Baby sitter accused of killing Port Townsend toddler allowed to go home

PORT TOWNSEND -- A 13-year-old baby sitter charged with the second degree murder of a Port Townsend baby, returned home Wednesday afternoon under parental custody.… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge to be closed this summer, but when?

The Hood Canal Bridge will close for two 78-hour periods this summer because of construction to renovate the floating span, but when those closures will… Continue reading

Hundreds gather at opening ceremonies for new Home Depot in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Several hundred of the curious gathered in front of the new Home Depot in Sequim on Wednesday evening for what was billed as… Continue reading

New big stores, housing developments affect Sequim area’s emergency resources

SEQUIM -- Quick work by firefighters one night last week ensured that the opening ceremonies for the new Home Depot in Sequim would go on… Continue reading

Port Angeles parks and recreation director taking Gig Harbor job

PORT ANGELES -- Marc Connelly, the head of city parks and recreation, is leaving Feb. 7 to become executive director of the newly formed Peninsula… Continue reading

Port Townsend High School sickout ends — “we are back! Sorry”

PORT TOWNSEND -- After unanimously calling in sick Tuesday, 35 teachers returned Wednesday to Port Townsend High School and classes resumed as usual. As students… Continue reading

School levy campaigns in Clallam County head into home stretch

Absent any organized vocal opposition to school tax levies currently before voters in the Port Angeles and Quillayute Valley school districts, levy supporters continue campaigning… Continue reading

Tri-Area sewage treatment system touted by county commissioner

PORT HADLOCK -- A state-of-the-art Tri-Area sewage treatment system will prove more economical for residential and commercial hookup than septic systems, and also has environmental… Continue reading

Chamber president apologizes to tribal members

PORT ANGELES -- The Chamber of Commerce president apologized to the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe Tuesday for misunderstandings resulting from a chamber letter to lawmakers… Continue reading

Grant funds go for worker training

SEQUIM -- A program that helps unemployed people find work wants employers to help design the programs that train potential employees. That way, as jobs… Continue reading

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members tell tales of racism, then and now

PORT ANGELES -- A full house gathered at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center on Tuesday to hear tribal members tell the Port Angeles Community… Continue reading

Martin Luther King Jr. an important figure, City Council says, but Sequim won’t close City Hall on holiday

SEQUIM -- Martin Luther King Jr. was a great human being who earned an honorable place in history and deserves the respect accorded him, the… Continue reading

Port Angeles school district approves counseling task force

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School District board will create a task force to recommend new guidelines and potential improvements to the district's counseling… Continue reading

Port Townsend High School teachers stage sickout, disrupt classes

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT TOWNSEND -- High school teachers were expected to return to work today after calling in sick en masse Tuesday morning to… Continue reading

Port Townsend students go to a mostly deserted school

PORT TOWNSEND -- For many students, a mostly deserted Port Townsend High School campus presented a surreal scene Tuesday morning after protesting teachers called in… Continue reading

Tribe tells of stress lingering from exhuming remains of ancestors at Tse-whit-zen

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members, including workers who excavated the Tse-whit-zen village site, tearfully pleaded with the Port Angeles Community Multicultural Task… Continue reading

Will there be school today? Call 360-379-4520

PORT TOWNSEND SCHOOL District Superintendent Carol Andreasen was not sure if the improvised sick day at Port Townsend High School would continue today. "We assume… Continue reading

“Infrastructure” fund re-created by Jefferson County commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND -- Encouraged by Tri-Area business and economic development representatives, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday approved re-establishing a program to administer the county's Community… Continue reading

Clallam animal welfare alliance features $20 for every spay or neuter of a cat or dog

Four agencies dedicated to the well-being of animals from Forks to Sequim are joining forces to ensure that as many cats and dogs are spayed… Continue reading

Port Angeles chamber president defends graving yard letter

PORT ANGELES -- Chamber of Commerce president Dan Gase told a large crowd at the group's weekly luncheon Monday that a few sections of the… Continue reading