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Command changes at Naval Magazine Indian Island

Command changes at Naval Magazine Indian Island

Cmdr. Nick Vande Griend turned over command of Naval Magazine Indian Island to Cmdr. Rocky Pulley on Thursday. Vande Griend turned over… Continue reading

Command changes at Naval Magazine Indian Island
Port Angeles board asks for more information about closing skills center

Port Angeles board asks for more information about closing skills center

The state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has asked the state Attorney General’s Office for clarification on the dissolution of… Continue reading

Port Angeles board asks for more information about closing skills center
Port Angeles schools superintendent recalls career after announcing he will resign in a year

Port Angeles schools superintendent recalls career after announcing he will resign in a year

When Port Angeles School District Superintendent Marc Jackson started his career in public education, he was 25 years old and 6 feet… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools superintendent recalls career after announcing he will resign in a year
Orcas Island man becomes first ever to finish R2AK on paddle board

Orcas Island man becomes first ever to finish R2AK on paddle board

After just over two weeks of paddling, Karl Kruger has become the first person to complete the 750-mile Race to Alaska on a… Continue reading

Orcas Island man becomes first ever to finish R2AK on paddle board
Adopt a Beach pilot program set on Peninsula

Adopt a Beach pilot program set on Peninsula

They’re easy to point out. The couple who parks on the same bench at dawn. The children who know the safest spots to build sand… Continue reading

Adopt a Beach pilot program set on Peninsula
North Olympic Peninsula pilots at work on earthquake aid plan

North Olympic Peninsula pilots at work on earthquake aid plan

A team of North Olympic Peninsula pilots plan to take to the skies when a catastrophic 9.0 earthquake rocks Western Washington. Researchers… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula pilots at work on earthquake aid plan
Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel

One of Sequim’s most iconic lavender farms, Purple Haze Lavender LTD, 180 Bell Bottom Road, is… Continue reading

Purple Haze Lavender owner puts farm up for sale, says he’s ready to retire, travel
Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility

Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility

Users of Shipley Center, the senior- and adult-focused facility on Sequim’s east end of town, won’t… Continue reading

Shipley Center looks to add 3,600-square-foot annex as stopgap for bigger Sequim facility
B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour

B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour

A B-17 carrying six World War II veterans took to the skies Wednesday just as it did more than 70 years ago.… Continue reading

B-17 WWII bomber flies veterans at Port Angeles during Wings of Freedom tour
Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes

Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes

Firefighters from agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula recently got a jump on fire season by participating in wildland fire training in… Continue reading

Peninsula firefighters train for wildland blazes
The U.S. Highway 101-Chicken Coop-Zaccardo Road Realignment Safety Project gets underway this month. Areas on this map marked in yellow are new roadway construction areas or widened roadways. Areas marked in red are existing roadways that will be abandoned. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

U.S. Highway 101 intersections in Blyn to get realignment

Parts of U.S. Highway 101 in Blyn, including a pair of access points, are getting a makeover starting perhaps as soon as next… Continue reading

The U.S. Highway 101-Chicken Coop-Zaccardo Road Realignment Safety Project gets underway this month. Areas on this map marked in yellow are new roadway construction areas or widened roadways. Areas marked in red are existing roadways that will be abandoned. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)
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
Kilmer talks federal budget, Paris accord in Olympic Peninsula News Group interview

Kilmer talks federal budget, Paris accord in Olympic Peninsula News Group interview

Democrats and Republicans in Congress should hash out their own budget rather than using President Donald Trump’s “unserious” budget as a starting point,… Continue reading

Kilmer talks federal budget, Paris accord in Olympic Peninsula News Group interview
Jefferson Healthcare surgical units get air handler upgrade

Jefferson Healthcare surgical units get air handler upgrade

The surgical units at Jefferson Healthcare hospital have received an upgrade from a new air-handling unit that kills viruses and bacteria using… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare surgical units get air handler upgrade
Clallam’s ‘Strait Shot’ bus service to Bainbridge Island on track for June 17 start

Clallam’s ‘Strait Shot’ bus service to Bainbridge Island on track for June 17 start

Getting to Bainbridge Island will be as easy as 1-2-3 starting June 17. Clallam Transit’s new fixed bus route — the No.… Continue reading

Clallam’s ‘Strait Shot’ bus service to Bainbridge Island on track for June 17 start
Officials: Federal program for air service unlikely for Port Angeles

Officials: Federal program for air service unlikely for Port Angeles

It would take either an act of God or an act of Congress for commercial air service to return to Port Angeles,… Continue reading

Officials: Federal program for air service unlikely for Port Angeles
Former Bo Baggins Daycare owner retires after nearly half a century in child care

Former Bo Baggins Daycare owner retires after nearly half a century in child care

After witnessing the family unit evolve during 46 years as a child care provider, Jane Childers has sold her Bo Baggins Daycare… Continue reading

Former Bo Baggins Daycare owner retires after nearly half a century in child care
Culvert replacement to completely close section of Highway 20 for seven days

Culvert replacement to completely close section of Highway 20 for seven days

Traffic delays on state Highway 20 — including a full closure — are expected this month while the state Department of Transportation… Continue reading

Culvert replacement to completely close section of Highway 20 for seven days
Port Angeles High School senior headed to SkillsUSA nationals after state win in cabinetmaking

Port Angeles High School senior headed to SkillsUSA nationals after state win in cabinetmaking

A Port Angeles High School senior is preparing to fly to Kentucky to compete in the SkillsUSA nationals for cabinetmaking the day… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School senior headed to SkillsUSA nationals after state win in cabinetmaking
Peninsula reacts to Trump’s decision to pull U.S. from Paris climate accord

Peninsula reacts to Trump’s decision to pull U.S. from Paris climate accord

Olympic Climate Action members joined hands and observed a moment of silence. The 29 citizens in the circle mourned President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading

Peninsula reacts to Trump’s decision to pull U.S. from Paris climate accord