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Author Caroline Fraser, whose book, “Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder,” won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for biography, is speaking at today’s Studium Generale at Peninsula College. She will talk about Wilder as well as her latest book, “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers.” (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Pulitzer Prize-winning author to speak in Port Angeles

Caroline Fraser featured as Writer-in-Residence at Peninsula College

Author Caroline Fraser, whose book, “Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder,” won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for biography, is speaking at today’s Studium Generale at Peninsula College. She will talk about Wilder as well as her latest book, “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers.” (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

UPDATED: Suspect in custody after threat at Port Angeles High School

A juvenile male was taken in custody Wednesday in connection with a message containing a possible threat that was found in a… Continue reading

Ty Coone. (Clallam County Sheriff's Office)

Search suspended for kayaker missing in Strait

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday morning for a man who went missing while fishing from his kayak. Ty Coone called… Continue reading

Ty Coone. (Clallam County Sheriff's Office)
Port Angeles Symphony Conductor Jonathan Pasternack, guest soloist Anna Petrova and the orchestra celebrate their return to the stage in November 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Symphony maestro wraps his 10th anniversary season

Two concerts set for this weekend

Port Angeles Symphony Conductor Jonathan Pasternack, guest soloist Anna Petrova and the orchestra celebrate their return to the stage in November 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County and Astound are partnering with assistance from Clallam County PUD on a $22 million project that will extend Astound’s existing fiber network near Laird’s Corner to almost 100 miles of new above ground and underground infrastructure that will reach more than 1,500 homes in the Highway 112 corridor.

High-speed internet coming to Highway 112 corridor

Clallam County, PUD and Astound involved in $22M project

Clallam County and Astound are partnering with assistance from Clallam County PUD on a $22 million project that will extend Astound’s existing fiber network near Laird’s Corner to almost 100 miles of new above ground and underground infrastructure that will reach more than 1,500 homes in the Highway 112 corridor.
Rhody Princess Lorelei Turner, left, and Rhody Queen Taylor Frank at the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee, where they received the Golden Apple award. (Lori Morris)

Rhody festival celebrates 90 years

Four days of parades, races, events slated

Rhody Princess Lorelei Turner, left, and Rhody Queen Taylor Frank at the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee, where they received the Golden Apple award. (Lori Morris)

State leaders discuss budget

Importance of gas tax explained

Police: Man dies following assault in Sequim

A man died after he was allegedly assaulted in the 500 block of West Washington Street in Sequim. Sequim police arrested Aaron C.… Continue reading

Special candidate filing period to open Wednesday

The Clallam County elections office will conduct a special three-day filing period from 8 a.m. today through 5 p.m. Friday. Jefferson County,… Continue reading

Chimacum Elementary School sixth-grade students jump on a rotating maypole as they use the new playground equipment on Monday during recess. The playground was redesigned with safer equipment and was in use for the first time since inspections were completed last Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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New equipment

Chimacum Elementary School sixth-grade students jump on a rotating maypole as they use the new playground equipment on Monday during recess. The playground was redesigned… Continue reading

Chimacum Elementary School sixth-grade students jump on a rotating maypole as they use the new playground equipment on Monday during recess. The playground was redesigned with safer equipment and was in use for the first time since inspections were completed last Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County discussion centers on fireworks

Potential future bans, pathway to public displays discussed

Microsoft purchases Peninsula credits

Carbon removal will come from area forests

Port Angeles School District to reduce budget by $1.9M

Additional cuts could come if government slashes Title 1 funding

Natalie Maitland.

Port Townsend Main Street hires next executive director

Natalie Maitland will start new role with organization May 21

Natalie Maitland.
A group of people play American Mahjong at the Harmony Center of Sequim in the activities room, which is large and well-lit, with Wi-Fi, a 70-inch television, folding tables and chairs. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Harmony Center cultivates peace through connection

Nonprofit offers free activity space in Sequim

A group of people play American Mahjong at the Harmony Center of Sequim in the activities room, which is large and well-lit, with Wi-Fi, a 70-inch television, folding tables and chairs. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
W. Ron Allen.

Allen to be inducted into Native American Hall of Fame

Ceremony will take place in November in Oklahoma City

W. Ron Allen.
Moses McDonald, a Sequim water operator, holds one of the city’s new utility residential meters in his right hand and a radio transmitter in his left. City staff finished replacing more than 3,000 meters so they can be read remotely. (City of Sequim)

Sequim shifts to remote utility meters

Installation for devices began last August

Moses McDonald, a Sequim water operator, holds one of the city’s new utility residential meters in his right hand and a radio transmitter in his left. City staff finished replacing more than 3,000 meters so they can be read remotely. (City of Sequim)
A family of eagles sits in a tree just north of Carrie Blake Community Park. Following concerns over impacts to the eagles and nearby Garry oak trees, city staff will move Sequim’s Fourth of July fireworks display to the other side of Carrie Blake Community Park. Staff said the show will be discharged more than half a mile away. (City of Sequim)

Sequim to move fireworks display

Show will remain in Carrie Blake Park

A family of eagles sits in a tree just north of Carrie Blake Community Park. Following concerns over impacts to the eagles and nearby Garry oak trees, city staff will move Sequim’s Fourth of July fireworks display to the other side of Carrie Blake Community Park. Staff said the show will be discharged more than half a mile away. (City of Sequim)

Olympic Medical Center’s losses half of 2023

Critical access designation being considered

Leah Kendrick of Port Angeles and her son, Bo, 5, take a tandem ride on the slide in the playground area of the campground on Thursday at the Dungeness County Recreation area northwest of Sequim. The pair took advantage of a temperate spring day for the outdoor outing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tandem slide

Leah Kendrick of Port Angeles and her son, Bo, 5, take a tandem ride on the slide in the playground area of the campground on… Continue reading

Leah Kendrick of Port Angeles and her son, Bo, 5, take a tandem ride on the slide in the playground area of the campground on Thursday at the Dungeness County Recreation area northwest of Sequim. The pair took advantage of a temperate spring day for the outdoor outing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)