Arwyn Rice

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters pick through a narrow passage in a west Port Angeles junkyard to get access to a trailer house fire Tuesday night. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Trailer home burns in Port Angeles junkyard

PORT ANGELES — A trailer home was destroyed and a dog was unaccounted for after a fire broke out in a junkyard in west Port… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters pick through a narrow passage in a west Port Angeles junkyard to get access to a trailer house fire Tuesday night. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News
Cameron Bluenthenthal

High school’s holiday concert makes first foray into live broadcasting

PORT ANGELES — More than 300 Port Angeles High School musicians and singers will take part in the first live broadcast of the school's annual… Continue reading

Cameron Bluenthenthal

Port Angeles to reach $500,000 mark in hotel tax revenues for first time

PORT ANGELES — Record hotel tax revenues point to tourism being up in Port Angeles during 2013, according to a tourism industry panel discussion held… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters pick through a narrow passage in a west Port Angeles junkyard to get access to a trailer house fire Tuesday night. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Trailer home burns in Port Angeles junkyard

PORT ANGELES — A trailer home was destroyed and a dog was unaccounted for after a fire broke out in a junkyard in west Port… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters pick through a narrow passage in a west Port Angeles junkyard to get access to a trailer house fire Tuesday night. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Math tutor helps create low-cost online program

PORT ANGELES — A math tutor from Port Angeles is celebrating the release of a low-cost online math tutoring program that he had a hand… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board opens online survey to ask what public seeks in the new superintendent

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board is asking residents of the district what they want in a… Continue reading

A Honda Element lays on its side near a damaged Chevy Blazer on East Third Street near Jones Street

Speed, bald tires reportedly contribute to rollover crash in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — High speeds and bald tires resulted in a dramatic rollover wreck in a quiet neighborhood Sunday afternoon, according to police. Gabriel Thomas… Continue reading

A Honda Element lays on its side near a damaged Chevy Blazer on East Third Street near Jones Street
Build a new Port Angeles High School, board urged

Build a new Port Angeles High School, board urged

PORT ANGELES — The 60-year-old Port Angeles High School needs replacing now, a blue-ribbon panel has told the School Board. “[Port Angeles High] is a… Continue reading

Build a new Port Angeles High School, board urged

Elwha River restoration: Lake Mills replanting to be winter work

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Still waters run deep on the Elwha River restoration project. At first glance, the Elwha River seems quiet. But there is… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Quick-thinking neighbor puts out house fire that dogs apparently started

JOYCE — A local couple credit their neighbor for saving their home and pets from being destroyed in a nighttime fire earlier this week. James… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Quick-thinking neighbor puts out house fire that dogs apparently started

JOYCE — A local couple credit their neighbor for saving their home and pets from being destroyed in a nighttime fire earlier this week. James… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Updated Forks Library to reopen next week

FORKS — Six months after the Forks Library closed for remodeling, it is nearly ready to reopen for holiday reading and relaxation. The refurbished library… Continue reading

Cold snap ends but leaves behind a mess

An arctic blast that has kept the North Olympic Peninsula on ice for a week is expected to end today, thanks to a weather system… Continue reading

Jessica Holmberg is shown in a promotional photo from A&E Network for the reality show that debuts Wednesday night

Peninsula-bred woman to be featured in reality TV’s ‘Rodeo Girls’

AGNEW — Another reality TV star has emerged from the North Olympic Peninsula, and this one's a “rodeo girl.” Jessica Holmberg, 22, who grew up… Continue reading

Jessica Holmberg is shown in a promotional photo from A&E Network for the reality show that debuts Wednesday night

Port of Port Angeles employees to get raises

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners have approved a 1.5 percent raise for non-union employees and 1.6 percent for the unionized in 2014.… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles panel bids exiting commissioner goodbye

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles officially bid farewell to Commissioner Paul McHugh on Monday at the commissioners’ regular meeting, the final one… Continue reading

Replacement of four Port Angeles schools to be discussed this week

PORT ANGELES — The School Board will hear recommendations about replacing four aging schools at a meeting this week. The board’s Long-Range Facilities Planning Task… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles employees to get raises

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners have approved a 1.5 percent raise for non-union employees and 1.6 percent for the unionized in 2014.… Continue reading

Judy McLanahan

SUNDAY EVENT: Festival of Trees in Forks today

FORKS — From the 12 drummers drumming to a partridge in a pear tree, the “Twelve Days of Christmas” is lasting two days at the… Continue reading

Judy McLanahan
Jeremiah Wright and Ashley Ferguson

Injured Peninsula soldier marries his hometown sweetheart

SAN ANTONIO — A Port Angeles soldier recovering from his wounds in Texas has married his hometown sweetheart and part-time nurse three months after he… Continue reading

Jeremiah Wright and Ashley Ferguson