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Smooth start for new ferry reservations to San Juan Islands

By The Associated Press ANACORTES — Washington State Ferries recently began a reservation system to manage congestion on vessels between Anacortes and the San Juan… Continue reading

Legislators pass bill on animals locked in cars

By The Associated Press OLYMPIA — A bill to make it a civil offense to lock an animal in a car or enclosed space in… Continue reading

Randy Dorn (Associated Press file photo)

State schools superintendent makes suggestions for education budget

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP The Associated Press SEATTLE — Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn said Tuesday the Legislature can find some of the money… Continue reading

Randy Dorn (Associated Press file photo)
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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 Clallam County edition. There's more inside that isn't online! ()
Young proposes aircraft carriers to link Bremerton and Port Orchard across Sinclair Inlet. (Ny Teknik (Click on image to enlarge))

Lawmaker eyes $90,000 study of aircraft carriers as Bremerton-Port Orchard toll bridge; cites tourism draw, honor for ‘greatest generation’

By Peninsula Daily News news sources OLYMPIA — A state representative wants to study the possibility of building a toll bridge out of retired Navy… Continue reading

Young proposes aircraft carriers to link Bremerton and Port Orchard across Sinclair Inlet. (Ny Teknik (Click on image to enlarge))
Young proposes aircraft carriers to link Bremerton and Port Orchard across Sinclair Inlet. (Ny Teknik (Click on image to enlarge))

Lawmaker proposes using aircraft carriers for Bremerton-Port Orchard toll bridge — wants $90,000 in taxpayer money to study the idea

By Peninsula Daily News news sources OLYMPIA — A state representative wants to study the possibility of building a toll bridge out of retired Navy… Continue reading

Young proposes aircraft carriers to link Bremerton and Port Orchard across Sinclair Inlet. (Ny Teknik (Click on image to enlarge))
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Flight returns to Seattle after worker trapped in cargo hold

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — An airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped in a plane’s cargo hold forced a Los Angeles-bound… Continue reading

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Research: Seconds count in surviving massive tsunamis

By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. — About 5,500 more people could survive a major tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest if they… Continue reading

State’s House Democrats propose 12 cent gas tax hike in transportation revenue package

By Rachel La Corte Associated Press OLYMPIA — House Democrats on Monday released their take on a transportation revenue package, a version that looks similar… Continue reading

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Flight returns to Seattle after worker trapped in cargo hold

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — An airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped in a plane’s cargo hold forced a Los Angeles-bound… Continue reading

In this frame from video
Today's front page tailored for the PDN's Jefferson County edition. There's more inside that isn't online! ()

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 Jefferson County edition. There's more inside that isn't online! ()
Cape Intrepid entering Port Angeles Harbor on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Navy cargo ship towed into Port Angeles Harbor after losing power in Strait

Peninsula Daily News and Associated Press PORT ANGELES — A Navy Military Sealift Command cargo ship was towed into Port Angeles on Saturday after it… Continue reading

Cape Intrepid entering Port Angeles Harbor on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The warm blob as of last week

‘Warm blob’ in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the U.S.

By Hannah Hickey University of Washington Office of News and Information EDITOR'S NOTE — The Pacific Ocean may have entered a new warm phase —… Continue reading

The warm blob as of last week

Do you like tractors? You’ll get a kick out of this peninsuladailynews.com exclusive video!

SEQUIM — It was Plow Day on Saturday at the Pumpkin Patch, the landmark field at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road… Continue reading

The remains of what was likely a commercial fishing boat were spotted floating off the Oregon coast last week. (The Associated Press)

Boat likely destroyed in 2011 Japanese tsunami turns up in Oregon with live fish aboard

By The Associated Press WALDPORT, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon parks official says a roughly 25-foot-long chunk of fiberglass boat spotted drifting off the central… Continue reading

The remains of what was likely a commercial fishing boat were spotted floating off the Oregon coast last week. (The Associated Press)
The warm blob as of last week

‘Warm blob’ in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the U.S.

By Hannah Hickey University of Washington Office of News and Information EDITOR'S NOTE — The Pacific Ocean may have entered a new warm phase —… Continue reading

The warm blob as of last week

Do you like tractors? You’ll get a kick out of this peninsuladailynews.com exclusive video!

SEQUIM — It was Plow Day on Saturday at the Pumpkin Patch, the landmark field at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road… Continue reading

Mary Kay Letourneau

Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher convicted of raping student she later married, wants to teach again

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — The former sixth-grade teacher imprisoned for raping a student she later married wants to teach again. Mary Kay Letourneau,… Continue reading

Mary Kay Letourneau
Cape Intrepid entering Port Angeles Harbor on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Navy cargo ship towed into Port Angeles Harbor after losing power in Strait

Peninsula Daily News and Associated Press PORT ANGELES — A Navy Military Sealift Command cargo ship was towed into Port Angeles on Saturday after it… Continue reading

Cape Intrepid entering Port Angeles Harbor on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

State accepts new car ferry from builder

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington State Ferries has accepted a new, 144-car state ferry from the builder, Vigor Industrial. The state ferry system… Continue reading