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Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a collection box during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday at a drop-off site at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. At the event, people were allowed to anonymously bring in expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Similar drop-off sites on the North Olympic Peninsula were set for Sequim, Quilcene and Port Hadlock. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Drug Take-Back Day

Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a… Continue reading

Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a collection box during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday at a drop-off site at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. At the event, people were allowed to anonymously bring in expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Similar drop-off sites on the North Olympic Peninsula were set for Sequim, Quilcene and Port Hadlock. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Matthew Nash/ Olympic Peninsula News Group Clallam County Fire District 3 fire commissioners now hold their meetings at at the Carlsborg Operations and Training Center at 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month .

Fire District 3 meeting venue moved

Plans to design future fire stations on hold

Matthew Nash/ Olympic Peninsula News Group Clallam County Fire District 3 fire commissioners now hold their meetings at at the Carlsborg Operations and Training Center at 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month .
Dee, left, and Jerry Janssen moved to the Rain Forest Mobile Home Park in Forks three years ago after they were priced out of their rented mobile home in Sequim. The couple is now faced with trying to find another place to live where they can bring their two Labrador retrievers. (Paula Hunt/for Peninsula Daily News)

Forks mobile home residents mobilize

Impending rent increase may force most to move

Dee, left, and Jerry Janssen moved to the Rain Forest Mobile Home Park in Forks three years ago after they were priced out of their rented mobile home in Sequim. The couple is now faced with trying to find another place to live where they can bring their two Labrador retrievers. (Paula Hunt/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County Library hosts Tech Tuesday

The Jefferson County Library will host Tech Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The free class, “Find Your Next Great… Continue reading

Jefferson County Library to offer two-part lecture on India

Anu Pujji will present “The Enlightened Indian: a Two-Part Series on India” at 6 p.m. Thursday. The free online lecture series is… Continue reading

Jefferson County Master Gardeners to present online plant clinics

Jefferson County Master Gardeners will offer online plant clinics from noon to 2 p.m. Thursdays through September. The 30-minute Zoom sessions will… Continue reading

East Jefferson Rivals.

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson baseball sweeps pair from Seattle Christian

Forks soccer shuts out Eatonville in crucial win

East Jefferson Rivals.

Treatment to start against invasive Japanese beetle in Eastern Washington

The state Department of Agriculture plans to start treatments to eradicate an invasive Japanese beetle infestation today in central Washington. The agency plans… Continue reading

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will… Continue reading

Anderson Lake closed due to high level of toxin

Nerve toxin found in water above allowable amount

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles first baseman Ezra Townsend, right, attempts to catch North Kitsap baserunner Zach Edwards off the bag during Wednesday's game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP BASEBALL: Riders’ bats go silent against NK

A young Port Angeles Roughriders team has improved during the season, but it found out it still has a ways to go… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles first baseman Ezra Townsend, right, attempts to catch North Kitsap baserunner Zach Edwards off the bag during Wednesday's game at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily News Spring bulbs and plants lead garden guests along pathways with tempting colors.

A GROWING CONCERN: May Day celebrates the opportunities of spring

HOORAY, HOORAY! THE first of May… My International holiday begins and ends Sunday. That’s right, in my May family household, May Day is our absolute… Continue reading

Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily News Spring bulbs and plants lead garden guests along pathways with tempting colors.
Coronavirus

COVID again leading cause of state work-related deaths

Four worker deaths on Peninsula from other causes

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

In-person meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101) in east Port Angeles.… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM, JEFFERSON: Board of Health, infrastructure discussed in county meetings

Government meetings across Peninsula

Rose Arbor and Garden by Dennis Pangborn will be on view at the Blue Whole Gallery.

Fractals, two-dimensional abstracts at Blue Whole Gallery

The Blue Whole Gallery will feature fractal artist Dan Brewer and two-dimensional painter Dennis (Doc) Panghorn in May. The gallery at 129 W.… Continue reading

Rose Arbor and Garden by Dennis Pangborn will be on view at the Blue Whole Gallery.
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Bret Wirta, owner of the Quality Inn and Suites in Sequim, left, with General Manager Yolanda Pompa and Kaittlyn Reese, assistant general manager, present Betsy Reed Schultz, executive director of the Captain Joseph House Foundation, second from left, $5,000 to help bring families to the Port Angeles home for respite and support. Pompa applied for the grant through the hotel's parent franchise Choice Hotels.

Hotel grant goes to Captain Joseph House

A $5,000 grant through Choice Hotels International and the efforts of a Sequim hotel manager will help family members visit the Captain… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Bret Wirta, owner of the Quality Inn and Suites in Sequim, left, with General Manager Yolanda Pompa and Kaittlyn Reese, assistant general manager, present Betsy Reed Schultz, executive director of the Captain Joseph House Foundation, second from left, $5,000 to help bring families to the Port Angeles home for respite and support. Pompa applied for the grant through the hotel's parent franchise Choice Hotels.
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s carnival is on hold this year as the COVID-19 pandemic saw many staffers leave the industry thus limiting availability for many agencies to come to Sequim this year.

Irrigation Fest plans in-person events

Carnival, car show on hold as organizers look to regroup for 2023

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s carnival is on hold this year as the COVID-19 pandemic saw many staffers leave the industry thus limiting availability for many agencies to come to Sequim this year.
High school students partake in the rowing unit, one of many on-water elements in the Port Townsend Maritime Academy, a free career and technical education program. The 2022-2023 program is open to high school juniors and seniors across the North Olympic Peninsula. photo courtesy Northwest Maritime Center

Maritime Academy invites high school juniors, seniors to open houses

Classes offered students from across Peninsula

High school students partake in the rowing unit, one of many on-water elements in the Port Townsend Maritime Academy, a free career and technical education program. The 2022-2023 program is open to high school juniors and seniors across the North Olympic Peninsula. photo courtesy Northwest Maritime Center

Pencil paintings, jewelry focus in May at Harbor Art Gallery

The art of Gail McLain of Sequim will be highlighted at Harbor Art Gallery through May. Harbor Art Gallery, located at 114… Continue reading