Jefferson: Three districts seeking replacement levies

About 10,640 ballots will be mailed out today for three school district maintenance and operations levies. All three replace expiring levies. Mailed ballots are due… Continue reading

Nominate your local hero

Awards recognize Clallam residents' public service PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Now is the time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Flight from Boeing detoured because of vice president’s visit

PORT ANGELES -- The North Olympic Peninsula's newest air carrier made a detour Tuesday to accommodate Vice President Dick Cheney's fund-raising stop in Seattle. Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Tumwater Truck Route reopened

Both lanes of Tumwater Truck Route are open to traffic again following repairs to a water main that broke on Saturday. The break occurred under… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Shipbuilder spurns city, cites blunt talk from ex-mayor

PORT TOWNSEND -- A California company has selected Raymond in Pacific County to construct a shipbuilding plant instead of Port Townsend and Olympia, which also… Continue reading

Sequim: School levy ballots go out today

Ballots will be mailed out today to voters in the Sequim School District, who are being asked to approve a 2-year, $5.4 million replacement maintenance… Continue reading

Sequim: State agents investigating cougar incident

SEQUIM -- A near-miss incident for two teens reportedly stalked by a cougar Sunday afternoon has drawn the attention of state wildlife officers and increased… Continue reading

Shine: Hood Canal Bridge reduced to one lane

Work to repair a guardrail across the Hood Canal Bridge is closing one lane of the bridge. The guardrail was damaged December 25 by a… Continue reading

Jefferson: New interim Economic Development Council director will quit Democratic Party leadership

Jefferson County Republicans say are pleased that the county's Democratic Party chairman will step down before taking the reigns of the business-building Economic Development Council.… Continue reading

Peninsula: Second Victoria Express to sail to Friday Harbor starting in May

PORT ANGELES -- The company that owns the Victoria Express passenger ferry will launch a second vessel May 29, adding round trips to Friday Harbor… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Backers of Peninsula College’s new excellence center to be lauded today

PORT ANGELES -- Backers of the newly created Peninsula College Applied Environmental Technologies Center of Excellence will be lauded by the college today. Individuals and… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Beil elected Port president; departing Beckman honored

PORT ANGELES -- Leonard Beil was elected 2004 president of the Port Angeles Port Commission by his commissioner colleagues Monday. Bill Hannan of Sequim was… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Tumwater Truck Route still closed for water main repair

Repairs to a stubborn water main break under Tumwater Truck Route will keep the southbound late closed to all traffic at least this morning, Port… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Chamber weighs state ferry options to Whidbey Island

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Chamber of Commerce envisions people leaving their cars on Whidbey Island when they come via ferry to shop in Jefferson County.… Continue reading

Sequim: Meeting on progress of downtown project tonight

Business owners and residents interested in finding out more about Sequim's big downtown revitalization project are invited to an update tonight by Public Works Director… Continue reading

Sequim: That growl was unmistakable — it was a cougar, girls say

SEQUIM -- As best friends, Sarah Butler and Stephanie Baker have shared a lot of experiences in their 16 years. But what happened to the… Continue reading

Jefferson: Man donates forestland to benefit historical society’s restoration effort

PORT TOWNSEND -- An Edmonds man has donated five acres of forested land near Quilcene to help fund the Port Townsend City Hall restoration effort.… Continue reading

Sequim: Funding sought for Christmas decorations

SEQUIM -- 'Tis the season to be planning. The City Council has been asked by representatives from the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce to start… Continue reading

Victoria Express begins crossings to fill gap left by Coho

PORT ANGELES -- Sequim resident Don Chrysler waited patiently while his wife, Janette, was one of 89 persons who walked off the 149-passenger Victoria Express… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge replacement in 2006 may be delayed because of graving yard slowdown

For state Department of Transportation officials, the arrival of the new year should have meant that construction of the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard was… Continue reading