Business owners return to view destruction after Port Angeles fire

PORT ANGELES -- The cause of a Tuesday night fire that destroyed two businesses in a building on Marine Drive remained unknown on Wednesday as… Continue reading

Forks chamber told Border Patrol works to keep Peninsula from being a ‘weak link’

FORKS -- The 25 U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed on the North Olympic Peninsula are working to make sure that the area is not a… Continue reading

Roadblocks constitutional, Border Patrol agents tell forum in Chimacum

CHIMACUM -- Border Patrol checkpoints do not violate constitutional rights, three agents told about 60 people at a presentation hosted by the GOP of Jefferson… Continue reading

Griffey to play for Seattle Mariners this season

The Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. — Ken Griffey Jr. has decided to return to the Seattle Mariners. The decision came after an apparent agreement with… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2009
  • The Associated Press

Eight compete for Sequim irrigation crown

SEQUIM -- If you could use a little cheering-up amid these dead-of-winter conditions, consider a youthful octet headed for the stage this weekend. Eight girls… Continue reading

Trouble brewing: Landmark Port Townsend ale house falls on hard times

PORT TOWNSEND -- The owners of the Water Street Brewing and Ale House will close the popular pub on March 11 if they can't pay… Continue reading

New Sequim radio station hits the World Wide Web

SEQUIM -- In a voice warm as butter, "Susie" reminded a world of listeners Tuesday morning: "Only 31 days left until spring." Susie Pearce, known… Continue reading

Clallam governments awaiting awaiting word of stimulus funding

Government officials had one question in mind Tuesday as they salivated over the $789 billion federal stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law: What… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit forced to serve in Kitsap when Hood Canal Bridge is out

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson Transit has agreed in principle to provide temporary bus service in Kitsap County during the May-June Hood Canal Bridge construction closure… Continue reading

Stimulus money may help fix Upper Sims Way mess in Port Townsend

Government officials had one question in mind Tuesday as they salivated over the $789 billion federal stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law: What's… Continue reading

Businesses burn in Port Angeles

WATERFRONT BLAZE: Port Angeles firefighters work to extinguish a blaze that they said destroyed two businesses on the Port Angeles waterfront about 9 p.m. on… Continue reading

Lonely H to perform at hometown pool benefit Friday

PORT ANGELES -- Plenty of tickets are still available for the William Shore Memorial Pool benefit concert this Friday, which will feature The Lonely H,… Continue reading

Jefferson airport eyed for groundbreaking ‘eco park’

PORT TOWNSEND -- Economic forces, including the Port of Port Townsend, Washington State University Team Jefferson and the Peninsula Development District, are banding together to… Continue reading

Group asks to keep Old Fort Townsend in state park budget

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Fort Worden State Park Advisory Committee is pleading with state parks officials and lawmakers to keep Old Fort Townsend State Park… Continue reading

Nippon Paper strengthens overseas efforts with Australian company’s purchase

Peninsula Daily News news sources TOKYO -- Nippon Paper Group Inc. said Monday it will acquire Paper Australia Ltd. from its parent, PaperlinX Ltd., the… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2009
  • Peninsula Daily News news sources

When animals attack: Aggressive deer send couple all the way to Olympia

DIAMOND POINT -- For the last three years, Jerry and Anne Stiles say they have been living with an infestation. But it's not the creepy,… Continue reading

Rayonier tank lease before Port Angeles City Council

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles City Council will consider approval of a three-year lease of Rayonier Inc.'s large water tank on its 75-acre property… Continue reading

Company ready to open up to Port Ludlow residents about quarry proposal

PORT LUDLOW -- A proposed 142-acre basalt quarry near here is getting a public airing. A spokesman for Pope Resources said his company and Iron… Continue reading

Proposal sparks fears for Chimacum farms

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on a new water rule proposed by the state Department of Ecology that would affect… Continue reading

What her garden grows: Resident on whose property trace dioxin was found will ‘go on living like we always did’

PORT ANGELES -- Dorothy Skerbeck, once an avid gardener, said the discovery of dioxin on her property wouldn't keep her from growing or eating vegetables.… Continue reading