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Five rescued from tug off coast of La Push

Concrete barge waiting to be towed to shore

Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans.

Two Navy crew members who went missing after crash identified

Two U.S. Navy crew members who were missing after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier during a training flight last week have been identified, according… Continue reading

Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans.
Karyn Bocko of Port Angeles, front, looks at mushroom merchandise at the annual Fungi Festival on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. Looking on at right is Freya Gereke of Portland-based Odd Fox & Fern. The two-day event brought together mushroom fans for a weekend of fungus appreciation, along with food, merchandise and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Fungi Festival at Fairgrounds

Karyn Bocko of Port Angeles, front, looks at mushroom merchandise at the annual Fungi Festival on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. Looking on at… Continue reading

Karyn Bocko of Port Angeles, front, looks at mushroom merchandise at the annual Fungi Festival on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. Looking on at right is Freya Gereke of Portland-based Odd Fox & Fern. The two-day event brought together mushroom fans for a weekend of fungus appreciation, along with food, merchandise and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sales of fireworks will be prohibited in Sequim city limits effective late October 2025 after Sequim city council members voted to restrict the sale. The decision comes seven years after former city council members voted to ban the discharge of fireworks in city limits. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Sequim to ban fireworks sales

Ordinance to go into effect next fall

Sales of fireworks will be prohibited in Sequim city limits effective late October 2025 after Sequim city council members voted to restrict the sale. The decision comes seven years after former city council members voted to ban the discharge of fireworks in city limits. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
The West Sequim Bay Corridor Project, including a lift station at Forrest Road, is the largest project for the city of Sequim in 2025. Nick Dostie, Sequim’s city engineer and deputy director of public works, previously said the city plans to go to bid in the second or third quarter of 2025, with construction possibly starting in the first quarter of 2026, and pipeline and lift station construction complete in the third or fourth quarter of 2028. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim’s $58M budget largest in history

Utility rate increase continues three-year plan

The West Sequim Bay Corridor Project, including a lift station at Forrest Road, is the largest project for the city of Sequim in 2025. Nick Dostie, Sequim’s city engineer and deputy director of public works, previously said the city plans to go to bid in the second or third quarter of 2025, with construction possibly starting in the first quarter of 2026, and pipeline and lift station construction complete in the third or fourth quarter of 2028. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Pat Boyd of Port Angeles picks out a tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in the Port Angeles City Hall parking lot. The event, part of the City Shade Tree program, offered a selection of scarlet oaks/American red oaks, Garry oaks/Oregon white oaks and Katsura trees to be planted along city rights-of-way. The city handed out about 140 trees last year, the first year of the program. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tree selection in Port Angeles

Pat Boyd of Port Angeles picks out a tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in the Port Angeles City Hall parking lot. The event, part of… Continue reading

Pat Boyd of Port Angeles picks out a tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in the Port Angeles City Hall parking lot. The event, part of the City Shade Tree program, offered a selection of scarlet oaks/American red oaks, Garry oaks/Oregon white oaks and Katsura trees to be planted along city rights-of-way. The city handed out about 140 trees last year, the first year of the program. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Beeler Van Orman of Port Angeles tosses a glass bottle into a recycling bin on Thursday at the Regional Transfer Station in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam, Jefferson counties no longer able to recycle glass

City of Sequim able to continue with different processor

Beeler Van Orman of Port Angeles tosses a glass bottle into a recycling bin on Thursday at the Regional Transfer Station in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Jefferson commissioners to discuss defense caseloads

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Jefferson Healthcare considers its 2025 budget

About 60 percent of costs comes from labor, CFO says

Peninsula College produces $44M in economic impact

Economic influence grows by 15 percent

About two dozen took part in a community cold plunge in the 48-degree waters of Port Townsend Bay on Thursday to celebrate the biggest super moon of the year. Although the moon wasn’t due to rise for at least another hour, that didn’t dampen the participants’ entry into the bay next to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center aquarium. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Taking the plunge

About two dozen took part in a community cold plunge in the 48-degree waters of Port Townsend Bay on Thursday to celebrate the biggest super… Continue reading

About two dozen took part in a community cold plunge in the 48-degree waters of Port Townsend Bay on Thursday to celebrate the biggest super moon of the year. Although the moon wasn’t due to rise for at least another hour, that didn’t dampen the participants’ entry into the bay next to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center aquarium. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Woman injured in rollover collision south of Brinnon

A 74-year-old woman was transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital following a rollover collision on U.S. Highway 101. Jamie Beaulieu of Oak View, Calif.,… Continue reading

Students in Niall Twomey’s seventh-grade science class take cover under their workstations during a Great Shakeout drill on Thursday at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend. The students dropped, took cover and held on for the duration of the 30-second drill in order to build muscle memory in the event of a real earthquake or tsunami on the Peninsula. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Great shakeout

Students in Niall Twomey’s seventh-grade science class take cover under their workstations during a Great Shakeout drill on Thursday at Blue Heron Middle School in… Continue reading

Students in Niall Twomey’s seventh-grade science class take cover under their workstations during a Great Shakeout drill on Thursday at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend. The students dropped, took cover and held on for the duration of the 30-second drill in order to build muscle memory in the event of a real earthquake or tsunami on the Peninsula. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Candidates for 2025 Clallam County Fair Royalty, from left, are Aliya Gillett, Keira Headrick, Julianna Getzin, Jayla Olson, Nicole Tyler.

Five candidates named for Clallam County Fair royalty

Bake sale fundraiser to be held Saturday in Forks

Candidates for 2025 Clallam County Fair Royalty, from left, are Aliya Gillett, Keira Headrick, Julianna Getzin, Jayla Olson, Nicole Tyler.

Listeria recall includes Peninsula

Stores in both Clallam, Jefferson affected

Port Angeles to distribute free trees Saturday

At least 50 trees still unclaimed

Jill Silver near the Hoh River. (Tami Pokorny)

West End ecologist presented with environmental leadership award

Jill Silver is founder and director of 10,000 Year Institute

Jill Silver near the Hoh River. (Tami Pokorny)
The adopt-a-pet event will run from Oct. 17-31.

Adopt a pet during month of October

In honor of October’s national adopt a shelter dog month, the Peninsula Daily News is announcing its first online Olympic Peninsula’s Adopt-a-Pet event. This event… Continue reading

The adopt-a-pet event will run from Oct. 17-31.
Lori Bernstein, left, and Lindy Brooking, both from Port Townsend, pause from their morning walk to look at the Halloween display set up by the Point Hudson RV Park host. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Halloween display

Lori Bernstein, left, and Lindy Brooking, both from Port Townsend, pause from their morning walk to look at the Halloween display set up by the… Continue reading

Lori Bernstein, left, and Lindy Brooking, both from Port Townsend, pause from their morning walk to look at the Halloween display set up by the Point Hudson RV Park host. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Hood Canal bridge to receive $51M for repairs

Federal delegation secures funding via infrastructure program