Goofy games raise $4,000 for Clallam’s United Way campaign

PORT ANGELES -- Over-the-top games and goofy antics raised $4,000 for the United Way campaign at the second annual Outrageous Olympics. The games -- ranging… Continue reading

Group’s studies support Kah Tai area for future public pool

PORT TOWNSEND -- Two studies commissioned by the nonprofit pool group, Make Waves!, show the environmental impact of a new pool near the Haines Place… Continue reading

Home Fund helps single mom to solid ground, her own business

EDITOR'S NOTE: For 19 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the "hand up, not a handout" Peninsula Home Fund.… Continue reading

  • Dec 9, 2008
  • By Tim Hockett For Peninsula Daily News

Ideas flow to spare ailing Jefferson County budget

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County residents Monday called for more promotional efforts to draw tax-paying businesses, cost-conscious replacement of computer equipment and continue the new… Continue reading

Joint Port Angeles port, city task force will meet over Harbor-Works tonight

PORT ANGELES -- A joint meeting today between the City Council and the Port of Port Angeles will review the reasons for creating the Harbor-Works… Continue reading

Mountain View Elementary School to close in 2009

PORT TOWNSEND ¬­-- Mountain View Elementary won't be seeing another first day of school. The campus at Walker and Blaine streets will close for good… Continue reading

Ousted Port of Port Angeles deputy director hired back into new economic development director position

PORT ANGELES -- In a surprise move, David Hagiwara, who was ousted in September as the Port of Port Angeles deputy executive director, has been… Continue reading

Economic hardship increasing number of homeless animals

QUILCENE -- Second Chance Ranch does exactly what the name implies: gives animals a second chance. For some, it's the chance to be adopted and… Continue reading

Economy woes hit Port Angeles stores

PORT ANGELES -- The number of businesses shutting their doors downtown has mounted, even as the holiday shopping season gets in high gear. Last week,… Continue reading

Festival of Trees auction in Forks earns almost $6,000

FORKS -- The annual Festival of Trees in Forks auction Sunday netted nearly $6,000, according to preliminary numbers. The festival, sponsored by the Soroptimist International… Continue reading

Jefferson County government cutting 13 jobs

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County is eliminating the equivalent of about 13.33 positions -- and considering a budget that cuts 3.5 percent from the 2008… Continue reading

Rayonier orders survey of Port Angeles mood toward company

PORT ANGELES -- Rayonier Inc. has hired Gallatin Public Affairs of Seattle to assess the community's perception of the environmental cleanup of its former mill… Continue reading

Border Patrol boards Peninsula’s bus line to Seattle

PORT ANGELES -- Bus riders can expect Border Patrol agents to board an Olympic Bus Lines bus at least once a week to question riders,… Continue reading

Border Patrol presence protested in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A march against Border Patrol roadblocks and increased activity on the North Olympic Peninsula attracted about 75 people from Clallam and Jefferson… Continue reading

Construction of new hotel starts in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The sun burst out and the sky cleared to blue, as if ordered for a bright spot in the dreary economy. The spot… Continue reading

Elwha casino opening delayed

PORT ANGELES -- Christmas revelers won't be able to play the slots at the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal reservation. Problems getting electrical power to a… Continue reading

Hundreds turn out in Port Townsend for a ‘warm’ welcome for Santa Claus

PORT TOWNSEND -- A light drizzle wasn't going to stop Santa Claus from showing up in Port Townsend on Saturday night. In fact, the absence… Continue reading

Mill to close for at least 10 days; no pay for idled workers

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill will close Dec. 19 for at least 10 days, the manager said, and if sales don't… Continue reading

Santa turns up in Forks, too!

Santa Claus waves to the crowd during the Twinkle Light Parade in Forks on Saturday. Following the parade down Forks Avenue, businesses were open late… Continue reading

An angel for Christmas: Mother’s gift connects generations

CAPE GEORGE -- In 1970, Mary Maltby's mother gave her a present -- a small angel, kneeling, its cupped wings holding an infant. The angel… Continue reading