Clallam County

The newly rebuilt trail to the summit of Hurricane Hill was opened by Olympic National Park in August 2020. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

Guide book explores Washington

Peninsula: ‘Wild in the extreme’

The newly rebuilt trail to the summit of Hurricane Hill was opened by Olympic National Park in August 2020. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Worm your way into vermiculture

SINCE I PROMISED, as a New Year’s resolution, to give all you gardeners more eco-friendly information in order to better both your yard and planet,… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteers bore holes and prepare the site on Friday for the beginning of a community build of the Generation II Dream Playground, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles.

Community build begins Tuesday

Volunteers to create Dream Playground II

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteers bore holes and prepare the site on Friday for the beginning of a community build of the Generation II Dream Playground, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

In-person meeting Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101). This week… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, are Cindy Thomas, Nancy King, Sarah Abbitt and Tabby Whitaker.
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Jim’s Pharmacy names charity of the month

Pictured, from left to right, are Cindy Thomas, Nancy King, Sarah Abbitt and Tabby Whitaker. Staff and customers at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles raised… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, are Cindy Thomas, Nancy King, Sarah Abbitt and Tabby Whitaker.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The site of a proposed 106-room hotel being planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe near the downtown Port Angeles waterfront sits idle on Friday as the tribe works with the city on infrastructure and environmental issues.

More delay for Elwha Hotel

Hurdles mount for $25 million project

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The site of a proposed 106-room hotel being planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe near the downtown Port Angeles waterfront sits idle on Friday as the tribe works with the city on infrastructure and environmental issues.

NOLS offering kits to build a planter or toolbox

The North Olympic Library System will hand out kits to build a planter or a toolbox starting Monday. The kits are designed… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula College graduate Mackenzie Jay of Sequim looks at her cellphone in Pirate Square prior to the beginning of Saturday's ceremony to award associate of arts degrees on the Port Angeles campus. A total of 413 students were qualified to receive degrees and certificates as part of the Class of 2020 and 2021.
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Peninsula College graduation held Saturday

Peninsula College graduate Mackenzie Jay of Sequim looks at her cellphone in Pirate Square prior to the beginning of Saturday’s ceremony to award associate of… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula College graduate Mackenzie Jay of Sequim looks at her cellphone in Pirate Square prior to the beginning of Saturday's ceremony to award associate of arts degrees on the Port Angeles campus. A total of 413 students were qualified to receive degrees and certificates as part of the Class of 2020 and 2021.
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Port Angeles Fine Arts Center welcomes new executive director

Christine Loewe is the new executive director for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The organization earlier this month announced the hiring… Continue reading

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Lyn Muench, grant writer for the Dungeness River Audubon Center’s “Inspire Wonder” capital campaign, shows Rep. Steve Tharinger details of River Center construction. Photo by Margi Palmer

Tharinger tours river center expansion project

Project expected to be completed in fall

Lyn Muench, grant writer for the Dungeness River Audubon Center’s “Inspire Wonder” capital campaign, shows Rep. Steve Tharinger details of River Center construction. Photo by Margi Palmer

Todd Ortloff Show guests set 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

US Highway 101 work starting Monday

Maintenance crews from the Department of Transportation will repair pavement on U.S. Highway 101 west of Lake Crescent from 7 a.m. to 4:30… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County, DCD mediation to be discussed

Peninsula Daily News Clallam County commissioners will discuss mediation with Department of Community Development (DCD) Director Mary Ellen Winborn on Monday. The work session will… Continue reading

Immunizations edge upward while COVID variants threaten unvaccinated

Travel especially dangerous

Teen airlifted to Harborview after bicycle wreck

A teenage girl was seriously injured and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday after she was struck by a… Continue reading

Coast Guard suspends searches for missing man west of Port Angeles

Mariner identified

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Crews work on Thursday to dismantle the loading dock at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles. Workers began removing about 800 concrete dock panels this week as a step toward dismantling the 6-acre pier at the former Rayonier property 2 miles east of downtown Port Angeles. The target date for completion is July, while more than 5,000 creosote-treated pilings will not be taken out at least until 2023 as part of the overall environmental cleanup of the 75-acre former industrial site's uplands and adjacent harbor waters, a process overseen by the state Department of Ecology and paid for by property owner Rayonier Advanced Materials.
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Dock dismantle begins at Rayonier site in Port Angeles

Peninsula Daily News Crews work on Thursday to dismantle the loading dock at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles. Workers… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Crews work on Thursday to dismantle the loading dock at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill in Port Angeles. Workers began removing about 800 concrete dock panels this week as a step toward dismantling the 6-acre pier at the former Rayonier property 2 miles east of downtown Port Angeles. The target date for completion is July, while more than 5,000 creosote-treated pilings will not be taken out at least until 2023 as part of the overall environmental cleanup of the 75-acre former industrial site's uplands and adjacent harbor waters, a process overseen by the state Department of Ecology and paid for by property owner Rayonier Advanced Materials.
Jeanette Stehr-Green will present “Growing Strawberries on the North Olympic Peninsula” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

Master gardeners series digging deeper

Jeanette Stehr-Green will present “Growing Strawberries on the North Olympic Peninsula” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Stehr-Green’s lecture is part of the Clallam… Continue reading

Jeanette Stehr-Green will present “Growing Strawberries on the North Olympic Peninsula” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean, left, and Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias.

North Olympic Peninsula reaps millions in federal COVID funds

County, city governments setting priorities

Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean, left, and Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias.
Alberta Stamp and Sean Johnson.

Olympic Medical Center honors staff with leadership award

Alberta Stamp and Sean Johnson received the Olympic Medical Center leadership award in May. Stamp, the manager of clinical informatics, and Johnson,… Continue reading

Alberta Stamp and Sean Johnson.