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Point Hudson Marina could reopen early

Contractor ahead of schedule in Port Townsend

Port of Port Angeles increasing security after airport break-ins

Lighting, cameras to be considered with extra patrols

PT golf course on city council agenda

The Port Townsend City Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. today includes on the agenda discussion of Envision Port Townsend Golf Course and… Continue reading

TV listings can be found online

TV listings no longer carried by the newspaper can be found online. To check the real-time TV Guide, go to https://www.tvguide.com/listings. The webpage can be… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners divvy up their advisory assignments

Clallam County commissioners have divided up their duties in serving on, or acting as liaison to, various state and local advisory boards… Continue reading

Crash blocks highway Saturday evening but no one hurt

Traffic was backed up Saturday evening after a collision at U.S. Highway 101 and McCarver Road east of Port Angeles. A woman… Continue reading

Geri Smith of Sequim, along with her white German shepherd, Polar Bear, take a walk on a fog-shrouded trail along the bluff at the Dungeness Recreation Area on Saturday northwest of Sequim. The pair took advantage of a break in the recent stretch of showery weather that is forecast to continue this week over much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Foggy walk

Geri Smith of Sequim, along with her white German shepherd, Polar Bear, take a walk on a fog-shrouded trail along the bluff at the Dungeness… Continue reading

Geri Smith of Sequim, along with her white German shepherd, Polar Bear, take a walk on a fog-shrouded trail along the bluff at the Dungeness Recreation Area on Saturday northwest of Sequim. The pair took advantage of a break in the recent stretch of showery weather that is forecast to continue this week over much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
From left, Gabrielle Peterson, Paul Vogel, Kris Vogel and Joe Vogel participate in a jigsaw puzzle contest on Saturday at the North Olympic Library System’s Port Angeles building. Teams had a two-hour limit to put together a 500-piece puzzle, with prizes of gift certificates to Blackbird Coffeehouse on East 8th Street in Port Angeles. Another contest is scheduled for Feb. 11 in the Carver Room of the library. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Puzzle contest

From left, Gabrielle Peterson, Paul Vogel, Kris Vogel and Joe Vogel participate in a jigsaw puzzle contest on Saturday at the North Olympic Library System’s… Continue reading

From left, Gabrielle Peterson, Paul Vogel, Kris Vogel and Joe Vogel participate in a jigsaw puzzle contest on Saturday at the North Olympic Library System’s Port Angeles building. Teams had a two-hour limit to put together a 500-piece puzzle, with prizes of gift certificates to Blackbird Coffeehouse on East 8th Street in Port Angeles. Another contest is scheduled for Feb. 11 in the Carver Room of the library. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sequim school board approves business plan for CTE facility

City public hearing for support set Jan. 25

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Howard “Scooter” Chapman makes the first bet at 7 Cedars Casino’s new Cedars Sportsbook at 270756 U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim. on Thursday.

Scooter starts the betting in Blyn

Local sports icon Howard “Scooter” Chapman made the first legal bet in Clallam County at 7 Cedars Casino’s new Cedars Sportsbook on Thursday.… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Howard “Scooter” Chapman makes the first bet at 7 Cedars Casino’s new Cedars Sportsbook at 270756 U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim. on Thursday.
Lola Siegel, 3, enjoys some apple juice from the Port Townsend Food Bank, which has seen an uptick in clients over the past year. It was the first trip to the food bank for Lola and her father, Jonas Siegel, who said that he appreciated the organic and vegetarian options at the food bank. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Food banks offer wide variety

Jonas Siegal rolled a shopping cart out of the Port Townsend Food Bank on Wednesday filled with dried pinto beans, potatoes, mushrooms,… Continue reading

Lola Siegel, 3, enjoys some apple juice from the Port Townsend Food Bank, which has seen an uptick in clients over the past year. It was the first trip to the food bank for Lola and her father, Jonas Siegel, who said that he appreciated the organic and vegetarian options at the food bank. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
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Jefferson Healthcare CEO pay raised to $350,000

Commissioners cite hospital performance

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Monday fee-free day at parks, national forest

Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest and Washington state parks will be open to visitors fee-free on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.… Continue reading

Analise Graziani, manager of The Market at the Port Angeles Food Bank, left, and Adam Frandsen, a food bank staff member with Americorps, stock shelves at The Market before opening to the public on Thursday. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Peninsula food banks seeing more clients and rising costs

Inflation, scarcity and rural location driving challenges

Analise Graziani, manager of The Market at the Port Angeles Food Bank, left, and Adam Frandsen, a food bank staff member with Americorps, stock shelves at The Market before opening to the public on Thursday. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)
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Peninsula Home Fund wraps up campaign

Donations accepted all year

(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

United Way provides nonprofits with $300K of Impact Funding

Five area nonprofit agencies have received a combined six-figure boost from United Way of Clallam County. United Way’s Funds Distribution Committee agreed… Continue reading

What is food insecurity?

The USDA uses the term “food insecurity” to describe households that had difficulty providing food to all of their members because of a lack of… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Staffers from Clallam County Fire District 3 in Sequim, other North Olympic Peninsula fire departments and first responders honor Fire District 3 Capt. Charles "Chad" Cate with a procession of vehicles through Sequim on Friday. Here, the procession passes by District 3's station on North Fifth Avenue. Firefighters escorted the body of Cate, who died in the early morning hours of Jan. 12 while on duty, to Thurston County where an autopsy was performed, and then back through Sequim before delivering him to Sequim Valley Funeral Home. Cate, a Sequim High graduate, began serving as a volunteer firefighter in 1994, was hired by the fire district in 1997 as firefighter/paramedic, and promoted to the rank of captain in 2020. He leaves behind his wife, a 2 year-old son and two adult children. A full fire service memorial is being planned for Jan. 21. Leah Leach

Firefighter honored with procession

Memorial service planned next week

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Staffers from Clallam County Fire District 3 in Sequim, other North Olympic Peninsula fire departments and first responders honor Fire District 3 Capt. Charles "Chad" Cate with a procession of vehicles through Sequim on Friday. Here, the procession passes by District 3's station on North Fifth Avenue. Firefighters escorted the body of Cate, who died in the early morning hours of Jan. 12 while on duty, to Thurston County where an autopsy was performed, and then back through Sequim before delivering him to Sequim Valley Funeral Home. Cate, a Sequim High graduate, began serving as a volunteer firefighter in 1994, was hired by the fire district in 1997 as firefighter/paramedic, and promoted to the rank of captain in 2020. He leaves behind his wife, a 2 year-old son and two adult children. A full fire service memorial is being planned for Jan. 21. Leah Leach
FILE - Robbie Knievel appears after his motorcycle jump before the start of the IRL Firestone 550 auto race at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas on June 5, 2010. Knievel, an American stunt performer, died early Friday at a hospice in Reno, Nev., with his daughters at his side, his brother Kelly Knievel said. He was 60. (AP Photo/Randy Holt, File)

Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60

Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire… Continue reading

FILE - Robbie Knievel appears after his motorcycle jump before the start of the IRL Firestone 550 auto race at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas on June 5, 2010. Knievel, an American stunt performer, died early Friday at a hospice in Reno, Nev., with his daughters at his side, his brother Kelly Knievel said. He was 60. (AP Photo/Randy Holt, File)

Orca rights, commissioner visits on county agendas

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula