Clallam County

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tree recycling

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department worker Lukas Cox tosses a limb from the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree into a truck for eventual recycling as the tree is dismantled on Tuesday. The tree, donated by the Port of Port Angeles, illuminated downtown at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain since it was lit on Thanksgiving weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cape Flattery putting levy on February ballot

Replacement measure would collect nearly $2M over four-year period

Clallam approves $500K for affordable housing project

Habitat for Humanity units to be sited in Sequim

Great Decisions meeting slated

The Great Decisions discussion group will meet at at 10 a.m. Friday. The monthly discussion group meets in the adult learning annex at… Continue reading

Health officer: Little data doesn’t mean less risk

Sparse information about COVID-19, RSV, flu and other respiratory diseases doesn’t mean risks are diminished. It just means less data is being… Continue reading

Monthly tech help available at NOLS

The North Olympic Library System will launch drop-in Tech help beginning Friday. The monthly program is on the first Friday of each… Continue reading

Shuttle and spindle meeting set

The North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. The guild meets at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,… Continue reading

Pictured from left to right are Marty Brewer, Port Angeles School District superintendent; Michelle Turner, Port Angeles Education Foundation president; Michell Gentry, Port Angeles AmeriCorps coordinator; and Kayla Oakes, Field Arts and Events Hall.

Grants awarded to Port Angeles district educators

The Port Angeles Education Foundation recently awarded SPICE grants totaling $65,410 to educators throughout the Port Angeles School District. SPICE, or Supporting… Continue reading

Pictured from left to right are Marty Brewer, Port Angeles School District superintendent; Michelle Turner, Port Angeles Education Foundation president; Michell Gentry, Port Angeles AmeriCorps coordinator; and Kayla Oakes, Field Arts and Events Hall.
Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Taking the plunge

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at… Continue reading

Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday. More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

It’s a girl! First baby of new year born in Port Angeles

Fiona Springer born just before 6 a.m.

Sierra and Jeremy Springer of Sequim with children Poppy and newborn Fiona, who was the first baby born in Clallam County in 2024 at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Skiing at Deer Park is pictured in this historic photos. (U.S. National Park Service archives)

Perspectives series begins Jan 9

Olympic National Park’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series will be presented in a hybrid format via Zoom and in person once a month… Continue reading

Skiing at Deer Park is pictured in this historic photos. (U.S. National Park Service archives)
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Stairclimb donations

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit approves annual budget, wage increases for union

The Board of Clallam County Transit at its Dec. 20 meeting unanimously approved a $17.3 million operating budget for 2024 that eliminated… Continue reading

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit provides free rides

One-year pilot program aims to boost ridership

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The first phase to revamp the parking and stormwater collection at Dr. Standard Little League Park is anticipated to be finished in January. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

First phase of Sequim Little League park revamp nears finish

No timeline, funding for final phases yet

The first phase to revamp the parking and stormwater collection at Dr. Standard Little League Park is anticipated to be finished in January. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

A GROWING CONCERN: Make resolutions for your garden revolution

TOMORROW, WE WELCOME in the new year. Since this is the first column to talk of the New Year, it is time to cover some… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Meets at noon on Wednesdays at Asian Buffet, 1940 E. First St. #160 (Port Angeles Plaza) in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Christina Ballew outside Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend on Friday.

Help from Home Fund‘miracle’ for PT woman

Donations from neighbors help neighbors

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Christina Ballew outside Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend on Friday.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles Winter Ice Village volunteers Rich Johnson, left, and Sarah Fixter check in used ice skates on a busy Friday afternoon skate session.

Ice Village season drawing to a close

Sixth season promising total high attendance

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles Winter Ice Village volunteers Rich Johnson, left, and Sarah Fixter check in used ice skates on a busy Friday afternoon skate session.

Man subject of manhunt charged with four felonies

Three more to follow next week