Port Angeles soliciting feedback for comprehensive plan update

State-required policy to address housing, transportation, more

Quilcene boy recovering after collision

Fundraiser brings in nearly $22K of $25K goal

Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Back to School Fair set for today

With the start of school just days away, Sequim’s annual Back to School Fair will look to help students in all grades be… Continue reading

Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure to the public. The tower was closed in November 2023 due to safety issues and structural concerns, prompting numerous repairs. Funding for the work, totaling more than $650,000, came from city lodging tax. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tower opens in Port Angeles

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure… Continue reading

Visitors and dignitaries ascend the steps at the observation tower at Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday after a ceremony to officially reopen the structure to the public. The tower was closed in November 2023 due to safety issues and structural concerns, prompting numerous repairs. Funding for the work, totaling more than $650,000, came from city lodging tax. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Fire officials make progress on small fires within national park, forest

Residents near 2620 Road Fire all at Level 1 ‘get ready’ status

Humane Society to partner with sheriff

Bark House to reserve kennels for dangerous dogs

Kodiak Building Partners acquires Thomas Building Center

Acquisition to enhance operational efficiency, company officials say

Port Townsend to use federal grant for trails design

City poised to take part in four different Jefferson County sites

Silverdale woman flown to Seattle hospital after single-car wreck

A Silverdale woman was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following a single-car crash on state Highway 19. Andrew R. Hovde,… Continue reading

Woman flown to OMC after car goes into ditch

A Neah Bay woman was flown to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while she was driving… Continue reading

Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield as her mother, Christina Murray of Port Angeles, looks on. The pair were on a Wednesday outing to the popular Port Angeles playground. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Firm grasp

Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield as her mother, Christina Murray… Continue reading

Nora Murray, 2, reaches for a handhold while climbing on a playground toy at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield as her mother, Christina Murray of Port Angeles, looks on. The pair were on a Wednesday outing to the popular Port Angeles playground. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Council clarifies Port Angeles short-term rental policy

Owners who pass test can run multiple units

Fire spotted at Maiden Peak in national park

2620 Road Fire containment efforts ongoing

Rural Community Leadership Program to be conducted this fall

Rural Development Initiatives will offer its Rural Community Leadership Program in Clallam County beginning in October. The free, skills-based program will help… Continue reading

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu sits in the Port Angeles Public Library in conjunction with a meeting of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The model eventually will be cast in bronze and installed in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. Frank received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for his work in fighting for tribal treaty rights and obligations. The statue will be on display at the library through Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tribal activist

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu sits in the Port Angeles Public Library… Continue reading

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu sits in the Port Angeles Public Library in conjunction with a meeting of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The model eventually will be cast in bronze and installed in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. Frank received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for his work in fighting for tribal treaty rights and obligations. The statue will be on display at the library through Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Invasive European green crabs have been discovered in the Quileute River estuary for the first time. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

European green crabs detected in Quillayute River estuary

European green crabs have been detected for the first time in the Quillayute River estuary. A joint survey conducted by the Quileute… Continue reading

Invasive European green crabs have been discovered in the Quileute River estuary for the first time. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Halfway House restaurant staff supporting firefighting efforts

2620 Road Fire remains at 8 percent containment

Overnight bridge closures set on Hood Canal

The state Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight closures of the Hood Canal bridge on state Highway 104 at 10 p.m. Thursday and… Continue reading

The McKinley Paper Co. mill in Port Angeles sits mostly idle on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles mill workers to get benefits

McKinley designated ‘permanent closure’

The McKinley Paper Co. mill in Port Angeles sits mostly idle on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)