Toxin threat increases in Anderson Lake

PORT TOWNSEND -- Stay away from Anderson Lake during the Memorial Day holiday. The toxic blue-green algae threat is the worst it has been this… Continue reading

Woman with Peninsula’s first reported swine flu has recovered, health officer says

PORT TOWNSEND -- A young Port Townsend woman, who had the first confirmed case of swine flu on the North Olympic Peninsula, has already recovered.… Continue reading

Today’s Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts schedule

The Peninsula Daily News is proud to be the principal sponsor of the 16th annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Swiftsure races set sail from Victoria to Clallam Bay, Neah Bay and back

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club's annual Swiftsure sailing races are under way this weekend. Folks in Clallam Bay-Sekiu and Neah Bay can view these sailing… Continue reading

(UPDATED) Two friends talk about ‘assisted suicide’ patient

Peninsula Daily News News Sources SEQUIM — A friend of Linda Fleming, the 66-year-old Sequim woman with late-stage 4 pancreatic cancer who became the first… Continue reading

  • May 23, 2009
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Highway 101 traffic helps businesses

It's been three weeks since the Hood Canal Bridge was closed for six weeks, and Jefferson County businesses say they are noticing a difference --… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center board hears about decision to ‘opt out’ of I-1000

PORT ANGELES -- Just more than two dozen people spoke either for or against the Olympic Medical Center Board of Commissioner's decision to "opt out"… Continue reading

One case of swine flu reported on North Olympic Peninsula

One case of swine flu has been confirmed on the North Olympic Peninsula. The Washington State Department of Health Web site, www.doh.wa.gov/swineflu/default.htm, listed one confirmed… Continue reading

Opponent of ‘assisted suicide’ saddened by Sequim woman’s death

Peninsula Daily News News Sources SEATTLE — An opponent of the state's new assisted suicide law said he was saddened by the death of Linda… Continue reading

  • May 23, 2009
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Paperwork complex for new pool district

PORT ANGELES -- City and Clallam County staff members are scurrying to sort out the paperwork needed to form the metropolitan park district that voters… Continue reading

URGENT (**5th Update**) — Sequim woman first to die under state ‘assisted suicide’ law

UPDATED with (1) new details and, below, (2) Linda Fleming's statement on her "choice of a death that fits my own personal beliefs" and (3)… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center commissioner resigns

Gary R. Smith, a member of the seven-member board of commissioners which oversees the operations of Olympic Medical Center, has resigned, effective May 31. Smith,… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge opening to be celebrated June 6, but date for bridge to open remains uncertain

SHINE -- A June 6 date for a "Bridge Opening Bash" near the Hood Canal Bridge's new east half and later that day in Port… Continue reading

PA police dog hurt on duty

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles police dog will be nominated for a police Purple Heart for injuries received while chasing a suspect this week.… Continue reading

SPORTS: MVPs part of Chimacum baseball, softball tradition

CHIMACUM -- These are no diamonds in the rough. The Chimacum baseball and softball teams sneak up on nobody these days. In the Class 1A… Continue reading

Couple’s last performances this weekend

PORT ANGELES ­-- It's a free-ranging love story. Jim Stapleton and Diana Bigelow met at a nature sanctuary in the Hudson River Valley some 30… Continue reading

Fire destroys vehicle

SEQUIM -- A Sequim-area man suffered minor injuries in a car fire this week, Clallam County Fire District 3 Capt. Derrell Sharp said. The Wednesday… Continue reading

Forks man arraigned in fatal stabbing

PORT ANGELES — Prosecutors formally charged a Forks man Thursday with second-degree murder, with an alternative of first-degree assault, in connection with a fatal stabbing… Continue reading

Forks mayor won’t run again

FORKS -- Mayor Nedra Reed won't run for a third term in November. Reed, who was elected to the top Forks city post in 2001… Continue reading

Live music all weekend at Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- This is one of the planet's warmest spots. That's the praise sung by a chorus of Canadians coming back to the Juan… Continue reading