Pink ribbons raise awareness in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Downtown turned a shade of pink this weekend. The Soroptimist International Port Angeles decked the downtown in pink ribbons to raise awareness… Continue reading

Clallam to absorb Jefferson County housing program

PORT TOWNSEND -- Clallam Housing Authority is expected to take over administration of Jefferson County's Section 8 affordable housing program Nov. 1, providing the same… Continue reading

Clallam to mull weed-control district for Lake Sutherland

LAKE SUTHERLAND -- After taking public input from Lake Sutherland property owners today, Clallam County lawmakers will decide whether to extend a $50-per-parcel management district… Continue reading

Connecting kids and the planet

SEQUIM -- You want to reconcile your family's way of life with your desire to help heal the Earth. So where do you start? With… Continue reading

Ex-Clallam Sheriff Hawe may be replaced as U.S. marshal

Peninsula Daily News news sources SEATTLE -- Joe Hawe, a former Clallam County sheriff, may be replaced as the state's western regional U.S. marshal. State… Continue reading

  • Jul 21, 2009
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Killer’s confession creates ‘a good day’ for mother of victim, 15

PORT ANGELES ­-- Robert Gene Covarrubias, who has maintained over the past five years that he was innocent of murdering 15-year-old Melissa Leigh Carter, has… Continue reading

Man pleads guilty in sex exploitation

PORT ANGELES -- Aaron Michael Hahn changed his plea Monday to guilty on one count of sexual exploitation of a minor as part of a… Continue reading

Mountain View school lease touted by Port Townsend, but action postponed

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council members will wait until Aug. 3 to make a decision about a lease agreement with the Port Townsend School District… Continue reading

New Port Angeles schools boss wants to meet community

PORT ANGELES -- Jane Pryne, Port Angeles School District superintendent, hit the ground running in her first three weeks on the job, she said. Pryne,… Continue reading

Parks nominee knows issues with Elwha River, West End tribes

Peninsula Daily News news sources The nominee for director of the National Park Service is being praised for his ties to the West -- including… Continue reading

  • Jul 21, 2009
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Peninsula economic groups together, Port Townsend chamber told

PORT TOWNSEND -- Peninsula Development District has several Jefferson County projects on its list for federal money assistance to get the economic development wheels turning.… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Federal agency withheld research on cars and cell phones, newspaper reports

The Associated Press NEW YORK — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gathered hundreds of pages of research and warnings about the hazards of drivers… Continue reading

  • Jul 21, 2009
  • The Associated Press

Port Townsend City Council considers requiring background checks for peddlers

PORT TOWNSEND -- Those trimming trees and mowing lawns may soon be required to undergo a background check . A peddling law, for which Port… Continue reading

INNOCENT: When Robert Covarrubias lied to the court and world in 2006

Robert Gene Covarrubias wrote INNOCENT with a laundry pen across the jail jumpsuit he wore to his murder sentencing hearing in court in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Covarrubias confesses to girl’s murder, defense lawyer confirms

PORT ANGELES ­-- After aggressively maintaining his innocence for nearly six years -- once even writing it on the back of his jail jumpsuit --… Continue reading

3-car wreck backs traffic on U.S. 101

GARDINER -- A three-car collision about 6:30 p.m. Saturday backed up traffic about 10 miles in either direction on U.S. Highway 101 at Gardiner. Two… Continue reading

Cake-baker recalls landing reception

PORT ANGELES -- Ed McKay finished off his five-layer cake with a spacecraft-shaped top 40 years ago aboard the USS Hornet. The cake was for… Continue reading

Health rules clear table at arts events

PORT ANGELES -- Leave the vegetarian casserole at home because the city's once-a-month art events are now homemade-food free. After about two years as one… Continue reading

More Peninsula residents’ recollections of man’s first step on the moon on July 20, 1969

In the wilderness "My wife at the time and I were living in a squatter's cabin on a sand dune behind one of the most… Continue reading

Peninsula connections to man’s first lunar landing more than memories

EDITOR'S NOTE: Today, on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the Peninsula Daily News presents the second part of a two-part package commemorating the… Continue reading