Big projects planned for Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES -- Big projects are cooking at Peninsula College. College President Thomas Keegan updated the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce on three multimillion-dollar campus… Continue reading

Clallam PUD eyes “conservation rates” as drought looms

Last week's drought declaration by Gov. Christine Gregoire could lead to Clallam County Public Utility District customers paying more to water their lawns. Clallam PUD… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge lane shift starts today

Crews begin shifting lanes across the Hood Canal Bridge today to make room for widening the floating span's north half starting in early April. The… Continue reading

On the chopping block

Here is the list of recommended cuts to the 2005-06 Port Angeles School District budget if the proposed maintenance and operations levy isn't passed by… Continue reading

Port Angeles district faces long list of cuts if levy fails

PORT ANGELES -- Slash all athletics and music programs. Cease almost all busing for students to and from schools. Shutter Choice Community School. These are… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles backs off 70 percent Boat Haven rate increase

PORT ANGELES -- A proposed 70 percent increase in permanent moorage rates at Boat Haven was tabled Monday morning by Port of Port Angeles commissioners.… Continue reading

Reconsider Port Townsend graving yard site, Jefferson commissioners to ask state

PORT TOWNSEND -- Still hopeful that multimillion-dollar Hood Canal Bridge work comes to Jefferson County, county commissioners and a Port of Port Townsend administrator want… Continue reading

Sequim mayor undergoes surgery following motorcycle crash

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS SEQUIM -- Mayor Walt Schubert was listed in satisfactory condition in Seattle's Harborview Medical Center on Monday, a day after being injured… Continue reading

Band’s first concert won’t be in its new band shell

SEQUIM -- The Sequim City Band's first concert of the 2005 season will take place Sunday -- but people will have to wait another month… Continue reading

Inspiration for summer’s tribal paddle journey: Tse-whit-zen

PORT ANGELES -- The climax of the 2005 Tribal Journey in Port Angeles this summer will be inspired by Tse-whit-zen, the Klallam village partially unearthed… Continue reading

Newest Sequim city residents philosophical about annexation

SEQUIM -- Glen and Norma Humphrey's property on Jesslyn Lane looks the same as it did last month -- the tidy house, the neatly trimmed… Continue reading

Port Townsend pioneers to be re-enacted at their grave sites

PORT TOWNSEND -- Organizers of this weekend's Victorian Festival hope people will come to town to visit the many historic homes open for the Parlor… Continue reading

Sequim mayor hospitalized after motorcycle mishap

Sequim Mayor Walt Schubert was in Seattle's Harborview Medical Center on Sunday night with facial injuries he suffered when his motorcycle left state Highway 112… Continue reading

Unexpected gift of canoe stirs tribes into song, dance and gratitude

PORT ANGELES -- Gerald "Woody" Woodside showed up Saturday at the Lower Elwha Tribal Center as a stranger. Four hours later, he departed as an… Continue reading

Woman rescued after hair becomes tangled in rock-climbing gear

CHIMACUM -- A Port Townsend woman in her early 20s was freed with the help of firefighters after her hair became tangled in her climbing… Continue reading

Clallam juvenile hall staff stunned by teen’s suicide, another’s attempt

PORT ANGELES -- A 17-year-old boy hanged himself in the county's youth detention center last week, and another teen attempted to strangle himself the same… Continue reading

Coast Guard cutter gets a new skipper

PORT ANGELES -- With the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Cuttyhunk standing in formation on a sunny lawn Friday morning, new Lt. James D.… Continue reading

Forks Community Hospital receives $850,000 grant

FORKS -- By its administrator's own admission, Forks Community Hospital has a "teeny" operating room. But that's going to change. On Friday, Forks Community Hospital… Continue reading

It seems like flu, but Peninsula outbreak may be more like a bad cold

Is this a great flu outbreak or what? "What" is probably the correct answer. Although school absenteeism is up -- as are workplace sick days… Continue reading

Man accused of killing girl, 15, pleads innocent

PORT ANGELES -- The man accused of raping and killing a 15-year-old teenager told a judge Friday that he is innocent. Robert Covarrubias pleaded not… Continue reading