Dozens of positions up for grabs in fall Clallam County elections

Candidate-filing week for the Nov. 8 election is still four months away, but elected office-holders and those who follow their comings and goings are already… Continue reading

Forks High students stage walkout

FORKS -- About one-fourth of Forks High School's student body skipped all or part of school Friday -- many apparently encouraged or supported by their… Continue reading

High diesel prices likely to raise costs of transporting goods to Peninsula

The diesel squeeze is on for businesses moving commodities on and off the North Olympic Peninsula. With the per-gallon price of diesel reaching $2.61 earlier… Continue reading

Jefferson County candidates start thinking about fall voting

Candidate-filing week for the Nov. 8 election is still four months away, but elected office-holders and those who follow their comings and goings are already… Continue reading

Port Angeles meeting to roll out proposed state 50-year forest plan

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT ANGELES -- Forest owners and timber harvesters can see details of a new state Forest Practices Habitat Conservation Plan on Monday.… Continue reading

Taco vendor must take his act on the road

SEQUIM -- A conflict with city regulations has forced -- for now, anyway -- a food vendor to move his business out of downtown Sequim.… Continue reading

Veteran marketer LoPresti to be executive director of Peninsula College Foundation

PORT ANGELES -- Rhonda LoPresti is moving from health care to education. Olympic Medical Center's director of marketing, communications and physician recruitment has been named… Continue reading

What Peninsula people are doing as gas prices climb higher and higher

Donna Hendricks isn't letting her children borrow her car. As gasoline prices continue to climb, the Port Angeles resident -- like people across the North… Continue reading

Future Builders learning on the job

PORT ANGELES -- Sawdust swirls as building materials are whipped into shape by a construction crew building a new home Thursday on West 10th Street… Continue reading

If you like Easter egg hunts, read this

Big eggs. Small eggs. Plastic eggs. "Gold" eggs. Real eggs. It's going be downright eggy this weekend across the North Olympic Peninsula. To celebrate one… Continue reading

Mysterious car fires investigated

Police and firefighters are investigating three suspicious car fires in central Port Angeles. Two were reported Wednesday night on either side of Jessie Webster Park… Continue reading

Port Angeles High’s symphony orchestra playing at Carnegie Hall for Easter

PORT ANGELES -- Dozens of Port Angeles High School students left for New York City on Thursday to participate in what Principal Scott Harker calls… Continue reading

Port Ludlow residents flock to informational meeting on proposed resort development

PORT LUDLOW -- Nearly 150 residents packed the Port Ludlow Bay Club on Thursday, eager to learn about the effects of a proposed 120-condominium timeshare… Continue reading

State party leader appears before North Olympic Peninsula, Kitsap Republicans

CHIMACUM -- Chris Vance refuses to have it any other way. "No matter what you read in the paper, Dino Rossi will be governor," the… Continue reading

Subdivision developer to appeal Planning Commission snub to City Council

SEQUIM -- A developer whose proposed subdivision was shot down by the Sequim Planning Commission this week for the second time said Thursday that he's… Continue reading

Tour package to Peninsula tribes set up

PORT ANGELES -- Don Perry hopes people will cross the oceans so they can cross cultures as they cross the North Olympic Peninsula. Perry will… Continue reading

Advocates hopeful that Clallam homeless can be greatly reduced

PORT ANGELES -- Community agencies continue to add homes and housing services to Clallam County, but there's still plenty more to do. While more units… Continue reading

Dogs that killed llama released back to owner

Four dogs impounded for killing a llama last December have been released from the Jefferson County Animal Shelter and returned to their owner. Following strict… Continue reading

Economic development in Jefferson County doesn’t mean big boxes and strip malls, EDC officials say

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mark Jochems wastes no time setting the record straight: The Jefferson County Economic Development Council is not an "evil" organization out to… Continue reading

Highway reimbursement funds arrive from federal government

Two North Olympic Peninsula highway repair projects have been granted federal emergency relief funds to reimburse costs incurred by the state Department of Transportation, state… Continue reading