Transport fee rates adjusted in Jefferson

Ambulance hikes are in line with Port Ludlow

Van De Wege lone Democratic senator to oppose gun ban

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to show that it was Justice Antonin Scalia who said the Second Amendment right “is not unlimited” in… Continue reading

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Gun store owner Jim Rogers expects to weather an impending ban on assault weapon sales.

Assault weapons sale ban approved

Peninsula gun shop owners weigh-in on ban

  • Apr 22, 2023
  • By Paul Gottlieb Special to the Peninsula Daily News
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Gun store owner Jim Rogers expects to weather an impending ban on assault weapon sales.
This sonar image of the Pythias Oasis site shows bubbles rising from the seafloor about two-thirds of a mile deep and 50 miles off Newport, Ore. These bubbles are a byproduct of a unique site where warm, chemically distinct fluid gushes from the seafloor. Researchers believe this fluid comes directly from the Cascadia megathrust zone, or plate boundary, and helps control stress buildup between the two plates.Philip et al./Science Advances

Undersea ‘oasis’ sheds new light on plate tectonics

Seepage doesn’t mean an earthquake is imminent

This sonar image of the Pythias Oasis site shows bubbles rising from the seafloor about two-thirds of a mile deep and 50 miles off Newport, Ore. These bubbles are a byproduct of a unique site where warm, chemically distinct fluid gushes from the seafloor. Researchers believe this fluid comes directly from the Cascadia megathrust zone, or plate boundary, and helps control stress buildup between the two plates.Philip et al./Science Advances

Anderson Lake closed due to toxin

Anderson Lake is closed due to an elevated level of the potent nerve toxin anatoxin-a found in a water sample. Test results… Continue reading

Officer Lilliana Emery, Officer Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona, from left. were recognized by the Port Angeles City Council for their actions in saving a man in a burning car. The three received Life Saving Medals and Meritorious Service Medals.

Awards recognize Port Angeles officers

Port Angeles Police Officers Lilliana Emery and Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona have been recognized for heroic actions in rescuing a driver… Continue reading

Officer Lilliana Emery, Officer Kyle Cooper and Cpl. Jeff Ordona, from left. were recognized by the Port Angeles City Council for their actions in saving a man in a burning car. The three received Life Saving Medals and Meritorious Service Medals.

Conservation easements applications

The Clallam County Conservation Futures Program is accepting applications for a second round of conservation futures easements on farmland. The program is… Continue reading

Mike Mingee

Diamond Point’s Mingee named to District 3 commission

Fills former fire commissioner Steven Chinn’s term

Mike Mingee

Jefferson board announces public health heroes

Dozen individuals, groups recognized

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they… Continue reading

  • Apr 22, 2023
  • The Associated Press
Shelly Leavens

Port Townsend adds communications, marketing manager

Shelly Leavens is joining the city of Port Townsend as its new communications and marketing manager. She will begin work May 4.… Continue reading

Shelly Leavens

Jail suicide report due next week

PORT ANGELES —The “unexpected fatality review” of Joshua Bones’ Dec. 23 suicide in the Clallam County jail is scheduled to be completed next week and… Continue reading

Hal Peterson, a co-owner of Ballard-based Mach 2 Arts, works on a fabricated tree on Wednesday that will become part of a mountains-to-sea diorama of regional landscapes at the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Hal Peterson, a co-owner of Ballard-based Mach 2 Arts, works on a fabricated tree on Wednesday that will become part of a mountains-to-sea diorama of regional landscapes at the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Kevin Gallacci.

Clallam Transit chief retires after 39 years

Kevin Gallacci’s last day to be June 30

Kevin Gallacci.
Pictured from left are Forks Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lissy Andros, Cornerstone Award recipient Nedra Reed, Wes Romberg, Bill Brager and JoMarie Miller accepting the Halvie Award on behalf of the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction, Citizen of the Year Shelley Castellano, Business of the Year award winner Dean Decker, and Forks Chamber President Trent Thurman. Not pictured are Deborah Scannell and Jerry Leppell. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Forks’ best presented with awards

Honors highlight West End community accomplishments

  • Apr 21, 2023
  • By Christi Baron Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Pictured from left are Forks Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lissy Andros, Cornerstone Award recipient Nedra Reed, Wes Romberg, Bill Brager and JoMarie Miller accepting the Halvie Award on behalf of the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction, Citizen of the Year Shelley Castellano, Business of the Year award winner Dean Decker, and Forks Chamber President Trent Thurman. Not pictured are Deborah Scannell and Jerry Leppell. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles book sale set Saturday

The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a Bag of Books sale from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and… Continue reading

Live fire training set for this weekend

Smoke spotted west of Port Angeles this weekend doesn’t necessarily mean there is an emergency. Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue will conduct live fire… Continue reading

Downed lines cut power to about 1,000

An estimated 1,000 customers lost electrical power Thursday when lines were knocked down by falling trees, according to the Clallam Public Utility District.… Continue reading

Olympic National Park Superintendent Sula Jacobs speaks to a meeting of the Port Angeles Business Association at Joshua’s Restaurant in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jacobs has been on the job for less than a year and said big things are happening at the park, including an $11 million renovation to the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Hurricane Ridge lodge renovation to begin soon

Building to be closed for 2 years; recreation area open

Olympic National Park Superintendent Sula Jacobs speaks to a meeting of the Port Angeles Business Association at Joshua’s Restaurant in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jacobs has been on the job for less than a year and said big things are happening at the park, including an $11 million renovation to the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)