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Quilcene man charged in Monday crash on Highway 101 in Jefferson County

DISCOVERY BAY — A 51-year-old Quilcene man was charged with second-degree negligent driving after he fell asleep at the wheel and drove a 1990 Oldsmobile… Continue reading

Quilcene man charged in Monday crash on Highway 101 in Jefferson County

DISCOVERY BAY — A 51-year-old Quilcene man was charged with second-degree negligent driving after he fell asleep at the wheel and drove a 1990 Oldsmobile… Continue reading

Flu season arrives on North Olympic Peninsula; have you had your shot?

Flu season arrives on North Olympic Peninsula; have you had your shot?

Flu season has arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula, health officials say. Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties, made the… Continue reading

Flu season arrives on North Olympic Peninsula; have you had your shot?
Stacy L. Allison  —Peninsula Daily News file photo

Former Clallam County sheriff’s evidence room employee sent to prison

PORT ANGELES — A former Clallam County Sheriff's Office records specialist convicted in 2011 of stealing $8,644 from the courthouse evidence room between 2003 and… Continue reading

Stacy L. Allison  —Peninsula Daily News file photo
Stacy L. Allison  —Peninsula Daily News file photo

Former sheriff’s evidence room employee sent to prison

PORT ANGELES — A former Clallam County Sheriff’s Office records specialist convicted in 2011 of stealing $8,644 from the courthouse evidence room between 2003 and… Continue reading

Stacy L. Allison  —Peninsula Daily News file photo

Do it online — Clallam County District Court judge adding email option for contesting traffic tickets

PORT ANGELES — Drivers soon will have an easier way to contest a traffic ticket in Clallam County District Court 1. Beginning Monday, District Court… Continue reading

Snow dusts the northern face of Klahhane Ridge south of Port Angeles recently. Water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack is at a mere 24 percent of normal levels.  — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic snowpack running low at just 24 percent of normal levels

PORT ANGELES — Water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack was a “pathetic” 24 percent of normal heading into the new year, a water supply… Continue reading

Snow dusts the northern face of Klahhane Ridge south of Port Angeles recently. Water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack is at a mere 24 percent of normal levels.  — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Do it online — Clallam County District Court judge adding email option for contesting traffic tickets

PORT ANGELES — Drivers soon will have an easier way to contest a traffic ticket in Clallam County District Court 1. Beginning Monday, District Court… Continue reading

Clallam County District Court 1 adding email option for contesting traffic tickets Monday

PORT ANGELES — Drivers soon will have an easier way to contest a traffic ticket in Clallam County District Court 1. Beginning Monday, District Court… Continue reading

Snow dusts the northern face of Klahhane Ridge south of Port Angeles recently. Water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack is at a mere 24 percent of normal levels.  — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Olympic snowpack running low at just 24 percent of normal levels

PORT ANGELES — Water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack was a “pathetic” 24 percent of normal heading into the new year, a water supply… Continue reading

Snow dusts the northern face of Klahhane Ridge south of Port Angeles recently. Water content in the Olympic Mountain snowpack is at a mere 24 percent of normal levels.  — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Cities, counties will help state screen pot shops on North Olympic Peninsula

Cities, counties will help state screen pot shops on North Olympic Peninsula

Now that the applications are in, the state has begun to scrutinize potential marijuana growers, processors and retailers — and it's asking cities and counties… Continue reading

Cities, counties will help state screen pot shops on North Olympic Peninsula
Cities, counties will help state screen pot shops on North Olympic Peninsula

Cities, counties will help state screen pot shops on North Olympic Peninsula

Now that the applications are in, the state has begun to scrutinize potential marijuana growers, processors and retailers — and it's asking cities and counties… Continue reading

Cities, counties will help state screen pot shops on North Olympic Peninsula
A pile of refuse sits behind the front gate of the shuttered Blue Mountain Transfer Station on Blue Mountain Road east of Port Angeles on Thursday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Blue Mountain Transfer Station to reopen for recycling

PORT ANGELES — The fire-ravaged Blue Mountain Transfer Station will reopen for recycling-only service Saturdays beginning Jan 4. The transfer station at 1469 Blue Mountain… Continue reading

A pile of refuse sits behind the front gate of the shuttered Blue Mountain Transfer Station on Blue Mountain Road east of Port Angeles on Thursday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Construction crews work to pave the approach to the new U.S. Highway 101 bridge over McDonald Creek west of Sequim on Thursday as traffic continues to use the old highway. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Switchover for U.S. Highway 101 lane slated for January

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Transportation will switch traffic onto the new lanes of U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim next… Continue reading

Construction crews work to pave the approach to the new U.S. Highway 101 bridge over McDonald Creek west of Sequim on Thursday as traffic continues to use the old highway. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Marijuana entrepreneurs! North Olympic Peninsula pot business applications surpass 100

Entrepreneurs from Clallam Bay to Brinnon have filed 108 business applications to grow, process or sell recreational marijuana under voter-approved Initiative 502. Those applications include… Continue reading

Larry Laing of Sequim is seen with some of the wooden toy cars and trucks he constructs in his home workshop and then donates to needy youngsters

Sequim man crafts small toys that have big impact for Haitian children

SEQUIM — Larry Laing never imagined that his woodworking hobby would bring so much joy to orphaned children 3,500 miles away. The 73-year-old Sequim man… Continue reading

Larry Laing of Sequim is seen with some of the wooden toy cars and trucks he constructs in his home workshop and then donates to needy youngsters

Marijuana entrepreneurs! North Olympic Peninsula pot business applications surpass 100

Entrepreneurs from Clallam Bay to Brinnon have filed 108 business applications to grow, process or sell recreational marijuana under voter-approved Initiative 502. Those applications include… Continue reading

Larry Laing of Sequim is seen with some of the wooden toy cars and trucks he constructs in his home workshop and then donates to needy youngsters

Sequim mans crafts small toys that have big impact for Haitian children

SEQUIM — Larry Laing never imagined that his woodworking hobby would bring so much joy to orphaned children 3,500 miles away. The 73-year-old Sequim man… Continue reading

Larry Laing of Sequim is seen with some of the wooden toy cars and trucks he constructs in his home workshop and then donates to needy youngsters

Peninsula pot business applications surpass 100

Entrepreneurs from Clallam Bay to Brinnon have filed 108 business applications to grow, process or sell recreational marijuana under voter-approved Initiative 502. Those applications include… Continue reading

Unemployment rate remains steady on Peninsula

Clallam and Jefferson counties shed a combined 460 jobs last month — mostly in the service sectors — but saw little change in their unemployment… Continue reading