It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas across the North Olympic Peninsula

Downtown events this weekend and next ring in yuletide cheer in business districts in Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and Forks. Among the participants will… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Church will look for another meeting place

PORT ANGELES -- The pastor of a church whose current building was hit with a no-occupancy order from the county last week will search for… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Landmark Elks building gets city permit — just in time for holiday parties

PORT ANGELES -- Just in time for the holidays, the downtown Elks Naval Lodge finally has the green light to open its venue to parties… Continue reading

Port Angeles: New Serenity House building hosts second Thanksgiving dinner

PORT ANGELES -- Serenity House hosted its 21st annual community Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, the second in its new building on West 18th Street. "It's… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Cafe has its traditional Thanksgiving breakfast

PORT TOWNSEND -- Thanksgiving began early at the Salal Cafe, which held its 21st annual charity breakfast and raised record amount of donations on Thanksgiving… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Fate of City Hall renovation, annex project due before City Council

PORT TOWNSEND -- City officials are scheduled to decide on Monday whether to give the city manager a green light to award the contract for… Continue reading

2004 Peninsula Home Fund debuts, helps Jefferson, Clallam residents

A grandmother caring for two small children received help with her utility bills. An out-of-work logger got money to obtain prescribed medicine. A fourth-grade student… Continue reading

Former Sequim man on death row must stay, Supreme Court rules

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The state Supreme Court has denied another appeal for a former Sequim resident now on death row. Darold Ray "DJ" Stenson still… Continue reading

OlyCAP gives a – “hand-up,” not a handout, to Peninsula residents

For four decades, Olympic Community Action Programs -- better known as OlyCAP -- has provided a wide array of services for residents in Jefferson and… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Federal official tells state, tribe to talk some more over graving yard archeological dig

PORT ANGELES -- The seven-month-old agreement between the state and Lower Elwha Klallam tribe over archeology at the graving yard remains in force, federal highway… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Owners of burned store continue civil suit against families of teens

PORT TOWNSEND -- Having put the criminal case to rest, the co-owner of Aldrich's grocery store says a civil suit is still necessary to recover… Continue reading

Sequim man dies in head-on collision with dump truck; highway snarled

A Sequim man driving with his teenage son was killed in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Where to find the Thanksgiving spirit on the North Olympic Peninsula

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Several community meals are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula today to share fully the Thanksgiving Day holiday with others. Each event… Continue reading

Clallam: County makes small profit on drug-seized property in Ocean Shores

Clallam County has sold for $1,000 over market value the property it owned in Ocean Shores -- and never wanted to begin with. Sale of… Continue reading

Jefferson County EDC says thanks but no thanks to Port Townsend’s reduced allocation of $5,000

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Economic Development Council has turned down a curtailed Port Townsend city allocation in what has become a dispute over… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Felony charges dropped against teens in Aldrich’s Grocery fire

PORT TOWNSEND -- A visiting Clallam County Superior Court judge has dismissed felony charges against two teenagers in an accidental fire that destroyed Aldrich's grocery… Continue reading

Sequim: “Difficult decisions” may lie ahead on Hood Canal Bridge project

SEQUIM -- The state Department of Transportation is ready to make "difficult decisions" on the future of the Hood Canal Bridge improvement project, the project… Continue reading

Sequim: City budget riding highway to approval

SEQUIM -- City administrators haven't navigated too much rough road on the way to readying the 2005 budget for passage next month. A smooth final… Continue reading

Sequim: Police chief hiring process kicks in next month

SEQUIM -- The city's quest to find a new police chief appears to be back on track. The search firm that brought Sequim its last… Continue reading

Sequim: Swimming standout gains full-ride scholarship to Division I university

SEQUIM -- Sequim High School senior Summer Jackson, who this fall won two state titles at the Class 3A championship swimming meet, has signed on… Continue reading