Grant paves way for restoration of historical farm

CHIMACUM -- Restoration of the historic Glendale Farm is expected to be in full swing next year. The Jefferson County commissioners this week accepted a… Continue reading

Home Fund assists start for mother

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

Public hears options for Jefferson County’s highway backbone

CHIMACUM -- The state Department of Transportation has listed more than 50 road improvement options along state Highways 19 and 20, and pitched a "smart… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley School District weighs options for extending maintenance and operations levy

FORKS -- The Quillayute Valley School Board will consider putting a two-year maintenance and operations levy before voters when it meets on Tuesday, chairman Bill… Continue reading

Civic leader Dorothy Duncan dies at 73

PORT ANGELES -- Described as a woman of stature in body and character, longtime civic leader Dorothy Duncan died Monday at the age of 73,… Continue reading

Homeland Security leases two acres for Peninsula Border Patrol headquarters

PORT ANGELES -- The Department of Homeland Security has leased two acres at the northeast corner of Fey Road and U.S. Highway 101 in western… Continue reading

Protest of Border Patrol roadblocks planned in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- A small group of people from Port Angeles and Port Townsend hope to start a Peninsula-wide movement this Saturday. The Stop the… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley School District might owe state $1.25 million, auditor says

FORKS -- Quillayute Valley School District will have to repay the state $1.25 million, if the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction upholds a… Continue reading

State seeking ‘temp’ ferry for time when car ferry is dry-docked

PORT TOWNSEND -- A call for bids will go out Wednesday for providing temporary passenger ferry service on the Port Townsend-Keystone route during January, when… Continue reading

UPDATE: Was it the Grinch? Atheists’ holiday sign stolen

By CURT WOODWARD The Associated Press OLYMPIA — An anti-religion placard posted alongside Christmas displays drew a thief, a preacher, a part-time elf and a… Continue reading

  • Dec 5, 2008
  • By CURT WOODWARD The Associated Press

Vandals hit Christmas display made of sand; teen girls caught on camera

PORT ANGELES -- A pair of Grinches tried to steal Christmas at The Landing on Wednesday night, Port Angeles police said, but organizers of the… Continue reading

$350,000 bail set for driver in fatal head-on who’s charged with vehicular homicide

PORT ANGELES -- Bail was set Wednesday at $350,000 for Engre Louise Brown of Sequim, who will be arraigned on Tuesday on a charge of… Continue reading

2009 Port Angeles city budget tops $100 million; special election to save pool included

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council has approved a $103.3 million budget for 2009, and agreed to add its share of the costs of a… Continue reading

Burglar breaks into Port Townsend courthouse — but there’s nothing in the safe

PORT TOWNSEND -- Shortly after a failed Wednesday morning heist, a would-be burglar returned to the scene of the crime in handcuffs, Port Townsend police… Continue reading

Chimacum Valley well water limits anger audience

PORT TOWNSEND -- A proposed state rule, which would limit new wells to 500 gallons per day in the Chimacum Valley, was greeted with anger… Continue reading

Harbor-Works on hold while city looks back at its creation

PORT ANGELES -- The Harbor-Works Public Development Authority is sitting idle while the City Council reviews the reasons for creating it. The Port Angeles City… Continue reading

West End event slated to help purchase gifts for children

LAPUSH -- Christmas shopping and Christmas giving will be the themes of the eighth annual Cherish Our Children festival at the A-Ka-Lat Center on the… Continue reading

On eve of Stenson’s canceled execution, lawyers argue over DNA

PORT ANGELES -- On the eve of Darold Ray Stenson's canceled execution, lawyers on Tuesday hashed out an order for additional DNA testing in the… Continue reading

Port Townsend designer sheds common ideas about ordinary homes

PORT TOWNSEND -- Architect Randy Fox wants to change the way people live. A new creation by the Port Townsend building designer is questioning some… Continue reading

Rep. Dicks prefers Congress to Obama cabinet post

WASHINGTON -- How could U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks turn down the post of secretary of the Interior in the Obama administration? Easily, Dicks said Tuesday.… Continue reading