless a totem pole and 10 cedar masks carved by the Lummi Nation’s House of Tears outside of the Capitol building in Olympia on Monday as part of the Indigenous-led campaign “Xaalh and the Way of the Masks.” The totem and masks will travel 1,700 miles between rally sites in Washington and Oregon before it’s given to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe west of Port Angeles on Sept. 20. (Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard)

Port Angeles movie producer premiers first film

‘Triumph of the Heart’ details final days of Catholic priest

Sunset clause added to $5 fee

Conservation district to report funding metrics

Three taken to hospital after head-on collision

Three people were taken to Olympic Medical Center following a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 101 at Baker Street east of Port… Continue reading

Raindrops coat the leaves of a vine maple tree at the Olympic National Park visitor center in Port Angeles. Although many species of trees are beginning to make an early transition to their fall colors, most foliage on the Peninsula are holding on their green leaves for now. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Fall foliage

Raindrops coat the leaves of a vine maple tree at the Olympic National Park visitor center in Port Angeles. Although many species of trees are… Continue reading

Raindrops coat the leaves of a vine maple tree at the Olympic National Park visitor center in Port Angeles. Although many species of trees are beginning to make an early transition to their fall colors, most foliage on the Peninsula are holding on their green leaves for now. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Bagpipers, from left, Tom McCurdy, Erik Evans and Heidi Slack, all of Port Angeles, perform together on Tuesday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. The trio were practicing songs to be played at 9/11 commemoration ceremonies across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Piper practice

Bagpipers, from left, Tom McCurdy, Erik Evans and Heidi Slack, all of Port Angeles, perform together on Tuesday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Bagpipers, from left, Tom McCurdy, Erik Evans and Heidi Slack, all of Port Angeles, perform together on Tuesday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. The trio were practicing songs to be played at 9/11 commemoration ceremonies across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Mary Engel Springer Donovan stands next to the Welcome to Forks sign she designed in 1986. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Meet the woman behind Forks’ famous sign

Design was part of chamber contest in 1980s

  • Sep 10, 2025
  • By Christi Baron Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Mary Engel Springer Donovan stands next to the Welcome to Forks sign she designed in 1986. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles City Council hopefuls differ on ideas

Dexter, Smith Dvorak debate during forum