Sheriff candidates spar over department’s reputation

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's two candidates for sheriff traded jabs -- but no roundhouse punches -- in their first face-off of the campaign Tuesday.… Continue reading

Army unit in Iraq sends flag to Sequim

SEQUIM -- Sunscreen, beef jerky and paperbacks turned into "a great force multiplier," in the words of Army commanding officer Howard Franklin in Camp Bucca,… Continue reading

Lincoln Street work to last two months

PORT ANGELES -- Traffic on Lincoln Street will be subject to "intermittent interruptions' during the next two months as a storm drain is installed between… Continue reading

Navy water desalination unit arrives to quench thirsts of Neah Bay

NEAH BAY -- A U.S. Navy water purification system arrived on the Makah reservation Monday to turn 100,000 gallons of salt water into fresh water… Continue reading

PA council meeting Wednesday to discuss fluoridation initiatives

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday to discuss the two anti-fluoridation initiatives submitted to the city. The special meeting,… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News begins a free weekly newspaper Sept. 13

Peninsula Daily News will publish a free weekly newspaper for the residents of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley beginning next Wednesday, Sept. 13. Sequim This Week will… Continue reading

Peninsula ready to join one-call help line

PORT ANGELES -- Deet, doot, doot. These three little telephone tones for 2-1-1 could be the quickest link to help for people who need human… Continue reading

Port still waiting on, studying two land deals

PORT ANGELES -- Two major property sales by the Port of Port Angeles are hanging in the balance, but one could be resolved by Wednesday.… Continue reading

Sheriff challenger wants citizens review board

PORT TOWNSEND -- An independent citizens oversight committee to investigate complaints against law enforcement officials was proposed Monday by the challenger in the fall race… Continue reading

Fire bell tolls for 9/11 memorial

PORT TOWNSEND -- Five years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the thought of those who perished -- nearly 3,000 -- is still… Continue reading

Hard lessons of 9/11 aid communications on North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES -- First responders' radio woes at ground zero on 9/11 have yielded communications solutions on the North Olympic Peninsula, five years later and… Continue reading

How OPSCAN works

While OPSCAN will link agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula, it won"t resemble an electronic party line with responders sharing one frequency. Rather, OPSCAN will… Continue reading

Improvement outpaces backsliding on WASL throughout Peninsula

The number of improved scores on the 2006 WASL --Washington Assessment of Student Learning -- for North Olympic Peninsula students outpaced the number of lagging… Continue reading

Observances planned across Peninsula on fifth anniversary of 9/11 today

Memorials and observances are scheduled across the North Olympic Peninsula today in observance of the fifth anniversary of the terrorists attacks on Sept. 11, 2001:… Continue reading

Authorities to hunt pot farms from the air

The Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team plans to fly high above the North Olympic Peninsula forestland this month, looking for signs of clandestine marijuana farms.… Continue reading

Most Peninsula school districts hover at middle on WASL scores

The Port Angeles School District was the only one in Clallam County to have at least 50 percent of its sophomores pass all three of… Continue reading

Overcrowding returns to Clallam County jail

PORT ANGELES -- After briefly dropping below capacity, then hovering just above capacity, the Clallam County jail is back at more than 20 inmates over… Continue reading

The Peninsula, five years after 9/11

Anger, fear, compassion. Ask people on the North Olympic Peninsula how they feel five years after Sept. 11, 2001, and you'll hear about those emotions… Continue reading

Bloody 24 hours on U.S. 101

PORT ANGELES -- It's been a bloody 24 hours for a short length of U.S. Highway 101. Out of three wrecks within a four-mile, mostly… Continue reading

Chance of Anderson Lake reopening before season ends

PORT TOWNSEND -- Anderson Lake, closed due to toxic bacteria, could reopen briefly before it closes for the winter if the bacteria disappears before Nov.… Continue reading