Clallam County

Clallam PUD to raise rates through 2028

In-house construction, low-interest loans

Primary election ballots due today

Drop box locations are open until 8 p.m.

Sequim man found incompetent to stand trial in his murder case

Attorney general’s office could argue to have him committed

Port Angeles firefighter Paul Johnston sprays water onto a burning house at 730 E. Fourth St. on Saturday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cause of Port Angeles house fire still unknown

No one was hurt in a fire that set ablaze a house at 730 E. Fourth St. in Port Angeles on Saturday… Continue reading

Port Angeles firefighter Paul Johnston sprays water onto a burning house at 730 E. Fourth St. on Saturday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cougar attacks a child in park

Minor injuries reported; Lake Angeles area evacuated; animal being tracked

American jazz singer Diane “Deedles” Schuur, front, along with bassist Bruce Phares, perform in the Donna M. Morris Theater at the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles during Friday night’s opening weekend show. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Dazzling performances

American jazz singer Diane “Deedles” Schuur, front, along with bassist Bruce Phares, perform in the Donna M. Morris Theater at the Field Arts & Events… Continue reading

American jazz singer Diane “Deedles” Schuur, front, along with bassist Bruce Phares, perform in the Donna M. Morris Theater at the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles during Friday night’s opening weekend show. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 investigate a plane crash in Agnew on Saturday. Its passengers were transported with minor injuries to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Plane crashes into Agnew neighborhood

Couple transported to hospital with minor injuries

Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 investigate a plane crash in Agnew on Saturday. Its passengers were transported with minor injuries to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles man given firearms sentence, faces charges in Utah

A Port Angeles man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a firearms conviction and still faces additional charges in… Continue reading

Primary ballots due Tuesday on Peninsula and statewide

Election has three contests in both counties; one in Clallam only

The Port Angeles High School class of 1953 held their 70th reunion recently at Traylors in PA. 15 were in attendance from a class of 145 70 years ago. This class was suppose to be the first class at the new high school building on Park Ave, but construction delays made them the last class to attend the old Roosevelt High School where the county courthouse is now located. ID: L to R back row: Joann Reyonlds, Howard Byers, Carl Fischer, Dick Kent, Jackie Partridge, Darold Davidson and Ralph Schmidt. Middle row: Frank Robinson, Mary Anderson, Daphne Eshom, Carol Donahue, Patricia Goodfellow and Shirley Williams. Front row: Marilyn Kraus and Loretta Chapman. dlogan
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PAHS 70th class reunion meets

The Port Angeles High School class of 1953 held their 70th reunion recently at Traylors in Port Angeles. Fifteen were in attendance from a class… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School class of 1953 held their 70th reunion recently at Traylors in PA. 15 were in attendance from a class of 145 70 years ago. This class was suppose to be the first class at the new high school building on Park Ave, but construction delays made them the last class to attend the old Roosevelt High School where the county courthouse is now located. ID: L to R back row: Joann Reyonlds, Howard Byers, Carl Fischer, Dick Kent, Jackie Partridge, Darold Davidson and Ralph Schmidt. Middle row: Frank Robinson, Mary Anderson, Daphne Eshom, Carol Donahue, Patricia Goodfellow and Shirley Williams. Front row: Marilyn Kraus and Loretta Chapman. dlogan
The Port Angeles High School class of 1958 held their 65th year reunion recently at Fairmount Restaurant. 23 members of the class were present for the reunion.There was about 170 in the class back in 1958. Henry Wyborney, a past member of their class, was the Washington state high jump champion that year. ID: back row l to r: Dee Coburn, Stan Grall, Don Williams, George Rains, Aerlyn Bryant, Jerry Fagerlund, Lorraine Grinell, Dick Grinell. Middle row: Dotty West, Elaine Doughtery, Sylvia Batlin, Fred Larson, Georgina Bridges, Jo Lee Grooms, Edna Peterson. Front row: Karen Sewell, Connie Graham, Rosalyn Taylor, Duane Almaden, Larry Madden, Shirley Tyner and Sheryl Todd. dlogan
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PAHS 65th reunion

The Port Angeles High School class of 1958 held their 65th year reunion recently at Fairmount Restaurant in Port Angeles. Twenty-three members of the class… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School class of 1958 held their 65th year reunion recently at Fairmount Restaurant. 23 members of the class were present for the reunion.There was about 170 in the class back in 1958. Henry Wyborney, a past member of their class, was the Washington state high jump champion that year. ID: back row l to r: Dee Coburn, Stan Grall, Don Williams, George Rains, Aerlyn Bryant, Jerry Fagerlund, Lorraine Grinell, Dick Grinell. Middle row: Dotty West, Elaine Doughtery, Sylvia Batlin, Fred Larson, Georgina Bridges, Jo Lee Grooms, Edna Peterson. Front row: Karen Sewell, Connie Graham, Rosalyn Taylor, Duane Almaden, Larry Madden, Shirley Tyner and Sheryl Todd. dlogan

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

Free outdoor concerts set on Peninsula

Get out your picnic baskets, blankets and sunglasses for free outdoor summer concerts on the North Olympic Peninsula. The season’s free concerts are on Tuesdays… Continue reading

Riley the Border Collie demonstrates the alert position to indicate he’s found something - in this case a training set of human teeth - during a presentation the the Port Angeles Nor’Wester Rotary at Joshua’s Restaurant on Friday. Riley works for the Canine Forensics Foundation in Sequim which helps clients find archeological human remains across the nation and the world. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

From Sequim to the South Pacific, this company uses dogs to find human remains

Canine Forensics Foundation trains dogs for archaeological detection

Riley the Border Collie demonstrates the alert position to indicate he’s found something - in this case a training set of human teeth - during a presentation the the Port Angeles Nor’Wester Rotary at Joshua’s Restaurant on Friday. Riley works for the Canine Forensics Foundation in Sequim which helps clients find archeological human remains across the nation and the world. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lower Elwha Klallam artist and storyteller Robert Fernandes, who served as curator of the Field Arts & Events Hall gallery collection of Klallam art works and crafts, speaks about the collection during Thursday night's gallery opening and reception in Port Angeles. The showing has the title "Creations by the Klallam People."

Gallery opens at Field Hall

Field Arts & Events Hall celebrated the opening of its gallery a special welcoming reception. The opening was the first event of… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lower Elwha Klallam artist and storyteller Robert Fernandes, who served as curator of the Field Arts & Events Hall gallery collection of Klallam art works and crafts, speaks about the collection during Thursday night's gallery opening and reception in Port Angeles. The showing has the title "Creations by the Klallam People."

Grants aid food bank, firefighters

Federal funding provides $256,000

Help available for veterans, survivors to get PACT Act benefits

Veterans or their survivors can get help submitting paperwork for claims under the Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 from Disabled American Veterans service officers in… Continue reading

Eran Kennedy is the new publisher for Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum.

New publisher steps in for Olympic Peninsula News Group

Ward starts own venture; Kennedy takes the reins

Eran Kennedy is the new publisher for Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum.

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM,… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Harm reduction center positions before Clallam County

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula