Jason Stipp

OPHS names new executive director

Jason Stipp is the new lead at the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. The nonprofit with two campuses in Clallam County announced in… Continue reading

Jason Stipp

Police: Amended pursuit law a step in right direction

Law enforcement lobbying for additional funding

Port Angeles schools: State funding still short

Gap for special education widening, officials say

Convention attendees, from left, Kiera Woodward, Madison Peterson and Juliette Burnette, all of Port Angeles, examine displays of jewelry, earrings and crystals at a display table operated by Dragon Den Studios of Sequim at Squatchcon on Friday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The four-day festival, dedicated to gaming, culture and cosplay, continues today at Vern Burton with a vendor market, workshops and meetups. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Squatchcon this weekend

Convention attendees, from left, Kiera Woodward, Madison Peterson and Juliette Burnette, all of Port Angeles, examine displays of jewelry, earrings and crystals at a display… Continue reading

Convention attendees, from left, Kiera Woodward, Madison Peterson and Juliette Burnette, all of Port Angeles, examine displays of jewelry, earrings and crystals at a display table operated by Dragon Den Studios of Sequim at Squatchcon on Friday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The four-day festival, dedicated to gaming, culture and cosplay, continues today at Vern Burton with a vendor market, workshops and meetups. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Matt Klontz with the Port of Port Townsend, in a yellow jacket, looks over the nearly completed south breakwater jetty at the entrance to Point Hudson Marina with Jacob Bates, an Orion employee, during a punch-list review on Wednesday. The jetty is expected to be finished next week. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jetty nearly complete

Matt Klontz with the Port of Port Townsend, in a yellow jacket, looks over the nearly completed south breakwater jetty at the entrance to Point… Continue reading

Matt Klontz with the Port of Port Townsend, in a yellow jacket, looks over the nearly completed south breakwater jetty at the entrance to Point Hudson Marina with Jacob Bates, an Orion employee, during a punch-list review on Wednesday. The jetty is expected to be finished next week. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit to add trip to Hurricane Ridge

Service will run from Memorial Day to Labor Day

An East Jefferson Fire Rescue crew responded Wednesday afternoon to a car fire on state Highway 20. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Fire engulfs car on state Highway 20

A car caught fire and blocked state Highway 20 just south of Engel Road for about 40 minutes, according to a news… Continue reading

An East Jefferson Fire Rescue crew responded Wednesday afternoon to a car fire on state Highway 20. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Letter seeking $350K for ‘distress’

Lawsuit threatened over incident at Port Townsend pool

Power pole replacement closes Hill Street

Hill Street was closed for five hours Wednesday for the replacement of several power poles along the street, said Mike Healy, Port… Continue reading

Seven miles of state Highway 112 to be repaved in 2025

Asphalt overlay, guardrails, signage needed, DOT says

Joel Arrington, boat shop manager for the Northwest Maritime Center, looks at the bow of a boat he cut in half that will be an exhibit piece in the new Welcome Center being constructed in what was formerly the retail shop. The new space will have a smaller retail space with the rest of the floorplan devoted to exhibits. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Northwest Maritime Center welcome center in the works

Renovated space will serve as information hub for activities

Joel Arrington, boat shop manager for the Northwest Maritime Center, looks at the bow of a boat he cut in half that will be an exhibit piece in the new Welcome Center being constructed in what was formerly the retail shop. The new space will have a smaller retail space with the rest of the floorplan devoted to exhibits. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

DOT open to solutions other than roundabouts

Presentation focuses on areas in Port Angeles, Sequim

State Rep. Steve Tharinger, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege and Rep. Mike Chapman.

More funds coming to Peninsula

Lawmakers: Investments being made in district

State Rep. Steve Tharinger, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege and Rep. Mike Chapman.

Port Angeles council appoints members to boards

Public questions appointee who lives outside of city

Hazard mitigation plan survey online

The Emergency Management Division of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is asking residents to complete a survey to assist in updating the… Continue reading

Log jam proposal findings released

The National Park Service has released the results of the environmental analysis of the downstream mitigation plan for the U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Port Hadlock woman airlifted to Harborview after wreck

A Port Hadlock woman was in satisfactory condition Wednesday morning after she was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following a… Continue reading

As is tradition at the end of the Walk for Water, Interact Club members douse the president — this year Krista Charters — in Sequim’s original irrigation ditch by Sequim Middle School. Charters said carrying two large buckets of water 2 miles was harder than she thought it’d be. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Interact Club continues to ‘Walk for Water’

Fundraiser looks to build well for school in Ghana

As is tradition at the end of the Walk for Water, Interact Club members douse the president — this year Krista Charters — in Sequim’s original irrigation ditch by Sequim Middle School. Charters said carrying two large buckets of water 2 miles was harder than she thought it’d be. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Clallam County letter supports Tse-whit-sen effort

Port of Port Angeles, tribe working on restoring property