Mandy Miller hands first-grader Mason Ng a bean in teacher Jennifer Soule’s class at Franklin Elementary School. Cora Lehmann, right, peels a bean apart to find and identify the different parts of the seed as part of a lesson in the Creative Start program administered by the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center in three district schools that combine lessons in art and science. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Creative Start combines elements of art, science

Grant-funded program taught in three Port Angeles School District schools

News

Port Angeles projects lined up through 2029

Radio system, IT upgrades among priorities

News

Port Townsend launches financial video series

Public engagement sought for sustaining city

News

CDC investigating salmonella outbreak in 6 states linked to Papa Murphy’s cookie dough

SEATTLE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and federal agencies, are investigating reports…

News

Closures announced in Quinault area

QUINAULT — Multiple closures and construction projects are in progress in the Lake Quinault area in both Olympic…

Matthew Nash /Olympic Peninsula News Group

State funding to complete the Simdars Road bypass was moved up in the latest legislative session from the 2031-33 biennium for the Department of Transportation’s Move Ahead Washington plan to include $2.642 million in the 2023-25 biennium and $26.979 million in the 2025-27 biennium.

News

State funding for Simdars Road bypass moves up

City projects include deeper well, more park space

Taylla Sales received Olympic Medical Center’s leadership award for April.

News

Sales’ leadership recognized

PORT ANGELES — Taylla Sales received Olympic Medical Center’s leadership award for April.

News

Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

News

Port Townsend wastewater treatment gets top state award for 25th year

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Wastewater Treatment Facility has won the state Outstanding Performance Award for 25…

Alahan Sivam, left, and Kandice Ringer, both of Eugene, Ore., take cellphone photos of Sol Duc Falls in the Sol Duc River Valley of Olympic National Park on Monday. The pair visited the popular attraction while on a weeklong exploration of the park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Capturing the falls

Alahan Sivam, left, and Kandice Ringer, both of Eugene, Ore., take cellphone photos of Sol Duc Falls in…

News

LGBTQ care politicized, area health officer says

Interventions include mental health, therapy

Caleb Messinger and staff with the Southern Nibble food truck serve customers at a Sequim High School soccer game in September 2022. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Sequim considers food truck code change

Public hearing scheduled for next month

News

Annual enrollment ending soon for prepaid college savings plan

OLYMPIA — Washington families have until May 31 to enroll in the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program to…

News

Clallam County eyes two-day beer garden for fair

PORT ANGELES — A two-day beer garden during the Clallam County Fair’s rodeo received a positive reception during…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Riley Peterson of R & R Construction of Carbonado applies adhesive to the concrete base surrounding the playground equipment at Shane Park on Tuesday in Port Angeles in preparation for the replacement of cushioned tiles that make up the play surface. The rubberized tiles began to become loose in 2022 due to shrinkage and weather, forcing the playground's closure in September of that year.  The project, which will use as many of the original tiles as can be salvaged intermixed with new replacement tiles and new adhesive, is expected to be completed by mid-June.

News

Shane Park repairs underway in Port Angeles

Riley Peterson of R & R Construction of Carbonado applies adhesive to the concrete base surrounding the playground…

Alan Barnard, chair of Clallam County Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) right, and David Woodcock, DART vice chair, cut the ribbon for the opening of the new DART Operations Center at Fairchild International Airport. (CLALLAM COUNTY DISASTER AIRLIFT RESPONSE TEAM )

News

Clallam DART moves into larger operations center

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Disaster Airlift Response Team, known as DART, has moved into an expanded…

News

Grant would fund childcare facility

Jefferson entities partner in $2.9M project

News

Bridge night closures canceled this week

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will remain open this week.

Port Townsend’s Seamus Fraser (142) is a step ahead of the rest of the nearly 1,000 competitors in the 2023 Rhody Run on Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Fraser had flown in from classes in Ecuador the night before in order to defend his victory from last year. Fraser won the 10K event with a time of 35 minutes, 24 seconds. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Rhody festivities

[gps-image name="32786965_web1_web-rhody-parade-2-pdn-230522.jpg"]

Dan Wilder Jr. pulls the winning duck from a Wilder truck at the 34th annual Great Olympic Duck Derby on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Pluck nets 34 winners

Duck Derby breaks foundation records