Sam Grello

Opinion

Waterfront District working on downtown changes

MY WIFE LIKES to joke that the only thing Port Angeles hates more than the status quo is…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: A new old idea: Living in tolerance

AS YOU ARE reading this, I will be in southern Spain for a long awaited and several-time-postponed trip.…

Business

The SBA Small Business Search tool: Gateway to federal contracts

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offers a powerful yet often underutilized resource for entrepreneurs: the Small Business…

A worker from Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, cuts back branches on Kearney Street in Port Townsend to clear the way for a future Jefferson County Public Utility District fiber optics cable. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Tree trimming

A worker from Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, cuts back branches on Kearney Street in Port Townsend to clear…

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Duck Derby tickets to go on sale Friday

Event to raise funds for Olympic Medical Center Foundation

Frank McPhee.

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Former store owner, PA mayor, dies at 88

McPhee remembered for business acumen, jokes

Opinion

Clallam County Project Lifesaver Program enhances safety for at-risk residents

Clallam County continues to strengthen its commitment to public safety through participation in the Project Lifesaver Program, a…

Walter Parsons, president of the board of Centrum, claps as Libby Pratt, program manager of the Artists Residence Program, cuts the ribbon to announce the opening of the 5 Artists Residences that were remodeled by Clark Construction from Poulsbo. Jessica Prevost, left, and Debbie Cienega, both from Clark Construction, hold the ribbon. The cutting took place on Monday at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Ribbon cutting

Walter Parsons, president of the board of Centrum, claps as Libby Pratt, program manager of the Artists Residence…

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Port of Port Angeles considers court filing on stream buffer expansion

Commisioner says it could remove millions from harvest cycle

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Thanks for combatting invasive ivy

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: War is Iran is result of Trump’s incompetence

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Column was bigoted against billionaires

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“I like working on them. These are my babies,” said Sally Giesler, a 20-year member of the Rat Island Rowing Club in Port Townsend, as she wipes down the club’s quad scull Buckley, a George Pocock boat built in the early 1960s after a row on Port Townsend Bay. Pocock is the builder of the famed Husky Clipper that was in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics that won the gold for the University of Washington rowing team and inspired the best-selling book “The Boys in the Boat” in addition to the 2023 movie by the same name. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Finishing touch

“I like working on them. These are my babies,” said Sally Giesler, a 20-year member of the Rat…

Life

Whidbey Democracy Fest coming to farm

The first Whidbey Democracy Fest is planned for Saturday, April 18 at the Greenbank Farm.

Opinion

Death notice: Ramona Eunice Deighton

Ramona Eunice Deighton, age 92, of Oak Harbor passed away April 8, 2026, in Sedro-Woolley, WA.

Hungry diners enjoy a hot dog from Dogs a Foot in downtown Port Townsend on a warm sunny day. The stand reopened after being closed for the winter. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Dog day

Hungry diners enjoy a hot dog from Dogs a Foot in downtown Port Townsend on a warm sunny…

From left, Guppy McCaffrey, 9, of Port Angeles, Sadie Miller, 17, also of Port Angeles and Jasmine Bailey of Sequim pose as garden fairies for fine art photographer Marina Shipova. (Monica Berkseth/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sister city exchange program celebrated at Friendship Garden

Open house revives friendship with Japan

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Steve Snidarich of Masonry Restoration Consultants in Granite Falls uses a hammer and chisel to chip out the grout around the bricks of the Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park on Thursday in Port Townsend as part of a project to preserve and restore the brick facade on the 94-year-old former soldiers movie house. Today, it’s managed by the Centrum, an arts organization headquartered at the fort. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Brick work

Steve Snidarich of Masonry Restoration Consultants in Granite Falls uses a hammer and chisel to chip out the…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Get down and dirty with garden soil

I TALKED A little last week about how I’m actually a “soil guru,” but that’s only because nothing…