Full speed ahead for Port Townsend graving yard proposal

PORT TOWNSEND -- Where to locate a new Hood Canal Bridge graving yard: Port of Port Townsend land, Port Townsend Paper Corp. property -- or… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council vows to try to get state, tribe to resume talks on half-finished graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- City Council members will try getting the state Department of Transportation and Lower Elwha Klallam tribe to resume negotiations over construction at… Continue reading

Port Townsend appointee to governor’s advisory council ready to give advice

PORT TOWNSEND -- Energized by Gov. Gary Locke's appointment to the State Council on Aging this fall, Robert Stevenson seems eager to express his ideas… Continue reading

Search warrants served in probe of teen girl’s death

PORT ANGELES -- Police served two search warrants in the city in their investigation into how 15-year-old Melissa Leigh Carter died. Her body was found… Continue reading

She says no, he says no

What do the two key players say about the future of the Port Angeles graving yard? There isn't a future, according to Lower Elwha Klallam… Continue reading

Fired Sequim High School teacher disputes investigation, vows appeal

SEQUIM -- On Nov. 17, Dave Trapp allegedly scratched a male student's stomach during a classroom "skirmish" over a soft drink bottle. Two days later,… Continue reading

Group planning to count homeless people in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND -- Continuum of Care, an group charged with creating a plan to stem homelessness in Jefferson County, seeks community help with its second… Continue reading

Investigative documents detail how Sequim teacher allegedly conducted late-night chats with girl, 13

SEQUIM -- Sometimes they talked late into the night, the 52-year-old teacher and the 13-year-old girl. She shared her secrets with him, many of which… Continue reading

Longtime resident selected for Forks City Council

FORKS -- Longtime resident Bruce Guckenberg has been appointed to the Forks City Council. He replaces Tim Fletcher, who resigned from the five-member council after… Continue reading

Merchant, others ask for healing in wake of graving yard pullout

PORT ANGELES -- Business people heard a plea for racial healing Tuesday from one of their peers who fears bigotry first hand -- a jewelry… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund: Giving as a principle of living

EDITOR's NOTE: This is the last in a series of articles on how the Peninsula Daily News' Peninsula Home Fund gives "a hand up, not… Continue reading

Port Angeles police identify body as that of 15-year-old runaway

PORT ANGELES -- Police on Tuesday positively identified the teenager whose body was found Sunday along a muddy path leading from the Waterfront Trail near… Continue reading

Port Townsend Paper Corp. property could house whole graving yard; proposal to be considered today

PORT TOWNSEND -- Talks between Port Townsend Paper Corp. officials and the Port of Port Townsend appear headed toward an expanded site proposal for the… Continue reading

Two graving meetings today on Peninsula

Two North Olympic Peninsula meetings in response to last week's state pullout of the Port Angeles graving yard project will be held today. * The… Continue reading

Body found near Port Angeles” Waterfront Trail still a mystery

PORT ANGELES -- Police on Monday were "earnestly trying to locate"' a 15-year-old runaway in the hopes that she was not the female found dead… Continue reading

Indian Island sites slated for removal from nation’s toxic cleanup list

NORDLAND -- Naval Magazine Indian Island may soon be removed from the nation's cleanup list, says a Navy draft ecology assessment report made available earlier… Continue reading

New Year’s dip planned for Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES -- The hearty will once again hail in the New Year with the Polar Bear Dip into the 40-degree waters of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council to discuss waterfront site

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council will hold a special "emergency" meeting on the future of the former graving yard site Wednesday afternoon. "I don't… Continue reading

Port Angeles officials awaiting news from Indonesia

PORT ANGELES -- The Indonesian city involved in a technical assistance exchange program with Port Angeles probably escaped damage from Sunday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing… Continue reading

Port Townsend among locations showing interest in being future graving yard site

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port of Port Townsend is not the only suitor in new courtships of the state Department of Transportation to win over… Continue reading