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Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds the drawing board outside the center on Saturday. Feiro hosted “Day of Play” with a variety of children’s activities geared toward conservation and the marine environment. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Day of Play

Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds the drawing board outside the center on… Continue reading

Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds the drawing board outside the center on Saturday. Feiro hosted “Day of Play” with a variety of children’s activities geared toward conservation and the marine environment. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Volunteers Barbara VanderWerf and Maren Halverson, with the League of Women Voters of Clallam County, speak with a customer at Sequim Goodwill about ballot information on Sept. 17 during an information session held in conjunction with the stores in Sequim and Port Angeles on National Voter Registration Day. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

League answers voters’ questions about election

Organization partners with Goodwill on national registration day

Volunteers Barbara VanderWerf and Maren Halverson, with the League of Women Voters of Clallam County, speak with a customer at Sequim Goodwill about ballot information on Sept. 17 during an information session held in conjunction with the stores in Sequim and Port Angeles on National Voter Registration Day. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Anderson to address Forks chamber

Heidi Anderson of Forks Community Hospital will address a meeting of the Forks Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The chamber meets… Continue reading

Some local and state leaders said $30.5 million to construct the U.S. Highway 101 East Sequim Road Project — including completion of the Simdars Road interchange — could be moved to in-progress larger projects if Initiative 2117 passes as state transportation funds may be reduced to compensate for reduced funding for efforts to reduce the state’s carbon footprint. The Sequim project is near the top of the state’s Move Ahead Washington grant program and funded by the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which would be repealed if I-2117 is passed in the Nov. 5 general election. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Corridor project may hinge on vote

Officials: Bypass could be shelved if I-2117 passes

Some local and state leaders said $30.5 million to construct the U.S. Highway 101 East Sequim Road Project — including completion of the Simdars Road interchange — could be moved to in-progress larger projects if Initiative 2117 passes as state transportation funds may be reduced to compensate for reduced funding for efforts to reduce the state’s carbon footprint. The Sequim project is near the top of the state’s Move Ahead Washington grant program and funded by the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which would be repealed if I-2117 is passed in the Nov. 5 general election. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, the Royal… Continue reading

Sequim, first responders considering Naloxone distribution spots

Effort could provide medicine to help reverse opioid overdose

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Contractor plans to hire local suppliers for Stevens Middle School

Informational webinar draws 40 participants

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to discuss coroner services

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Grants to fund two clean energy projects in Clallam County

One focuses on wood byproducts while the other includes a microgrid

Helen Haller Elementary third-graders Annyah Beck, 9, left, and Accasia Andertson, 8, examine a water quality display using an oyster for demonstration at a booth staffed by Rob Banes and Liz Maier, both health advisers for the state Department of Health, during the Dungeness River Festival on Friday at the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim. The event brought a variety of environmental and educational agencies in a celebration of the outdoors and conservation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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River fest

Helen Haller Elementary third-graders Annyah Beck, 9, left, and Accasia Andertson, 8, examine a water quality display using an oyster for demonstration at a booth… Continue reading

Helen Haller Elementary third-graders Annyah Beck, 9, left, and Accasia Andertson, 8, examine a water quality display using an oyster for demonstration at a booth staffed by Rob Banes and Liz Maier, both health advisers for the state Department of Health, during the Dungeness River Festival on Friday at the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim. The event brought a variety of environmental and educational agencies in a celebration of the outdoors and conservation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Speed limit increased for section of road under construction

The state Department of Transportation will raise the speed limit on U.S. Highway 101 near Wisen Creek on Monday. The speed limit was… Continue reading

State preps for takeover

Parks will manage area if PDA dissolves

Clallam County lifts fire ban

The Clallam County Fire Marshal has lifted fire restrictions in unincorporated Clallam County. “With the fall rains returning a little early, it… Continue reading

Platypus Marine is building a new facility for its boat-building business on Marine Drive in Port Angeles directly east of its current building. The new facility has about 17,000 square feet of space. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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New building in Port Angeles

Platypus Marine is building a new facility for its boat-building business on Marine Drive in Port Angeles directly east of its current building. The new… Continue reading

Platypus Marine is building a new facility for its boat-building business on Marine Drive in Port Angeles directly east of its current building. The new facility has about 17,000 square feet of space. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles gathers feedback during three-day storefront studio process

Focus areas potentially incorporated into comprehensive plan

Port of Port Townsend reviews draft budget for next year

Insurance, employee benefits among rising expenses

Three transported to hospitals after rollover collision

Three people were taken to hospitals after a single-car rollover collision. A 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on state Highway 112… Continue reading

A Labrador retriever pokes its head out the second-floor window of an apartment building in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday. The dog seemed content with watching people and traffic pass by on the street below. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Window watcher in Port Angeles

A Labrador retriever pokes its head out the second-floor window of an apartment building in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday. The dog seemed content with… Continue reading

A Labrador retriever pokes its head out the second-floor window of an apartment building in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday. The dog seemed content with watching people and traffic pass by on the street below. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A red-footed booby has been roosting on a daily basis on a piling at the Marine Science Center aquarium at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Tropical roosting in Port Townsend

A red-footed booby has been roosting on a daily basis on a piling at the Marine Science Center aquarium at Fort Worden State Park in… Continue reading

A red-footed booby has been roosting on a daily basis on a piling at the Marine Science Center aquarium at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)