News
Driver unharmed when truck, excavator go 100 feet down embankment on Highway 112
PYSHT — A driver escaped injury when a truck hauling an excavator missed a turn on state Highway…
Politics
Bill to protect First Amendment rights of student newspapers moves through Legislature
By Taylor McAvoy
News
Legislators work to include Port Angeles pool in state funding
PORT ANGELES — William Shore Memorial Pool is poised to receive $1.5 million in state funding and if…
News
Port Angeles lays out terms of land sale to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
PORT ANGELES —The Port Angeles City Council, facing a balloon payment of $1 million in 2021, agreed last…
Politics
State legislators pass exemption from Public Records Act and own disclosure rules
By Josh Kelety
Politics
District 24 legislators vote for public records exemption bill
OLYMPIA — The three legislators who represent District 24 voted in favor of a bill they say improves…
News
Record funds raised at heart education luncheon
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon raised a record $77,000, an…
News
Coast Guard monitors multi-day transit of vessel after explosion
PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel are monitoring a 653-foot bulk carrier, with 21 crew members aboard, 120…
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Friends of the NRA to hold annual dinner in Port Angeles … and other items
PORT ANGELES — The Northwest Peninsula Friends of the National Rifle Association will hold its annual dinner and…
Life
A GROWING CONCERN: A little cold makes for a hardy plant
AS THE SNOW flurries blew around the Peninsula this last week and the ground actually froze — what,…
Life
BIRD WATCH: Pied-billed grebes are small masters of camouflage
THE NEAREST LAKE or pond usually offers the opportunity to see a common bird, but a secretive one.
Business
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Olympic Medical Center employees honored … and other items
PORT ANGELES — Four Olympic Medical Center employees were recognized for their contributions to the hospital’s 2018-2022 Strategic…
Business
EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings
• Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and…
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Drug manufacturers, not users to blame for opioid crisis
A recent letter criticizing opioid lawsuits (“Against opioid suits,” Feb. 12) demonstrates a common psychological bias, emphasizing the…
Life
HORSEPLAY: Farrier workshops share information, give support
“AS IRON SHARPENS iron, so one man sharpens another” is a Bible proverb that emphasizes how working together…
Life
PENINSULA KITCHEN: Leeks, a mild onion relative, are great to have around
ON FEB. 17, I walked into TAFY (The Answer for Youth) to begin my weekly shift as garden…
Life
HELP LINE: A reader shares experience with long-term care
RECENTLY, I SPENT a couple of weeks retelling the abbreviated story of my mother’s (and my) journey into…