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Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor (31) knocks the ball loose from Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) in the second half of an NFL football game

Chancellor’s big play — and blown call — allows Seahawks to beat Detroit 13-10

By Tim Booth The Associated Press SEATTLE — With one big punch, Kam Chancellor showed his importance to the Seattle Seahawks. And once again, the… Continue reading

Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor (31) knocks the ball loose from Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) in the second half of an NFL football game
The current 'Classes & Lessons' (Click on image to enlarge)

CLASSES AND LESSONS — Olympic Iyengar Yoga . . . CPR-AED/First Aid . . . Myofascial release and kinesiology continuing ed

CLASSES & LESSONS highlights classes, workshops, lectures and events in Clallam and Jefferson counties. It is featured in the Peninsula Daily News . . .… Continue reading

The current 'Classes & Lessons' (Click on image to enlarge)
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online!

GOOD MONDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online!
Port Angeles High School Principal Jeff Clark

Port Angeles students commended for academic promise

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School Principal Jeff Clark recently announced that Mitchell Hobbs and Anton Kossler have been named Commended Students in the… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School Principal Jeff Clark
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online!

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online!

Kettle Falls Five pot growers sentenced to federal prison

By Nicholas K. Geranios The Associated Press SPOKANE — The three remaining defendants in the case of the so-called Kettle Falls Five have been sentenced… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online!

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online!
Photo from the Myspace page believed to be that of Chris Harper Mercer

Horror in Roseburg, Ore.: Gunman — ‘angry young man’ — among 10 dead after community college rampage; reportedly asked students’ religion before shooting

By DIRK VANDERHART, KIRK JOHNSON JULIE TURKEWITZ Copyright 2015 The New York Times EDITOR'S NOTE — To follow this and other national-international news, go to… Continue reading

Photo from the Myspace page believed to be that of Chris Harper Mercer
Authorities respond to a report of a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg

5TH UPDATE — Gunman opens fire at Roseburg, Ore., community college, killing at least 9

By The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE — To follow this and other national-international news, go to the "Nation/World" button at the top of this page… Continue reading

Authorities respond to a report of a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online!

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online!
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online!

GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Clallam County. There's more inside that isn't online!
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online!

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING! What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula? See today’s PDN front page

ANOTHER NEWSY DAY on the North Olympic Peninsula! Our website, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights, but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40… Continue reading

Today's front page tailored for the PDN's readers in Jefferson County. There's more inside that isn't online!
This undated photo provided by NASA and taken by an instrument aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Life on Mars? NASA says planet appears to have flowing water

By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars appears to have flowing rivulets of water, at least in the summer, scientists reported… Continue reading

This undated photo provided by NASA and taken by an instrument aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark
Activists in kayaks and other vessels who oppose Royal Dutch Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean surround Shell's Polar Pioneer drilling rig docked in Elliott Bay

Shell abandons Arctic drilling after failing to find enough oil in Chukchi Sea test wells

By Dan Joling and Jonathan Fahey The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Royal Dutch Shell is giving up on its expensive and controversial push to… Continue reading

Activists in kayaks and other vessels who oppose Royal Dutch Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean surround Shell's Polar Pioneer drilling rig docked in Elliott Bay
Seattle Police officers look under a "Ride the Ducks" tourist vehicle as a tire and wheel from the bus sits nearby before the bus is loaded onto a flatbed tow truck Thursday following a fatal crash with a charter passenger bus earlier that day in Seattle. The Associated Press

State suspends duck tour company’s operations after fatal Seattle crash

By Gene Johnson and Rachel La Corte The Associated Press SEATTLE — State regulators suspended the operations of a Seattle tour company Monday after one… Continue reading

Seattle Police officers look under a "Ride the Ducks" tourist vehicle as a tire and wheel from the bus sits nearby before the bus is loaded onto a flatbed tow truck Thursday following a fatal crash with a charter passenger bus earlier that day in Seattle. The Associated Press
This undated photo provided by NASA and taken by an instrument aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Life on Mars? NASA says planet appears to have flowing water

By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars appears to have flowing rivulets of water, at least in the summer, scientists reported… Continue reading

This undated photo provided by NASA and taken by an instrument aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark
John Brewer/Peninsula Daily News (Click on image to enlarge)

‘Blood supermoon’ eclipse from Port Angeles’ Ediz Hook

LIGHT CLOUDS OBSCURED most of the start of the blood supermoon eclipse Sunday night — then they finally parted, delighting hundreds of people in cars… Continue reading

John Brewer/Peninsula Daily News (Click on image to enlarge)
A floatilla of tug boats

Shell abandons Arctic drilling after failing to find enough oil in Chukchi Sea test wells

By Dan Joling and Jonathan Fahey The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Royal Dutch Shell is giving up on its expensive and controversial push to… Continue reading

A floatilla of tug boats

Analysis: Restrictive state law shields police from use of force prosecution

By Steve Miletich, Christine Willmsen, Mike Carter and Justin Mayo The Seattle Times SEATTLE — Killings by police in the line of duty have surged… Continue reading

A Seattle Police investigator walks off of a charter passenger bus at left that was involved in a fatal crash with the Ride the Ducks tourist vehicle at right

Duck boat in Seattle crash didn’t have recommended fix, says National Transportation Safety Board

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE — A Seattle duck boat that swerved wildly into an oncoming charter bus last week, killing five people… Continue reading

A Seattle Police investigator walks off of a charter passenger bus at left that was involved in a fatal crash with the Ride the Ducks tourist vehicle at right