Video reveals cause of death at ATM: It was an accident, police say

PORT ANGELES -- Bank surveillance video showed that freak accident killed a 65-year-old motorist using a bank's ATM drive-through lane. The woman died when her… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles football standout to be Sarkisian’s offensive coordinator at UW

Peninsula Daily News news sources Jim Michalczik, a former Port Angeles High School football standout, will become the offensive coordinator for new head coach Steve… Continue reading

  • Dec 15, 2008
  • Peninsula Daily News news sources

Peninsula weathers the weather

Snow had not caused any major traffic snarls on the North Olympic Peninsula on Sunday, but all areas were bracing for the cold days ahead.… Continue reading

Police say ATM death accidental

PORT ANGELES -- Police remained perplexed by the death of a Port Angeles woman who was found dead at a bank drive-up on Saturday but… Continue reading

Port Townsend schoolchildren send supplies to others in Iraq

PORT TOWNSEND -- Holly Canda is only 7 years old, but she already knows how to spell Mesopotamia. She can find the country of Iraq… Continue reading

Events before shoot-out fill chilling journal of gunman

SEQUIM -- "I'm a simple person," Shawn Matthew Roe wrote Sept. 2, "just praying no one gets in my way." Eighteen days later, someone did… Continue reading

Harbor-Works board, tribal council discuss Rayonier site’s future in light of Y’Innis, the ancient village

PORT ANGELES -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe wants to see the former Rayonier Inc. pulp mill site cleaned up, said tribal chairwoman Francis Charles… Continue reading

More than 200 attend forum on Border Patrol in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- More than 200 people heard stories about interaction with the Border Patrol at a forum last week. Among those speaking at the… Continue reading

Port Townsend businesses talk marketing when Hood Canal Bridge is out for six weeks

PORT TOWNSEND -- Marketing the city before, during and after the May-June Hood Canal Bridge construction closure is about to kick into high gear, with… Continue reading

Sequim tourism contract to go up for grabs

SEQUIM -- Among the latest targets in an ongoing campaign for change: the city of Sequim's $11,000 tourism coordinator contract. For almost a year now,… Continue reading

UPDATE: Battered Peninsula opens the freezer for a week

By Tom Callis and by The Associated Press The National Weather Service warned today that bitterly cold temperatures will grip the North Olympic Peninsula for… Continue reading

  • Dec 14, 2008
  • By Tom Callis Peninsula Daily News and by The Associated Press

Woman dies in unusual crash in bank ATM lane

PORT ANGELES -- A 65-year-old woman was found dead, trapped between her van and a drive-through ATM at US Bank on Lincoln Street on Saturday… Continue reading

First Federal gives grant to marine science center

PORT TOWNSEND -- First Federal has contributed $3,500 to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center to help elementary school students in Jefferson, Clallam and Kitsap… Continue reading

Gateway under scrutiny: Is there a design flaw?

PORT ANGELES -- City of Port Angeles engineers suspect that cracking that in a foundation wall at The Gateway -- which has held up completion… Continue reading

It’s going to get c-c-cold: Crews brace for snow and frigid temperatures

Crews across the North Olympic Peninsula are bracing for the season's first winter storm, which has been predicted to blow in subfreezing temperatures after a… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley schools to seek bond issue along with levy in February

FORKS -- The Quillayute Valley School District will place two measures on the ballot in a Feb. 2 special election. In addition to a two-year… Continue reading

Forks City Council passes ‘bare bones’ budget for 2009

FORKS -- The city of Forks passed a "bare bones" 2009 budget this week that includes a hiring freeze in the Police Department that will… Continue reading

New city manager chooses Port Angeles over Ohio city

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles' new city manager withdrew his application for the same job in Dublin, Ohio, on Monday after being interviewed by the… Continue reading

Roe contemplated ‘suicide by cop,’ shooting investigator’s report says

SEQUIM -- Shawn Roe drank heavily, spent weeks alone in the Cascade Mountains and spoke of committing "suicide by cop" in the weeks preceding his… Continue reading

Volunteers help Peninsula Home Fund give a ‘hand up, not a handout’

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. The next article will appear Sunday. It will include a… Continue reading

  • Dec 12, 2008
  • By Tim Hockett For Peninsula Daily News