Arwyn Rice

Peninsula districts look ahead to enrollment next year

School district enrollment trends on the North Olympic Peninsula are split — judging by averages over the just-finished school year — with some districts experiencing… Continue reading

Three visitors to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park — Jeff Bayard from Minnesota

At Hurricane Ridge, it’s summertime … and the living is ICY

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Summer visitors to Hurricane Ridge expect the high mountain meadows to be bursting with lupines and other wildflowers, and to see… Continue reading

Three visitors to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park — Jeff Bayard from Minnesota

Beach crews will hunt tsunami debris beginning Monday

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Ecology on Monday will begin its first efforts to locate and remove debris that has arrived on the coasts… Continue reading

A Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deputy and others looks over the scene after a car ran into a porch swing in front of the QFC grocery store in Port Hadlock on Thursday afternoon. One woman was injured in the crash

Two wrecks in one day at same place in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK — In an unusual coincidence, two unrelated wrecks on the same day and place sent two pedestrians and a driver to hospitals last… Continue reading

A Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deputy and others looks over the scene after a car ran into a porch swing in front of the QFC grocery store in Port Hadlock on Thursday afternoon. One woman was injured in the crash
The Hawaiian Chieftain sails into Port Angeles Harbor in 2010. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Hawaiian Chieftain sets sail for Port Angeles, Port Townsend stopovers

Would-be swabbies, ahoy. A tall ship's a-comin'. The sailing ship Hawaiian Chieftain will make a stop in Port Angeles on Tuesday and will return for… Continue reading

The Hawaiian Chieftain sails into Port Angeles Harbor in 2010. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula schools release calendars for 2012-2013 year

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Peninsula school districts have released calendars for the 2012-2013 school year that include staggered starts, varied winter breaks and —… Continue reading

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Houseful of debris found near Cape Flattery traced to Japan

NEAH BAY — Part of a house found on a Cape Flattery beach may be the latest large piece of Japan tsunami debris to wash… Continue reading

Map by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
A capped bottle is part of the flotsam found on Cape B beach just south of Cape Flattery.

Debris found on Neah Bay beach thought to be part of a house

NEAH BAY — Part of a house found on a beach north of Hobuck Beach may be the latest recognizable piece of Japan tsunami debris… Continue reading

A capped bottle is part of the flotsam found on Cape B beach just south of Cape Flattery.
Twelve-year-old heart transplant recipient looks ahead

Twelve-year-old heart transplant recipient looks ahead

PORT ANGELES — When the sixth-grade class at Dry Creek Elementary school graduates Wednesday, heart transplant survivor Haille Alley Jackson won’t be with them. Her… Continue reading

Twelve-year-old heart transplant recipient looks ahead

Charge filed in death of Marysville man, 48

PORT ANGELES — A charge of second-degree murder has been filed against a Sequim man accused in the death of a Marysville man after a… Continue reading

Daughters of the American Revolution members Meg Gill

Happy 150th birthday: Ice cream, home-grown root beer kick off Port Angeles’ sesquicentennial celebration

PORT ANGELES — On June 19, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln ordered a reservation for military uses and a lighthouse on Ediz Hook, establishing Port Angeles… Continue reading

Daughters of the American Revolution members Meg Gill

Round-the-clock DJ event not music to some ears

PORT ANGELES — By midnight Friday, a loud 36-hour concert at the KOA Campground had prompted 18 calls to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office from… Continue reading

Peter and Colleen Larsen.  (Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News)

Family, State Patrol want more answers to chase that led to motorcyclist’s death

BEAVER — Although the family of Bjorn R. Larsen doesn’t dispute that the 36-year-old motorcyclist was probably speeding when a trooper attempted to stop him,… Continue reading

Peter and Colleen Larsen.  (Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News)

Second-degree murder charged filed against Sequim man

PORT ANGELES — A charge of second-degree murder was filed this afternoon against a Sequim man accused in the death of a Marysville man after… Continue reading

During the 2011 Pink Up Port Angeles “celebrity” dinner

WEEKEND: Pink Up Port Angeles begins today

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles will be in the pink during the next week as the Soroptimists' Pink Up Port Angeles campaign paints the town… Continue reading

During the 2011 Pink Up Port Angeles “celebrity” dinner

Some classroom pets get reprieve; others must go

PORT ANGELES — Some classroom pets got a reprieve while others were banned by the Port Angeles School Board earlier this week. The new rule,… Continue reading

Two face trial in theft of steel from bridges

QUINAULT — Two Aberdeen men face a September trial on theft charges after they were accused of stealing 21/2 temporary bridges from the U.S. Forest… Continue reading

Chart by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula school districts above-average on spending for classroom instruction

Six of nine North Olympic Peninsula school districts spent a higher percentage of their budgets on classroom instruction than the state or national averages during… Continue reading

Chart by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Neighbor dies of heart attack after next-door fire in Port Ludlow; student’s graduation marred

PORT LUDLOW — A Port Ludlow man died after his neighbor’s home burned to the ground late Friday — a day before the neighbor graduated… Continue reading

Seven arrested in drug investigation

PORT ANGELES — Seven Port Angeles and Sequim residents have been arrested for investigation of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance during a… Continue reading