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Firefighters put out blazes at Diamond Point Airport

SEQUIM — Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District 3 extinguished two brush fires along the runway at Diamond…

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Crescent to appoint interim superintendent

JOYCE — The Crescent School Board will host a special meeting at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Crescent…

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Port Angeles school board to host budget workshop

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District’s board of directors will conduct a budget workshop during a…

Tacoma’s Travis Zaffino made his first trip back to Sekiu last weekend since childhood fishing trips with his dad and had good success, catching this fine hatchery chinook.

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OUTDOORS: Chinook off the board in Sekiu

THE PLUG WAS pulled on the Marine Area 5 (Sekiu) hatchery chinook season with three days left on…

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Clallam County to consider energy efficiency projects

Two buildings are out of compliance with state law

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Public comment sought on Port Angeles’ housing plan

Draft targets six areas of focus in comprehensive strategy

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Port Angeles School Distict to host meetings with firms

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District’s board of directors will interview architectural firms vying to design…

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Firefighters extinguish vehicle fires near Sequim

SEQUIM — Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District 3 extinguished two vehicle fires early Sunday morning.

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of Effort festival of military, law enforcement and first responders in Sequim. The event, hosted by Security Services Northwest, featured a variety of military equipment, law enforcement and public safety displays, food, music and other activities as well as a helicopter fly-in. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Honoring first responders

A surveillance and patrol helicopter operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lands at Saturday’s Unity of…

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Board considers selling property

Transit hub would increase access, agency says

Tacoma angler Lorin Bell found bluefin tuna success on a Pacific Ocean trip earlier this month.

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OUTDOORS: Water water holds tuna treasure trove

CALM BLUE OCEAN water right around the 60-degree mark on the thermometer is what bluefin tuna anglers are…

The Cedars at Dungeness Women’s Golf Association held its club championship this week with Jane Peoples, right, earning the low gross title and Jodi Stone taking the low net championship.

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AREA SPORT: Cedars at Dungeness crowns women’s club champions

Sports physical clinic set Saturday in PA

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

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Sequim schools narrow choices

District negotiating on its bond projects

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

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Surf board builder crafting ultralight tiny home

Innovative structures could help with housing crisis, he says

Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Nonprofit provides students with shoes for school

Shopping event provides 25 kids with $100 gift cards

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pinks are running

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach…

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Raptor Experience

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson…

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Peninsula food banks bracing for SNAP cuts

Demand could outpace supply, executive director says

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Port Angeles school board reviews renaming Stevens

Discussion, decision expected in September

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The city received a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to install the battery system and a solar array — solar cells wired together to create energy — to provide heating and cooling in case of a power outage. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Battery system installation

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place…