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Motorcyclist airlifted after hitting van

One person was airlifted to a hospital after a motorcycle collided with a car at milepost 2 on state Highway 112 east of Neah Bay.… Continue reading

Support given for Olympic Discovery Trail grant

Plan is to extend into Discovery Bay

Bentinck range operations

The Royal Canadian Navy has announced that the land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to… Continue reading

Clallam County rejects levee project bid

Commissioners cite $13.8M cost

David Johannessohn of Sequim takes a photograph of the motor of a 1929 Ford Model A on Saturday at the 26th annual Ruddell Cruise-In car show at Ruddell Auto in Port Angeles. The event featured more than 200 vintage and classic automobiles and trucks in an evening that included food, live music and a dunk tank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cruise-In car show

David Johannessohn of Sequim takes a photograph of the motor of a 1929 Ford Model A on Saturday at the 26th annual Ruddell Cruise-In car… Continue reading

David Johannessohn of Sequim takes a photograph of the motor of a 1929 Ford Model A on Saturday at the 26th annual Ruddell Cruise-In car show at Ruddell Auto in Port Angeles. The event featured more than 200 vintage and classic automobiles and trucks in an evening that included food, live music and a dunk tank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Diamond Point Airport, shown on Saturday, is expected to provide a lifeline to the outside world in the event of a major disaster that could hamper other means of transportation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Diamond Point receives supplies

In a tsunami, Miller Peninsula could be isolated

Diamond Point Airport, shown on Saturday, is expected to provide a lifeline to the outside world in the event of a major disaster that could hamper other means of transportation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music to an audience on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Centrum’s weeklong Fiddle Tunes Festival ended with this finale concert under the sun. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fiddle tunes concert

A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music… Continue reading

A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music to an audience on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Centrum’s weeklong Fiddle Tunes Festival ended with this finale concert under the sun. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Learning our landscape

Dave Conca will present “Learning our landscape: Ozette Prairies” at 3 p.m. Thursday. The free, online presentation is sponsored by the Jamestown S’Klallam… Continue reading

More beaches closed to shellfish harvesting

Beaches from the Lyre River/Low Point to the Jefferson County line, including Dungeness Bay, are closed to the recreational harvest of all shellfish species due… Continue reading

Pierce County candidate won’t be charged for shooting man

Republican Pierce County Council candidate Josh Harris will not be charged with any crimes following a shooting in which Harris… Continue reading

State Patrol: Motorcyclist hurt in collision

A British Columbia motorcyclist was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday after running into the back of a car on… Continue reading

Threatened wild bees get help from researchers

Few creatures exist closer to the front lines of… Continue reading

Youth to learn of heritage

Storytelling to cap Fort Worden event

A small plane crashed at the William R. Fairchild International Airport on Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt, a bystander said. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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No one hurt in plane crash

A small plane crashed at the William R. Fairchild International Airport on Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt, a bystander said.… Continue reading

A small plane crashed at the William R. Fairchild International Airport on Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt, a bystander said. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Michael Payne, Executive Director of the Port Townsend Aero Museum, shows off some of the antique and historic air planes on display at the museum located at the Jefferson County International Airport in Port Townsend. The museum is expanding, in the area behind the blue tarp in the background, to increase the museum’s display area by about a third.

Aero museum expanding by one-third

Historic aircraft on display

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Michael Payne, Executive Director of the Port Townsend Aero Museum, shows off some of the antique and historic air planes on display at the museum located at the Jefferson County International Airport in Port Townsend. The museum is expanding, in the area behind the blue tarp in the background, to increase the museum’s display area by about a third.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2, Heidi Eisenhour, cuts the ribbon to open a “Safe Routes to School” pathway to Chimacum Creek Primary School from Cedar Avenue in Port Hadlock on Wednesday. The project, funded with an $880,000.00 grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation, includes a new mile long sidewalk on Cedar Avenue, that had no walkable sidewalk, and a paved trail leading to the school which was previously a dirt strip and soon, covered bus stops.

A safe path created in Chimacum

Multi-use route for student, pedestrians, cyclists part of long-term project

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2, Heidi Eisenhour, cuts the ribbon to open a “Safe Routes to School” pathway to Chimacum Creek Primary School from Cedar Avenue in Port Hadlock on Wednesday. The project, funded with an $880,000.00 grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation, includes a new mile long sidewalk on Cedar Avenue, that had no walkable sidewalk, and a paved trail leading to the school which was previously a dirt strip and soon, covered bus stops.
Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News Ryan Malane, director of marketing for Black Ball, speaks at the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday.

Malane celebration of life planned July 17

Community invited to City Pier in Port Angeles

Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News Ryan Malane, director of marketing for Black Ball, speaks at the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday.

Monkeypox spreads in King County

No cases seen on North Olympic Peninsula

  • Jul 9, 2022
  • The Associated Press
A customer checks price tags as she shops at a retail store in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. retailers tempering hiring

Less consumer spending, higher labors costs among reasons

  • Jul 9, 2022
  • By Anne D’innocenzio and Haleluya Hadero The Associated Press
A customer checks price tags as she shops at a retail store in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Government meetings set on Peninsula

Here are summaries of agendas of governmental entities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Jefferson County The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear the county income… Continue reading