Leah Leach

Forks City Council sees economic injury from Highway 101 closure plan; resolution to be considered at meeting tonight

FORKS — The Forks City Council will meet today to consider calling for Olympic National Park to blunt the potential economic impact of proposed intermittent… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Sekiu Fly-In Saturday hopes to be a feast for pilots, crowd

SEKIU — If the fog that has socked in the Strait of Juan de Fuca most mornings this week lifts early Saturday, then pilots will… Continue reading

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Memorial services set for kayaker on Hobuck Beach — and accounts differ about how he died

NEAH BAY — A memorial service will be planned on Hobuck Beach after a founder of the Washington chapter of the nonprofit Heroes on the… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Sekiu Fly-In Saturday hopes to be a feast for pilots, crowd

SEKIU — If the fog that has socked in the Strait of Juan de Fuca most mornings this week lifts early Saturday, then pilots will… Continue reading

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Memorial services set for kayaker on Hobuck Beach — and accounts differ about how he died

NEAH BAY — A memorial service will be planned on Hobuck Beach after a founder of the Washington chapter of the nonprofit Heroes on the… Continue reading

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UPDATE — Memorial services set for kayaker on Hobuck Beach — and accounts differ about how he died

NEAH BAY — A memorial service will be planned on Hobuck Beach after a founder of the Washington chapter of the nonprofit Heroes on the… Continue reading

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Vehicles on U.S. Highway 101 make their way around Lake Crescent near Sledge Hammer Point in Olympic National Park west of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Comment sought on delays, detour plans proposed for Highway 101 work around Lake Crescent in 2017

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Once the work is done, U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent will be a better ride, but it would be a… Continue reading

Vehicles on U.S. Highway 101 make their way around Lake Crescent near Sledge Hammer Point in Olympic National Park west of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Dan and Mary Davis describe the May 2103 bulldozer rampage last year. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Residents of homes in bulldozer rampage still rebuilding their lives

PORT ANGELES — Two couples still are rebuilding two years after a logging bulldozer smashed their homes. Dan and Mary Davis still can't live in… Continue reading

Dan and Mary Davis describe the May 2103 bulldozer rampage last year. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()
Vehicles on U.S. Highway 101 make their way around Lake Crescent near Sledge Hammer Point in Olympic National Park west of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Comment sought on delays, detour plans proposed for Highway 101 work around Lake Crescent in 2017

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Once the work is done, U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent will be a better ride, but it would be a… Continue reading

Vehicles on U.S. Highway 101 make their way around Lake Crescent near Sledge Hammer Point in Olympic National Park west of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Dan and Mary Davis describe the May 2103 bulldozer rampage last year. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()

Residents of homes in bulldozer rampage still rebuilding their lives

PORT ANGELES — Two couples still are rebuilding two years after a logging bulldozer smashed their homes. Dan and Mary Davis still can’t live in… Continue reading

Dan and Mary Davis describe the May 2103 bulldozer rampage last year. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News ()
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Erika Robertson

Cleanup volunteers start with Port Angeles’ Laurel Street stairs Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Revitalize Port Angeles volunteers will begin preparing the railings of the Laurel Street stairs for a new coat of paint Saturday. About… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Erika Robertson
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Erika Robertson

Cleanup volunteers start with Port Angeles’ Laurel Street stairs Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Revitalize Port Angeles volunteers will begin preparing the railings of the Laurel Street stairs for a new coat of paint Saturday. About… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Erika Robertson
Christopher DeAscentiis of Hansville shows off the six trout he caught in the first hour of opening day for fishing Saturday at Anderson Lake in Chimacum. —Photo by Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News ()

Beleaguered Anderson Lake clears toxin testing, opens for fishing season — and the trout are biting

PORT TOWNSEND — Anderson Lake, which was closed for all but two weeks of the fishing season last year, opened Saturday for the start of… Continue reading

Christopher DeAscentiis of Hansville shows off the six trout he caught in the first hour of opening day for fishing Saturday at Anderson Lake in Chimacum. —Photo by Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News ()
Christopher DeAscentiis of Hansville shows off the six trout he caught in the first hour of opening day for fishing Saturday at Anderson Lake in Chimacum. —Photo by Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News ()

Beleaguered Anderson Lake clears toxin testing, opens for fishing season — and the trout are biting

PORT TOWNSEND — Anderson Lake, which was closed for all but two weeks of the fishing season last year, opened Saturday for the start of… Continue reading

Christopher DeAscentiis of Hansville shows off the six trout he caught in the first hour of opening day for fishing Saturday at Anderson Lake in Chimacum. —Photo by Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News ()

More than 3,700 signatures gathered on Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center petition for park district ballot measure

SEQUIM — Volunteers have gathered more signatures than are needed to place on the Aug. 4 ballot a metropolitan park district measure to keep Sequim… Continue reading

Karen Hanan

Juan de Fuca Festival founder testifies in Washington, D.C. for arts funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The founder of Port Angeles’ Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts testified before a Congressional committee last week to push for… Continue reading

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Sequim City Council may ask SARC to slow down on forming new tax district

SEQUIM — Which should come first: formation of a metropolitan park district or the definition of what it should do? The City Council will consider… Continue reading

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Officer Mike Johnson and Ariahna Gregory share a happy moment at Seattle Children’s Hospital. ()

Port Angeles police officer-amputee carries his spirit to children with same predicament

Sometimes the greatest achievement can be mastering a small task. Like learning how to tie your shoes when you have three partial fingers on one… Continue reading

Officer Mike Johnson and Ariahna Gregory share a happy moment at Seattle Children’s Hospital. ()
Officer Mike Johnson and Ariahna Gregory share a happy moment at Seattle Children’s Hospital. ()

Port Angeles police officer-amputee carries his spirit to children with same predicament

Sometimes the greatest achievement can be mastering a small task. Like learning how to tie your shoes when you have three partial fingers on one… Continue reading

Officer Mike Johnson and Ariahna Gregory share a happy moment at Seattle Children’s Hospital. ()

Child has fever, itch — but it’s from the vaccine, not the measles

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County preschooler with a rash suffered an adverse reaction to the measles vaccine but did not have the disease, public… Continue reading