Leah Leach

Lt. Patty Reifenstahl of Clallam County Fire District No. 2 digs a line around a grass fire in the Black Diamond area south of Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2

Landowner must pay costs of response after brush fire in Port Angeles; no permit obtained for what started as controlled burn

PORT ANGELES — A landowner on Hoare Road will be held liable for fire-suppression costs after a brush fire burned about a half-acre of his… Continue reading

Lt. Patty Reifenstahl of Clallam County Fire District No. 2 digs a line around a grass fire in the Black Diamond area south of Port Angeles on Tuesday. Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2
Bill and Nancy Helwick stand surrounded by their garden

Discover garden secrets around Port Angeles in Petals and Pathways Garden Tour on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Gardening has been a process of discovery for Bill and Nancy Helwick. Since the two moved into their Port Angeles home three… Continue reading

Bill and Nancy Helwick stand surrounded by their garden
Bill and Nancy Helwick stand surrounded by their garden

WEEKEND: Discover garden secrets around Port Angeles in Petals and Pathways Garden Tour on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Gardening has been a process of discovery for Bill and Nancy Helwick. Since the two moved into their Port Angeles home three… Continue reading

Bill and Nancy Helwick stand surrounded by their garden
Aaron Baker

Council to discuss Port Townsend city manager’s proposed bond measure at tonight’s meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — City Manager David Timmons is recommending a ballot proposal for $4.1 million in bonds, much of it for Mountain View Commons renovation… Continue reading

Aaron Baker
Aaron Baker

Council to discuss Port Townsend city manager’s proposed bond measure at Monday’s meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — City Manager David Timmons is recommending a ballot proposal for $4.1 million in bonds, much of it for Mountain View Commons renovation… Continue reading

Aaron Baker
Working Image President Lisa Hickman goes over three of the formal dresses in Cinderella’s Closet.  —Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

No girl should be left out of next year’s prom: Working Image seeks fairy godmothers for Cinderella’s Closet

PORT TOWNSEND — You could be a young woman’s fairy godmother next year by donating this year’s prom dress to Working Image. The nonprofit operating… Continue reading

Working Image President Lisa Hickman goes over three of the formal dresses in Cinderella’s Closet.  —Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
A 65-foot-tall rubber duck dwarfs a billboard at left on East First Street in Port Angeles. — Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Duckzilla! – it’s yellow and HUGE, and it’s there to draw attention to Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby

PORT ANGELES — Secured by cables against the west wind, a giant yellow edifice bobs like a duck on water on East First Street. The… Continue reading

A 65-foot-tall rubber duck dwarfs a billboard at left on East First Street in Port Angeles. — Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

Sound Community Bank to buy Columbia Bank Peninsula branches

Later this year, probably this fall, Columbia Bank branches in Sequim, Port Angeles and Port Ludlow will become Sound Community Bank offices. Sound Financial Bancorp… Continue reading

Contests already in place as candidate filing week opens in Clallam County

Some races already have shaped up for this year’s elections as the candidate filing period begins today. The online and in-person filing period for 34… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members welcome the ms Oosterdam when the 950-foot cruise ship visited Port Angeles in 2012. The liner makes a return visit May 9.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Volunteers still sought to help with Holland America cruise ship stops in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce is still seeking volunteers to help welcome passengers disembarking from Holland America Line cruise ships… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members welcome the ms Oosterdam when the 950-foot cruise ship visited Port Angeles in 2012. The liner makes a return visit May 9.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members welcome the ms Oosterdam when the 950-foot cruise ship visited Port Angeles in 2012. The liner makes a return visit May 9.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Volunteers still sought to help with Holland America cruise ship stops in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce is still seeking volunteers to help welcome passengers disembarking from Holland America Line cruise ships… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members welcome the ms Oosterdam when the 950-foot cruise ship visited Port Angeles in 2012. The liner makes a return visit May 9.  —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A driver guides his Jeep through the mud obstacle course at 2013's Jeffco Expo at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. Jefferson County Fair Association

Demolition derbies highlight Port Townsend’s Jeffco Expo this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — Cars and trucks will smash into each other, filling the air with roars and the sound of smashing metal, during three demolition… Continue reading

A driver guides his Jeep through the mud obstacle course at 2013's Jeffco Expo at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. Jefferson County Fair Association
A driver guides his Jeep through the mud obstacle course at 2013's Jeffco Expo at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. Jefferson County Fair Association

WEEKEND: Demolition derbies highlight Port Townsend’s Jeffco Expo this weekend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 25. PORT TOWNSEND — Cars and trucks will smash into each other, filling the air with roars… Continue reading

A driver guides his Jeep through the mud obstacle course at 2013's Jeffco Expo at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. Jefferson County Fair Association
Cindy Kochanek

WEEKEND: Port Angeles rock, gem show appeals to treasure hunter in us all

PORT ANGELES — It's not just a show; it's a treasure hunt. The fourth annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show, sponsored by the city Parks… Continue reading

Cindy Kochanek
Cindy Kochanek

WEEKEND: Port Angeles rock, gem show to appeal to treasure hunter in us all

PORT ANGELES — It's not just a show; it's a treasure hunt. The fourth annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show, sponsored by the city Parks… Continue reading

Cindy Kochanek

Quillayute River channel dredging back on track; project at harbor in LaPush expected to begin in September

LAPUSH — Dredging of the Quillayute River at the harbor in LaPush, which had been put off since it was last done in 2011, is… Continue reading

Quillayute River channel dredging back on track; project at harbor in LaPush expected to begin in September

LAPUSH — Dredging of the Quillayute River at the harbor in LaPush, which had been put off since it was last done in 2011, is… Continue reading

Sarah Chisick

Wedding shows will showcase Peninsula vendors in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, today (Saturday)

All the ingredients for a fabulous wedding are right here on the North Olympic Peninsula. That point will be illustrated at two wedding shows today… Continue reading

Sarah Chisick
Sarah Chisick

WEEKEND: Wedding shows will showcase Peninsula vendors in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, on Saturday

All the ingredients for a fabulous wedding are right here on the North Olympic Peninsula. That point will be illustrated at two wedding shows Saturday.… Continue reading

Sarah Chisick
The top of a sequoia tree at 708 S. Francis St. in Port Angeles is lowered to the ground by crane after being cut from its trunk

Family friend felled in Port Angeles: Giant sequoia tree taken down after windstorm tops it

PORT ANGELES — A 90-year-old giant sequoia tree described as a family friend was cut down this week after last weekend’s windstorm tore off the… Continue reading

The top of a sequoia tree at 708 S. Francis St. in Port Angeles is lowered to the ground by crane after being cut from its trunk