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Public school resume classes

One North Olympic Peninsula public school district has already resumed classes after summer break while others will open…

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Jefferson PUD OKs loan to upgrade internet

Fiber project to provide high-speed service

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Schools struggle to hire as students return

Clallam County districts report need for support staff

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Marten

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Camera station documents a Pacific marten in Olympic National Forest

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — A rare Pacific marten recorded by a motion-triggered wildlife camera is the first time…

The $3.35 million Spartan Stadium grandstand replacement project is projected to be completed by Oct. 28, when the Forks High School football team plays its final home game of the season. The Quillayute Valley School District is using timber dollars from the Junior Taxing District, not a bond measure, to fund Phase I of the project that includes the new grandstand and ticket booth. Paula

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Spartan Stadium on track for end-of-season debut

$3.35 million facility funded with timber dollars

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Jefferson PUD to discuss meters

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners will discuss the meter replacement program during a…

A construction crew prepares support structures for a new elevated walkway that will link the historic railroad trestle to the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim and the existing Olympic Discovery Trail. The work is part of a project to restore the floodplain of the Dungeness River while providing improved access to the plaza of the recently opened nature center. The new walkway will include a bypass span, providing a direct route for pedestrians and bicyclists using the trail. Work is expected to be completed this fall. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Railroad bridge construction

A construction crew prepares support structures for a new elevated walkway that will link the historic railroad trestle…

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US grant funds a new program

Media tech school expected to spur living-wage jobs

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Port of Port Angeles delays its Maritime Trade Center design

Projected cost of 16,000-square-foot building over budget

Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn, left, speaks to U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, a Democrat representing the Olympic Peninsula, during a visit to the main hospital facility in Port Townsend on Wednesday. (Courtesy photo)

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Congressman Kilmer tours Jefferson Healthcare campus

Staff share concerns about staffing, upgrading facility

Port Ludlow’s Mia Torres, 20, performs six of her original songs during the Concerts on the Dock on Thursday at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend. The performance was part of the grand finale of free outdoor summer concerts. Port Townsend Main Street and Soundcheck joined forces, with live music beginning at 2 p.m. and continuing into the evening. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Concert on the dock

Port Ludlow’s Mia Torres, 20, performs six of her original songs during the Concerts on the Dock on…

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Child-care facility funding before Clallam commissioners

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Frances Charles, chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallanm Tribe, right, talks about items representaing native heritage as tribal members Dawn Stephan, holding a Pendleton blanket, left, and Tessa Velasco, holding a drum, listen in during a kick-off celebration for a newly-established Indian Child Welfare Court on Wednesday at the Clallam County Juvenile Services Center in Port Angeles. The court, developed through the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, will serve and assist Native American families whose children have been found to be dependent on the state.

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Youth court kickoff in Port Angeles

Frances Charles, chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, right, talks about items representing native heritage as tribal…

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Drought plan water rules in effect on West End

Water restrictions are in effect on the West End, with water to be trucked in for some Clallam…

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Olympic Medical Center ER patients to get two bills

Change to come into effect Oct. 1

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, a Democrat representing Washington’s 6th Congressional District, shakes hands with Chimacum School District Superintendent Scott Mauk in Port Hadlock on Wednesday. Kilmer visited the sites of two sewer projects his office is working on securing federal funding for. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

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Kilmer tours infrastructure efforts in Jefferson County

Federal funding is lined up, but still has to pass Senate

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Advisory board supports removal of Port Townsend poplars

Design concept now goes to city, port, PUD for final vote

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Body is recovered from Lake Crescent

Man identified as tourist from Minnesota

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Police chase leads to wreck, trio of charges

PORT ANGELES — A police chase early Wednesday morning in western Port Angeles ended with a wrecked vehicle…

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Divers search for body at Devil’s Punchbowl after witness reports

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Divers from Olympic National Park were searching Tuesday for the body of a man…

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