Life

Peninsula College Very Short Film Festival set this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s Drama Department will stream its third annual Very Short Film Festival — aka…

Life

Kayaking Columbia River topic of Traveler’s Journal

SEQUIM — John Kuntz will present “Eri’s Adventure: Kayaking the Mighty Columbia River from Source to Sea” at…

Liz Kellerman

Business

Makeup artist joins Port Angeles salon’s staff

PORT ANGELES — Liz Kellerman has joined the J. Ryan Salon and Boutique.

Business

Sequim brokerage hires new realtor

SEQUIM — Town & County recently hired realtor Rita Adragna as a real estate consultant/marketing specialist.

During the online Conservation Breakfast this Thursday, speakers — from left, David Brownell, Emma Brownell, Erik Kingfisher and Stormy Purser — will discuss how local tribes care for the land. The four are pictured last spring on Chimacum Ridge, one of the parcels the Jefferson Land Trust is working to preserve. (Tim Lawson/Jefferson Land Trust)

News

Conservation Breakfast to highlight nature connection

Free event conducted virtually Thursday with panelists

Rep. Steve Tharinger, Sen. Kevin Van De Wege and Rep. Mike Chapman

Politics

Fund for seismic measures passed

Gun magazines are now limited in state

News

COVID-19 case rates continue downward trend

Masking is still recommended indoors, in schools

News

Road work begins on U.S. Highway 101 near Lake Crescent

PORT ANGELES — Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be repairing roadway shoulders and damaged guardrails near Lake…

Crime & Justice

Man, 65, pleads guilty to child rape

Possible sentence nearly eight years

Crime & Justice

Alleged robber shot in mouth by victim’s father

Man undergoes surgery at Harborview Medical Center

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group 

Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters meet with Gregg Vella weeks after rescuing him from a house fire. Pictured from, left, are firefighter/EMT Jaisal White; firefighter/paramedic Len Horst; Capt. Stef Anderson; firefighter/paramedic Chase Laubach; Capt. Kjel Skov; Vella; firefighter/paramedic Mark Mullvain; Capt. Joel McKeen; firefighter/EMT Jared Romberg; firefighter/paramedic Casey Sires; firefighter/paramedic Jack Hueter.

News

Man meets rescuers who pulled him from blaze

Crew says incident likely only happens once in a career

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group 

Some spaces are available in the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim (COGS) on Fir Street. Those interested, can contact Liz Harper at 360-477-4881.

News

Sequim organic garden is open for more spaces

Veggies, flowers and community offered

Tug of war was one of the many games youngsters played at the PT School Party, a celebration for local students, teachers and families in the Port Townsend School District. A large crowd turned out for the event at Blue Heron Middle School, where relay races, free clam chowder, cookies and DJ'd music flowed through the afternoon. Students and staff at all Olympic Peninsula Schools will have the option to wear masks indoors or not now the state mandate has been lifted. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Masking optional in classes

Public schools set policies after state mandate lifted

Education

25 SPICE grants totalling $58,266 awarded to Port Angeles schools

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Education Foundation has announced the award of 25 SPICE grants totalling $58,266.

Arts & Entertainment

Port Angeles Friends of the Library to hold bag-of-books sale

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a Bag of Books sale from…

Donna Hudson

News

Greywolf principal Hudson to oversee district programs

SEQUIM — Donna Hudson is lending a hand at the Sequim School District office for the remainder of…

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — In-person meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Joshua’s Restaurant,113 DelGuzzi Drive (off U.S.…

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
A Port Angeles man was airlifted from this wreck near Sappho.

News

Port Angeles man rolls car near Sappho

SAPPHO — A Port Angeles man was treated and discharged from Olympic Medical Center after rolling his car…

News

Peninsula case rates reach mandate-lifting benchmark

Masking indoors continues to be recommended