Clallam County

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, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

W. Ron Allen

Tribe files challenge to fish farm ban

Jamestown S’Klallam says agency violated due process, separation of powers

W. Ron Allen

Warming centers, shelters open on Peninsula

The National Weather Service is forecasting lows in the 20s beginning Sunday. Temperatures have fallen to below freezing for several weeks now, so some agencies… Continue reading

Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

Ken Balcomb, researcher who championed orcas, dies at 82

Ken Balcomb, a researcher who spent nearly five decades studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas — and whose findings helped end… Continue reading

Ken Balcomb, senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research (CWR), talks about the declining population of endangered orcas that frequent Washington state waters during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2016, in Seattle. Balcomb, a pioneering whale researcher who devoted the past five decades to studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered orcas, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, according to the organization he founded. He was 82. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

Jamestown Tribe to fight Department of Natural Resources’ ruling

Feasibility of project in Port Angeles is uncertain

Former doctor denied request to cut conditions of release

Asks court to cut cost of home monitoring

Skaters make their way around the rink at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village on Thursday, assembled seasonally in a city parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street. The same site is slated for a roller rink next summer. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Roller rink planned this summer in downtown Port Angeles location

Chamber says it will cost less to skate than Winter Ice Village

Skaters make their way around the rink at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village on Thursday, assembled seasonally in a city parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street. The same site is slated for a roller rink next summer. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Rev. Lynn Ungar.

Speaker set for Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

The Rev. Lynn Ungar will present “By a Different Light”

Rev. Lynn Ungar.
Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The women, members of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, were helping prepare for the event, which honors veterans for their service. Around 2,700 sponsored wreaths are planned for placement at Blue Mountain, Dungeness, Gardiner, Sequim View, Mount Angeles and Forks cemeteries, with a formal service planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Wreaths Across America

Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles… Continue reading

Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The women, members of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, were helping prepare for the event, which honors veterans for their service. Around 2,700 sponsored wreaths are planned for placement at Blue Mountain, Dungeness, Gardiner, Sequim View, Mount Angeles and Forks cemeteries, with a formal service planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Yule ball, concerts, dramatic presentations on Peninsula

A Yule ball, concerts and plays are offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. • Big Brass Yule Ball is planned for Saturday at… Continue reading

Bail cut to $1 million for woman accused of attempted murder

Next court appearance set for Friday

Cooke Aquaculture files appeal of DNR decision

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific, LLC has filed an appeal of the state Department of Natural Resources’ denial of its leases for steelhead farms in… Continue reading

Health officials urge masking as respiratory illness rise

Without mitigation, more counties report more COVID than last year

Police: Alleged burglar returned to scene twice

An alleged burglar was reported by police to have pressed his luck not once but twice early Wednesday morning with the third… Continue reading

Port Angeles man surrenders after standoff

Domestic violence complaint escalates

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Santa, played by Beau Gibson, greets the children and their parents on the shores of Lake Crescent after his arrival by canoe to the Lake Crescent Lodge on Saturday. In the canoe is his paddler Cody Fisher and the elf on the shore is Vera Tambunan. The historic lodge on Barnes Point at Lake Crescent kicked off the season with holiday lights Saturday evening.
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Santa arrives at Lake Crescent

Santa, played by Beau Gibson, greets the children and their parents on the shores of Lake Crescent after his arrival by canoe to the Lake… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Santa, played by Beau Gibson, greets the children and their parents on the shores of Lake Crescent after his arrival by canoe to the Lake Crescent Lodge on Saturday. In the canoe is his paddler Cody Fisher and the elf on the shore is Vera Tambunan. The historic lodge on Barnes Point at Lake Crescent kicked off the season with holiday lights Saturday evening.

Two Port Hadlock residents accused of burglary

Two Port Hadlock residents are accused of breaking into a home on Chicken Coop Road. Rachelle Wiley, 43, and Robert Koschnick, 37, were… Continue reading

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit Sprouting Hope Greenhouse operated by The Answer for Youth on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swag, wreaths and other holiday items will be for sale at the greenhouse, 826 E. First St., as a benefit for the organization’s homeless and at-risk youth programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Weaving a bow

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit… Continue reading

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit Sprouting Hope Greenhouse operated by The Answer for Youth on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swag, wreaths and other holiday items will be for sale at the greenhouse, 826 E. First St., as a benefit for the organization’s homeless and at-risk youth programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday

Help needed to honor veterans

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Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School Choir, including seniors, from left, Kaelyn Herringer, Rayna Mathison and Grace Possinger, on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The wreath sale was a benefit to help fund a spring trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York with members of the school’s choir, orchestra and band. Leftovers from Saturday’s sale, along with a bake sale and silent auction, will be available during the school’s holiday concert at 7 p.m. tonight at the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Choir fundraiser

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School… Continue reading

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School Choir, including seniors, from left, Kaelyn Herringer, Rayna Mathison and Grace Possinger, on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The wreath sale was a benefit to help fund a spring trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York with members of the school’s choir, orchestra and band. Leftovers from Saturday’s sale, along with a bake sale and silent auction, will be available during the school’s holiday concert at 7 p.m. tonight at the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)