Students change classrooms on Tuesday at Stevens Middle School as Principal Kristen Lunt, at left, looks on. An agreement between the Port Angeles School District and Port Angeles Education Association reached an eleventh-hour agreement that prevented a strike. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles School District, union reach agreement; school resumes

Port Angeles Education Association members to get 5.5 percent raises

Students change classrooms on Tuesday at Stevens Middle School as Principal Kristen Lunt, at left, looks on. An agreement between the Port Angeles School District and Port Angeles Education Association reached an eleventh-hour agreement that prevented a strike. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel searches the area Monday near Freeland on Whidbey Island north of Seattle, where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was en route from Friday Harbor to Renton. (Stephen Brashear/The Associated Press)

Victims of floatplane crash included activist, winemaker

A civil rights activist from Spokane, a business owner and the founder of a winery and his family were on the floatplane… Continue reading

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A U.S. Coast Guard vessel searches the area Monday near Freeland on Whidbey Island north of Seattle, where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was en route from Friday Harbor to Renton. (Stephen Brashear/The Associated Press)
A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap County Sheriff boat search the area Monday near Freeland on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was carrying 10 people and was en route from Friday Harbor to Renton. (Stephen Brashear/The Associated Press)

Coast Guard ends search for nine missing in floatplane crash off Whidbey Island

Port Angeles station sends crew during rescue efforts

A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap County Sheriff boat search the area Monday near Freeland on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was carrying 10 people and was en route from Friday Harbor to Renton. (Stephen Brashear/The Associated Press)

Counties to discuss timber replacement money uses

Decisions on percentages must be set by Sept. 15

John and Freia Palmer of Port Angeles dance to the music of Sound Advice during Saturday’s Jammin’ in the Park at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront. The event, hosted by the Nor’Wester Rotary Club, featured a day of music, food and a beer garden, as well as numerous informational displays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Jammin’ in the Park

John and Freia Palmer of Port Angeles dance to the music of Sound Advice during Saturday’s Jammin’ in the Park at Pebble Beach Park on… Continue reading

John and Freia Palmer of Port Angeles dance to the music of Sound Advice during Saturday’s Jammin’ in the Park at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront. The event, hosted by the Nor’Wester Rotary Club, featured a day of music, food and a beer garden, as well as numerous informational displays. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

NOLS, LWV seek questions for candiate forums

The League of Women Voters of Clallam County, along with co-sponsor North Olympic Library System, are seeking questions from the public for… Continue reading

Roadwork set on Highway 112

Work crews will begin hillside repairs along state Highway 112 between Sekiu and Neah Bay starting Wednesday morning. The crews will rebuild two… Continue reading

The Irick family — dad Chance, daughters Maeve, 4, and June, 18 months, and mom Sarah, all from Port Townsend — spend the last day of summer vacation at the beach at Fort Worden State Park on Monday. Maeve starts school today. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sandy summer

dad Chance, daughters Maeve, 4, and June, 18 months, and mom Sarah, all from Port Townsend — spend the last day… Continue reading

The Irick family — dad Chance, daughters Maeve, 4, and June, 18 months, and mom Sarah, all from Port Townsend — spend the last day of summer vacation at the beach at Fort Worden State Park on Monday. Maeve starts school today. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There are no… Continue reading

School to start on time in Port Angeles

Tentative agreement reached in negotiations

Fort Worden Public Development Authority board to host retreat

The Fort Worden Public Development Authority board will conduct a two-day retreat from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and from 9… Continue reading

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Peninsula College vice president chosen for fellowship

Steven Thomas is one of 31 selection across nation for program

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Port Angeles School District, education association resume talks Monday

Families expected to be told by 5 p.m. whether schools to open Tuesday

Erik Rohde from Whidbey Island, a member of the Washington Three Percenters with other protesters, trades barbs with counter protesters over a buffer zone created by the Port Townsend police to control possible violence between the two factions during a rally at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Lots of shouting, but no violence at Port Townsend protest

With large police presence, clash of words, not fists

Erik Rohde from Whidbey Island, a member of the Washington Three Percenters with other protesters, trades barbs with counter protesters over a buffer zone created by the Port Townsend police to control possible violence between the two factions during a rally at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Clallam County Sheriff's Office provided this photograph of the scene on U.S. Highway 101 after a wreck on Blue Mountain Road east of Port Angeles.

Port Angeles man in serious condition after wreck

Rollover wreck closes Highway 101 early Saturday

The Clallam County Sheriff's Office provided this photograph of the scene on U.S. Highway 101 after a wreck on Blue Mountain Road east of Port Angeles.

Hundreds expected at Port Townsend rally

State Patrol to be ready at transgender protest

County granted temporary injunction against Winborn

Clallam County has been granted a temporary injunction that prohibits Mary Ellen Winborn from acting as the county’s Community Development Director until… Continue reading

The Green Horse painting is making its way across the nation to raise awareness of veteran suiside.

Green Horse painting raises awareness of veteran suicide

Joint Operation Mariposa is escorting artwork of a lone green horse to raise awareness of veteran suicide across the nation to Washington, D.C., after having… Continue reading

The Green Horse painting is making its way across the nation to raise awareness of veteran suiside.

Hearing examiner approves 215-home build in Sequim

Some neighbors seeking reconsideration of project