Port of Port Angeles extends airline landing fee moratorium until June 30

PORT ANGELES -- A moratorium on imposing landing fees on regularly scheduled passenger airlines at William R. Fairchild International Airport was extended to midyear by… Continue reading

Sequim growers’ co-op gets grant funds, readies marketing push

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Growers Cooperative has satisfied all the requirements needed for a $54,500 grant awarded more than a year ago to help market… Continue reading

Teachers go to the hoops for embattled Port Townsend basketball coach

PORT TOWNSEND -- Some of their voices shaking with emotion and others retaining the clear diction of educators, Port Townsend teachers told their School Board… Continue reading

Burns Supper staged to benefit Port Townsend Scottish exchange program for theater students

PORT TOWNSEND -- In mid-January, Tracy Rennie approached the organizers of the Port Townsend Robert Burns Supper and asked if students at the high school,… Continue reading

Clallam amending rules for responding to next big snowfall

The Jan. 7-8 snows have melted away, but Clallam County and Clallam Transit System are getting ready for the next wave on the county's roads.… Continue reading

Peninsula lawmakers deal with more than graving yard issues in Olympia

OLYMPIA -- The abandoned graving yard project in Port Angeles has absorbed much of the three 24th District legislators' time during the session's first two… Continue reading

Port Townsend poised to lift offstreet parking regulations downtown

PORT TOWNSEND -- City officials may lift Port Townsend parking regulations, which are viewed by some as a barrier to new business development downtown. "We… Continue reading

Comment period extended for Fred Hill proposal near Shine

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Department of Community Development has extended to Jan. 28 the period for public comment on a proposed Fred Hill… Continue reading

Judge rules in favor of water pipeline to Marrowstone Island

PORT TOWNSEND -- Marrowstone Island is entitled to a public water system. So ruled visiting Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams, setting back a… Continue reading

Lower Elwha spurn funds in letter to Port Angeles chamber over graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- In response to the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce's push for lawmakers to take "forceful action" with the graving yard, the Lower… Continue reading

Only bank leaves Clallam Bay on Friday

CLALLAM BAY -- The Northwest Coast is losing its only bank branch on Friday. That's the bleak reality residents and businesses face as Bank of… Continue reading

Peninsula hardware stores ready for The Home Depot?

SEQUIM -- Bill Gerdes, general manager of the Clallam Cooperative/True Value hardware store in Sequim, has dealt with "big box" retailers before. He was with… Continue reading

Port Angeles policeman pays $700 in case involving crab haul

PORT ANGELES -- A police sergeant cited for sportfishing violations has resolved his case by paying a $700 fine. The gross misdemeanor charge against Port… Continue reading

What to name the new baby (fare)?

PORT ANGELES -- The foot ferry service to Victoria and San Juan Islands is adding a half-price companion fare this year -- and it's looking… Continue reading

Brinnon rededicates senior center as community center

BRINNON -- Goodbye Brinnon Senior Center; hello Brinnon Community Center. Brinnon Senior Organization members joined Jefferson County Commissioner Pat Rodgers, R-Brinnon, Dan Wollam, Olympic Community… Continue reading

Come to the PDN Bridal Show on Saturday

Whether you're going to the chapel and going to get married, or maybe just getting a kick out of rummaging through rows and rows of… Continue reading

Forks basketball player’s “raw talent” defies his secret: he’s partially deaf

FORKS -- Dustin Daniels swishes a jump shot and immediately turns toward his coach. As the ball slices through the net Dustin doesn't hear the… Continue reading

Gregoire calls Lower Elwha leader on graving yard issue

Gov. Christine Gregoire called Lower Elwha Tribal Chairwoman Frances Charles to solicit the tribe's position on the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard issue. A spokeswoman… Continue reading

Klallam teachings in Port Angeles to expand to middle, elementary schools

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal history and culture will be taught at the elementary and middle school levels starting next semester. Port Angeles… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula readers collect 4,000 blank cards for troops overseas

SEQUIM -- A drive to collect blank Valentine's Day cards for soldiers serving overseas netted more than 4,000 cards, which have been shipped to Iraq… Continue reading