Port Angeles school board to host budget workshop

The Port Angeles School District’s board of directors will conduct a budget workshop during a special meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday. The… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles moves ahead with grant applications

Funding sources could help agency’s facilities

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of Effort festival of military, law enforcement and first responders in Sequim. The event, hosted by Security Services Northwest, featured a variety of military equipment, law enforcement and public safety displays, food, music and other activities as well as a helicopter fly-in. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Honoring first responders

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of Effort festival of military, law enforcement and… Continue reading

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of Effort festival of military, law enforcement and first responders in Sequim. The event, hosted by Security Services Northwest, featured a variety of military equipment, law enforcement and public safety displays, food, music and other activities as well as a helicopter fly-in. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Board considers selling property

Transit hub would increase access, agency says

Clallam County to consider energy efficiency projects

Two buildings are out of compliance with state law

Firefighters extinguish vehicle fires near Sequim

Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District 3 extinguished two vehicle fires early Sunday morning. Crews were dispatched from the district’s Carlsborg station at… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Distict to host meetings with firms

The Port Angeles School District’s board of directors will interview architectural firms vying to design the new Franklin Elementary School and Port… Continue reading

Public comment sought on Port Angeles’ housing plan

Draft targets six areas of focus in comprehensive strategy

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Pinks are running

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port… Continue reading

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Nonprofit provides students with shoes for school

Shopping event provides 25 kids with $100 gift cards

Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

Sequim schools narrow choices

District negotiating on its bond projects

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)
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Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

Surf board builder crafting ultralight tiny home

Innovative structures could help with housing crisis, he says

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Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.
Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The city received a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to install the battery system and a solar array — solar cells wired together to create energy — to provide heating and cooling in case of a power outage. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Battery system installation

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center.… Continue reading

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The city received a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to install the battery system and a solar array — solar cells wired together to create energy — to provide heating and cooling in case of a power outage. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula food banks bracing for SNAP cuts

Demand could outpace supply, executive director says

Port Angeles school board reviews renaming Stevens

Discussion, decision expected in September

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Raptor Experience

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50… Continue reading

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Hospital selects interim executive

Gregson one of four candidates for position

Hospital expected to hire executive

Commission to interview fourth candidate Friday