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Port approves Dash Air lease pact

Announcement expected in January

Blown-down trees that have been cut and removed from nearby forested areas of Robin Hill County Park await removal from a staging area next to the Olympic Discovery Trail within the park between Sequim and Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Robin Hill Farm Park closed for cleanup until late winter

Clallam County works to clear tree blowdown

Blown-down trees that have been cut and removed from nearby forested areas of Robin Hill County Park await removal from a staging area next to the Olympic Discovery Trail within the park between Sequim and Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave of Coast Guard veteran Harold Hanusa, who served during World War II, during Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The event, part of a national initiative to honor veterans of military service, saw individual branches of the military recognized during the ceremony followed by the placement of more than 2,300 wreaths for servicemen and women at six cemeteries across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Wreaths Across America

Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave of Coast Guard veteran Harold Hanusa, who… Continue reading

Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave of Coast Guard veteran Harold Hanusa, who served during World War II, during Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The event, part of a national initiative to honor veterans of military service, saw individual branches of the military recognized during the ceremony followed by the placement of more than 2,300 wreaths for servicemen and women at six cemeteries across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Teen taken to hospital after wreck

Fatigue listed as cause of collision with power pole

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles firefighters stage for entry into the former Bushwhacker restaurat during a fire training session on Friday. The exercise included filling the building with smoke to simulate the experience of a real fire and the use of a mannequin for rescue drills. Fire department Capt. Kelly Ziegler said the building would not be intentionally burned, but indicated that it was slated for eventual demolition.

Restaurant training site

Port Angeles firefighters stage for entry into the former Bushwhacker restaurant during a fire training session on Friday. The exercise included filling the building with… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles firefighters stage for entry into the former Bushwhacker restaurat during a fire training session on Friday. The exercise included filling the building with smoke to simulate the experience of a real fire and the use of a mannequin for rescue drills. Fire department Capt. Kelly Ziegler said the building would not be intentionally burned, but indicated that it was slated for eventual demolition.

Driver hits electrical pole; traffic diverted

A Port Angeles man hit a utility pole east of Port Angeles, causing traffic to be diverted overnight Thursday. A Toyota Tacoma… Continue reading

Brinnon Fire Department Logs are moved off Highway 101 near Brinnon after a wreck early Friday.

Highway shut down near Brinnon after car strikes log truck

U.S. Highway 101 near Buckhorn Road in the Brinnon area was shut down in both directions for two hours and had alternating traffic… Continue reading

Brinnon Fire Department Logs are moved off Highway 101 near Brinnon after a wreck early Friday.
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Peninsula Home Fund continues to grow

Neighbors help neighbors with holiday giving

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Port commissioners hear more about possible farmland purchase

Negotiation deadline end of next month

W. Ron Allen

Tribe files challenge to fish farm ban

Jamestown S’Klallam says agency violated due process, separation of powers

W. Ron Allen

Warming centers, shelters open on Peninsula

The National Weather Service is forecasting lows in the 20s beginning Sunday. Temperatures have fallen to below freezing for several weeks now, so some agencies… Continue reading

Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

Ken Balcomb, researcher who championed orcas, dies at 82

Ken Balcomb, a researcher who spent nearly five decades studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas — and whose findings helped end… Continue reading

Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

Glass recycling, budget before agencies

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Jamestown Tribe to fight Department of Natural Resources’ ruling

Feasibility of project in Port Angeles is uncertain

Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The women, members of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, were helping prepare for the event, which honors veterans for their service. Around 2,700 sponsored wreaths are planned for placement at Blue Mountain, Dungeness, Gardiner, Sequim View, Mount Angeles and Forks cemeteries, with a formal service planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Wreaths Across America

Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles… Continue reading

Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The women, members of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, were helping prepare for the event, which honors veterans for their service. Around 2,700 sponsored wreaths are planned for placement at Blue Mountain, Dungeness, Gardiner, Sequim View, Mount Angeles and Forks cemeteries, with a formal service planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cooke Aquaculture files appeal of DNR decision

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific, LLC has filed an appeal of the state Department of Natural Resources’ denial of its leases for steelhead farms in… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire Rescue to ask voters to approve levy lid lifts for EMS, fire

Measures to appear on Feb. 14 ballot

Health officials urge masking as respiratory illness rise

Without mitigation, more counties report more COVID than last year

Tony Genovese, left, of Port Townsend and Dave Rojcewicz of Petersberg, Alaska, stop to admire the Christmas decorations on a fir tree along the Larry Scott Trail. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Trail decorations

Tony Genovese, left, of Port Townsend and Dave Rojcewicz of Petersberg, Alaska, stop to admire the Christmas decorations on a fir tree along the Larry… Continue reading

Tony Genovese, left, of Port Townsend and Dave Rojcewicz of Petersberg, Alaska, stop to admire the Christmas decorations on a fir tree along the Larry Scott Trail. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit Sprouting Hope Greenhouse operated by The Answer for Youth on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swag, wreaths and other holiday items will be for sale at the greenhouse, 826 E. First St., as a benefit for the organization’s homeless and at-risk youth programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Weaving a bow

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit… Continue reading

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit Sprouting Hope Greenhouse operated by The Answer for Youth on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swag, wreaths and other holiday items will be for sale at the greenhouse, 826 E. First St., as a benefit for the organization’s homeless and at-risk youth programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)