Fair meeting scheduled for Thursday

The newly formed Friends of the Fair will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday. The community meeting is in the Art Building at… Continue reading

Hearing set in Port Angeles on Lost Mountain Road land swap

The state Department of Natural Resources wants to swap 7-acre parcels at the end of Lost Mountain Road to increase access to… Continue reading

Workers prepare oil and containment boom lines on Tuesday for placing around the creosote pilings that will be removed when construction of the new entrance to Point Hudson Marina begins on Thursday. The booms will contain and extract any oil residue that might leak from the pilings. A groundbreaking ceremony is set today. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Preparing for work

Workers prepare oil and containment boom lines on Tuesday for placing around the creosote pilings that will be removed when construction of the new entrance… Continue reading

Workers prepare oil and containment boom lines on Tuesday for placing around the creosote pilings that will be removed when construction of the new entrance to Point Hudson Marina begins on Thursday. The booms will contain and extract any oil residue that might leak from the pilings. A groundbreaking ceremony is set today. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Bicyclist who ran into truck out of hospital

The Sequim bicyclist airlifted to Providence Medical Center in Everett Thursday afternoon after colliding with a truck on Old Olympic Highway is no longer a… Continue reading

Clallam County Sheriff to offer bonuses for new, existing jail deputies

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office plans to use American Rescue Plan Act funds to offer referral, signing and retention bonuses in an effort to address… Continue reading

Laurie Nichols of Port Angeles examines a display of gems and pendants at the Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The show, hosted by the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association over the weekend, featured a wide variety of rocks, minerals, crystals and fossils from around the world for sale and for show. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Finding gems

Laurie Nichols of Port Angeles examines a display of gems and pendants at the Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in… Continue reading

Laurie Nichols of Port Angeles examines a display of gems and pendants at the Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The show, hosted by the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association over the weekend, featured a wide variety of rocks, minerals, crystals and fossils from around the world for sale and for show. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Habitat begins work on six homes

Development to be permanently affordable housing

Sailboats cruise by the downtown area of Port Townsend to end the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sailing by the festival

Sailboats cruise by the downtown area of Port Townsend to end the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina on Sunday.… Continue reading

Sailboats cruise by the downtown area of Port Townsend to end the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Two people injured in rollover collision

A passenger in a one-vehicle rollover collision on U.S. Highway 101 six miles north of Forks was listed in serious condition Monday morning while the… Continue reading

Clallam County preliminary budget for ’23 looks good so far

Outlook expected to become more clear in the coming months

Freddie Lane, with the Lummi Indian Tribe, talks about a totem pole, carved by Uncle Doug James of the House of Tears carvers during a blessing on Sunday at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Port Townsend. The pole will leave Wednesday for a cross-country trip to Pittsburgh. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Lummi totem pole

Freddie Lane, with the Lummi Indian Tribe, talks about a totem pole, carved by Uncle Doug James of the House of Tears carvers during a… Continue reading

Freddie Lane, with the Lummi Indian Tribe, talks about a totem pole, carved by Uncle Doug James of the House of Tears carvers during a blessing on Sunday at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Port Townsend. The pole will leave Wednesday for a cross-country trip to Pittsburgh. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Public meeting set on proposed Jefferson County code addition

The Jefferson County Planning Commission and Department of Community Development will host a public meeting to explain proposed legislation regarding undeveloped lots on… Continue reading

Rick McKenzie starts Sunday’s ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial Park with bagpipe music, walking down the line of flags to the memorial of a 9-foot I-beam from the Twin Towers in New York. About 2,000 of these memorial pieces of wreckage have been placed around the country. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Remembering 9/11

Rick McKenzie starts Sunday’s ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial Park with bagpipe music, walking down the line of flags to the memorial of a 9-foot… Continue reading

Rick McKenzie starts Sunday’s ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial Park with bagpipe music, walking down the line of flags to the memorial of a 9-foot I-beam from the Twin Towers in New York. About 2,000 of these memorial pieces of wreckage have been placed around the country. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Smoke clearing on North Olympic Peninsula

Air quality improves with westerly winds

Crowds jam the north dock at the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Wooden Boat Festival brings newcomers, old timers together

Festival back full force after two years

Crowds jam the north dock at the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Foundation donates $400K for new imaging equipment

The Elizabeth B. McGraw Foundation, headed by Lee McGraw — formerly of Sequim — donated $400,000 toward the purchase of a new… Continue reading

Housing Authority gets grant of $300K

Funds to augment self-help building program

Jetty replacement to begin next week

Groundbreaking set for Wednesday