Port Angeles High dance team around town to make fundraising calendar

PORT ANGELES - The Rider Angels, the Port Angeles High School dance team, are to be girls about town for a new calendar. The group… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend’s new security pair on guard during nighttime hours

PORT TOWNSEND - They are the Port of Port Townsend's eyes and ears after dark. Patrolmen Kevin Adams and Pete Parrish, the port's two-month-old security… Continue reading

Comparing WASL results: Superintendents discuss what the results reveal

When evaluating the results of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, there is more to look at than just the percentage of students passing, area… Continue reading

E. coli sickens Clallam woman, five others

Peninsula Daily News news services OLYMPIA - With a Clallam County woman and five other people in Washington sickened from E. coli bacteria, health officials… Continue reading

  • Sep 2, 2007
  • Peninsula Daily News news services

Meth-fueled burglary spree nets 6-year prison term

PORT TOWNSEND - Niles Shroyer came to Port Townsend from California's Bay Area to kick a drug habit and instead went to prison. Shroyer, 21,… Continue reading

Schools prepare for first day of classes

Some school districts on the North Olympic Peninsula are expecting a dip in enrollment. Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Brinnon, Quilcene and Chimacum school districts will… Continue reading

Forks gets bitten by vampire book set on West End

FORKS - This old logging town hopes to entice vampires - the fictional variety. Forks city leaders are putting on a birthday bash for the… Continue reading

Harpist on Port Townsend-Keystone ferry silenced after 17 years

PORT TOWNSEND - David Michael's Celtic harp has been silenced after more than 17 years of soothing ferry passengers traveling between Port Townsend and Keystone… Continue reading

Homeland Security rises on Peninsula: Big building, property sought in Port Angeles-Sequim area

PORT ANGELES - The federal government is seeking space for an expanded local Customs and Border Protection office that will grow from five employees to… Continue reading

Joyce man pleads guilty to wrongly wearing military medals

TACOMA - A Joyce man pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to pretending he held military honors he didn't earn. Roy J. Scott, 71,… Continue reading

Man acquitted of murder gets 30 months on gun violation

PORT ANGELES - Kenneth Owens, who was acquitted on Tuesday of second-degree murder, was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in prison for a gun… Continue reading

Hoh River Trail a great place for wildlife viewing

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Hikers can find great treks along Olympic National Park rivers, such as the Hoh River Trail southwest of Forks. The long… Continue reading

Work party eager to clear brush from Port Townsend trail

PORT TOWNSEND — Slowly but surely, the Larry Scott Memorial Trail, which is part of the Olympic Discovery Trail, is coming together. But it’s not… Continue reading

Downtown Port Angeles prepares to lose more parking

PORT ANGELES - Later this month, the construction fence at the Port Angeles International Transportation Center construction site will move to the west and eliminate… Continue reading

Drug task force breaks up alleged trafficking ring

FORKS - More than two pounds of cyrstal methamphetamine were seized and seven men were arrested in two counties after a three-year probe into what… Continue reading

Meteor ‘outburst’ expected Saturday morning

Find a place to lie down and look up Saturday morning, because a meteor "outburst" is forecast over the Pacific Northwest. Professional astronomer Tom Van… Continue reading

State delays Point Wilson Lighthouse acquisition; work to protect buildings continues

PORT TOWNSEND - A state parks proposal to acquire Coast Guard-owned Point Wilson Lighthouse and surrounding property for Fort Worden State Park has been delayed,… Continue reading

WASL math scores sore spot for Peninsula school districts

Math scores were the primary source of concern for most of the eight North Olympic Peninsula school districts whose Washington Assessment of Student Learning scores… Continue reading

‘Penetrate the senior market,’ says new Sequim chamber boss

SEQUIM - As this place evolves from a small town into a city - due to throngs of retiring baby boomers - business people will… Continue reading

Balls hit refurbished Erickson tennis courts as soon as they open

PORT ANGELES - As soon as the newly cut ribbon fell to the ground on Wednesday, eager players rushed to try out Erickson Playfield's new… Continue reading