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Cindy Taylor of Port Townsend, representing the environmental group Local 20/20, points to printed information available about the organization to an interested party while at the Jefferson County Connectivity Summit at Chimacum High School on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Connectivity summit

Cindy Taylor of Port Townsend, representing the environmental group Local 20/20, points to printed information available about the…

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Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to…

William Flores.

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Deputy to be assigned to West End detachment

PORT ANGELES — Deputy William Flores has graduated from the Washington State Basic Law Enforcement Academy (BLEA), Class…

Chuck Hancock of Tacoma raises a glass to toast the launching of his boat, Diana Lee, named after his wife, which was built by the students of the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Hadlock. The boat is a 24-foot one-off design by designer Jonathan Madison of Lummi Island and was trailered in and launched from the travel lift at Point Hudson Marina on Friday morning. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Boat launched

Chuck Hancock of Tacoma raises a glass to toast the launching of his boat, Diana Lee, named after…

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Potential solution coming to fix Hoh Road

Commissioner: Past sources not an option

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Legislative conversations focus on federal changes

State-level housing bills also top priority

Quillayute Valley School District maintenance and facilities manager Bill Henderson, left, and Superintendent Diana Reaume check out the site on campus where new softball and baseball fields will be constructed. The $3 million project is scheduled to open sometime in 2026. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Forks baseball, softball teams to get new fields

State grant to help fund $3 million project

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Structure fire destroys four-car garage

PORT ANGELES — A structure fire resulted in total loss of a garage and workshop, Clallam County Fire…

Part of a crowd of nearly 200 people gathers in front of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles on Saturday for International Women’s Day. The gathering was one of numerous events around the world honoring women and their contributions to global society. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Women’s day

Part of a crowd of nearly 200 people gathers in front of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port…

Workers from Jefferson Transit repaint the bus stop parking area at the corner of Madison and Jefferson streets in Port Townsend on Friday. The yellow paint was purchased from a local hardware store. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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A fresh coat

Workers from Jefferson Transit repaint the bus stop parking area at the corner of Madison and Jefferson streets…

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Child, 5, dies in fire; 1-year-old flown to Seattle

Fire agencies respond to blaze on Gasman Road

Residents expressed concerns on Feb. 27 to Sequim’s hearing examiner that improvements should be made to West Brownfield Road before any developments go in nearby. City staff said they’re negotiating with a developer to pay some of the costs to realign and repair the road so it’s safer and has better drainage. The funds would be refunded if they’re not used by the city within five years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Examiner to rule on two projects

Neighbors seek improvements before one moves forward

A volunteer helps at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge detect and trap European green crab. The refuge seeks more volunteers for various shifts from April to September or October by emailing Volunteer Coordinator Leshell Michaluk-Bergan at leshell@dungenessrivercenter.org. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

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Jamestown Tribe seeks volunteers for green crab detection

Invasive species continues to be found across Peninsula waterways

A new parking lot for Sequim city staff is slated to be finished sometime this summer. City council members agreed to a contract with Hoch Construction of Port Angeles to build the lot. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim contracts to build new parking lot

Spots to be open to public on weekends

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival Sun Fun Color Run take off from the starting line on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields near Carrie Blake Park. The two-day festival featured numerous activities, food, music and a drone show on Saturday night. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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And they’re off

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival Sun Fun Color Run take off from the starting line on Saturday…

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Work zone to be set up for fish barrier removal

PORT ANGELES — Contractor crews working for the state Department of Transportation will beginning setting up the work…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Commissioners to consider solution for Upper Hoh Road

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin.

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Supply-side housing can create units in walkable neighborhoods

OUR HOUSING CRISIS has complex roots going back decades.

Katie Newton-Salmon For many years, Freedom Farm owner Mary Gallagher has offered use of her indoor arena, with its mud-free ground, for Sequim and Port Angeles’ equestrian team practices — which is helpful during the cold, dark winter evenings. From left are Kiaja Johnson, Katelynn Middleton-Sharpe, Joanna Seelye, Kenzi, Winters and Savannah Boulton.

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HORSEPLAY: Sequim equestrian team members place at meet

SEQUIM’S EQUESTRIAN TEAM is back home after completing a successful second Washington High School Equestrian Team District 4…

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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…