A pile of rubble is all that remains of what was once a concrete abutment along a side stream near the Dungeness River in Sequim. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Failed abutment near Sequim park to be removed

SEQUIM — A failed bridge abutment is being removed from the Dungeness River near the Railroad Bridge Park this week and is expected to be… Continue reading

A pile of rubble is all that remains of what was once a concrete abutment along a side stream near the Dungeness River in Sequim. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A pile of rubble is all that remains of what was once a concrete abutment along a side stream near the Dungeness River in Sequim. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Failed abutment near Sequim park to be removed

SEQUIM — A failed bridge abutment is being removed from the Dungeness River near the Railroad Bridge Park this week and is expected to be… Continue reading

A pile of rubble is all that remains of what was once a concrete abutment along a side stream near the Dungeness River in Sequim. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Researcher to discuss glacier contribution to water supply in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The connection between glaciers and the Olympic Peninsula’s water supply will be explored in U.S. Park Service geologist and glacier expert Jon… Continue reading

Researcher to discuss glacier contribution to water supply in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The connection between glaciers and the Olympic Peninsula’s water supply will be explored in U.S. Park Service geologist and glacier expert Jon… Continue reading

Candidate meet-and-greet scheduled Sunday in Sequim

SEQUIM — The Clallam County League of Women Voters will host a meet-and-greet with candidates for elected office from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.… Continue reading

Designs for larger Forks arts center to be shown

FORKS –– Conceptual designs for the new Rainforest Arts Center, which will have twice the footprint of the burned building it will replace, will be… Continue reading

Designs for larger Forks arts center to be shown

FORKS –– Conceptual designs for the new Rainforest Arts Center, which will have twice the footprint of the burned building it will replace, will be… Continue reading

Sequim Guild to host benefit bunco game for Seattle Children’s Hospital

SEQUIM — An afternoon bunco game benefit with salads, sandwiches, desserts and prizes will be put on by the Sequim Guild today. Doors will open… Continue reading

Sequim Guild to host benefit bunco game for Seattle Children’s Hospital

SEQUIM — An afternoon bunco game benefit with salads, sandwiches, desserts and prizes will be put on by the Sequim Guild today. Doors will open… Continue reading

Jane Pryne

Port Angeles schools chief announces retirement in 2014

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles School District Superintendent Jane Pryne has announced that she will retire at the end of the current school year. Pryne… Continue reading

Jane Pryne

Car fire briefly closes Monroe Road east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A stretch of Monroe Road about two miles south of U.S. Highway 101 was reopened late this morning (Thursday) after it had… Continue reading

14th Dungeness River Festival celebrates the watercourse and all around it

SEQUIM –– The 14th annual Dungeness River Festival will celebrate the river and its role in the North Olympic Peninsula’s ecosystem for two days next… Continue reading

Are small-time scofflaws off the hook? Port Angeles to stop taking minor felony cases referred from county

PORT ANGELES — As of next Tuesday, the City Attorney’s Office will no longer accept minor felony criminal cases, such as some property crimes and… Continue reading

Clallam planning response for animals in emergencies

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County emergency managers and volunteers are hashing out an animal disaster plan to ensure that pets and livestock don’t get overlooked… Continue reading

Cass Brotherton of Quilcene asks a question at the forum for freeholder candidates. The freeholders will write a new county charter if the voters approve going ahead with the process on Nov. 5.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

District-only elections among issues at freeholders’ forum in south Jefferson

QUILCENE — While the contents of a county charter will not be determined until it is drafted by a 15-member board of freeholders, the election… Continue reading

Cass Brotherton of Quilcene asks a question at the forum for freeholder candidates. The freeholders will write a new county charter if the voters approve going ahead with the process on Nov. 5.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula College professor Wes Cecil

How a Peninsula College professor’s lectures helped to defuse a Muslim activist through the Internet

PORT TOWNSEND — Online lectures posted by a Peninsula College adjunct professor are credited with aiding in the conversion of a radical Muslim to a… Continue reading

Peninsula College professor Wes Cecil

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Banging the drum for those musical muses

ELEVEN YEARS ARE up, and now we start on year 12 of Keeping Live Music Alive! That first column was fewer than 500 words, and… Continue reading

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PORT ANGELES — Representatives of the Peninsula Daily News are available to speak to clubs, organizations and at other gatherings across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Postal Service seeks increase in cost of stamps to 49 cents

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Postal Service seeks increase in cost of stamps to 49 cents

By Andrew Miga The Associated Press WASHINGTON — It soon could cost 49 cents to mail a letter. The postal Board of Governors said Wednesday… Continue reading

  • Sep 26, 2013
  • By Andrew Miga The Associated Press
PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Postal Service seeks increase in cost of stamps to 49 cents

Port Angeles man charged with two felonies in vehicular assault

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man police say backed his pickup truck into another man, sending him into a nearby ditch, has been charged… Continue reading