Emergency prep event offers robust schedule

Individual, neighborhood and agency preparation covered

Glass recycling is back in Port Angeles

Two locations open for material drop-off

Jeff Bortner, Interagency Fire Management Officer employed by Olympic National Park, explains the history of a Pulaski tool often carried by wildland firefighters. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Park staff keeping an eye on weather conditions

Team ready to coordinate response to fire activity

Jeff Bortner, Interagency Fire Management Officer employed by Olympic National Park, explains the history of a Pulaski tool often carried by wildland firefighters. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Eragon Terry, 7, left, and his brother, Raphael Terry, 11, both of Port Angeles, sort the contents of free lunch bags received through the Summer Food Service Program on Wednesday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The program, administered by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, provides free meals to all youngsters younger than 18 Monday through Friday at 11 locations in Port Angeles and Sequim. About 250 meals per day are available at the Dream Playground, the Boys & Girls Club’s Turner Unit, Jefferson Elementary School, Shane Park and Evergreen Family Village in Port Angeles, as well as the Boys & Girls Club’s Carroll C. Kendall Unit, Greywolf Elementary School, Carrie Blake Park, Elk Creek Apartments, Mountain View Court Apartments and SeaBreeze Apartments in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Summer meals

Eragon Terry, 7, left, and his brother, Raphael Terry, 11, both of Port Angeles, sort the contents of free lunch bags received through the Summer… Continue reading

Eragon Terry, 7, left, and his brother, Raphael Terry, 11, both of Port Angeles, sort the contents of free lunch bags received through the Summer Food Service Program on Wednesday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The program, administered by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, provides free meals to all youngsters younger than 18 Monday through Friday at 11 locations in Port Angeles and Sequim. About 250 meals per day are available at the Dream Playground, the Boys & Girls Club’s Turner Unit, Jefferson Elementary School, Shane Park and Evergreen Family Village in Port Angeles, as well as the Boys & Girls Club’s Carroll C. Kendall Unit, Greywolf Elementary School, Carrie Blake Park, Elk Creek Apartments, Mountain View Court Apartments and SeaBreeze Apartments in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Amateur radio club to broadcast at Fort Worden

Morse code, voice and digital for 24 hours

Discovery Bay beaches closed to shellfish harvesting

Discovery Bay beaches have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in shellfish samples sent to… Continue reading

Eighth Street bridges closing in Port Angeles for work

The city of Port Angeles will apply sealant to the road surface on the Eighth Street bridges next week. Both bridges will… Continue reading

Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District 2 work to extinguish an RV fire on Wednesday in the Lower Elwha area. (Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District 2)

Fire crews extinguish RV fire in Lower Elwha area

Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department extinguished a fully involved RV fire in the Lower… Continue reading

Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District 2 work to extinguish an RV fire on Wednesday in the Lower Elwha area. (Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District 2)

Jefferson Healthcare, Forks Community Hospital recognized

Jefferson Healthcare and Forks Community Hospital have earned Critical Access Hospital Achievement of Excellence distinction. The hospitals were recognized during the state hospital… Continue reading

Port Angeles city attorney set to retire next March

Municipality opens application process to replace Bill Bloor

Records: Potential partners are 10

Olympic Medical Center also may stay independent

Muralist Adam Nelson of Port Angeles paints a mountainscape on the north wall of Drake’s U-Bake Pizza & Subs on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Nelson said the job would take about two days to complete. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

New mural

Muralist Adam Nelson of Port Angeles paints a mountainscape on the north wall of Drake’s U-Bake Pizza & Subs on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Nelson… Continue reading

Muralist Adam Nelson of Port Angeles paints a mountainscape on the north wall of Drake’s U-Bake Pizza & Subs on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Nelson said the job would take about two days to complete. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Fireworks are banned in most areas on Olympic Peninsula

Unincorporated areas west of Elwha River follow state rules

Jefferson County considering a youth commission

Highs schoolers would address issues of concern

Makah Museum to celebrate anniversary

The Makah Cultural and Research Center will celebrate its 46th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The celebration will be… Continue reading

Randy Nobbs of Sequim attempts to get a kite to take flight on Wednesday at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. A line of sheltering trees made it difficult to launch the kite until he received help from family members to get the aerial glider above the tree line and into the breeze. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Taking flight

Randy Nobbs of Sequim attempts to get a kite to take flight on Wednesday at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. A line of sheltering trees… Continue reading

Randy Nobbs of Sequim attempts to get a kite to take flight on Wednesday at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. A line of sheltering trees made it difficult to launch the kite until he received help from family members to get the aerial glider above the tree line and into the breeze. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Council hopefuls share vision

Candidates for Port Angeles office debate at forum

Jefferson County Preparedness Day slated Saturday

The Production Alliance will present Jefferson County Preparedness Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The free festival will be at Finnriver… Continue reading

Old Elwha River bridge to be removed starting July 15

The state Department of Transportation plans to remove the old U.S. Highway 101 bridge across the Elwha River beginning July 15. The… Continue reading