PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Here’s Bo! Obamas show pooch with ‘star quality’

By ANN SANNER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON -- First pooch Bo got star treatment and his first backyard romp at the White House on Tuesday… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2009
  • By ANN SANNER Associated Press Writer

Port Angeles business given top Pentagon award

PORT ANGELES -- Angeles Composite Technologies Inc. officials celebrated receiving a Department of Defense award in a Tuesday ceremony attended by about 100 community members… Continue reading

Port Angeles residents show support for sprucing up downtown

PORT ANGELES -- The residents of this city aren't going to let the Hood Canal Bridge closure get them down -- and they showed it… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board begins budget-cut talks

PORT ANGELES -- Some music programs and all-day kindergarten were among areas recommended for cuts for the 2009-2010 school year at a Port Angeles School… Continue reading

Sequim to ban smoking in squad cars

SEQUIM -- Is a police car a public place? Is it a workplace? Those are key questions when it comes to enforcing the state law… Continue reading

Testing resumes for lake algae; Anderson expected to open April 25

PORT HADLOCK -- Water quality sampling and testing resumes today for toxic blue green algae in Anderson Lake, and health officials expect results to show… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles executive director officially resigns

PORT ANGELES -- Port of Port Angeles Executive Director Bob McChesney tendered his resignation today after the Port of Edmonds commissioners approved a contract with… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula, state unemployment rates rise

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press Washington state's unemployment rate shot up to 9.2 percent last month, still higher than the national rate and… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2009
  • Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press

Canister warning issued for North Olympic Peninsula beaches

The Associated Press OLYMPIA -- The state Ecology Department says people cleaning up Washington coastal beaches on Saturday should watch out for silver canisters that… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2009
  • The Associated Press

16 boat owners still a mystery in Mystery Bay

NORDLAND -- Jefferson County Department of Community Development has made contact with the owners of all but 16 of 63 boats identified as moored in… Continue reading

Deer Park Road overpass forges onward

PORT ANGELES --Clallam County's three commissioners will vote today on a $240,000 agreement with David Evans and Associates for design services on an interchange at… Continue reading

Meeting on downtown Port Angeles fix-up plan tonight

PORT ANGELES -- A meeting to stir up interest and volunteer recruits to do a sprucing up of downtown Port Angeles during the six-week Hood… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Obamas get a dog

WASHINGTON -- First pooch Bo got star treatment and his first backyard romp at the White House on Tuesday -- and even presidential clearance to… Continue reading

Port Townsend moves to use eminent domain on Upper Sims Way project

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council is covering all its bases as it prepares to go to bid for a substantial construction project on Upper Sims… Continue reading

Public hearing to address residents’ flooding woes

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County commissioners scheduled a public hearing for April 27 on a proposal to protect property owners from flooding in the Duckabush,… Continue reading

Rocket man to fill gap during bridge closure

CARLSBORG -- When you're the Rocket man, you'd better be ready for a puppy, scooters and "Twilight" seekers from Spain. Rafael Roman, also known as… Continue reading

Sequim extends its city hand to larger neighbor

PORT ANGELES -- Calling this city "our older, larger neighbor," Sequim Mayor Laura Dubois extended a pair of invitations to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber… Continue reading

Survey determining if more Lincoln Park trees must be cut for airport

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles is waiting for results from the National Geodetic Survey that will determine if more trees need to… Continue reading

WSU stops accepting freshman applicants

The Associated Press PULLMAN -- Washington State University has stopped accepting applications for incoming freshmen at the Pullman campus. Spokesman James Tinney said the usual… Continue reading

  • Apr 13, 2009
  • The Associated Press

Kalama school used in ‘Twilight’ becomes tourist draw

The Associated Press KALAMA -- Kalama has a new tourist draw -- the local high school, which was used in the filming of the vampire… Continue reading

  • Apr 13, 2009
  • The Associated Press