Off-duty Sequim police officer dies in motorcycle crash

SEQUIM -- A Sequim police officer was identified late Sunday night as the person killed in an off-duty, head-on motorcycle crash between Forks and Clallam… Continue reading

Port offers up to $6,000 for downtown Port Angeles officer

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles will pay $2,000 annually for three years to the city's downtown resource officer program if the remaining… Continue reading

Port Townsend discusses tax on event admission fees

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tasked with a question of where to find more revenue to balance the city budget, the City Council turned to a proposed… Continue reading

Port Townsend street repaving under way

Port Townsend city officials have closed a stretch of 12th Street between Kuhn Street and East Sims Way for daytime roadwork that began Monday. The… Continue reading

Sequim city, Clallam County officials tug over sewer, water issues

Sequim city councilmen pushed, Clallam County commissioners pulled, but Sequim's proposed $21 million regional sewer project remained unresolved Monday. Jim Bay, Sequim public works director,… Continue reading

Clallam County: Sequim council, Clallam commissioners to meet

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners will meet with Sequim City Council members in a joint session at 1 p.m. today. The conference will start… Continue reading

Jefferson County Relay for Life benefit exceeds goal

PORT TOWNSEND -- For the third year in a row, the Jefferson County Relay for Life has exceeded its fund-raising goal for the American Cancer… Continue reading

Peninsula: ONP to construct new plant facility at Robin Hill park

In coordination with Clallam County, Olympic National Park will construct a new plant propagation facility within Robin Hill County Park. Construction of the new facility,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: People’s Choice caps Arts in Action

PORT ANGELES -- "Fountain of Magic,"' sculpted from sand by Meredith Corson of Treasure Island, Fla., on Sunday captured the People's Choice Award at the… Continue reading

Sequim: Second traffic roundabout nearing completion

SEQUIM -- The city's second roundabout, at the intersection of Sequim Avenue and Old Olympic Highway, is largely done. It is in working condition, and… Continue reading

Jefferson: Man drowns in Port Ludlow Marina

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT LUDLOW -- Henry Knutsen, 82, of Port Ludlow drowned in Port Ludlow Marina on Friday afternoon, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office… Continue reading

Peninsula: Counties, cities face escalating costs caring for inmates

NICK KOVESHNIKOV, DEAN RHODES AND ALAN CHOATE Medical bills for inmates in Clallam and Jefferson county jails are sickening the officials who must pay the… Continue reading

Peninsula: Filings for political office start Monday

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS People seeking public office in Clallam and Jefferson counties can officially file beginning Monday. In Clallam County, there are 46 positions open,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Port Townsend students tops in Iowa testing; Crescent, Quillayute Valley ninth-graders most improved

Test results are in from Iowa. And for school districts on the Peninsula from Neah Bay to Port Townsend, it will be the last time… Continue reading

Port Angeles: – Arts in Action draws thousands to City Pier, downtown

PORT ANGELES -- John Lucero is no stranger to the Arts in Action Street Fair. In fact, he can remember attending the arts shindig in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: “Virgo” named top sand sculpture, Jara wins $1,500

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT ANGELES -- Carl Jara's "Virgo" was picked by a five-person panel to win first-place in the 2005 Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic.… Continue reading

Sen. Cantwell helps induct cutter Swordfish into Coast Guard fleet

PORT ANGELES -- In addition to family and friends, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Mountlake Terrace, and Coast Guard Commandant Thomas H. Collins were on hand… Continue reading

West End: Royalty selected for coming tribal Canoe Journey

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT ANGELES -- Four young members of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will promote drug- and alcohol-free lifestyles, especially at the tribal… Continue reading

Clallam: Assessor’s death ruled a suicide; case will be closed

SEATTLE -- Investigators with the King County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Monday that the late Clallam County Assessor Linda Owings-Rosenburgh committed suicide. Meanwhile, an official… Continue reading

Coast Guard to commission new cutter on Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- A new addition to Coast Guard Group/Air Station Port Angeles is slated to be welcomed into the fold at a commissioning ceremony… Continue reading