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A giant Pacific octopus swims in its tank at Feiro Marine Science Center at Port Angeles City Pier while fans of the creature cast ballots for a name in an online poll, which ended Thursday afternoon. Octomatic was the people’s choice with 54.1 percent of 1,123 votes cast, winning out over Olive with 39 percent, Cranberry with 3.9 percent, Toby with 2 percent and Bobbie with 0.9 percent. The octopus, which was captured in Agate Bay north of Joyce, will reside at Feiro until it reaches maturity, and then it will be released in the area of where it was found. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Octopus named

A giant Pacific octopus swims in its tank at Feiro Marine Science Center at Port Angeles City Pier…

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Monkeypox vaccine coming to Clallam County

COVID-19 case rates trending downward

Steve Short of Port Townsend escaped without a scratch after he rolled his 1987 Suzuki Samurai during a run on the 4x4 course at the Jefferson County Fair on Sunday. Short said he should have “rolled back, but my foot slipped off the brake pedal and hit the gas instead.” The vehicle sustained damage to the front end, but it smoked a lot on the way back to the pits. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rolled over

Steve Short of Port Townsend escaped without a scratch after he rolled his 1987 Suzuki Samurai during a…

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Clallam County to takeover Clallam Bay park

State began process in November 2020

An aerial photo released Saturday by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a diesel spill off the west coast of San Juan Island after a 49-foot fishing vessel sank with an estimated 2,600 gallons of fuel on board. A Good Samaritan rescued all five crew members on the Aleutian Isle as the vessel was sinking near Sunset Point, the Coast Guard’s 13th District Pacific Northwest district in Seattle and KIRO-TV reported. (U.S. Coast Guard via The Associated Press)

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Salvage crews assessing wreck off San Juan Island

Coast Guard: Containment efforts underway since Sunday

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All County Picnic aims to build resiliency

This weekend’s gathering marks a decade of preparation

Michelle Russell

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Authorities seek whereabouts of missing person

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about Michelle Russell.

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Sequim OKs new flag display policy

SEQUIM — A new chapter in the Sequim Municipal Code formalizes what flags will be displayed in and…

Dr. Michael Maxwell, CEO of the North Olympic Healthcare Network, conducts a short tour of the organization’s future Eastside Health Center at 1026 E. First St. in Port Angeles during an open house on Saturday. The clinic, located in the former Edna’s Place building, will house medical services and administrative offices with an opening scheduled for late December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Clinic open house

Dr. Michael Maxwell, CEO of the North Olympic Healthcare Network, conducts a short tour of the organization’s future…

Crying Lady Rock on Second Beach in Clallam County is part of a stamp set celebrating the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act being signed into law Oct 23, 1972. The photograph was taken by Matt McIntosh. (Photo courtesy USPS)

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USPS stamp set includes popular Clallam County landmark

Artwork marks marine sanctuary’s 50th anniversary

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Clallam County considers rehousing allocations

Money would be for emergency housing

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Port of Port Townsend to consider benches, rate hikes

Initial Jetty work slated for September

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Lopez named principal at Greywolf Elementary

Schools eye Sept. 16 as date for stadium naming ceremony

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Jefferson County to consider opioid settlement allocation

Peninsula entities to receive allocations from state lawsuit

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Scaffolding covers a section of the sidewalk in the 100 block of West First Street to support workers as they upgrade the the facade on Lee Plaza.

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Affordable housing units get upgrades

Scaffolding in downtown Port Angeles evidence of one of several PHA projects

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Seattle hospital to refuse some patients due to capacity

The Associated Press

PHOTO BY: Susan Doupé CAPTION: Priya Jayadev is the new executive director for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.

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New executive director for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County has hired Supriya “Priya” Jayadev as its new executive director.

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The Port Townsend City Council seeks to sell the Cherry Street property that had been barged over from Canada five years ago to become affordable housing.

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Port Townsend aims to sell Cherry Street housing project

Stalled for years, affordable housing project all but adandoned

Layla Franson, 15, and Jackson, her 10-year-old Quarter Horse, are competing in 4H at the Jefferson County Fair this weekend. Like many counties across the state, Jefferson County has seen a decline in the numbers of youths enrolled in 4H after the COVID lockdown and is actively seeking to reboot its program. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County Fair back after two-year hiatus

4H looks for bounceback after restrictions eased

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Jefferson County seeks comment on sewer plant permit

Deadline Sept. 2 for comment

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