Site Logo
Members of the musical group Soupbones, from left, Ed Schmid of Port Angeles, Ron Munro of Sequim, Carly List of Port Angeles and Hugh Starks of Sequim, perform at a Good Trouble community gathering and picnic on Thursday at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. Organizers of the event, one of numerous gatherings across the United States, decided to forego conventional politics while commemorating the life of civil rights activist John Lewis. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Good trouble rally

Members of the musical group Soupbones, from left, Ed Schmid of Port Angeles, Ron Munro of Sequim, Carly…

A tanker truck overturned into Indian Creek west of Port Angeles, according to the State Patrol and the state Department of Transportation. U.S. Highway 101 was closed Friday afternoon at milepost 238 near Herrick Road, and traffic was being diverted to state Highway 112. (Katherine Weatherwax via X)

News

Highway 101 reopens after tanker truck overturns into creek

Port Angeles asks utility customers to conserve water

Lisa Hansen of Port Angeles, center, takes a cellphone photo of her son, Cooper Hansen, 3, as Hansen’s mother, Tracy Hansen, right, looks on during a warm day at Hollywood Beach on the Port Angeles waterfront on Wednesday. The trio were enjoying a sunny summer afternoon next to the water. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Picture perfect

Lisa Hansen of Port Angeles, center, takes a cellphone photo of her son, Cooper Hansen, 3, as Hansen’s…

News

Claim against First Fed alleges $100M fraud

First Fed plans to ‘vigorously defend’ loans

News

Olympic Medical Center CEO says Medicaid cuts will hit hard

Darryl Wolfe tells board entire state will feel impact

Joseph Wilson, left, and Kevin Streett.

News

Jefferson PUD names new general manager

Wilson comes with 30 years of experience

Crime & Justice

Retrial of murder case to be set at hearing

State Supreme Court denies reconsideration after it was overturned

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group
Jennifer Scott of the Hudson Valley region in New York with her niece Calliope Scott of Denver walk the lavender fields of Jardin du Soleil. Scott said she loves lavender. Last week was their first time visiting a lavender farm.

Life

Lavender weekend to bring concerts, food and music

Festivities set across Peninsula from Friday through Sunday

News

Budget goals discussed at Port Angeles council meeting

Ideas sorted into short- and long-term goals

News

Chimacum drainage district is reactivated

Next steps are to appoint an interim board, adopt assessment system

A helicopter joins the firefighting effort Tuesday afternoon at the Belgian Fire near Brinnon. (Brinnon Fire Department)

News

Belgian fire under control

Firefighters remained on scene Wednesday

News

Two injured, one deceased in plane crash in Olympic National Park

PORT ANGELES — One person is dead and two others are injured after a small plane crashed in…

News

Lane closure set Wednesday for art installation

PORT ANGELES — The southbound lane of Race Street in Port Angeles from Park Avenue to Lauridsen Boulevard…

Beachgoers look for a spot on the sand on Sunday afternoon at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. Mount Rainier looms in the distance. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Summer sand

Beachgoers look for a spot on the sand on Sunday afternoon at Fort Worden State Park in Port…

News

First Fed accused in Ponzi scheme

Resignations came amid $107M lawsuit

News

Ballots for Aug. 5 primary election to be mailed today

Hospital commission, Port Angeles, Port Townsend city council races to be determined

News

Port Angeles to host forum on Rayonier cleanup

Special meeting scheduled for Tuesday

Firefighters work to contain a wildland fire on Tuesday afternoon near Brinnon. “Go now” evacuation orders were given from Jefferson County’s Emergency Operations Center. (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)

News

Evacuation orders given in Brinnon-area fire

BRINNON — Several areas near Brinnon were being asked to evacuate due to a wildland fire, and a…

Kennedy Reynolds, 2, takes a look at a row of lavender plants with her mother, Chelsea Reynolds of Port Angeles, during a Saturday outing to B & B Family Lavender Farm west of Sequim. The farm will be a participant in this weekend’s Lavender Weekend, a celebration of all things lavender in Sequim and across the Dungeness Valley. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Fields of lavender

Kennedy Reynolds, 2, takes a look at a row of lavender plants with her mother, Chelsea Reynolds of…

News

Burn ban ordered due to forecast

Peninsula expecting temperatures near 90