Port Angeles family wins duck derby

PORT ANGELES -- The Gilchrist family of Port Angeles won a new Toyota truck, the top prize at the 20th annual Duck Derby Sunday. The… Continue reading

Man dead after apparent stabbing in Forks

FORKS -- Forks Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide of a young male adult on Sunday evening. The man, who had not yet been… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles track, field athletes use home advantage to sub-district glory

PORT ANGELES -- Working on a familiar surface, Port Angeles track and field athletes claimed nine individual titles and one team-relay championship at Saturday's Olympic… Continue reading

SPORTS; Chimacum softball team makes state tourney for seventh straight time

ORTING -- The Chimacum fastpitch softball team dropped the Orting Cardinals 11-3 to win the Class 1A Nisqually League postseason tournament and guarantee its seventh… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim boys earn berth in state soccer tournament

SILVERDALE -- The Sequim boys soccer team earned its second trip to the Class 2A state tournament in school history after recording its seventh straight… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College basketball coach staying put

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College men's basketball coach Peter Stewart has a message to Pirates supporters: "I'm here." Some might have worried that the highly… Continue reading

Fallen officers remembered in solemn Port Angeles rites

PORT ANGELES -- Five law enforcement officers were commended for service above and beyond the call of duty and two fallen officers were honored at… Continue reading

Rhododendron Parade puts Port Townsend on the move

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Sequim Irrigation Festival float took the top award at the 74th annual Rhododendron Festival Parade on Saturday. The float won the… Continue reading

Teen’s defense awaits evidence in baby death

PORT ANGELES -- A DNA test linking Lauryn Last's deceased infant son with a Colorado man accused of sexually assaulting the 16-year-old corroborates her story,… Continue reading

Lake Leland toxic danger level raised

QUILCENE -- Blue-green algae toxicity levels flared up in Lake Leland last week, forcing Jefferson County Public Health officials to downgrade the lake to a… Continue reading

Most Gateway parking to open by Friday

Crews yet to fix crack in garage wall PORT ANGELES -- Most of the parking at The Gateway transit center will be opened for use… Continue reading

Murray Motors to stay in business although Chrysler franchise likely to ride away

PORT ANGELES -- Much like the troubled automaker Chrysler, Murray Motors is trying to figure out how it can restructure itself to stay in business… Continue reading

Opponents of Makah whale hunting remain steadfast

(This version corrects name throughout from Mary Owens to Margaret Owens) JOYCE -- Margaret and Chuck Owens said last week they remain strongly convinced that… Continue reading

Peninsula’s two GM dealers not on automaker’s hit list

Both of the General Motors dealers on the North Olympic Peninsula appear to have escaped cuts from the parent company. GM told more than 1,100… Continue reading

Ten years today after historic hunt, Makah wait to whale again

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the thoughts of some Makah tribal members 10 years after a successful gray whale… Continue reading

Local gas prices are up — but hopefully declining oil prices will drive them back down.

Peninsula Daily News news sources Like a fickle summer wind, gasoline prices are once again toying with the hearts and minds — and wallets —… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2009
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North Olympic Peninsula (WA) ocean acification cited in suit against federal EPA

Peninsula Daily News News Sources CAPE FLATTERY — Based on studies off the North Olympic Peninsula, an environmental group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2009
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Lawmakers upset about cutbacks in salmon programs

Peninsula Daily News news sources WASHINGTON — Northwest members of Congress are crying foul over the Obama administration eliminating a popular fund for improving salmon… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2009
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Port Angeles mulls leasing waterfront building; artists want structure for studio

PORT ANGELES -- City officials may allow a vacant downtown storefront that it purchased nearly three years ago to be leased. The city of Port… Continue reading