Jefferson County

BIRD WATCH: Attention, birding hikers: We need your help

IF THERE WERE more serious hikers who were also serious birders, we would have better data on the birds in the Olympic Mountains. I recall… Continue reading

Digging for Dinner teaches safe shellfish harvesting

Digging for Dinner teaches safe shellfish harvesting

In what has become an annual spring event in Jefferson County, more than 50 residents and visitors joined experts to learn about harvesting… Continue reading

Digging for Dinner teaches safe shellfish harvesting

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s gathering will focus on… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School seniors Gabe Wegener, left, and Mia DelGuzzi-Flores enjoy time on the swingset at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield prior to Friday night’s commencement ceremony at nearby Civic Field. A total of 237 students were scheduled to graduate as part of the high school’s class of 2017. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Graduates doff caps for commencement in Clallam

Graduates celebrated the culmination of years of academic work in commencement ceremonies for Peninsula College and Port Angeles and Crescent high schools Saturday. North Olympic… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School seniors Gabe Wegener, left, and Mia DelGuzzi-Flores enjoy time on the swingset at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield prior to Friday night’s commencement ceremony at nearby Civic Field. A total of 237 students were scheduled to graduate as part of the high school’s class of 2017. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

HELP LINE: Remember to thank fathers, father figures

FIRST THINGS FIRST, right? Today is Father’s Day. If that’s something you need to know and had managed to forget, you might want to do… Continue reading

Highway 20 closure starts Monday between Port Townsend, U.S. 101

A section of state Highway 20 between Port Townsend and U.S. Highway 101 will be closed for repair of a damaged culvert… Continue reading

LETTER: Let’s show those political con artists how smart we can be

Trump’s playbook. It appears to be similar to Putin’s: destroy the media and control the message. Does there have to be a picture in order… Continue reading

LETTER: Why does ‘liberal’ media attack successful black men?

entertainer Bill Cosby, golfer Tiger Woods, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to name a… Continue reading

LETTER: Why is our legislative spending priority funding trails instead of education?

Here we are again in overtime for our state Legislature, at an additional cost to taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars. That doesn’t take… Continue reading

Sarah Sharp

New arts, general news reporter at PDN

The Peninsula Daily News welcomes Sarah Sharp as its new arts and general news reporter. Sharp, 20, is a recent graduate of… Continue reading

Sarah Sharp

NEWS BRIEFS: Beaches open to shellfish harvesting … and other items

The area from the Lyre River east to Dungeness Bay is now open to recreational shellfish harvesting. The state Department of Health… Continue reading

Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

The latest venture for Bristol Marunde, a 2000 Sequim High graduate and mixed martial artist,… Continue reading

Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Board eyes contract for local company on trail project

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider executing a construction contract for the bid amount of $557,319 with Port Hadlock-based Shold Excavating Inc. for the… Continue reading

Brothers Tripp, Chris and Trevor Burd of Team Pure & Wild/Freeburd were the first to cross the finish line in Ketchikan after 750 miles of sailing and peddling. Credits: (Daphne Stuart/R2AK)

Team Pure & Wild beats second-place winner by six minutes in Race to Alaska

It was a close finish at the dock in Ketchikan, Alaska. Team Pure &Wild arrived at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, only six minutes… Continue reading

Brothers Tripp, Chris and Trevor Burd of Team Pure & Wild/Freeburd were the first to cross the finish line in Ketchikan after 750 miles of sailing and peddling. Credits: (Daphne Stuart/R2AK)
A marbled murrelet (U.S. Forest Service)

DNR boss to appoint forest panel; focus on marbled murrelet, 10-year sustainable harvest

The state Department of Natural Resources will assemble a panel of experts to help plan for the future of state forests, Commissioner of… Continue reading

A marbled murrelet (U.S. Forest Service)
Coho summer sailing season begins; fourth round trip added

Coho summer sailing season begins; fourth round trip added

The MV Coho ferry added a fourth round-trip sailing between Port Angeles and Victoria today, Black Ball Ferry Line officials announced. Through… Continue reading

Coho summer sailing season begins; fourth round trip added
Lands commissioner fields barrage of questions during Port Angeles gathering

Lands commissioner fields barrage of questions during Port Angeles gathering

The state Department of Natural Resources’ newest leader visited Port Angeles last week to unveil her agency’s newest initiative: a competitive technical… Continue reading

Lands commissioner fields barrage of questions during Port Angeles gathering
Port Angeles murder trial to proceed with fingerprint evidence

Port Angeles murder trial to proceed with fingerprint evidence

The local murder case of already-convicted murderer Tommy Ross Jr. will proceed as planned. Clallam County Superior Court Judge Brian Coughenour last… Continue reading

Port Angeles murder trial to proceed with fingerprint evidence

Jefferson Hospice Foundation eyes expansion of services

The Hospice Foundation for Jefferson Healthcare is looking for new and better funding options as officials eye expanding its services in Jefferson… Continue reading

Public comment sought on state ferry fare increase proposal

The Washington State Transportation Commission is seeking public comment on a proposal to raise state ferry fares beginning in October. The deadline for… Continue reading