James Casey

SeaPort Airlines will start operating Cessna Caravans on March 1 from Port Angeles' Fairchild International Airport. SeaPort Airlines

WEEKEND REWIND: Lugging your luggage likely with new Port Angeles air service; TSA expected to pass on providing screenings at Fairchild Airport

PORT ANGELES — Air service will resume in Port Angeles, but probably without the convenience of security checks at Fairchild International Airport, Port of Port… Continue reading

SeaPort Airlines will start operating Cessna Caravans on March 1 from Port Angeles' Fairchild International Airport. SeaPort Airlines

Olympic Medical Center stuffs its stocking with approval of $2.6 million purchase of imaging equipment

PORT ANGELES — Talk about a holiday sale: Hospital District 2 commissioners approved spending nearly $2.6 million for new imaging equipment at Olympic Medical Center… Continue reading

A log debarker sits idle at the Port of Port Angeles log yard next to the former Peninsula Plywood site on the Port Angeles waterfront. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Log debarker to depart from Port of Port Angeles-leased land

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Harbor has fallen a bit quieter with the shutdown of a mammoth machine that stripped bark off hemlock logs before… Continue reading

A log debarker sits idle at the Port of Port Angeles log yard next to the former Peninsula Plywood site on the Port Angeles waterfront. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
SeaPort Airlines will start operating Cessna Caravans on March 1 from Port Angeles' Fairchild International Airport. SeaPort Airlines

Lugging your luggage likely with new Port Angeles air service; TSA expected to pass on providing screenings at Fairchild Airport

PORT ANGELES — Air service will resume in Port Angeles, but probably without the convenience of security checks at Fairchild International Airport, Port of Port… Continue reading

SeaPort Airlines will start operating Cessna Caravans on March 1 from Port Angeles' Fairchild International Airport. SeaPort Airlines

New Clallam opioid overdose reporting requirement aims to prevent them

PORT ANGELES — Overdoses from heroin and other opioid drugs — whether users survive or die — will require doctors and responders to notify the… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters

Firefighters roll to the rescue of the Port Angeles Food Bank with Saturday donation collection event

PORT ANGELES — No smoke. No flames. No hoses and nary a nozzle. The volunteers of Clallam County Fire District No. 2 will answer the… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters
Thousands of miniature lights adorn the landscaping

Brightening up the Peninsula: Light makes might in war against winter

North Olympic Peninsula residents and businesses are fighting the long winter nights by filling the darkness with holiday lights. After the winter solstice at 8:49… Continue reading

Thousands of miniature lights adorn the landscaping
Tom Sanford

WEEKEND REWIND — Tragedy generates conservation gift of Pysht River glen

CLALLAM BAY — The road's center stripe and fog lines twist like a garter snake south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca on a… Continue reading

Tom Sanford
High winds and tide batter the outside of Port Townsend's Better Living Through Coffee on Thursday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

West End goes dark while the worst weather misses North Olympic Peninsula

The North Olympic Peninsula dodged the worst of the winter storm that lashed Western Washington on Thursday, with the biggest impact being an electrical power… Continue reading

High winds and tide batter the outside of Port Townsend's Better Living Through Coffee on Thursday. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles eyes new water sources in wake of drought restrictions

Port Angeles eyes new water sources in wake of drought restrictions

PORT ANGELES — Water, water: Under where? The city will take preliminary steps to locate a secondary source of domestic water should the Elwha River… Continue reading

Port Angeles eyes new water sources in wake of drought restrictions
Burglary suspect whistles, deputy answers, Clallam County Sheriff's Office says

Burglary suspect whistles, deputy answers, Clallam County Sheriff’s Office says

SEQUIM — A burglary suspect whistled for help in the predawn hours of Sunday but instead attracted the attention of a sheriff's deputy, who said… Continue reading

Burglary suspect whistles, deputy answers, Clallam County Sheriff's Office says
Colleen McAleer

McAleer aims at twofold plan for state business alliance, Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — The aim of the game: forge a strategic plan for Washington's economy. The real deal: make sure Clallam County gets a fair… Continue reading

Colleen McAleer
Snow is cleared from Hurricane Ridge Road in Olympic National Park in 2008. — Peninsula Daily News

Boost budget for Olympic National Park, supporters plead

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — At our back door lie 1,442 square miles where everyone can come together, according to Rob Smith, the National Parks Conservation… Continue reading

Snow is cleared from Hurricane Ridge Road in Olympic National Park in 2008. — Peninsula Daily News
The transport ship Blue Marlin anchors in Port Angeles Harbor on Saturday. In the background is U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles on Ediz Hook. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Blue Marlin returns to Port Angeles Harbor; brought Polar Pioneer here in April

PORT ANGELES — The mammoth marine semi-submersible ship MV Blue Marlin arrived Saturday morning in Port Angeles and dropped anchor near the Polar Pioneer drilling… Continue reading

The transport ship Blue Marlin anchors in Port Angeles Harbor on Saturday. In the background is U.S. Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles on Ediz Hook. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Man in jail after wife alleges being threatened at Fairholm home

FAIRHOLM — A 53-year-old man was jailed early Saturday after his wife said he threatened her with a gun in their home at 2364 Camp… Continue reading

Tom Sanford

Tragedy generates conservation gift of Pysht River glen

CLALLAM BAY — The road’s center stripe and fog lines twist like a garter snake south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca on a… Continue reading

Tom Sanford
Jacob Haynes of Issaquah tees off on the 11th hole at The Cedars at Dungeness golf course near Sequim. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND REWIND: Cedars at Dungeness tops area golf courses and Sequim bakery Takes the Cake in ‘Best Everything’ contest

SEQUIM — The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course and That Takes the Cake have aced it. The fairways and greens at 1965 Woodcock Road captured… Continue reading

Jacob Haynes of Issaquah tees off on the 11th hole at The Cedars at Dungeness golf course near Sequim. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
WEEKEND REWIND: Navy issues draft environmental assessment of Ediz Hook pier proposal; public meeting slated for Jan. 12

WEEKEND REWIND: Navy issues draft environmental assessment of Ediz Hook pier proposal; public meeting slated for Jan. 12

PORT ANGELES — The Navy has issued a draft environmental assessment for a proposed pier on Ediz Hook to moor vessels that escort submarines from… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: Navy issues draft environmental assessment of Ediz Hook pier proposal; public meeting slated for Jan. 12

WEEKEND REWIND: Peninsula emergency managers seek reports of storm damage to homes, businesses

Property owners who suffered damage from wind and water that lashed the North Olympic Peninsula starting Nov. 14 must contact Clallam County or Jefferson County… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer

Sitting Port of Port Angeles commissioner and newcomer have plans for more meetings, transparency and scrutiny

PORT ANGELES — The two women who will form the Port of Port Angeles Commission’s majority promise more meetings, more openness and more scrutiny starting… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer