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Port Angeles woman to be cited after wreck that sheared pole on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — The State Patrol expects to cite a Port Angeles woman after her car knocked a light pole over onto another vehicle, snarled… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman to be cited after wreck that sheared pole on U.S. Highway 101

PORT ANGELES — The State Patrol expects to cite a Port Angeles woman after her car knocked a light pole over onto another vehicle, snarled… Continue reading

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Autopsy points to fall, exposure in death of Diamond Point woman

DIAMOND POINT — A woman whose body was found Friday in a wooded area near her Diamond Point home died as the result of injuries… Continue reading

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Clallam commissioners mull blocking Camp Hayden Park Road to thwart illegal trash dumping

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will consider closing Camp Hayden Park Road at a commissioners’ meeting today in an effort to combat a growing… Continue reading

(Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)

Pickup shears light pole that falls on car; 950 lose power

PORT ANGELES — A freak accident involving a pickup truck, a light pole and a car on which the light pole fell cut power to… Continue reading

(Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)
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Autopsy points to fall, exposure in death of Diamond Point woman

DIAMOND POINT — A woman whose body was found Friday in a wooded area near her Diamond Point home died as the result of injuries… Continue reading

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(Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)

Pickup shears light pole that falls on car; 950 without power

PORT ANGELES — A freak accident involving a pickup truck, a light pole and a car on which the light pole fell has cut power… Continue reading

(Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)
Tom Clark of Clark Farms in Sequim holds a young turkey destined for a dinner table. Clark Farms is the first poultry producer on the North Olympic Peninsula to be licensed to use a poultry processing trailer to prepare chickens

Mobile poultry processing trailer opens markets for North Olympic Peninsula farmers

SEQUIM — A cooperative of farms on the North Olympic Peninsula soon can begin marketing their home-grown poultry and rabbits to local stores thanks to… Continue reading

Tom Clark of Clark Farms in Sequim holds a young turkey destined for a dinner table. Clark Farms is the first poultry producer on the North Olympic Peninsula to be licensed to use a poultry processing trailer to prepare chickens
A scene from the virtual ride down the Elwha River. (Flying Fish Views)

UPDATED (with online links) — Here’s how you can take a virtual ride down the newly freed Elwha River — right now!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here is an example of a section of the online tour upstream of the former Elwha Dam. Click on the image and move… Continue reading

A scene from the virtual ride down the Elwha River. (Flying Fish Views)
A scene from the virtual ride down the Elwha River. (Flying Fish Views)

UPDATED (with online links) — Here’s how you can take a virtual ride down the newly freed Elwha River — right now!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here is an example of a section of the online tour upstream of the former Elwha Dam. Click on the image and move… Continue reading

A scene from the virtual ride down the Elwha River. (Flying Fish Views)
A pickup truck is overturned Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 101 near Bear Creek. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

Black ice leads to wreck near Beaver

BEAVER — A pickup truck driver was sent to Forks Community Hospital with apparently minor injuries after an icy wreck early Thursday morning, according to… Continue reading

A pickup truck is overturned Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 101 near Bear Creek. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
The large Glendale Farm barn already destroyed

Owner of large barn, farm equipment destroyed by fire ‘waiting for the shock to wear off’

CHIMACUM — Authorities continued searching for information Sunday in the investigation into a fire that destroyed an equipment storage barn and several vehicles on a… Continue reading

The large Glendale Farm barn already destroyed
A firefighter from Station 91 on Indian Island hoses down a burning car at a barn fire in Chimacum on Saturday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

UPDATE: Owner of historic Glendale Farm details losses in Saturday’s fire

CHIMACUM — Authorities continued searching for information Sunday in the investigation into a fire that destroyed an equipment storage barn and several vehicles on a… Continue reading

A firefighter from Station 91 on Indian Island hoses down a burning car at a barn fire in Chimacum on Saturday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A road closed sign marks a portion of the loop road through the Altair Campground in Olympic National Park on Wednesday. The Elwha River

Elwha River bites into Altair Campground during recent rains

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Four Altair Campground campsites and 200 feet of road were damaged or destroyed in December when the Elwha River flooded as… Continue reading

A road closed sign marks a portion of the loop road through the Altair Campground in Olympic National Park on Wednesday. The Elwha River

Hurricane Ridge to be open on good-weather Thursdays for winter season

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Beginning early this month, Hurricane Ridge will be open on some Thursdays this winter season. “We're shooting for as early as… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge to be open on good-weather Thursdays for winter season

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Beginning early this month, Hurricane Ridge will be open on some Thursdays this winter season. “We're shooting for as early as… Continue reading

More snow blankets Hurricane Ridge — but not enough for ski lifts to open

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A weekend snowstorm added about a foot of snow to the growing snowpack at Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area, plenty… Continue reading

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Where to dispose of and recycle your old Christmas tree

Once the gifts have been unwrapped, the lights and ornaments put away and the stockings bagged up to await Christmas 2015, what do you do… Continue reading

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A road closed sign marks a portion of the loop road through the Altair Campground in Olympic National Park on Wednesday. The Elwha River

Elwha River bites into Altair Campground during recent rains

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Four Altair Campground campsites and 200 feet of road were damaged or destroyed in December when the Elwha River flooded as… Continue reading

A road closed sign marks a portion of the loop road through the Altair Campground in Olympic National Park on Wednesday. The Elwha River

Hurricane Ridge to be open on good-weather Thursdays for winter season

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Beginning early this month, Hurricane Ridge will be open on some Thursdays this winter season. “We're shooting for as early as… Continue reading