Arwyn Rice

State Patrol seeks witnesses to fatal Forks collision

FORKS — State Patrol detectives are looking for witnesses to events leading up to an incident that killed a young Forks mother earlier this month.… Continue reading

State Patrol seeks witnesses to fatal Forks collision

FORKS — State Patrol detectives are looking for witnesses to events leading up to an incident that killed a young Forks mother earlier this month.… Continue reading

CLALLAM COUNTY: 10th-graders more likely to smoke pot than tobacco, state-sponsored survey says

Clallam County’s 10th-grade students are more likely to smoke marijuana than tobacco — and far more likely to drink alcohol than use marijuana. And they… Continue reading

JEFFERSON COUNTY: Youth survey results also above state averages in pot smoking, drinking

Jefferson County’s 10th-grade students are more likely to smoke marijuana than tobacco — and are far more likely to drink alcoholic beverages than use marijuana.… Continue reading

Adeline Smith

Lower Elwha tribal elder Adeline Smith, 95, dies

PORT ANGELES — Adeline Smith, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal elder who played key roles in preserving the site of Tse-whit-zen village, the Elwha River… Continue reading

Adeline Smith
Fairview School east of Port Angeles is officially on the market by the Port Angeles School District. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Shuttered Port Angeles school for sale

PORT ANGELES — Fairview Elementary School is officially for sale, and prospective buyers can make an offer anytime, Port Angeles School District officials said. The… Continue reading

Fairview School east of Port Angeles is officially on the market by the Port Angeles School District. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Lt. Cmdr. Edward Geraghty of Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles delivers an update at Monday's Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Coast Guard budget takes hit from sequestration cuts

PORT ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard has had its operational budget cut by 25 percent because of sequestration, but there will be no changes… Continue reading

Lt. Cmdr. Edward Geraghty of Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles delivers an update at Monday's Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Forks High School senior Nate Brock carries an antique chain saw that was auctioned over the weekend at the 49th Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction pulls in $65,556

FORKS — A little Forks rain didn't dampen the 49th Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction during the weekend, as the Class of 2013 raised $65,556 to… Continue reading

Forks High School senior Nate Brock carries an antique chain saw that was auctioned over the weekend at the 49th Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Workers begin dismantling tsunami dock

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — After two days of weather delays, workers began removal of a 65-foot-long dock that washed ashore from Japan. The weather cleared… Continue reading

Given away at age 7, Clallam Bay woman seeks lost sisters

CLALLAM BAY — A Clallam Bay woman is searching for her sisters, but the trail is cold — 66 years cold. Mary Healey, 73, last… Continue reading

Man with gun leads to lockdown of Port Townsend store

PORT TOWNSEND — The local Safeway store went into a brief security lockdown Saturday after a man with a pellet gun alarmed customers and sparked… Continue reading

Forks High School senior adviser Patty Brandt

WEEKEND: Auction to benefit Forks scholarships

CORRECTED VERSION — This story has been corrected. Wilder Auto of Port Angeles donated a 2000 Honda Accord to the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction. The… Continue reading

Forks High School senior adviser Patty Brandt

Crew poised to begin dismantling beached tsunami dock starting today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A salvage crew’s plan to begin work today to remove a dock from Japan that washed up on a remote beach… Continue reading

The empty lots of the International Order of Odd Fellows and Dazzled by Twilight buildings collect rain earlier this week. Lonnie Archibald/Peninsula Daily News

Forks outlines expectations for building in burned lot

FORKS — Business leaders have asked that a replacement for the burned historic International Order of Odd Fellows hall be attractive, work with the rest… Continue reading

The empty lots of the International Order of Odd Fellows and Dazzled by Twilight buildings collect rain earlier this week. Lonnie Archibald/Peninsula Daily News
Garrid Larson

Forks teen jailed in fatal hit-and-run released without bail

FORKS — A 19-year-old Forks man arrested after a fatal collision with a pedestrian Monday in Forks was released without bail Wednesday afternoon. Garrid James… Continue reading

Garrid Larson
Aamanda Louise LaGambina

Alleged driver in fatal Forks hit-run due in court today; social-media tributes to young mom build

FORKS — A 19-year-old Forks man allegedly struck a young mother with his pickup truck, carrying her for about 80 feet before driving off, authorities… Continue reading

Aamanda Louise LaGambina

Port Angeles woman jailed in connection with two attempted robberies

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman is being held for investigation of two attempted armed robberies downtown, Port Angeles police said Monday. Robin Dawn… Continue reading

Chimacum man serious after Port Hadlock crash

PORT HADLOCK — An elderly Chimacum man injured in a two-car wreck near Port Hadlock on Saturday was reported to be in serious condition Sunday.… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School maintenance staffers Josh Winters and Jon Keywood install a new sign on the north wall of the auditorium. Port Angeles School District

Friends of Port Angeles Performing Arts Center tout new sign

PORT ANGELES — In its first year, the Friends of the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center brightened and heightened performances at the auditorium with new… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School maintenance staffers Josh Winters and Jon Keywood install a new sign on the north wall of the auditorium. Port Angeles School District

Peninsula school boards to seek funding answers in Olympia

School Board members from at least seven of nine North Olympic Peninsula school districts are expected to attend a weekend conference with state legislators Sunday… Continue reading