Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles declares Stage II water shortage

City asks for voluntary conservation efforts

Shred event scheduled in Sequim

Castell Insurance will host a Free Shred Event from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. The annual fundraiser is at Castell’s office at… Continue reading

Lane closure set as building is taken down

Traffic will be disrupted on Front Street as it slopes west to its intersection with Lincoln Street in Port Angeles beginning at… Continue reading

The Hōkūle‘a arrives in Auke Bay on June 11, when it was welcomed by hundreds of Juneau residents and tribal leaders. The wind-powered traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe began a scheduled 47-month global voyage. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire)

Voyaging Polynesian canoe to visit Port Townsend

Welcome on Tuesday; tours on Wednesday

The Hōkūle‘a arrives in Auke Bay on June 11, when it was welcomed by hundreds of Juneau residents and tribal leaders. The wind-powered traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe began a scheduled 47-month global voyage. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire)

Highway 101 reopens at Gardiner

The state Department of Transportation announced that both lanes of U.S. Highway 101 at Eagle Creek reopened to vehicular traffic on Friday afternoon.… Continue reading

Portion of Highway 101 reopens early

The state Department of Transportation announced that the construction on U.S. Highway 101 north of Quilcene at two unnamed tributaries of Leland Creek… Continue reading

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Carnival-goers take a spin through the air on the Ali Baba amusement ride at the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles on Friday.

Rodeo, demolition derby among Clallam Fair attractions this weekend

The 102nd Clallam County Fair continues today and Sunday with a rodeo, logging show and demolition derby along with a carnival, animal… Continue reading

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Carnival-goers take a spin through the air on the Ali Baba amusement ride at the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles on Friday.

‘Night of Living Dead’ auditions scheduled

Olympic Theatre Arts will host auditions for the second annual “Night of the Living Dead” fall production on Sunday, next Wednesday and Aug.… Continue reading

All County Picnic to focus on preparedness on Sunday

The All County Picnic, which offers information about resilience and emergency preparedness in East Jefferson County, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to… Continue reading

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 music performed on Peninsula

The penultimate weekend of free outdoor summer concerts are scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula next week. The season’s free concerts are on Tuesdays in… Continue reading

Jeremiah Johnson will perform outdoors in Coyle on Sunday.

Jeremiah Johnson to perform at Concerts in the Woods

Jeremiah Johnson, a Blues Music Award nominee, will bring his musical stew of Mississippi blues, rock and country to an outdoor show at… Continue reading

Jeremiah Johnson will perform outdoors in Coyle on Sunday.
FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Lolita dies before move from Miami to her home

Orca known as Toki lived in captivity for more than five decades

FILE - Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

National park, forest issue campfire ban

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest have announced a complete ban on campfires. The Stage 2 fire restrictions that came into… Continue reading

Two youths charged in unhoused man assault

$100,000 bond set for juveniles

Application deadline Oct. 16; Clallam County accepting applications for Lodging Tax grants

The Clallam County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee is accepting applications for grants from the county’s lodging tax fund until noon on Monday,… Continue reading

Fort Worden’s 50th birthday to be celebrated

The Soundcheck Festival will host the Fort Worden 50th Birthday Party on Sunday. The party will be from 2 p.m. to 5… Continue reading

credit David Conklin. Left To Right: violinist Jason Moon, violinist Clara Neubauer, violist Laura Liu, cellist Carlo Lay, and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein

Olympic Music Festival concerts this weekend

The Olympic Music Festival will present two programs this weekend at the Wheeler Theater in Fort Worden. Romantic Frontiers will take place… Continue reading

credit David Conklin. Left To Right: violinist Jason Moon, violinist Clara Neubauer, violist Laura Liu, cellist Carlo Lay, and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein

OUUF speaker set for Sunday

Bob Nuffer will present “Amazing Grace” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Nuffer is the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N.… Continue reading