What to do at the gas pump? Manage a smile, retailers say

Motorists may be gritting their teeth over gas prices, but most of them manage to squeeze out a smile, say the people who sell the… Continue reading

Community rallies for former residents uprooted by storm

PORT TOWNSEND -- Last Friday, watching pictures of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina that saturated the airwaves, Jordan Smith and her sister-in-law, Erin McNamara,… Continue reading

Diver finds evidence of mountain in Lake Crescent

LAKE CRESCENT -- There just may be a bump on a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea. But there's a mountain… Continue reading

Jefferson: Habitat for Humanity receives anonymous $100,000 grant

PORT TOWNSEND --When Jean Camfield, a founder of Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County, opened an envelope from The Seattle Foundation on Tuesday, she… Continue reading

Peninsula: Beach Watchers help monitor water cleanliness

Janet Bruening thinks it's beachy keen to patrol the shore at Cline Spit Park. A member of the Beach Watchers volunteers, she monitors water quality… Continue reading

Sequim: City mulls changes in planning rules

SEQUIM -- City leaders are considering changing a quirk in the way some development projects are approved. It's a quirk that can leave the City… Continue reading

Hearings examiner OKs resort project at Ludlow Cove

PORT LUDLOW -- A Jefferson County hearing examiner on Friday approved a 120-unit timeshare multifamily residential project at Ludlow Cove. The hearing examiner's approval completes… Continue reading

It’s skate time: New park to open to public today

PORT ANGELES -- After years of planning, fundraising and construction, the ceremonial ribbon was cut Saturday afternoon on the new Port Angeles skate park amid… Continue reading

Passport requirement will affect impulse travelers, tourism boosters fear

PORT ANGELES -- Eileen Waters took a trip on the MV Coho on Friday to do a little sightseeing in Port Angeles. The Victoria woman… Continue reading

Peninsula rallies to help raise funds for Katrina disaster relief

PORT TOWNSEND -- There will be a Hurricane Katrina Relief benefit concert at noon Monday at Fort Worden State Park's McCurdy Pavilion. The concert is… Continue reading

Port Angeles businesswoman visits devastation caused by Katrina

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Dina Finta doesn't know how to describe the extent of chaos and human misery on the streets of Baton Rouge. The… Continue reading

Student enrollments declining at most Peninsula districts

Fewer living-wage jobs. Dwindling affordable housing options. Take these two realities and the result is indisputable, say school district officials across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

To our readers

TODAY's PDN includes two special sections that will not be available on this Web site: * PDN Voter Guide. It covers all the candidates in… Continue reading

Descendant of Quilcene pioneer family trying to revive heritage

QUILCENE -- On July 4, 1871, Sarah Such gave birth to a son, the first Caucasian baby born in the frontier town of Tacoma. In… Continue reading

Judge dismisses Port Angeles anti-fluoridation lawsuit

PORT ANGELES -- A lawsuit challenging the city's public water fluoridation project was dismissed Thursday by Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Craddock Verser. The lawsuit… Continue reading

Labor Day weekend prediction: Full campgrounds, chance of rain, $3 gas

PORT ANGELES -- Apparently Mother Nature didn't get the message that the final three-day weekend of the summer is coming up. Despite a threat of… Continue reading

New Olympic Theatre Arts director resigns

SEQUIM -- Citing "irreconcilable differences" with Olympic Theatre Arts' board of trustees, executive director Caroline Grace James announced her resignation Thursday after less than two… Continue reading

Port Angeles Skate Park open house Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- What began more than three years ago as a presentation to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission finally becomes a concrete reality… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman on call to aid hurricane victims

PORT ANGELES -- Ricki McLaughlin has a huge supply of something Hurricane Katrina's victims sorely need: Comfort. The six-year veteran of the Clallam County Search… Continue reading

Aqua Express to end Kingston-Seattle service Sept. 30

KINGSTON -- Aqua Express plans to suspend its Kingston-Seattle service at the end of this month. The passenger-only ferry began the run in January but… Continue reading