New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

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New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

FORKS — A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration…

Port Townsend moving ahead on Water Street project

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Port Townsend moving ahead on Water Street project

PORT TOWNSEND — The city of Port Townsend is moving forward with a plan to rehabilitate Water Street,…

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

News

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

FORKS — A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration…

Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

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Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

PORT TOWNSEND — Members of the Washington Scuba Alliance want to build an artificial reef to provide marine…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: It’s really a crying shame what protesters cost these days

OK, I confess, I am the one who paid those demonstrators to protest the president’s refusal to release…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: ‘Trumpcare’ just a way for the rich to get richer while the rest of us suffer

The first step of the Obamacare repeal and replace is done.

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Volunteers sought for monitoring … and other items

SEQUIM — The Clallam Marine Resources Committee and Olympic Audubon Society are seeking volunteers to monitor pigeon guillemots…

News

PUD seeing fewer than expected sign up for low-income assistance program

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Public Utilities District is seeing fewer people than expected enrolling in its…

Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

Politics

Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

By Rachel La Corte  

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: A few tips to ride out the scourge of horsetail

OUR GARDEN NIRVANA here on the Peninsula has been shattered by the omnipresent horsetail.

Life

BIRD WATCH: Look to the skies for May’s migrants

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS IN Port Angeles, Western tanagers in Forks, black-headed grosbeaks in Port Orchard and uncommon sightings of…

Life

HELP LINE: If mothers ruled the world …

I THINK THAT most of us would agree (except for those of us who don’t agree) that we…

HORSEPLAY: Shedding season has arrived

Life

HORSEPLAY: Shedding season has arrived

SUNSHINE AND SHEDDING season is here.

Henry Hazen, a 2017 Heart of Service Award recipient, stands by the 30-foot-long boat, EPIC, that he helped construct by mentoring students at Community Boat Project in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Sterling service: Six Jefferson County heroes to be honored

PORT TOWNSEND — Six volunteers — one of them a teen — will be honored with the Jefferson…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Shaky on school-based health centers? Here are some facts

Some people have problems with the idea of a school-based health center (SBHC) in Port Angeles.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: As a ‘welcoming city,’ Port Townsend should hail our Navy, right?

It will be interesting to learn if Port Townsend city residents will be in favor of allowing the…

Zach Weins, then 8, admires Sparky the pug at the Rhododendron Festival’s Pet Parade in Port Townsend last year. (Peninsula Daily News)

News

Port Townsend Rhody Fest begins Monday, culminates in Saturday parade

PORT TOWNSEND — The 82nd annual Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival will begin with a royal ribbon-cutting Monday and…

Women volunteer work building homes in Port Townsend

News

Women volunteer work building homes in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Nearly 50 local women volunteered their time last week building homes in Port Townsend for…

News

Olympic National Park has draft search and rescue plan, chief says

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Acting Superintendent Lee Taylor said last week that Olympic National Park has a draft…

A tour group gazes up at a yacht under repair in the massive Westport Yachts repair bay, which was opened for visitor viewing during the Port of Port Angeles’ inaugural Waterfront Days last year. (Peninsula Daily News)

Business

ON THE WATERFRONT: Second Waterfront Days sure to make a splash

THE PORT ANGELES waterfront will have activities galore in the next few weeks to delight the fancy of…