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Water flow restored to Port Angeles homes while repairs mulled

Running, potable water was restored to seven households Thursday morning while city officials prepared to replace a malfunctioning stormwater pipe and repair… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.

Port Angeles water line repairs to cost $55,000

A cast-iron potable water main ruptured Tuesday night, exposing a leak in a stormwater pipe below it and prompting City Manager Dan… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.
Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent

Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent

Bella’s back is broken. Her grandfather’s back is broken. Her grandmother was in a coma Tuesday. Her cousin is dead. It looks… Continue reading

Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent
Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice

Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice

The three Jefferson County commissioners have joined the Clallam County commissioners and Forks City Council in urging that the Elwha River bridge… Continue reading

Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice
Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead

Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead

The oldest member of the small population of endangered Puget Sound orcas has been missing for months and is… Continue reading

Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead
Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent

Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent

Four of five occupants of an SUV that was crushed by a falling tree as it traveled along Lake Crescent on New… Continue reading

Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent
Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops

Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops

Local farms and the businesses that rely on them struggle to meet the demand for organic produce during the winter months, but… Continue reading

Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops
An aerial photo shows the wreckage of Bernhoft’s Cessna 182 in a wooded area near Quilcene. (KOMO-News)

Two Sequim residents and two children killed in plane crash

Federal officials on Saturday scoured a Thorndyke Creek ravine where an eyewitness reported that a small aircraft “just dropped from the sky” Thursday… Continue reading

An aerial photo shows the wreckage of Bernhoft’s Cessna 182 in a wooded area near Quilcene. (KOMO-News)
Carla Parke and Jon Bernhoft

Friends of Sequim pilot, fiancee mourn

Sequim Sunrise Rotary members, friends and family are searching for answers as they mourn the loss of longtime Sequim pharmacist and pilot Jon… Continue reading

Carla Parke and Jon Bernhoft

Contributions to Peninsula Home Fund always welcome

a safety net for local residents when they suddenly face an emergency situation and can’t find help elsewhere — continues… Continue reading

Gingerbread houses on display in Port Townsend

Gingerbread houses on display in Port Townsend

The last of 10 entries into the Port Townsend annual Gingerbread House Contest are now on display, with judging for the best… Continue reading

Gingerbread houses on display in Port Townsend

Prosecutors await test results in Port Angeles pedestrian death

The Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is awaiting DNA test results on a trail of blood drops leading to the body of… Continue reading

Red-naped Sapsucker — Sally Harris

Rare red-naped sapsucker photographed near Sequim

Sally Harris had her camera focused on a Stellar’s Jay when she saw a flash of red out of the corner of her… Continue reading

Red-naped Sapsucker — Sally Harris

Federal investigators headed to Dabob Bay crash site

A team from the National Transportation Safety Board was headed this afternoon to the Dabob Bay-area site of a plane crash where… Continue reading

Forks council joins call for new Elwha bridge, new alignment

Forks council joins call for new Elwha bridge, new alignment

The Forks City Council has joined the chorus of those who are asking the state to replace the battered U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Forks council joins call for new Elwha bridge, new alignment
$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans

$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans

An anonymous $10,000 donation to Pennies for Quarters is getting the ball rolling for the soon-to-be nonprofit. The organization’s goal is to… Continue reading

$10,000 donation to help start Pennies for Quarters’ tiny houses plan for veterans
Autopsy: 2½-year-old boy died of blunt-force trauma to the head

Autopsy: 2½-year-old boy died of blunt-force trauma to the head

A 2½-year-old boy allegedly killed last month by a Forks woman who was caring for him died of blunt-force trauma to the… Continue reading

Autopsy: 2½-year-old boy died of blunt-force trauma to the head
Jon Gray of Sequim stands in his attic with boxes of Star Wars toys he’s collected since the mid-1990s. He buys two of each action figure with the goal to keep one in box and a second to display. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Carlsborg man’s ‘Star Wars’ collection likely one of the biggest on Peninsula

Jon Gray remembers his first action figures well from the original 1977 “Star Wars: A New Hope.” His mom, Liisa, returned from a trip and… Continue reading

Jon Gray of Sequim stands in his attic with boxes of Star Wars toys he’s collected since the mid-1990s. He buys two of each action figure with the goal to keep one in box and a second to display. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Fake tree key to makeover: Method commonly used to disguise cell towers, consultant says

Disguising a radio-cellphone tower as a 150-foot Douglas fir is just one route the wireless industry takes these days to mollify concerns over… Continue reading

Judge: Olympic National Park right to repair cabins

Judge: Olympic National Park right to repair cabins

Olympic National Park had the authority to repair five historic structures in its wilderness area, a federal judge has ruled. A… Continue reading

Judge: Olympic National Park right to repair cabins