Leah Leach

Dick Goin on a trip to the mouth of the Elwha River in 2010. (Jennifer Galvin)

Conservationist Dick Goin to be honored posthumously at Friday breakfast in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Conservationist Dick Goin will be honored posthumously at the North Olympic Land Trust's 8th annual Conservation Breakfast on Friday. The breakfast will… Continue reading

Dick Goin on a trip to the mouth of the Elwha River in 2010. (Jennifer Galvin)
The Allen Logging Mill in Forks closed in July 2015. — Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group ()

Equipment from West End’s shuttered Allen Logging mill to be auctioned off starting today

FORKS — Trucks, saws and other equipment from the last lumber mill on the West End will be auctioned off today and Friday. Some $1.5… Continue reading

The Allen Logging Mill in Forks closed in July 2015. — Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group ()
The London-flagged container ship Benjamin Franklin passes by Ediz Hook in Port Angeles as ship watchers

WEEKEND REWIND: Huge cargo ship, among the world’s largest, heads back out to sea after thrilling pilots, Peninsula onlookers

PORT ANGELES — Directing the largest ship to ever dock in North America into Elliot Bay in Seattle was “awesome,” said the president of the… Continue reading

The London-flagged container ship Benjamin Franklin passes by Ediz Hook in Port Angeles as ship watchers
The London-flagged container ship Benjamin Franklin passes by Ediz Hook in Port Angeles as ship watchers

Huge cargo ship, among the world’s largest, heads back out to sea after thrilling pilots, Peninsula onlookers

PORT ANGELES — Directing the largest ship to ever dock in North America into Elliot Bay in Seattle was “awesome,” said the president of the… Continue reading

The London-flagged container ship Benjamin Franklin passes by Ediz Hook in Port Angeles as ship watchers
Terry Breedlove

Questions arise in wake of attack on Clallam Bay correctional officer

CLALLAM BAY — The mother of a correctional officer who was severely hurt in an attack by an inmate, and the union that represents him,… Continue reading

Terry Breedlove
Tom Jay

Bronze casting topic of First Friday Lecture in Port Townsend in February

PORT TOWNSEND — Sculptor Tom Jay will explain the lost wax bronze casting process at the First Friday Lecture presented by the Jefferson County Historical… Continue reading

Tom Jay
Responses to Port Angeles fluoridation advisory surveys due by Friday

Responses to Port Angeles fluoridation advisory surveys due by Friday

PORT ANGELES — Completed fluoride advisory surveys must be postmarked or dropped into a Port Angeles drop box by 5 p.m. Friday. The advisory poll… Continue reading

Responses to Port Angeles fluoridation advisory surveys due by Friday
Jessica Peterson poses with Lady after she adopted her from the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society before Christmas. (Olympic Peninsula Humane Society)

WEEKEND REWIND: Secret Santa paves way to forever homes at Olympic Peninsula Humane Society

PORT ANGELES — A secret Santa visited the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society the week before Christmas and paid for the adoption of 21 pets. Among… Continue reading

Jessica Peterson poses with Lady after she adopted her from the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society before Christmas. (Olympic Peninsula Humane Society)
The Mock Caldecott Selection Committee

Children, American Library Association choose Caldecott Medal winner

PORT HADLOCK — A small sample of the target audience has decided which children's picture books they like best. Then came the American Library Association's… Continue reading

The Mock Caldecott Selection Committee
Jessica Peterson poses with Lady after she adopted her from the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society before Christmas. — Olympic Peninsula Humane Society ()

Secret Santa paves way to forever homes at Olympic Peninsula Humane Society

PORT ANGELES — A secret Santa visited the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society the week before Christmas and paid for the adoption of 21 pets. Among… Continue reading

Jessica Peterson poses with Lady after she adopted her from the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society before Christmas. — Olympic Peninsula Humane Society ()
Jason Paynter

Port Angeles recycles 14,000 pounds of garbage bins and saves thousands

PORT ANGELES — Now the city is recycling even the containers for garbage. A city employee’s idea for recycling garbage containers has reduced the amount… Continue reading

Jason Paynter
Shoppers emerge from the Haggen Northwest Fresh grocery store in Port Angeles on Saturday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND REWIND — Haggen to sell Port Angeles store in bankruptcy auction

PORT ANGELES — The only Haggen store on the North Olympic Peninsula will be auctioned Feb. 5. Bellingham-based grocer Haggen has gained approval to sell… Continue reading

Shoppers emerge from the Haggen Northwest Fresh grocery store in Port Angeles on Saturday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Shoppers emerge from the Haggen Northwest Fresh grocery store in Port Angeles on Saturday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Haggen to sell Port Angeles store in bankruptcy auction

PORT ANGELES — The only Haggen store on the North Olympic Peninsula will be auctioned Feb. 5. Bellingham-based grocer Haggen has gained approval to sell… Continue reading

Shoppers emerge from the Haggen Northwest Fresh grocery store in Port Angeles on Saturday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Leo White is pictured in 1951 at the Deer Park ski area. Leo White Family

WEEKEND: Memory of man who started rope tow at Deer Park to be honored at Winterfest on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The late Leo White will be honored at Winterfest as the man who developed the first rope tow on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Leo White is pictured in 1951 at the Deer Park ski area. Leo White Family
Leo White is pictured in 1951 at the Deer Park ski area. Leo White Family

WEEKEND: Memory of man who started rope tow at Deer Park to be honored at Winterfest on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The late Leo White will be honored at Winterfest as the man who developed the first rope tow on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Leo White is pictured in 1951 at the Deer Park ski area. Leo White Family

Four children to be adopted in Port Angeles ceremony Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Four children will be adopted in a ceremony Thursday at the Clallam County Courthouse, where speakers will tell of unusual adoption cases.… Continue reading

Olympic National Park East District Ranger Mark O'Neill keeps watch to direct traffic at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 112 west of Port Angeles after park officials closed U.S. 101 around Lake Crescent because of an overflowing culvert after high winds and heavy rains overtook the area Tuesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE — Some 10,000 without power in East Jefferson County; most Clallam County outages on east side of county

As many as 10,000 customers were without electrical power in East Jefferson County as of 7:30 tonight, while in Clallam County, some 2,700 remained in… Continue reading

Olympic National Park East District Ranger Mark O'Neill keeps watch to direct traffic at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 112 west of Port Angeles after park officials closed U.S. 101 around Lake Crescent because of an overflowing culvert after high winds and heavy rains overtook the area Tuesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula ciders in line for national Good Food Award

Two ciders produced in East Jefferson County are among the 13 finalists in the cider category of the national 2016 Good Food Awards. Eaglemount Wine… Continue reading

Climate change report to be presented tonight at Port Angeles Library

Climate change report to be presented tonight at Port Angeles Library

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula already has experienced the effects of climate change, and measures can be taken now to prepare for future… Continue reading

Climate change report to be presented tonight at Port Angeles Library

Regional Veterans Day ceremony to be held at Port Angeles Coast Guard base

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Coast Guard station on Ediz Hook will host its annual regional observance of Veterans Day at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.… Continue reading