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Tornado causes damage in Port Orchard

Tornado causes damage in Port Orchard

A tornado described as being several blocks wide swept from the east across Bethel Avenue in Port Orchard just after 2 p.m.… Continue reading

Tornado causes damage in Port Orchard
Rothschild House image graces Port Townsend collectible ornament

Rothschild House image graces Port Townsend collectible ornament

The historic 1868 Rothschild House is featured on the 2018 Port Townsend Main Street collectible holiday ornament as a nod to the… Continue reading

Rothschild House image graces Port Townsend collectible ornament
Peninsula braces for more wind as storm recovery continues

Peninsula braces for more wind as storm recovery continues

Clallam County emergency responders again braced for high winds on the West End as Quillayute Valley School District sent children home at about 1 p.m.… Continue reading

Peninsula braces for more wind as storm recovery continues
SOS Printing’s former owner dies in wreck on South Discovery Road in Port Townsend

SOS Printing’s former owner dies in wreck on South Discovery Road in Port Townsend

A 66-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was driving left the road and hit a tree. Daniel Huntingford of Port… Continue reading

SOS Printing’s former owner dies in wreck on South Discovery Road in Port Townsend
Kler attends final meeting as Jefferson County commissioner

Kler attends final meeting as Jefferson County commissioner

Jefferson County Commissioner Kathleen Kler ended her four-year term representing District 3 on Monday during a meeting that was filled not only… Continue reading

Kler attends final meeting as Jefferson County commissioner

High wind warnings return for North Olympic Peninsula

Quillayute Valley School District planned to release students early today in anticipation of high winds on the West End. Forks High School sports… Continue reading

Assessing the damage: Port Angeles, others to start adding up costs of wind storm

Assessing the damage: Port Angeles, others to start adding up costs of wind storm

Clallam County residents Sunday were dealing with the consequences of Friday’s windstorm, with some still without power while others cleared debris. Crews from the city… Continue reading

Assessing the damage: Port Angeles, others to start adding up costs of wind storm

Timber Innovation Act heads to president’s desk

Legislation that aims to accelerate the research and development of wood for use in construction projects is heading to the president’s desk… Continue reading

Port Townsend intersection project moving along despite weather

Port Townsend intersection project moving along despite weather

Work is progressing smoothly at the intersection of Quincy and Washington streets in spite of the rough weather of the past week.… Continue reading

Port Townsend intersection project moving along despite weather
Alexis Haire lives in the Port Angeles home she built for herself and her daughters Maddie, 7, left, and Lily, 11. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

The Home Fund, the house and the connection: Help demonstrated that no one is alone

In Alexis Haire’s life, the support that came around is now going around. Haire, 31, lives in a spacious house she built… Continue reading

Alexis Haire lives in the Port Angeles home she built for herself and her daughters Maddie, 7, left, and Lily, 11. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jefferson commissioners approve ordinance balancing code with shooting facilities rules

Jefferson commissioners approve ordinance balancing code with shooting facilities rules

In an emotional 2-1 vote, the Jefferson County commissioners approved the ordinance aimed to “harmonize” Title 18 of the Jefferson County Code… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners approve ordinance balancing code with shooting facilities rules
Winds wallop Olympic Peninsula

Winds wallop Olympic Peninsula

Strong winds flowing off the Olympic Mountains ravaged trees and knocked out power to all of Clallam County on Friday, triggering a… Continue reading

Winds wallop Olympic Peninsula

Kilmer blasts agency for lack of answers on reimbursement cuts

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer sent a strongly worded letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, lambasting the agency for refusing… Continue reading

Port Angeles city manager, council member learn about challenges homeless people face

Port Angeles city manager, council member learn about challenges homeless people face

Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West and Council Member Mike French spent a night at Serenity House of Clallam County’s night-by-night shelter… Continue reading

Port Angeles city manager, council member learn about challenges homeless people face
Crews working to restore power in Clallam

Crews working to restore power in Clallam

WHILE POWER WAS restored to many North Olympic Peninsula customers overnight, others were still without electrical service on Saturday. As of 3:45 p.m. Saturday, the… Continue reading

Crews working to restore power in Clallam
Port of Port Townsend eyes jetty historic status

Port of Port Townsend eyes jetty historic status

The Point Hudson jetty replacement project took on new life during a discussion by Port of Port Townsend commissioners at their business… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend eyes jetty historic status
Peninsula families can hunt for the perfect u-cut Christmas tree

Peninsula families can hunt for the perfect u-cut Christmas tree

Generations of families on the North Olympic Peninsula have made the search for the perfect u-cut Christmas tree part of their holiday… Continue reading

Peninsula families can hunt for the perfect u-cut Christmas tree

Port Angeles woman gets $350,000 in settlement with Clallam prosecuting attorney

Former Clallam County employee Tina Hendrickson’s sexual harassment lawsuit against county Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols was settled last week in an agreement… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles to seek lease of John Wayne Marina

Port of Port Angeles commissioners approved a long-term plan Tuesday for potentially leasing the tax district’s publicly owned John Wayne Marina east of… Continue reading

Trial set for Bainbridge Island man accused in killing of Sequim woman

Trial set for Bainbridge Island man accused in killing of Sequim woman

A February trial has been set in Benjamin G. Bonner’s murder case after a state psychiatrist determined that evidence of his legal… Continue reading

Trial set for Bainbridge Island man accused in killing of Sequim woman