Clallam ballot return: 18 percent

A total of 4,097 primary ballots out 23,110 distributed had been returned to the Clallam County Auditor's Office by Monday, representing a 17.73 percent voter… Continue reading

Jefferson ballot return: 26 percent

Nearly 26 percent of ballots in the all-mail Sept. 20 primary election have been returned to the Jefferson County Auditor's Office. That amounts to 4,655… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioners urged to create tax for mental health, chemical dependency services

PORT TOWNSEND -- Lives are going to be lost in Jefferson County without additional funding to expand chemical dependency, mental health treatment services and drug… Continue reading

River “pulse” opens way for stranded salmon

SEQUIM -- An emergency shutoff of irrigation withdrawals from the Dungeness River over the weekend appears to have helped hundreds of salmon that had pooled… Continue reading

Strict water measures invoked in area east of Port Angeles

Users in Clallam County Public Utility District's Fairview Water District are now prohibited from watering their lawns or washing their cars. Those are two stipulations… Continue reading

9/11 rites honor heroes, victims

PORT ANGELES -- Emergency first responders aren't in it for the recognition. They don't sign up to be heroes. They start their days expecting them… Continue reading

Jefferson: 9/11 memorial ceremony honors fallen comrades

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT TOWNSEND -- Firefighters, police officers and regular citizens gathered Sunday to observe the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks… Continue reading

Jefferson: Transit planning disaster drill

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT TOWNSEND -- Because of the public's expectation for uninterrupted services and the potential for catastrophic disruption as demonstrated by Hurricane Katrina,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: StreamFest celebrates fifth year

PORT ANGELES -- There was a lot more to chew on than succulent salmon and sweet blackberry cobbler Sunday at the fifth annual StreamFest. In… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Former residents recount struggle to escape flooded home

PORT TOWNSEND -- For the past two decades, William Ayers has focused on creating a solid life for himself and his family. One of his… Continue reading

Sequim: Costco chairman says larger store will open in “06

SEQUIM -- Costco Wholesale's new location should be open by this time next year, but company officials on Friday still wouldn't say exactly where the… Continue reading

Sequim: Rookard’s Hardware to close; Home Depot competition cited

SEQUIM -- Rookard's Hardware, which has been open for more than 30 years and in the same family since 1988, will close soon, forced out… Continue reading

Distemper outbreak halting cat adoptions at Humane Society

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County Humane Society had instituted a weeklong moratorium on taking in or adopting out cats after three kittens died of… Continue reading

Four years later, memories, priorities of 9/11 vary in wake of natural disasters

It was, conventional wisdom says, the day that changed America forever. Sept. 11, 2001. It joined other memorable days seared into the national consciousness --… Continue reading

Judge issues temporary restraining order against homeland security training center

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Craddock Verser told owners of a homeland security training operation based on Discovery Bay to put down… Continue reading

Louisiana couple living in Sequim, awaiting return home

SEQUIM -- Kim Mathisen and Crissy Michel were going to be in Sequim at the end of August anyway to celebrate the 75th birthday of… Continue reading

Port Angeles city manager leaving for Florida job

PORT ANGELES -- After six years at the helm, City Manager Mike Quinn is leaving in mid-October to take the reins of city government in… Continue reading

Sept. 11 events in Port Angeles, Port Townsend today

There will be two commemorations of the four-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks today. In Port Angeles, a Sept. 11 observance and… Continue reading

Transportation proposing “wands” on Highway 101 “S” curve

PORT ANGELES -- Plastic wands like those that separate oncoming traffic on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge could be installed on U.S. Highway 101's "S" curve… Continue reading

Wooden Boat Festival concludes today

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Wooden Boat Festival will continue today at Point Hudson Marina. Exhibits are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will… Continue reading