New gun rules do not affect Olympic National Park

PORT ANGELES -- A new federal rule that allows visitors to carry loaded firearms into Olympic National Park has not changed the way the park… Continue reading

Adults, high-schoolers help craft 16 new oars for Port Townsend’s beloved longboats

PORT TOWNSEND -- When 260 seventh-graders row two longboats three times a year, oar damage is as certain as low and high tides. That's why… Continue reading

Sequim police officers hunt for tire slasher

SEQUIM -- Sequim Police Department officers continued to seek a vandal who slashed 10 tires on seven police vehicles last week. The vehicles -- patrol… Continue reading

Clallam Transit lawyer hired over Gateway structural issues may be paid by city of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam Transit's attorney hired an engineering firm to review the structural issues at The Gateway last December, and the city of Port… Continue reading

Court grants items for DNA testing in death row case involving Sequim killer

PORT ANGELES -- Thirteen items will be tested for DNA in the case of death row inmate Darold Stenson, formally of Sequim, a Clallam County… Continue reading

PSE talks ‘productive,’ Jefferson PUD leader says

PORT HADLOCK -- Thursday talks with Puget Sound Energy representatives about Jefferson County Public Utility District venturing into providing electric service were productive, said the… Continue reading

Accused killer’s statements ruled admissible

PORT ANGELES -- Statements that Andrea Freese made to police after the stabbing death of Charles W. "Bill" Boze can be presented as evidence during… Continue reading

Port Angeles to be cut off from Victoria on water for first time in years

PORT ANGELES -- The North Olympic Peninsula will be without a water highway to Victoria for two weeks beginning on Monday. The MV Coho will… Continue reading

Port Townsend may be without car ferry for at least two unexpected weeks

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Steilacoom II car ferry could be out of service until Feb. 15 -- two weeks longer than expected -- because it… Continue reading

Rx on Gateway fix near: Consultants’ reports on cracked wall will map next move

PORT ANGELES -- There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for completion of The Gateway project. Terry Weed, Clallam Transit general… Continue reading

Port Townsend passenger-only ferry service extended two weeks

From the Department of Transportation PORT TOWNSEND - The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division (WSF) will continue to provide passenger-only service on the… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2009
  • Department of Transportation statement

Don’t call it a meeting: Sequim City Council to ‘team-build’

SEQUIM -- They will meet, but the Sequim City Council members won't call this Friday's get-together a meeting. At least they'd better not, if they… Continue reading

Jefferson adds funding to road overlay project

PORT TOWNSEND -- In hopes of grabbing a piece of the Obama Administration economic stimulus package for shovel-ready infrastructure projects, Jefferson County commissioners added a… Continue reading

Parking fines to double in some Port Angeles districts — including downtown

PORT ANGELES -- Parking too long downtown, or in the wrong place, will now cost commuters more than twice as much. The City Council voted… Continue reading

‘Cautiously optimistic’: Forks mayor delivers her State of the City address

FORKS -- Costs are up. Revenue is down. Like most cities across the state, Forks faces tough economic challenges. "But when you look at the… Continue reading

Deputy’s alleged assailant undergoes surgery in Seattle for wounds

SEKIU -- A Silverdale man who allegedly exchanged gunfire with a Clallam County sheriff's deputy Monday went into surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula unemployment soars upward

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press Unemployment on the North Olympic Peninsula jolted upward by about a full percentage point in December, reflecting the… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2009
  • Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press

Peninsula school superintendents like what they hear about replacing WASL tests

North Olympic Peninsula school superintendents are supportive of a proposal to replace the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, but say they want to know more.… Continue reading

Port Angeles ferry company awarded contract for shuttle when Hood Canal Bridge out

SHINE -- The Port Angeles-based operator of the Victoria Express passenger ferries has landed a state Department of Transportation contract to provide water shuttle service… Continue reading

Obama delegate from Port Townsend makes D.C. trip while partisans party at fairgrounds

PORT TOWNSEND -- Sometimes you have to cry before you sing. Just after 9 a.m., as Barack Obama took the oath of office and became… Continue reading