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Grants to help pay for housing

Trust fund awards $10M in Jefferson County

Suspected meth found on school playground destroyed

A small amount of suspected methamphetamine has been destroyed and a search of the Franklin Elementary School playground found no other drugs,… Continue reading

Jack and Marcella Ridge of Sequim talk about power tools with Tony Contestable, tool specialist with Hartnagel Building Supply of Port Angeles, right, during last year’s Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo in the Sequim High School gym. This year’s two-day event is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Two-day building expo set for this weekend

The North Peninsula Building Association will host a two-day Building, Remodeling and Energy Expo this weekend. The event will be from 9 a.m.… Continue reading

Jack and Marcella Ridge of Sequim talk about power tools with Tony Contestable, tool specialist with Hartnagel Building Supply of Port Angeles, right, during last year’s Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo in the Sequim High School gym. This year’s two-day event is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
“Samish, B.C.” by Vivian Chesterley is among the new works in Showcase 2024, opening this week at Northwind Art’s gallery in downtown Port Townsend.

Updated Showcase 2024 to be unveiled this week in Port Townsend

Show opens with 17 artists from across Peninsula

“Samish, B.C.” by Vivian Chesterley is among the new works in Showcase 2024, opening this week at Northwind Art’s gallery in downtown Port Townsend.
A Port Angeles Public Works crew examines the hole left at 11th and Oak streets after a water main break sent a geyser of water into the air Saturday morning, damaging the road surface. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles Public Works patches third water main break in four days

Director says such blowouts common after pipes thaw

A Port Angeles Public Works crew examines the hole left at 11th and Oak streets after a water main break sent a geyser of water into the air Saturday morning, damaging the road surface. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Wild Sequim comeback falls just short

Despite a big game from Keenan Green and a wild fourth-quarter comeback, the Sequim boys basketball team were just nipped on the road… Continue reading

BOYS PREPS: Port Angeles swimmers dominate Olympic

In their final dual meet of the season, the Port Angeles boys swim team claimed victory as they faced off against Olympic, capping… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women, men beat Everett

The Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams both won on the road Saturday, with Ese Onakpoma erupting for 39 points in a… Continue reading

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks players from left, Janessa Ramos, Brynn Daniels and Fynlie Peters trap Ocosta's Anna Davis Friday night in Forks during senior night for the Spartans. Looking on is Forks' Bailey Johnson. Forks defeated Ocosta 59-31.

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks enjoys senior night celebration

Johnson, Ramos, Daniels honored

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks players from left, Janessa Ramos, Brynn Daniels and Fynlie Peters trap Ocosta's Anna Davis Friday night in Forks during senior night for the Spartans. Looking on is Forks' Bailey Johnson. Forks defeated Ocosta 59-31.
Makah Fisheries Management staffers shifted to trapping year-round in 2023 for the European green crab due to its continued presence in the Neah Bay area. The crab was also discovered within Neah Bay for the first time late last year. Staff also plan to continue tracking the crabs with a new system that tags their muscles instead of their shells to better see their movements and growth. (Makah Tribe)

Makah Tribe steps up green crab trapping

Dungeness Refuge sees its highest catch rate

Makah Fisheries Management staffers shifted to trapping year-round in 2023 for the European green crab due to its continued presence in the Neah Bay area. The crab was also discovered within Neah Bay for the first time late last year. Staff also plan to continue tracking the crabs with a new system that tags their muscles instead of their shells to better see their movements and growth. (Makah Tribe)
Bruce Hattendorf.

Peninsula College taps Hattendorf for vice president post

Bruce Hattendorf has been appointed vice president for instruction at Peninsula College. Hattendorf had been serving in the role on an interim… Continue reading

Bruce Hattendorf.

Port Angeles man hurt in wreck

A 21-year-old Port Angeles man was taken to Forks Community Hospital early Sunday morning after a one-car rollover on state Highway 110. Jacob… Continue reading

WRESTLING: Forks boys tops at The Berserker

The Forks boys wrestling team got four first-place finishes and took first place among the boys teams at The Berserker Tournament at… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls alone in first place after with at Bainbridge

Izzy Felton scores 20

Jelissa Julmist

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Sequim’s Julmist leads the way as Peninsula College women stay unbeaten

Men taken down by No. 1 Skagit Valley

Jelissa Julmist

A GROWING CONCERN: Warm up to garden tasks as weather improves

here at my house in Port Angeles. But… Continue reading

Baby’s autopsy done, case awaits charging decision

The autopsy on a baby found dead Jan. 20 in Kah Tai Park was completed on Wednesday and the case now awaits… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off… Continue reading

Photo submitted by Karen Griffiths Melody Johnson with mini donkey Maximus

HORSEPLAY: The magical and musical world of training donkeys

WITH A FIRST name like Melody, it seems appropriate that Sequim’s self-proclaimed “Donkey whisperer” Melody Johnson has a mini-donkey who is a crooner. It’s true,… Continue reading

Photo submitted by Karen Griffiths Melody Johnson with mini donkey Maximus
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A work crew from Lakeside Industries lays down a layer of asphalt to patch a sinkhole in the pavement at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Friday morning after the water from a broken 4-inch main collapsed the road surface on Wednesday morning. Port Angeles reopened the intersection on Friday afternoon. Ten customers lost water briefly but were back on the system and off a boil-water advisory by late Thursday.
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Intersection repaired in Port Angeles

A work crew from Lakeside Industries lays down a layer of asphalt to patch a sinkhole in the pavement at the intersection of Fifth and… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A work crew from Lakeside Industries lays down a layer of asphalt to patch a sinkhole in the pavement at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Friday morning after the water from a broken 4-inch main collapsed the road surface on Wednesday morning. Port Angeles reopened the intersection on Friday afternoon. Ten customers lost water briefly but were back on the system and off a boil-water advisory by late Thursday.