Port Angeles man charged with reckless burning now charged after threatening truck owner with machete

Crime

Port Angeles man charged with reckless burning now charged after threatening truck owner with machete

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man charged in December with setting fire to his home while two…

Entertainment

Peninsula authors to read at Park View Villas’ first in a series of presentations

PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas will host an afternoon with Olympic Peninsula authors from 2 p.m. to…

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Brief closures set on Hood Canal Bridge through Friday … and other items

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic several times each night through Friday.

News

Juvenile justice tax approved for Clallam ballot

PORT ANGELES — A proposed sales tax increase to support the operations of the Clallam County Juvenile and…

Emma Easton and Benjamin Komar, seen at opening night of “Much Ado about Nothing” at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center last weekend, plan to make their real-life wedding part of the play this Friday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Entertainment

Romantic comedy actors to let real wedding become part of the show

PORT ANGELES — Local actors Emma Easton and Benjamin G. Komar are about to tie the knot in…

Economic Development Corp. hears ideas in Forks; town halls set today in Sequim, Thursday in Port Angeles

News

Economic Development Corp. hears ideas in Forks; town halls set today in Sequim, Thursday in Port Angeles

By Christi Baron

News

Tide strands hikers northwest of Diamond Point

PORT ANGELES — First responders helped four hikers who found themselves stranded on a bluff after the tide…

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Making the rain more palatable

THIS PAST WEEKEND saw a chain reaction of tragic events that might have marred the image of the…

New Olympic Wi-Fi staff dedicated to doing right by customers

Business

New Olympic Wi-Fi staff dedicated to doing right by customers

By Patricia Morrison Coate

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Hood Canal Bridge to close overnight … and other items

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed between 10 tonight and 4 a.m. Wednesday, the state…

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Smile, you’re on candid game camera

Opinion

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Smile, you’re on candid game camera

EVERY NOW AND then, while walking in the wilderness of the West End forests, I will see something…

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe welcomes pullers ashore at Port Angeles amid Canoe Journey

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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe welcomes pullers ashore at Port Angeles amid Canoe Journey

PORT ANGELES — The beat of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s drums could be heard across Port Angeles…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Steven Chinn was the obvious choice then and he is now

In this primary election, voters in Fire District 3 will choose among three candidates for the position of…

News

DNR: Budget failure leaves Washington forests in jeopardy

By Nicholas K. Geranios

News

Carlsborg sewer system operating with 18 parcels now hooked in

PORT ANGELES — The Carlsborg sewer system is up and running with 18 parcels now connected to the…

Port Angeles police and Clallam County Public Utility District 1 representatives approach an unloaded log truck that slid into a utility pole, forcing the closure of U.S. Highway 101 between Airport Road and Bean Road in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Traffic was detoured onto Edgewood Drive for the duration of the incident. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Truck vs. power pole leads to power outage for 1,700 Clallam PUD customers

PORT ANGELES — About 1,700 Clallam Public Utility District customers were without power after a log truck hit…

News

Port Angeles woman released from hospital after Highway 101 wreck

SEQUIM — An 18-year-old Port Angeles woman was released from Olympic Medical Center early Sunday morning after a…

News

Solmar customers asked to conserve water after well pump failure

SEQUIM — Solmar Water System customers are being asked to conserve water after the pump on the water…

ECHHO volunteer Richard Heitman, Executive Director Sarah McMahan, and volunteers Jeffery Hall and Walt Hill sit in a room full of walkers that are lent out for free to ECHHO clients. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

News

ECHHO seeks volunteers to provide free services as demand rises

PORT TOWNSEND — The Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization, or ECHHO, is in need of volunteers to help…

Second annual Bob Cup to raise money for permanent Mosaic House

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Second annual Bob Cup to raise money for permanent Mosaic House

SEQUIM — Bob Duncan was an avid golfer, Alaska Airlines pilot and “Cp’n Bob” in a commercial with…