Peninsula Daily News

Jefferson: Relay for Life marathon set for Friday, Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND -- Every day is a celebration of life for cancer survivors. On Friday and Saturday, city and county residents will join survivors in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School closure meeting set for Wednesday

PORT ANGELES -- School closure recommendations that are before the Port Angeles School Board will be discussed at a community forum on Wednesday. To hear… Continue reading

Lady Washington in Port Angeles Habor this week

PORT ANGELES -- The state's official tall ship, Lady Washington, is visiting Port Angeles through Wednesday, offering deck tours and "adventure sails." Used in several… Continue reading

Peninsula: Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days, Hadlock Days continue today

Festivals at both ends of the North Olympic Peninsula -- Clallam Bay's Fun Days and Port Hadlock's Hadlock Days -- continue today. The weather Saturday… Continue reading

Peninsula: New survey to assess elusive Olympic mountain goats

Olympic National Park's controversial mountain goats will be counted during an aerial survey this week and the week of July 24-28. The bigger questions --… Continue reading

Peninsula: Lower Elwha tribe, Jefferson, PT share funds

OLYMPIA -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will receive $68,536, and Jefferson County and Port Townsend will share $16,700 of the state's first Emergency Management… Continue reading

Peninsula: Search discontinued for lost hiker

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Searchers have discontinued intensive efforts to find Gilbert Gilman, a state retirement administrator who has been missing in the Staircase area… Continue reading

Peninsula: Fourth of July earthquake rattles region

SEQUIM -- Residents from Port Townsend to Port Angeles felt a small earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale Tuesday afternoon, They reported dishes rattling,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Underwater camera to be used in search today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- An underwater camera will be added to the tools searchers use today as they continue looking for a 47-year-old state official… Continue reading

Clallam: Fire damage assessed near Lake Crescent

LAKE CRESCENT -- Larger trees were spared by a fire that swept across four acres of Olympic National Park at the east end of Lake… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Organizers seek more funding for July Fourth celebration

PORT TOWNSEND -- With the anniversary of our nation's independence approaching, and a spectacular fireworks display set for sundown on July Fourth off Fort Worden… Continue reading

Peninsula: State official sought in Olympic National Park

HOODSPORT -- A search began Tuesday for a high-ranking official with the state Department of Retirement Systems believed missing in Olympic National Park. Gilbert Mark… Continue reading

Jefferson: Seattle man dies in collision near Discovery Bay

DISCOVERY BAY -- An 88-year-old Seattle man has died of injuries he received when his 1991 Mercedes rear-ended another car on U.S. Highway 101 near… Continue reading

Long-awaited Port Townsend Paper Corp. re-audits released

PORT TOWNSEND -- A long-delayed audit report released Friday questions if Port Townsend Paper Corp. can stay afloat. "The 2004 report from its independent accounting… Continue reading

Where you can speak out on Olympic National Park management plan

Four of the eight open houses for public comment on the Olympic National Park's draft general management plan will be held on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Mats Mats, Port Ludlow beaches also closed to shellfishing

MATS MATS BAY -- Marine biotoxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning have been detected at concentrations above the closure level in shellfish samples collected from… Continue reading

Port Angeles beaches reopened to recreation, but not shellfishing

PORT ANGELES -- You can walk on the beach again but you still can't harvest shellfish. Clallam County has reopened beaches inside Port Angeles Harbor… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Half-Marathon winners

13 miles, Sequim to Port Angeles 1 1:11:49, Ian Fraser, Port Townsend 2 1:16:54, Jim Savage, Bainbridge Island 3 1:19:47, Kristian Blaich, Decatur, Ga. 4… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Marathon winners

26.2 miles, Sequim to Port Angeles 1. 2:35:47, Preston Brashers, Renton 2 2:37:59, Sam Hennesse Really, Port Angeles 3 2:43:00, Bryan Smith, Thibodaux, La. 4… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Choice Community School gains accreditation

PORT ANGELES -- Choice Community School, an alternative high school serving Port Angeles School District students, has earned its stripes. The district received notice Thursday… Continue reading