Marrowstone: 120 jump into new year — the hard way

MARROWSTONE ISLAND -- About 120 thrill-seekers braved 42-degree water to join the annual Marrowstone Island Polar Bear Dip on Sunday at noon. The prevailing question… Continue reading

Peninsula: Stormy weather rakes area

The nasty New Year's weather that greeted the West End of the North Olympic Peninsula is over, but another front is expected to pass through… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Young girl looks forward to continued recovery

PORT ANGELES -- Madison Baumann has a lot to be thankful for this new year. Although the seventh-grader at Roosevelt Middle School is still dealing… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Mississippi town residents praise sister city efforts

PORT TOWNSEND -- Since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast four months ago, Mike Cuevas has had very little comfort in her life. A lifelong… Continue reading

Be it resolved: Peninsula notables consider 2006 goals

Making his list and checking it twice is Quillayute Valley School District Superintendent Frank Walter. But it's not a list for who to buy Christmas… Continue reading

Former Marine wants building named for Medal of Honor recipient

PORT ANGELES -- Unlike Seattle's Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, the office building for federal agencies at 138 W. First St. in downtown Port Angeles… Continue reading

Party celebrates second wind for musician, flattened horn

PORT TOWNSEND -- All of Rex Rice's musician friends know he likes to play practical jokes. So when Rice, who leads a jazz group, showed… Continue reading

Port Angeles planning board gets second vacancy

PORT ANGELES -- The city is accepting applications for a second vacancy on the Planning Commission. Current Planning Commissioner Kevin Snyder announced at the board's… Continue reading

Port Ludlow fire agency reorganizes administration

PORT LUDLOW -- Port Ludlow Fire and Rescue commissioners have appointed Arlene Obtinario to the newly created position of administrative chief. New Fire Chief Ed… Continue reading

Sequim council set to OK second phase of Sequim Village Marketplace

SEQUIM -- Plans for finishing phase two of the Sequim Village Marketplace have been submitted to the City Council for approval. Phase two consists of… Continue reading

State Ferries investigating Keystone ferry mishap

KEYSTONE -- Washington State Ferries may have an answer this week why the MV Quinault hit pilings Friday at the Keystone terminal on Whidbey Island,… Continue reading

Boiler Room percolates back into action on Christmas Eve

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Boiler Room is back in action and once again bustling with youthful activity, only in a new downtown location at 711… Continue reading

Family spends holiday helping New Orleans area survivors

PORT ANGELES -- Months have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, but a lot of work still needs to be done. That's the… Continue reading

Historic Walking Tour complete in Forks

FORKS -- A time machine isn't needed to travel back to the 1900s in Forks. Just some walking shoes. The finishing touches on the Forks… Continue reading

Polar bears prepare to shiver in the new year

Polar bears are coming to the North Olympic Peninsula on Sunday as annual dips into the cold waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading

Two Clallam County convictions overturned by appeals court

TACOMA -- Two guilty verdicts handed down by Clallam County juries in 2004 have been overturned by a state appeals court this month because of… Continue reading

Work resumes to save Surf restaurant building

PORT TOWNSEND --Work resumed Thursday to shore up the storm-damaged waterfront building containing The Surf restaurant after rising tide waters halted efforts on Monday. Thursday's… Continue reading

Everything’s ducky here; Carlsborg woman, web-footed friend bond

CARLSBORG -- Dolly is a duck. She talks like a duck and walks like a duck -- for the most part. Dolly's owner, Angela Jacobsen,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Eighth Street bridges project goes out to bid

PORT ANGELES -- More than four years after vehicle weight limits were imposed and two years after the first public outreach meetings were held, the… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend seeking to buy buildings, buy out leases

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT TOWNSEND -- With consolidation of properties in mind, Port of Port Townsend commissioners on Wednesday moved toward buying nine commercial buildings… Continue reading