Site Logo
Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopened four days ahead of schedule after repairs to the dock were completed.

News

Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park reopens

BEAVER — Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park has reopened for public use after the piling replacement project…

Courtesy Eastern Washington Athletics Forks' Luke Dahlgren, second from right, shown during a pregame coin flip during the 2023 season, has been selected as a captain for the second straight season for the Eastern Washington football team.

News

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Forks’ Luke Dahlgren an Eastern Washington captain for second straight season

Grad student also a four-time All-Big Sky Conference Academic Team pick

News

Jefferson County fires destroy travel trailers

SHINE — East Jefferson Fire Rescue responded to two fire incidents involving travel trailers within a span of…

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of a larger safety project to improve 13 intersections across the city. Plans call for replacing signal timing equipment and inclusion of ADA-compliant curb ramps as well as sidewalk repairs around work sites. The $5.6 million project is expected to be completed by December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Rewiring traffic lights

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown…

News

Humane Society considers options

Dogs are still available for adoption

News

Mountain View Pool reopens in Port Townsend

Flooding had caused facility to be closed for more than a month

News

Clallam County commissioners re-establish animal advisory committee

Volunteer members sought with applications due Aug. 19

Clallam County Fire District 3’s newest probationary firefighters, from left, Madison Bowe, Steve Oberley, Matthew Aston and Nicole Simson, recent graduates of the State Fire Academy in Snoqualmie.

News

Firefighters graduate from state academy

SEQUIM — Clallam County Fire District 3 has announced the graduation of four firefighters from the State Patrol’s…

Steve Hazard of Angler's Hideaway in Sekiu reeled in this quality hatchery chinook while fishing Sunday morning in Marine Area 5.

News

OUTDOORS: King retention ends Aug. 1 off Sekiu; Area 9 has best opener in a decade

ANGLERS WENT AND caught all the chinook while I vacationed in my living room playing countless hours of…

Wilder Senior's Braydan White slides underneath the West Plains Cannons catcher at Civic Field on Monday night, tagging up and trying to score on a fly ball. White was called out at home. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNEY: Wilder Senior racks up hits, but falls to Cannons

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Senior had its chances, stranding five runners on base in the fifth and sixth…

The North Olympic Cap Ripken team won the state 12 and under championship this summer in Wenatchee then finished third at regionals. From left, front row, are Julian Dominguez, Noah Kiser, Coleman Keate and Kade Johnstad. From left, second row, are Jay Lieberman, Kyler Williams, Brycen Allen, Cooper Merritt, Gavin Doyle, Jacob Kinzey, Drake Spence, Liam Shea and Carson Greenstreet. From left, back row, are coaches Brian Greenstreet, Evan Kiser, Tyril Spence, Riley Shea and manager Rob Merritt. (Courtesy of Rob Merritt)

News

CAL RIPKEN BASEBALL: North Olympic 12U team third at regionals

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Going up against squads from big communities in four states, the North Olympic 12U Cal…

News

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Peninsula seniors win gold, silver medals

TUMWATER — Three Olympic Peninsula seniors won 16 medals at the state Seniors Track and Field championships last…

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed Conformation Show and Obedience and Rally Trials near Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured hundreds of dogs from around the region in a show of rally obedience and conformance to style, as well as a Fast CAT coursing ability testing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Dog show

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering…

News

Clallam considers cultural access tax

Estimated annual household cost would be $25-$30

Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life at an activity table setup by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary during a 30th birthday party for the sanctuary at Waterfront Park. The celebration included information and activity booths from a variety of environmental stewardship groups, including the Feiro Marine Life Center, which will soon share a building at the location with the marine sanctuary. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Matching game

Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life…

Crews work last month to expand wastewater capacity on Fourth Street in Port Angeles. (City of Port Angeles)

News

Port Angeles crews working on 10 construction projects in city

Signal controller upgrades, city hall parking lot among list

News

Port of Port Angeles approves public access plan

Update allows agency to be eligible for state grant funding

Arts & Entertainment

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival set for Saturday

JOYCE — The Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is set for Saturday at a variety of locations in…

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Canoe lands in Port Townsend

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission…

Marylaura Ramponi, right, speaks with Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels following the July 15 board meeting. Facilities naming committee members were unanimous in accepting Ramponi’s $1 million donation for the district’s vocational education center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Donation to name Sequim CTE center

Sequim resident gives $1M toward project