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First Fed marks centennial with big celebration

First Fed will celebrate its centennial on Sunday with live music, a variety of family activities, a beer garden and food vendors.… Continue reading

PSP risk closes shellfish harvesting in many areas

The danger of potentially lethal paralytic shellfish poisoning has led to the closure of recreational harvesting of all species of shellfish all along the Strait… Continue reading

Rain reins in Hurricane Fire but drier weather is expected

Road to popular resort remains closed

Hurricane Ridge remains closed Wednesday

No update available from park about status of fires

Portion of ODT reopened

A portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail between 18th Street and Lower Elwha Road that was closed during a repair of a… Continue reading

Sept. 2; Port Ludlow Art League’s Labor Day Art Fair

The Port Ludlow Art League conduct its Labor Day Art Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The annual fair is… Continue reading

Sept. 2; Shuttle and Spindle Guild to meet

The North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. The guild meets at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,… Continue reading

SSD cuts spending in district office

School board passes $48M budget

Personnel from East Jefferson Fire and Rescue (EJFR) and Port Townsend police investigate the scene where a Toyota driven by a Quilcene woman crashed into the doorway of Papa Murphy’s pizza shop at 1220 W. Sims Way in Port Townsend before noon on Tuesday. She was not injured, but she was shaken up by the incident that occurred when her foot slipped off the brake pedal and hit the accelerator, according to EJFR Chief Bret Black. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Accelerated instead of braking

Personnel from East Jefferson Fire and Rescue (EJFR) and Port Townsend police investigate the scene where a Toyota driven by a Quilcene woman crashed into… Continue reading

Personnel from East Jefferson Fire and Rescue (EJFR) and Port Townsend police investigate the scene where a Toyota driven by a Quilcene woman crashed into the doorway of Papa Murphy’s pizza shop at 1220 W. Sims Way in Port Townsend before noon on Tuesday. She was not injured, but she was shaken up by the incident that occurred when her foot slipped off the brake pedal and hit the accelerator, according to EJFR Chief Bret Black. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Biotoxins close Sequim Bay to shellfish harvesting

Sequim Bay has been closed to the recreational harvesting of all species of shellfish due to a high level of marine biotoxins, the… Continue reading

Eighth Street bridges to be inspected

Work crews will conduct routine, biennial inspections of the Eighth Street bridges in Port Angeles on Friday. The Under-Bridge-Inspection-Truck will begin at… Continue reading

Tony Furtado clowns around with instruments.

Furtado, Price to perform in Port Townsend

String wizard Tony Furtado and fiddle champion Luke Price will perform at The Palindrome at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Tickets to the Rainshadow… Continue reading

Tony Furtado clowns around with instruments.
Lightning streaks across Port Townsend Bay on Tuesday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Wildfire closes road at Hurricane Ridge

Lightning strikes spark two blazes

Lightning streaks across Port Townsend Bay on Tuesday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Addison Bell, 9, tries to drum up business for her lemonade stand at Fourth and Race streets in Port Angeles. The youngster said she had taken in about $70 before running out of product. She said a portion of the proceeds were slated to go to the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society with some set aside for herself. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Open for business

Addison Bell, 9, tries to drum up business for her lemonade stand at Fourth and Race streets in Port Angeles. The youngster said she had… Continue reading

Addison Bell, 9, tries to drum up business for her lemonade stand at Fourth and Race streets in Port Angeles. The youngster said she had taken in about $70 before running out of product. She said a portion of the proceeds were slated to go to the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society with some set aside for herself. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit considers service to Hoh Rain Forest

Operation would be in collaboration with Jefferson Transit

Electrical outages set west of Lake Crescent

The Bonneville Power Administration has scheduled two overnight electrical outages in September for all customers west of Lake Crescent including all of Forks, Neah Bay… Continue reading

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Fish passage project completed, but only one of many

Project is one of six in Sequim area, WSDOT reports

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Wildfire danger high into October

Dry conditions will persist on Peninsula

UPDATE: Port Angeles lifts boil water notice for all customers

Crews work through night to flush system

Active crew members rescue loggerhead sea turtles that had become tangled in fishing gear during their 58-day counternarcotics patrol.

Coast Guard cutter Active returns to Port Angeles

Crew back from 58-day patrol that included counternarcotics

Active crew members rescue loggerhead sea turtles that had become tangled in fishing gear during their 58-day counternarcotics patrol.