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April trial date set in death of Forks toddler

A Forks woman charged with killing a 2½-year-old toddler has a new trial date. Ramona Jean Ward’s three-week murder trial was moved… Continue reading

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UPDATE: Highway 101 reopened near Elwha River after collision

The Washington Department of Transportation announced that U.S. Highway 101 has been reopened to traffic at milepost 239.4 near the Elwha River… Continue reading

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Rowing association’s John Halberg felled by apparent heart attack during workout

John Halberg died doing what he loved. Halberg, founder of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association and a longtime community volunteer, suffered an… Continue reading

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Two Highway 112 roadside fires under investigation

Two Highway 112 roadside fires under investigation

Officials are investigating the cause of two fires that began within an hour of each other along state Highway 112 early Thursday… Continue reading

Two Highway 112 roadside fires under investigation

Influenza cases rising; peak not reached

Flu activity has escalated across the region and the state, and North Olympic Peninsula public health officers say it’s not too late to get vaccinated.… Continue reading

Humble hero saves family from fall over ravine

Humble hero saves family from fall over ravine

A man risked his life and saved her family from what she thought was certain death as her vehicle slid on an… Continue reading

Humble hero saves family from fall over ravine

Port Townsend OKs new water, sewer rate study

The Port Townsend City Council has unanimously approved a new water and sewer rate study and excise tax review that would update… Continue reading

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home

A Carlsborg man is still looking for answers after a blaze destroyed his home on New Year’s Day. Firefighters searched Monday for the… Continue reading

Cause under investigation after fire destroys Sequim home
Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV

Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV

A 5-year-old boy died New Year’s Day and four other people believed to be from the same Federal Way family were seriously… Continue reading

Boy killed in wreck at Lake Crescent; four others injured when tree strikes SUV
Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017

All 20 inches of Jason Michael Rutherford Jr. rang in the new year early Sunday morning as the first baby born in… Continue reading

Port Angeles parents welcome Peninsula’s first baby of 2017
Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula

Dozens of North Olympic Peninsula residents shocked their way into 2017 by madly rushing into frigid waters Sunday in polar bear plunges… Continue reading

Dozens brave frigid air and water in polar plunges across North Olympic Peninsula
Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Theresa Stirling will demonstrate her painting style that uses beeswax and blow torches during Saturday’s Gallery Walk in Port Townsend. Stirling has… Continue reading

Artist to demonstrate technique during Saturday Gallery Walk

Chimacum schools chief outlines proposed levy to hospital board

Chimacum Schools Superintendent Rick Thompson outlined a proposed replacement levy to the Jefferson Healthcare commissioners, the first of 12 community presentations he… Continue reading

Water flow restored to Port Angeles homes while repairs mulled

Running, potable water was restored to seven households Thursday morning while city officials prepared to replace a malfunctioning stormwater pipe and repair… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.

Port Angeles water line repairs to cost $55,000

A cast-iron potable water main ruptured Tuesday night, exposing a leak in a stormwater pipe below it and prompting City Manager Dan… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator piles brush pulled from the banks of Peabody Creek near Ninth Street in Port Angeles on Wednesday to gain access to a broken water main beneath the creek bed.
Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent

Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent

Bella’s back is broken. Her grandfather’s back is broken. Her grandmother was in a coma Tuesday. Her cousin is dead. It looks… Continue reading

Massive injuries suffered by Federal Way family hit by falling tree near Lake Crescent
Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice

Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice

The three Jefferson County commissioners have joined the Clallam County commissioners and Forks City Council in urging that the Elwha River bridge… Continue reading

Jefferson County panel weighs in on Elwha River bridge; Option 7 is unanimous choice
Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead

Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead

The oldest member of the small population of endangered Puget Sound orcas has been missing for months and is… Continue reading

Oldest Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ is missing and presumed dead
Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent

Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent

Four of five occupants of an SUV that was crushed by a falling tree as it traveled along Lake Crescent on New… Continue reading

Four remain hospitalized after fatal wreck at Lake Crescent
Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops

Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops

Local farms and the businesses that rely on them struggle to meet the demand for organic produce during the winter months, but… Continue reading

Organic Seed Alliance, farmers work together to identify effective winter crops