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Navy sets training exercise

Naval Magazine Indian Island has scheduled security training exercises this week form Monday through Friday. Training activities will include security boats on… Continue reading

Chef Troy Murrell with Bayside Housing and Services, left, hands a hot meal to Janna Hall on Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds campground in Port Townsend. Hall, who has bipolar disorder, said she has been homeless in Port Townsend for eight years and currently lives in a tent at the fairgrounds. Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News

Nonprofits ramp up outreach

Homeless camped at fairgrounds since summer

Chef Troy Murrell with Bayside Housing and Services, left, hands a hot meal to Janna Hall on Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds campground in Port Townsend. Hall, who has bipolar disorder, said she has been homeless in Port Townsend for eight years and currently lives in a tent at the fairgrounds. Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News

Permanent solution elusive

After months of camping, inevitable eviction looms. In May, Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) temporarily secured 25 campsites at the Jefferson County… Continue reading

Santa Claus (Mac Macdonald) will be the star of a special parent Xoom storytime on Nov. 30 and a drive-by event on Dec. 5 at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, a pair of events hosted by Sequim's Parenting Matters Foundation. Submitted photo

Santa to appear on Zoom, in a drive-by

Like dozens of other community happenings in 2020, the annual Breakfast With Santa event is going to look a little different this year.… Continue reading

Santa Claus (Mac Macdonald) will be the star of a special parent Xoom storytime on Nov. 30 and a drive-by event on Dec. 5 at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, a pair of events hosted by Sequim's Parenting Matters Foundation. Submitted photo
A buildup of dust caused an early-morning furnace fire, East Jefferson Fire Rescue said.

Small furnace fire sends smoke throughout house

A fire in a furnace dust trap sent smoke throughout a house but was quickly extinguished, reported East Jefferson Fire Rescue. A… Continue reading

A buildup of dust caused an early-morning furnace fire, East Jefferson Fire Rescue said.

Symphony concert video premiere online

The Port Angeles Symphony Ensemble’s first concert video is now available for viewing online free of charge. The link to the performance… Continue reading

Wind gusts cause Peninsula power outages

High winds Friday caused three major power outages in Clallam and Jefferson counties, briefly leaving 1,570 customers without electricity. Outages were reported in the Forks,… Continue reading

Clallam County adopts mining laws, updates code for compliance

Commissioners say balance needed for rights, environment

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Four North Olympic Peninsula residents have received Medal of Honor

Veterans fought in Civil War, World War II, Vietnam

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Attitude of Gratitude journals free at Port Angeles Farmers Market

Market Art activity youth-oriented

Port Angeles' Jada Cargo signs a letter of intent to play softball for Lower Columbia Community College. Cargo is joined by her stepdad Jeremy Acosta, left, and mother, Vashti White-Acosta.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Port Angeles’ Jada Cargo signs to play for Lower Columbia

Extends Roughriders to Red Devils talent pipeline

Port Angeles' Jada Cargo signs a letter of intent to play softball for Lower Columbia Community College. Cargo is joined by her stepdad Jeremy Acosta, left, and mother, Vashti White-Acosta.
Friends of Fort Worden project lead and board member Bill Appleton, left, stands with local contractor Ty Hodge in front of the nearly completed restored guard shack that used to stand at the entrance of Fort Worden State Park when it was still used by the military. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Fort Worden guard shack on path to restoration

Upgraded structure could be used for events, information

Friends of Fort Worden project lead and board member Bill Appleton, left, stands with local contractor Ty Hodge in front of the nearly completed restored guard shack that used to stand at the entrance of Fort Worden State Park when it was still used by the military. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

MAT clinic hearing to include tribe’s appeal

Objections over ‘community concern’

Mike Zavadlov Judson Henry recently caught this ocean-bright hatchery coho while fishing the Sol Duc River with Mike Zavadlov of Mike Z's Guide Service.

OUTDOORS: Coho biting on the Sol Duc; weekend storm likely to raise flows

Register now for Nov. 24 steelhead town hall

Mike Zavadlov Judson Henry recently caught this ocean-bright hatchery coho while fishing the Sol Duc River with Mike Zavadlov of Mike Z's Guide Service.

Port Angeles man sentenced to seven-plus years for meth sale

A 26-year-old Port Angeles man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to methamphetamine charges this… Continue reading

Sequim School District mum about two administrators on leave

Officials decline to disclose information

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Larry Owen, 97, stands outside the St. Andrew's Place Assisted Living Community in Port Angeles on Friday.

B-17 crew chief recalls World War II

Specialist has family ties to Peninsula

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Larry Owen, 97, stands outside the St. Andrew's Place Assisted Living Community in Port Angeles on Friday.

Corrections officer charged with first-degree child rape

A Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer has been charged with first-degree child rape of an 11-year-old girl. Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson… Continue reading

a structure fire we had on Oxenford Rd. just after Midnight yesterday.

Treacherous fire shoots flames 50 feet high in Joyce

Midnight explosions lit the sky 10 miles west of Port Angeles last weekend when a suspected wood stove-chimney fire ignited fuel, fertilizer and… Continue reading

a structure fire we had on Oxenford Rd. just after Midnight yesterday.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Construction fencing surrounds the site of a luxury hotel being built by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles.

Elwha Hotel build to start next summer

Epidemic has slowed progress of project

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Construction fencing surrounds the site of a luxury hotel being built by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles.