Arwyn Rice

Port Angeles emergency workers assist a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle at Lauridson Boulevard and Chase Street behind Jefferson Elementary School on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

15-year-old hit in crosswalk in Port Angeles; condition unknown

PORT ANGELES — A 15-year-old girl was hit by a car while crossing Lauridsen Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon and taken to a hospital for evaluation.… Continue reading

Port Angeles emergency workers assist a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle at Lauridson Boulevard and Chase Street behind Jefferson Elementary School on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tobin Reisenstahl decorates his umbrella prior to the 2015 RainFest umbrella parade in Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND: RainFest celebrates West End arts, nature with two weeks of events

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 15. FORKS — Rain or shine, two weeks of the 2016 RainFest will begin today with Focus… Continue reading

Tobin Reisenstahl decorates his umbrella prior to the 2015 RainFest umbrella parade in Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Tobin Reisenstahl decorates his umbrella prior to the 2015 RainFest umbrella parade in Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND: RainFest celebrates West End arts, nature with two weeks of events starting today

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, April 15. FORKS — Rain or shine, two weeks of the 2016 RainFest will begin today with Focus… Continue reading

Tobin Reisenstahl decorates his umbrella prior to the 2015 RainFest umbrella parade in Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Clallam commissioners get Cascadia Rising drill update amid spate of Pacific Rim quakes

PORT ANGELES — With three major earthquakes on the Pacific Rim in just the past few days as a focus, Clallam County commissioners discussed the… Continue reading

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Don Perry

Port Angeles Underground digs in for eighth-place finish in national contest

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Underground didn't quite rise to the top of a national top 10 contest, but it will be featured as… Continue reading

Don Perry

Spring snowpack banking water for North Olympic Peninsula rivers, though worries persist over melting rate

The spring snowpack in the Olympic Mountains is 102 percent of average, a snowy water-savings bank that could provide rivers with water needed for the… Continue reading

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WEEKEND REWIND: Clallam Sheriff’s Office concerned about man photographing children on Olympic Discovery Trail near Sequim

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is seeking information about a man who was seen taking photographs of children on the Olympic Discovery Trail… Continue reading

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Workers erect the framework for what will become the new Allied Health and Early Childhood Development Center on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

WEEKEND REWIND: New Peninsula College building on the rise and on schedule to host classes in 2017

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College's newest building is rising from grounds where tennis once held court. The Allied Health and Early Childhood Development Center is… Continue reading

Workers erect the framework for what will become the new Allied Health and Early Childhood Development Center on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Michelle Gentry

WEEKEND REWIND: Olympic Peninsula Humane Society animals moving to new digs at $1.5 million shelter east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society is moving to its new $1.5 million shelter on Old Olympic Highway. The shelter was temporarily closed… Continue reading

Michelle Gentry
Grace Titterness

WEEKEND REWIND: Which beach is best? Lower Elwha Klallam mull where to welcome Canoe Journey paddlers

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam have a wealth of beaches to choose among for welcoming other tribes during the 2016 Canoe Journey in… Continue reading

Grace Titterness

Clallam Bay principal moving on to new job in Coulee Dam

CLALLAM BAY — Clallam Bay School’s principal, Mark Herndon, will leave for a position in Coulee Dam this summer. Herndon will serve as the vice… Continue reading

Port Angeles residents discuss 10 elements of the city plan in a comprehensive planning workshop Wednesday evening at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center. Each table of participants graded elements of the community and suggested where the city should put its resources. — Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News ()

Port Angeles residents focus on outdoor resources, jobs in planning workshops

PORT ANGELES — Jobs and the outdoors were the only elements of Port Angeles living in which participants in a city exercise found common ground… Continue reading

Port Angeles residents discuss 10 elements of the city plan in a comprehensive planning workshop Wednesday evening at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center. Each table of participants graded elements of the community and suggested where the city should put its resources. — Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News ()
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Clallam Sheriff’s Office concerned about man photographing children on Olympic Discovery Trail near Sequim

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is seeking information about a man who was seen taking photographs of children on the Olympic Discovery Trail… Continue reading

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Port of Port Angeles commissioners take a closer look at rules for speakers

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners want to make sure the public is aware of rules for speaking at open meetings. Port commission… Continue reading

Olympia oysters (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Tidelands near Sequim Bay’s John Wayne Marina to be studied, seeded with native Olympia oysters

PORT ANGELES — Tidelands near John Wayne Marina will be studied and parts of them seeded to create a new Olympia oyster bed in Sequim… Continue reading

Olympia oysters (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)
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Crescent School District seeks new superintendent-principal; public meeting set tonight

JOYCE — The Crescent School Board will meet with parents and other community members tonight to start the search for a new school superintendent and… Continue reading

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Jeffrey Nash ()

Memorial set Friday for Sequim man who died in motorcycle wreck

SEQUIM — A Sequim man who died in a motorcycle wreck last week is remembered by family and friends as a family man, good friend… Continue reading

Jeffrey Nash ()
Michelle Gentry

Olympic Peninsula Humane Society animals moving to new digs at $1.5 million shelter east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society is moving to its new $1.5 million shelter on Old Olympic Highway. The shelter was temporarily closed… Continue reading

Michelle Gentry
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Port of Port Angeles, Platypus owner at work on lease agreement with new deadline in place

PORT ANGELES — A six-month ultimatum that the Port of Port Angeles was given to address lease concerns with Platypus Marine has been shortened, with… Continue reading

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Investigation underway after fire destroys house near Sequim

SEQUIM — Clallam County Fire District No. 3 and the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a home… Continue reading