Site Logo

Arts & Entertainment

Easter egg hunts slated this weekend

Easter egg hunts are set this weekend at venues across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Brad Simmons, president of UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics, speaks to the Olympic Medical Center Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. The two organizations signed a nonbinding letter of intent last August and are evaluating a potential partnership. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Top News

OMC, UW Medicine consider ‘e-consults’

Local providers could connect to specialists

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Celebrating April Fool’s in style

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY must be my favorite holiday. It’s easy to remember the date. We look forward to…

About three dozen people attended a special dedication of an 8-foot Peace Pole on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park near the Port Angeles waterfront. The pole has the words “May Peace Prevail On Earth” in English, Klallam, Japanese, French, Spanish, Tibetan, Hebrew and Ukrainian. The pole brings together in this joint two-year endeavor the Nor’Wester Rotary Club, the Lower Elwha Klallan Tribe, the city of Port Angeles and various community members. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Top News

Peace pole dedicated

About three dozen people attended a special dedication of an 8-foot Peace Pole on Saturday at Pebble Beach…

James Garlick, left, and Richard O’Neill will join pianist August Baik for a spring Music on the Strait concert on Saturday at Field Hall. (Sattva Photo)

Life

Music on the Strait founders, guest pianist to perform at Field Hall

PORT ANGELES — In an instant, the text message got violist Richard O’Neill’s attention.

Life

First Friday Art Walk to feature pink-themed weekend event

SEQUIM — The First Friday Art Walk will celebrate with a pink-themed event from 5 p.m. to 8…

Top News

Clallam receives five bids for safety facility

Commissioners pass ordinance for coroner’s office

Crime & Justice

State senator intervenes in alleged assault

PORT ANGELES — A 46-year-old Port Angeles man has been arrested on investigation of third-degree assault before a…

Crime & Justice

Man gets 7 1/2 years following conviction

Jury found Fisher guilty of manslaughter

News

Operations set for Bentinck Island demolition range

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 8 a.m. to…

Life

Clallam County poet laureate to kick off Studium Generale series

PORT ANGELES — Nellie Bridge will present Indigenous Poetry, Memory and Cultural Persistence at 12:35 p.m. Thursday.

Top News

Public defender services to rise

Agreement provides cost-of-living bumps

Rhonda Ellis, dressed as Lady Liberty, and her friend Margaret McGaughey, both from Port Townsend, take part in the No Kings rally on Saturday. The nationwide rally, with an estimated 3,000 participants from Port Townsend, started on Sims Way at Boat Haven and ended with a march to Pope Marine Park downtown. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Top News

Hundreds participate in rally

Rhonda Ellis, dressed as Lady Liberty, and her friend Margaret McGaughey, both from Port Townsend, take part in…

Engineers with Fickett Structural Solutions inspect the Dungeness Railroad Bridge in late February. They determined the bridge is safe to use but will limit heavy loads. Tribal staff said a capital campaign has started to replace the bridge’s deteriorating truss. (Michael Dashiell/Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

Top News

Funding needed to replace truss

Engineer’s estimate for fix is $3.1 million

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Richard Kaye of Sequim is the first patron to check out an item at the renovated Sequim Library. He’s helped by Amika Parr, a public service specialist. Kaye said he spotted the photography book “America the Abandoned” by Bryan Sansivero on the shelf as he walked in and checked it out within a few minutes of the library opening on March 21.

Top News

Sequim library reopens to more than 1,000 visitors

Nearly 1,800 items checked out on first day of soft opening

Large red letters, such as the A for Alpha, help firefighters identify their locations during a live fire exercise. The two-story Gerhardt Park home was allowed to burn after training sessions all day on March 21. (Jay Cline)

Top News

Fire district executes training inside home

Live fire exercises at a Sequim city park

News

Judge denies dismissal of man’s rape charge

September trial set for former Sequim police officer

News

Multi-agency emergency response training today at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — Fire, emergency medical services and law enforcement will conduct a multi-agency emergency response training exercise…

Top News

Clallam to contract with RISE for dogs

Organization will work with Sheriff’s Office

Top News

Designs presented for Franklin Elementary

Construction expected to begin in March 2027