Clallam County Conservation District Manager Joe Holtrop

Drought-resistant plants showcased at Sequim park

SEQUIM –– A park to display plants selected to thrive in the rain shadow of Sequim was dedicated at a recent ceremony. With dozens of… Continue reading

Clallam County Conservation District Manager Joe Holtrop

Groups bring old-fashioned tunes to Calvary Chapel

SEQUIM — Three Kings of the Wild Frontier — guitarist David Rivers, fiddler Joseph Gish, stand-up bass man Hayden Pomeroy — will arrive for an… Continue reading

John Austin will travel to the nation's capital this week.

Jefferson County commissioner on ‘lightning trip’ to D.C.

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Commissioner John Austin will travel to Washington, D.C., this week to lobby for a bill that would reimburse local communities… Continue reading

  • Jun 24, 2013
John Austin will travel to the nation's capital this week.

Marine science center seeks roofs for runoff study

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center is looking for a few good roofs for a stormwater runoff study. The center, working with… Continue reading

Emergency personnel attend to Jake Bonifazio

One injured, one facing charges after Taylor Cutoff rollover

SEQUIM — One person was injured in a one-vehicle rollover wreck Saturday on U.S. Highway 101 at Taylor Cutoff Road, and charges that the driver… Continue reading

Emergency personnel attend to Jake Bonifazio

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Rocky start to peace talks

The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s government reaffirmed support Sunday for possible talks with its Taliban foes, but demanded full explanations on how the… Continue reading

  • Jun 24, 2013
  • The Associated Press

Port Angeles man pleads not guilty in high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to two charges related to an alleged high-speed chase. Erick Evan Miller, 46, pleaded… Continue reading

Public hearing on proposed Sequim transportation plan

SEQUIM –– The future of transportation in Sequim will be the topic of a public hearing before the City Council tonight. At the session at… Continue reading

Ready, set, action! Enter PDN-PDQ Three-Minute Film Competition!

Ready, set, action! Enter PDN-PDQ Three-Minute Film Competition!

WHETHER YOU ARE a seasoned film veteran, an amateur or a filmmaking team who is just getting started, if you know how to create a… Continue reading

Ready, set, action! Enter PDN-PDQ Three-Minute Film Competition!

Sequim garden tour to feature petals, pathways

SEQUIM — Tickets are on sale for the 2013 Petals & Pathways Garden Tour, which will feature seven private gardens Saturday, June 29. The self-guided… Continue reading

The historic Gull gas sign

Sequim’s Gull Station sign comes down today

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News SEQUIM –– A relic of Washington Street's U.S. Highway 101 past will come down this morning as crews remove… Continue reading

The historic Gull gas sign

Survivor of head-on crash in Sequim in serious condition

Peninsula Daily News SEQUIM — Bernard Emmert, 70, of Sequim was listed in serious condition Sunday at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles a day… Continue reading

Port Angeles Farmers Market Manager Cynthia Warne and Board President Hank Gibson

This week’s North Olympic Peninsula business meetings . . . and other business news

ALL OF THESE business meetings are open to the public: Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Weekly luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon… Continue reading

Port Angeles Farmers Market Manager Cynthia Warne and Board President Hank Gibson
Christoper Loper of Yelm is attended to by emergency personnel Saturday night in Quilcene as his Harley-Davidson motorcycle lies in the middle of U.S. Highway 101. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

Two motorcyclists hurt in Quilcene wreck

QUILCENE — Two motorcyclists were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday after a collision with a car in Quilcene. Christopher S. Loper,… Continue reading

Christoper Loper of Yelm is attended to by emergency personnel Saturday night in Quilcene as his Harley-Davidson motorcycle lies in the middle of U.S. Highway 101. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News
Christoper Loper of Yelm is attended to by emergency personnel Saturday night in Quilcene as his Harley-Davidson motorcycle lies in the middle of U.S. Highway 101. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

Two motorcyclists hurt in Quilcene wreck

QUILCENE — Two motorcyclists were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday after a collision with a car in Quilcene. Christopher S. Loper,… Continue reading

Christoper Loper of Yelm is attended to by emergency personnel Saturday night in Quilcene as his Harley-Davidson motorcycle lies in the middle of U.S. Highway 101. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News
Accident investigators from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office and Sequim Police Department measure the scene of a collision between two pickup trucks on Old Olympic Highway near Mantle Road northwest of Sequim.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Investigators ponder why truck crossed centerline in Dungeness Valley fatality [Corrected and Updated]

SEQUIM — A 66-year-old Sequim man is dead and a 70-year-old Sequim man was hospitalized in serious condition after a two-truck wreck on Old Olympic… Continue reading

Accident investigators from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office and Sequim Police Department measure the scene of a collision between two pickup trucks on Old Olympic Highway near Mantle Road northwest of Sequim.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Emergency personnel attend to Jake Bonifazio

One injured, one facing charges after Taylor Cutoff rollover

SEQUIM — One person was injured in a one-vehicle rollover wreck Saturday on U.S. Highway 101 at Taylor Cutoff Road, and charges that the driver… Continue reading

Emergency personnel attend to Jake Bonifazio

Port Angeles man pleads not guilty in high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to two charges related to an alleged high-speed chase. Erick Evan Miller, 46, pleaded… Continue reading

An aerial view is shown of a colony of common murres

Unmanned aircraft soars over Peninsula coast for researchers [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

OLYMPIC COAST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY — Seabirds nesting on the small, rocky islands off the western coast of the North Olympic Peninsula have nothing to… Continue reading

An aerial view is shown of a colony of common murres

Free outdoor concert series kicks off in Sequim. (PA concert slated Wednesday. PT concerts begin in July)

SEQUIM — The Dukes of Dabob, a well-known local Dixieland jazz band, will perform at the outdoor James Center for the Performing Arts amphitheater at… Continue reading