Keith Thorpe

PHOTO: Time for Peninsula pumpkins

PHOTO: Time for Peninsula pumpkins

Eight-year-old Lacie Schmitt gets help from her father, Isaac Schmitt of Port Angeles, with lifting a large pumpkin during an outing to the Sequim Pumpkin… Continue reading

PHOTO: Time for Peninsula pumpkins
PHOTO: Kids play at Port Angeles school’s harvest carnival

PHOTO: Kids play at Port Angeles school’s harvest carnival

Felix Hammar, 6, of Port Angeles plays a game of miniature golf during Saturday’s Harvest Carnival at Jefferson School in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

PHOTO: Kids play at Port Angeles school’s harvest carnival
PHOTO: ‘Once upon a time’ at Peninsula College

PHOTO: ‘Once upon a time’ at Peninsula College

Storyteller Rachel Muller of Ladysmith, British Columbia, spins a yarn for Port Angeles school children during a performance Friday at the Little… Continue reading

PHOTO: ‘Once upon a time’ at Peninsula College
PHOTO: Clallam County shakes it out

PHOTO: Clallam County shakes it out

Brian Phillips, facilities manager with the North Olympic Library System, peers out from under a table at the Port Angeles Library during Thursday’s 2018 Great… Continue reading

PHOTO: Clallam County shakes it out
PHOTO: Fall foliage route

PHOTO: Fall foliage route

The colors of autumn provide a wash of yellow in the Tumwater Creek Valley as traffic makes its way along the Tumwater… Continue reading

PHOTO: Fall foliage route
PHOTO: Quinn Redlin Kintner Memorial Park opens in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Quinn Redlin Kintner Memorial Park opens in Port Angeles

Children swarm a new piece of playground equipment after it was officially opened Saturday at Quinn Redlin Kintner Memorial Park, formerly Georgiana Park, near Olympic… Continue reading

PHOTO: Quinn Redlin Kintner Memorial Park opens in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Train show at Clallam Fairgrounds

PHOTO: Train show at Clallam Fairgrounds

Logan French, 7, is held by his grandmother, Kristina Manning of Port Angeles, to get a better view of an elaborate model… Continue reading

PHOTO: Train show at Clallam Fairgrounds
PHOTO: Taking a break

PHOTO: Taking a break

A great blue heron rests on an anchor buoy as a flock of geese paddle by Wednesday in Port Angeles Harbor.… Continue reading

PHOTO: Taking a break
PHOTO: Stand Down gathers veterans in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Stand Down gathers veterans in Port Angeles

Veteran Hal Landry of Port Angeles gets a haircut from Teia Stitzel of Patti’s Off Peabody Hair Design during Thursday’s Port Angeles Stand Down at… Continue reading

PHOTO: Stand Down gathers veterans in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Preparing for crab fest

PHOTO: Preparing for crab fest

A crew from Bothel-based Grand Event Rentals works on assembling the main tent that will serve as the dining area for this weekend’s 17th annual… Continue reading

PHOTO: Preparing for crab fest
PHOTO: Traffic light replacement causes jam in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Traffic light replacement causes jam in Port Angeles

A crew from the state Department of Transportation hoists the support beam for a new traffic light at the corner of First and Lincoln streets… Continue reading

PHOTO: Traffic light replacement causes jam in Port Angeles
PHOTO: A calm day on the water off Cline Spit

PHOTO: A calm day on the water off Cline Spit

A fishing boat floats on the placid waters of Dungeness Bay after tending nets near Cline Spit on Tuesday north of Sequim. Dry conditions accompanied… Continue reading

PHOTO: A calm day on the water off Cline Spit
PHOTO: Birding on Dungeness Bay

PHOTO: Birding on Dungeness Bay

Jim Beneteau of Arlington watches birds over Dungeness Bay against a backdrop of the New Dungeness Lighthouse on Tuesday in the Three Crabs area of… Continue reading

PHOTO: Birding on Dungeness Bay
PHOTO: Arts & Draughts Festival continues in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Arts & Draughts Festival continues in Port Angeles

Katie Mountifield, an employee of Port Townsend Brewing, right, pours a sample of her company’s beer for Christina and Cody Pettersen of… Continue reading

PHOTO: Arts & Draughts Festival continues in Port Angeles
PHOTO GALLERY: Victims remembered at event marking completion of bridge barriers

PHOTO GALLERY: Victims remembered at event marking completion of bridge barriers

Port Angeles city officials hosted a community gathering and a concert on the Eighth Street bridge over Valley Creek to celebrate the… Continue reading

PHOTO GALLERY: Victims remembered at event marking completion of bridge barriers
PHOTO: Touch and go landings before Mount Baker

PHOTO: Touch and go landings before Mount Baker

A Navy EA-16G Growler practicing touch-and-go landings at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island can be seen from Port Townsend as it flies in front of… Continue reading

PHOTO: Touch and go landings before Mount Baker
PHOTO: Setting the stage for playground in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Setting the stage for playground in Port Angeles

Port Angeles Parks Department employee Eli Hammel, right, moves a wheelbarrow of foam tiles as coworker Elliott Messmer waits to begin placing them around newly… Continue reading

PHOTO: Setting the stage for playground in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Fall approaching on the Peninsula

PHOTO: Fall approaching on the Peninsula

In a taste of what’s to come, a maple tree in front of the Olympic National Park visitor center reveals the reds of approaching autumn… Continue reading

PHOTO: Fall approaching on the Peninsula
PHOTO: Chain gang dismantles nuisance RVs near Port Angeles

PHOTO: Chain gang dismantles nuisance RVs near Port Angeles

The shattered remains of an abandoned recreational vehicle await final demolition as members of the Clallam County Jail’s Chain Gang dismantle a second RV on… Continue reading

PHOTO: Chain gang dismantles nuisance RVs near Port Angeles
PHOTO: Rock on at Port Angeles gem show

PHOTO: Rock on at Port Angeles gem show

Ten-year-old Dublin Burk, accompanied by his stepfather, Colin Leahy of Port Angeles, makes a purchase from Corinne Woods of P & D Agate Tacoma on… Continue reading

PHOTO: Rock on at Port Angeles gem show