Bishop Dairy Farm celebrates industry award

CHIMACUM — Going organic at Bishop Dairy Farm was truly a move to greener pastures, says the farm's now-smiling owner Gerald Bishop. "I've been doing… Continue reading

Clallam mulls appeal of land-use rulings

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners may appeal a state ruling that invalidates some of the county's pockets of business in rural areas. Or commissioners… Continue reading

New managers named at Sunfield Farm

PORT HADLOCK — The North Olympic Peninsula's only Waldorf School — located on an 81-acre organic, "biodynamic" farm in Port Hadlock — is undergoing some… Continue reading

Tuition increase approved for community colleges

Peninsula Daily News news sources The state Board of Community and Technical Colleges in Olympia has approved a modest tuition increase at Peninsula College and… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2008
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Dump truck driver’s actions avert tragedy

PORT ANGELES — First came the earsplitting scraping, then the deafening boom and the cloud of sand. In the silence that followed, witnesses heard the… Continue reading

Guzzling gas? Go elsewhere for best price

Editor's Note: A new gas price study from the state attorney general's office tracked location-specific prices through the state, including an in-depth analysis of factors… Continue reading

Man arrested for firearm possession

A late-night police raid found several weapons and ended in the arrest of a West End man. A State Patrol SWAT team was called in… Continue reading

Port Ludlow residents oppose proposed mine

PORT LUDLOW — Port Ludlow residents are banding together to do whatever it takes to keep a rock quarry from being developed just outside the… Continue reading

Water district proposal dries up

PORT TOWNSEND — A countywide per-parcel fee proposed to fund Jefferson County's Clean Water District has dried up for lack of support. "In my mind,… Continue reading

Jefferson deputy suspended for conduct at son’s ballgame

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Brasfield on Thursday suspended a deputy for five days without pay for yelling at a volunteer Little League… Continue reading

Jefferson housing situation ‘serious,’ but no emergency

PORT TOWNSEND — City Council and Jefferson County commissioners stopped short of declaring an affordable housing emergency during a joint meeting Thursday night, but are… Continue reading

PA school officials tell why they’d forgo pay raises

PORT ANGELES — Administrators who volunteered to give up incremental pay increases just wanted to do what they could for the good of the district,… Continue reading

Port of PA pursues NOAA Pacific fleet

PORT ANGELES — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is being courted to bring its fleet of research ships here — along with 100 to… Continue reading

Little League bars deputy

PORT HADLOCK — A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation of a report of inappropriate behavior while on… Continue reading

Man rescued from cold water

KALA POINT — A Kala Point man remained in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after spending 30 minutes clinging to his overturned… Continue reading

PT chamber offers to prime pump for passenger ferry

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce is offering $100,000 to jump-start a passenger ferry service to Seattle, while the mayor says that… Continue reading

Sternwheel cruise ship rolls into PA

PORT ANGELES — If you stood in the right place and squinted just a bit Wednesday, you could have pretended Port Angeles Harbor was the… Continue reading

A very good year for Centrum, director says

PORT TOWNSEND — More and more visitors to Port Townsend are looking for cultural, art and learning experiences and that translates into more tourism dollars… Continue reading

PT organizations help locals kick smoking habits

PORT TOWNSEND — If you want to put the butt out before your life is in ashes, Jefferson County Public Health has you covered. So… Continue reading

Sequim Library to get facelift

SEQUIM — Instead of asking taxpayers to foot the bill for a new, $8 million Sequim Library, the North Olympic Library System will spend some… Continue reading