Balancing acts

How the Port Angeles School District plans to pare expenses to balance the 2002-2003 budget: * $726,000: Adjustments in certificated instructional staff to state staffing… Continue reading

Clallam: Speed limits could change on portions of 12 roads

By JACK MORAN Clallam County commissioners next month will consider changing the speed limits on parts of 12 rural roads. From Evergreen View Parkway to… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2002
  • JACK MORAN

Peninsula jobless rate improves

The unemployment rate in Clallam and Jefferson counties decreased in February, according to new state figures. A report released Tuesday by the state Employment Security… Continue reading

Port Angeles won’t close any schools, but teacher positions in jeopardy

PORT ANGELES -- More than a dozen teaching positions will probably be eliminated in the Port Angeles School District next year. But all schools, including… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City Council increases landfill’s minimum haul fee $5

PORT ANGELES -- People hauling garbage to the Port Angeles landfill can expect to pay $5 more on their minimum fee starting in May. The… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Paper mill offers 60 workers early retirement

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper Corp. President John Begley announced a new round of belt-tightening measures for the company Tuesday, including voluntary retirement packages… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Victorian Days kick off today

PORT TOWNSEND -- Time will turn back to the late 1800s today as the sixth annual Victorian Days get under way. The celebration this year… Continue reading

Sequim: Workers remove unsalvageable parts of mural

SEQUIM -- Workers used sledgehammers this week to remove unsalvageable parts of a mural on Lehman's Market, but many sections of the painting were saved… Continue reading

A special message to www.peninsuladailynews.com readers

The PDN grant program is accepting applications from charitable, 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations in Clallam and Jefferson counties for $25,000 in 2002 grants from the newspaper.… Continue reading

Clallam: County ponders two-tiered junk vehicle ordinance

Clallam County commissioners are considering a two-tiered junk-vehicle ordinance allowing more disabled cars on larger lots. They will discuss the proposed revision next Monday's work… Continue reading

Jefferson: Port Townsend city officials, Glen Cove property owners differ over industrial zoning

Jefferson County commissioners decided Monday to hold off doubling the amount of industrial-zoned land at Glen Cove after hearing business owners and Port Townsend city… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School Board tackles $1.7 million budget deficit tonight

Port Angeles School Board holds a public work session tonight on how to cut almost $1.7 million in expenses to balance the district's $34 million… Continue reading

Sequim: High school student and native Makah wins prestigious golf scholarship

SEQUIM -- Lacy Cooper, an unassuming and quiet, some say shy, Sequim High School senior had no intention of breaking a major barrier when she… Continue reading

Sequim: Residents on bay don’t want Discovery Trail in their front yards

SEQUIM -- The Olympic Discovery Trail will travel south of U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim if residents living along Sequim Bay have their way.… Continue reading

West End: New hospital administrator wants to expand district’s offerings

FORKS -- New administrator Camille Scott wants to broaden opportunities for the public health-care district that operates Forks Community Hospital, a nursing home, two clinics… Continue reading

Peninsula: Skills Center to finally become reality

It's an idea that has been discussed for years, and it was echoed again in late January when a local resident, Gary Pollard of Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles police bringing back reserve program

Reserve police officers are making a comeback in Port Angeles. After four years, Police Chief Tom Riepe says it's time to resurrect the volunteer force,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Child listed as critical after heart surgery

Haille Alley was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon following her heart transplant surgery Saturday night at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle,… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Facade restored to original design

PORT TOWNSEND -- PT Bunny & Co. is scheduled to open this week in the Mount Baker block of Water Street, following extensive remodeling which… Continue reading

Sequim: Eighth arrest reported in drug bust

An eighth person was arrested Sunday in connection with an alleged drug operation police say was masked by a Sequim trucking company. Ward J. Davis,… Continue reading