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Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim School District recently surveyed staff and families about cell phone and other device use in schools. Most district staff feared devices may distract from learning while families support limits on device use in classrooms.

Sequim board hears results of device surveys

Most district staff fear harms to learning; families support limits

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim School District recently surveyed staff and families about cell phone and other device use in schools. Most district staff feared devices may distract from learning while families support limits on device use in classrooms.
Improved play equipment, parking and walking paths at Margaret Kirner Park are proposed in Sequim’s 2026 budget along with expanded water and sewer infrastructure along portions of West Sequim Bay Road, traffic and pedestrian signal improvements and millions of dollars in other projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim proposes $51.6M budget

Projects include utility expansion

Improved play equipment, parking and walking paths at Margaret Kirner Park are proposed in Sequim’s 2026 budget along with expanded water and sewer infrastructure along portions of West Sequim Bay Road, traffic and pedestrian signal improvements and millions of dollars in other projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

City of Port Angeles, Platypus disagree on plan

Parties working on permitting requirements

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Peninsula boards to host budget workshops

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

A snowman family with decorated trees is among the set pieces from Westlake Park in Seattle that will be part of the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Festival of Trees over Thanksgiving weekend. Tickets go on sale Monday.

Festival of Trees tickets go on sale Monday

Opening ceremony moved to Tuesday before Thanksgiving

A snowman family with decorated trees is among the set pieces from Westlake Park in Seattle that will be part of the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Festival of Trees over Thanksgiving weekend. Tickets go on sale Monday.

Olympic Medical Center to use new dashboards to track patient census, staffing

Interim CFO says the move is critical for financial health

A sailing class practices boat-handling skills on Port Townsend Bay. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Sailing at sunset

A sailing class practices boat-handling skills on Port Townsend Bay.… Continue reading

A sailing class practices boat-handling skills on Port Townsend Bay. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port of Port Townsend project administrator Natalie Toews, left, Washington Recreation and Conservation Office Outdoor Grants Manager Brian Carpenter, Jefferson County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour, Port of Port Townsend commissioners Carol Hasse and Pam Petranek and Port Executive Director Eron Berg cut the ribbon at the new Gardiner boat ramp and ADA-compliant boat launch on Discovery Bay. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Port of Port Townsend cuts ribbon at Gardiner boat launch

New ramp, floating dock provide access to Discovery Bay

Port of Port Townsend project administrator Natalie Toews, left, Washington Recreation and Conservation Office Outdoor Grants Manager Brian Carpenter, Jefferson County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour, Port of Port Townsend commissioners Carol Hasse and Pam Petranek and Port Executive Director Eron Berg cut the ribbon at the new Gardiner boat ramp and ADA-compliant boat launch on Discovery Bay. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Pizza fans Preet Saran, 10, and Jess Saran, 6, on right, receive free pizza from Domino’s delivery driver Ryan Lang and Sparky the Fire Dog on Oct. 8 as part of Fire Prevention Week efforts by Clallam County Fire District 3. Staff and volunteers, in partnership with Sequim Domino’s, checked homeowners’ smoke alarms, and if they worked, they received their orders for free.

Domino’s, fire district partner for pizza

Firefighters check smoke alarms for Fire Prevention Week

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Pizza fans Preet Saran, 10, and Jess Saran, 6, on right, receive free pizza from Domino’s delivery driver Ryan Lang and Sparky the Fire Dog on Oct. 8 as part of Fire Prevention Week efforts by Clallam County Fire District 3. Staff and volunteers, in partnership with Sequim Domino’s, checked homeowners’ smoke alarms, and if they worked, they received their orders for free.

Options weighed for camp residents

Port Townsend encampment set to close next month

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday at the Conrad Dyer Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The group hopes to develop a local chapter of the Turning Point USA student organization in honor of Kirk, who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The rally was held on the 32nd anniversary of Kirk’s birth. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Remembering Charlie Kirk

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday at the Conrad Dyer Memorial Fountain… Continue reading

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday at the Conrad Dyer Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The group hopes to develop a local chapter of the Turning Point USA student organization in honor of Kirk, who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The rally was held on the 32nd anniversary of Kirk’s birth. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
From eft to right, Cadets Emmet Shaw, Madison Boling, Amirrah Woods, Isaac Figueroa, Tyler Matheson and Timmy Manly, along with Brinnon Fire Chief Tim Manly. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Cadets graduate from Brinnon fire training

Six teenagers attend twice-monthly events

From eft to right, Cadets Emmet Shaw, Madison Boling, Amirrah Woods, Isaac Figueroa, Tyler Matheson and Timmy Manly, along with Brinnon Fire Chief Tim Manly. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Candidate forum set for Olympic Medical Center board positions

The Clallam County Democrats will host a forum for Clallam County Hospital District 2 commissioner candidates at 6 p.m. Monday. The hybrid… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners to host budget town hall

The Board of Clallam County Commissioners will conduct a town hall meeting to present the proposed 2026 budget at 5 p.m. Wednesday.… Continue reading

General election ballots mailed

Voters have until 8 p.m. on Nov. 4

Hoh Tribe to host community conversation

Jefferson County will finish its Community Conversations series from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The town hall meeting will be in… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles to focus on capital improvements in ’26

Major infrastructure project is mostly covered with grants

Three injured in collision at Palo Alto Road

Three people were injured following a two-car collision on U.S. Highway 101 at Palo Alto Road. Yvonne Newton, 75, of Sequim was northbound… Continue reading

Scuba divers Shawn Augustine, left, Chris Van Damme and Jackie Selbitschka, all with Reef Check, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two ecosystems — tropical coral reefs and temperate kelp forests — place instruments recovered from a buoy in a bucket of water on Tuesday to keep them wet until the data can be downloaded. The data contains information on the salinity, Ph, dissolved oxygen and temperature of the kelp in the 50-degree water of the Salish Sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Scientific data

Scuba divers Shawn Augustine, left, Chris Van Damme and Jackie Selbitschka, all with Reef Check, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two… Continue reading

Scuba divers Shawn Augustine, left, Chris Van Damme and Jackie Selbitschka, all with Reef Check, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two ecosystems — tropical coral reefs and temperate kelp forests — place instruments recovered from a buoy in a bucket of water on Tuesday to keep them wet until the data can be downloaded. The data contains information on the salinity, Ph, dissolved oxygen and temperature of the kelp in the 50-degree water of the Salish Sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Great Washington ShakeOut drill set

The Washington Emergency Management Division has scheduled the Great Washington ShakeOut at 10:16 a.m. Thursday. The annual drill encourages residents to “drop,… Continue reading