Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life at an activity table setup by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary during a 30th birthday party for the sanctuary at Waterfront Park. The celebration included information and activity booths from a variety of environmental stewardship groups, including the Feiro Marine Life Center, which will soon share a building at the location with the marine sanctuary. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Matching game

Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life at an activity table setup by the… Continue reading

Riley Lohman, left, and Arya Davis, both 6, of Port Angeles, play a matching game of sea life at an activity table setup by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary during a 30th birthday party for the sanctuary at Waterfront Park. The celebration included information and activity booths from a variety of environmental stewardship groups, including the Feiro Marine Life Center, which will soon share a building at the location with the marine sanctuary. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Crews work last month to expand wastewater capacity on Fourth Street in Port Angeles. (City of Port Angeles)

Port Angeles crews working on 10 construction projects in city

Signal controller upgrades, city hall parking lot among list

Crews work last month to expand wastewater capacity on Fourth Street in Port Angeles. (City of Port Angeles)

Port of Port Angeles approves public access plan

Update allows agency to be eligible for state grant funding

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Canoe lands in Port Townsend

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal… Continue reading

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Marylaura Ramponi, right, speaks with Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels following the July 15 board meeting. Facilities naming committee members were unanimous in accepting Ramponi’s $1 million donation for the district’s vocational education center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Donation to name Sequim CTE center

Sequim resident gives $1M toward project

Marylaura Ramponi, right, speaks with Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels following the July 15 board meeting. Facilities naming committee members were unanimous in accepting Ramponi’s $1 million donation for the district’s vocational education center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles City Council set to meet

The Port Angeles City Council will conduct a strategic planning work session during a special meeting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The council… Continue reading

Sequim School Board approves $46.9M budget for 2024-2025

Spending, revenue plan looks to build back general fund

Fort Worden PDA to host special meeting Monday

Agency to view strategic plan, financials

Temporary signal at Front and Laurel streets going up Monday

Contractor crews for the city of Port Angeles will emplace a temporary traffic signal at the intersection of Front and Laurel streets… Continue reading

Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship bolsters business development

Five years of success building small businesses on Peninsula

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Traffic makes its way along State Highway 112 west of Port Angeles on Friday..

NOAA grant to fund Highway 112 project

Part of $75 million for Washington coast

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Traffic makes its way along State Highway 112 west of Port Angeles on Friday..

Public comment extended

The City of Port Angeles Department of Community & Economic Development has extended the public comment period for one of Morrison Excavating’s… Continue reading

First Fed lays off 20 employees

Fewer than half in Clallam County

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Erin Jaszczak, senior Program Operations Manager of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, assembles a display about the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in preparation for the sanctuary's 30th birthday on Friday at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. The celebration included informational presentations, a film festival and a collection of outdoor displays and activities in nearby Pebble Beach Park.

Birthday sanctuary in Port Angeles

Erin Jaszczak, senior Program Operations Manager of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, assembles a display about the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in preparation for… Continue reading

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Erin Jaszczak, senior Program Operations Manager of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, assembles a display about the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in preparation for the sanctuary's 30th birthday on Friday at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. The celebration included informational presentations, a film festival and a collection of outdoor displays and activities in nearby Pebble Beach Park.

Federal fire ban now in effect for ONP, ONF

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest have banned any fire that produces ash in all areas of the national forest and… Continue reading

Clallam County, Port Angeles join Kroger Opioid Settlement

$48 million to be distributed across Washington

Overdose response having impact in area

Sharp details community paramedics program

Paula Hunt

Voters weighing levy for hospital district

Would generate approximately $12 million in funding

Paula Hunt