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A crew from the Northwest Maritime Center facilities department, Sam Trocano, Jeff Hogue, Shane Meyer and Mike Conklin, work on the removal of the floating dock on the center’s pier in preparation of winter winds and weather. In the background, work continues on the deconstruction of the entrance to the Point Hudson Marina by Orion of Tacoma. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Floating dock removal at Northwest Maritime Center

A crew from the Northwest Maritime Center facilities department, Sam Trocano, Jeff Hogue, Shane Meyer and Mike Conklin, work on the removal of the floating… Continue reading

A crew from the Northwest Maritime Center facilities department, Sam Trocano, Jeff Hogue, Shane Meyer and Mike Conklin, work on the removal of the floating dock on the center’s pier in preparation of winter winds and weather. In the background, work continues on the deconstruction of the entrance to the Point Hudson Marina by Orion of Tacoma. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

ID awaited of fingerprints from torso found on beach

Identification of the torso that washed ashore Sept. 16 in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge is awaiting action by state crime lab technicians, said… Continue reading

Cherie Kidd, left, and Bruce Emery.

Emery, Kidd cite experience to voters

Both DCD candidates push work histories to residents

Cherie Kidd, left, and Bruce Emery.

Funding increases for area drug task force

OPNET includes many Peninsula jurisdictions

Local Yom Kippur celebration planned for the coming week

The Olympic B’nai Shalom congregation will celebrate Yom Kippur this week. Services will be conducted outside the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033… Continue reading

A 73-year-old man was taken to a hospital after a wreck on state Highway 112.

Man rescued from car after Highway 112 wreck

An unidentified 73-year-old man was taken to Olympic Medical Center after he drove off state Highway 112 at milepost 35 past Deep Creek.… Continue reading

A 73-year-old man was taken to a hospital after a wreck on state Highway 112.
John Zuermer, 86, of Sequim plays his saxophone on the patio plaza at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. Zuermer, who regularly performs at the center from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays, said he decided it would be a fun thing to do, keeping up his musical skills while playing for anyone who happened by. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Music at the Nature Center

John Zuermer, 86, of Sequim plays his saxophone on the patio plaza at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. Zuermer, who… Continue reading

John Zuermer, 86, of Sequim plays his saxophone on the patio plaza at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. Zuermer, who regularly performs at the center from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays, said he decided it would be a fun thing to do, keeping up his musical skills while playing for anyone who happened by. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A construction worker welds support pieces for a new pedestrian bridge connecting the historic railroad trestle over the Dungeness River to the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim on Wednesday. The work is part of a project to restore part of the original Dungeness River floodplain while providing better access to the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Railroad bridge park gets new pedestrian walkway

A construction worker welds support pieces for a new pedestrian bridge connecting the historic railroad trestle over the Dungeness River to the Dungeness River Nature… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A construction worker welds support pieces for a new pedestrian bridge connecting the historic railroad trestle over the Dungeness River to the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim on Wednesday. The work is part of a project to restore part of the original Dungeness River floodplain while providing better access to the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Fire district levy lid lifts to go on February ballots

Whether they merge or not, they need more funding, chief says

The U.S. Coast Guard and East Jefferson Fire and Rescue assisted a fishing trawler that began taking on water shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Port Townsend Bay. No more information was available Thursday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Trawler takes on water

The U.S. Coast Guard and East Jefferson Fire and Rescue assisted a fishing trawler that began taking on water shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday in… Continue reading

The U.S. Coast Guard and East Jefferson Fire and Rescue assisted a fishing trawler that began taking on water shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Port Townsend Bay. No more information was available Thursday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Maria Melvin, an advanced registered nurse practitioner for the North Olympic Healthcare Network, stands in the examination room of the organization’s mobile health clinic during a session at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

NOHN mobile clinic delivers services to students

Service began in 2021 and will run through June 2024

Maria Melvin, an advanced registered nurse practitioner for the North Olympic Healthcare Network, stands in the examination room of the organization’s mobile health clinic during a session at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County approves bonuses for patrol, jail personnel

Funds for referral, retention, recruitment

DOT to review Kenmore complaints against Dash Air

Dash Air awaiting agency’s review

Jefferson Healthcare’s Campus Expansion and Modernization project is explained to state Reps. Mike Chapman and Steve Tharinger, far left, earlier this week. Dr. Christine Skorberg, middle, speaks to them about the importance of an expanded obstetrics and gynecology clinic while hospital Commissioner Jill Buhler Rienstra and Dr. Asif Luqman, far right, look on. (Jefferson Healthcare)

Jefferson Healthcare presents plans to legislators

Expansion project in the works

Jefferson Healthcare’s Campus Expansion and Modernization project is explained to state Reps. Mike Chapman and Steve Tharinger, far left, earlier this week. Dr. Christine Skorberg, middle, speaks to them about the importance of an expanded obstetrics and gynecology clinic while hospital Commissioner Jill Buhler Rienstra and Dr. Asif Luqman, far right, look on. (Jefferson Healthcare)

OlyCAP director says housing projects on track

Affordable apartments and temporary shelter moving forward

Port Angeles School Board OKs contract with educators

Office professionals continue to negotiate

Clallam County files charges against Midway Metals

Scrapyard owners cited for dumping, nuisance issues

A technician works on the monitoring equipment housed on the buoy onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Sept. 20. The buoy, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s network of weather monitoring stations, stopped transmitting weather data last year. Technicians replaced the monitoring equipment last week. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Crews refurbish weather buoy in Strait

NOAA equipment had stopped its transmissions

A technician works on the monitoring equipment housed on the buoy onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Sept. 20. The buoy, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s network of weather monitoring stations, stopped transmitting weather data last year. Technicians replaced the monitoring equipment last week. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Contact information

Here is contact information for the North Olympic Healthcare Network/Port Angeles School District mobile health clinic. • General information: tinyurl.com/53c2586m • October… Continue reading

From left to right, Boat School Executive Director Betsy Davis and Ajax Café owner Kristan McCary celebrate the recognition of the Galster House, home of the Ajax Café, with this year’s Mary P. Johnson Award for historic preservation presented by the Jefferson County Historical Society and its executive director, Shelly Leavens.

Historic preservation award given to boat school for its work on Galster House

Historical society provides honor in unanimous vote

From left to right, Boat School Executive Director Betsy Davis and Ajax Café owner Kristan McCary celebrate the recognition of the Galster House, home of the Ajax Café, with this year’s Mary P. Johnson Award for historic preservation presented by the Jefferson County Historical Society and its executive director, Shelly Leavens.