Clallam County

Daytime alternating traffic planned for Elwha River Bridge

Travelers will see one-way alternating traffic on U.S. Highway 101 near the Elwha River Bridge next week. Contractor crews will put down… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to discuss highway projects

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Housing project to receive $2M from tax fund

Commissioners approve use for North View complex

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Empty Bowls fundraiser to benefit school food program

The third Empty Bowls fundraiser is set for 5 p.m. Sept. 14. The annual fundraiser at the Port Angeles Food Bank, 632… Continue reading

Expenses to outpace revenue for Clallam Fire District 2

Projection based on rejection of levy lid lift

ISSUES OF FAITH: Spreading kindness through interactions

A COUPLE OF weeks ago, I was in Chicago for a business meeting and my return flight ended up being several hours late. I became… Continue reading

David Gritskie of Stripe Rite from Bremerton guides a stripe painting machine Wednesday east of Port Angeles City Hall. The new parking lot is using permeable pavement over a layer of gravel of 2 feet to 4 feet thick. The project is retrofitting the east city hall parking lot with a new stormwater detention and treatment infrastructure. The project will help manage runoff, slow down peak flow and remove pollutants before connecting and flowing into Peabody Creek. The parking lot will reopen to the public on Monday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Parking lot project

David Gritskie of Stripe Rite from Bremerton guides a stripe painting machine Wednesday east of Port Angeles City Hall. The new parking lot is using… Continue reading

David Gritskie of Stripe Rite from Bremerton guides a stripe painting machine Wednesday east of Port Angeles City Hall. The new parking lot is using permeable pavement over a layer of gravel of 2 feet to 4 feet thick. The project is retrofitting the east city hall parking lot with a new stormwater detention and treatment infrastructure. The project will help manage runoff, slow down peak flow and remove pollutants before connecting and flowing into Peabody Creek. The parking lot will reopen to the public on Monday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Wooden Boat Festival this weekend in Port Townsend

The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival and art walks on Friday and Saturday highlight weekend entertainment options on the North Olympic Peninsula. Olympic Music Festival… Continue reading

Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Spruce Railroad Trail on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park over Labor Day weekend. A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service with temperatures expected to reach the 80s and possibly the low 90s through today. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Heat advisory

Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Spruce Railroad Trail on Lake Crescent in… Continue reading

Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Spruce Railroad Trail on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park over Labor Day weekend. A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service with temperatures expected to reach the 80s and possibly the low 90s through today. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County hosting online climate risk survey

The Clallam County Department of Community Development is conducting an online climate risk and resilience survey through Oct. 4. The survey is… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center’s financial picture improving year over year

Hospital’s net losses $10M ahead of past 12 months

Port Angeles police to join program to help those in need

Funding could pay for food, hotel or other means of aid

Tickets on sale for annual Soroptimist fundraiser

Tickets are on sale for the Soroptimist International of Port Angeles Jet Set’s Bewitching Tea and Silent Auction set for 1 p.m.… Continue reading

Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore on the first day of school Tuesday in Danika Johnson’s first-grade classroom at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Welcome back

Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore on the first day of school Tuesday… Continue reading

Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore on the first day of school Tuesday in Danika Johnson’s first-grade classroom at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Advocates debate four initiatives to appear on November ballot

Choices to be made on climate act, capital gains, long-term care, natural gas

COVID-19 rates are high on Peninsula

Vaccinations for latest variant are arriving

Overnight paving projects set for Marine Drive

The state Department of Transportation will pave portions of Marine Drive on Thursday and Friday nights at two separate work sites. Eastbound… Continue reading