Server problems cause outage at PeninsulaDailyNews.com

Server problems cause outage at PeninsulaDailyNews.com

To our readers: Our website, PeninsulaDailyNews.com, was down for several hours early this morning because of severe technical problems with the servers hosting the site.… Continue reading

Server problems cause outage at PeninsulaDailyNews.com

Shellfish harvesting reopens as toxins recede in Discovery Bay, part of Hood Canal

PORT TOWNSEND — Declining biotoxin levels have allowed Discovery Bay and parts of Hood Canal to be reopened to recreational harvesting of most species of… Continue reading

Kenneth Johnson at his bond hearing Monday. Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE — Clallam sheriff questions sex-offender’s cancer claim

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County sheriff doubts that a jail inmate who told a judge Monday that he has terminal cancer is actually ill.… Continue reading

Kenneth Johnson at his bond hearing Monday. Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News
Mackenzie Bosket

UPDATED — Marysville Pilchuck High’s shooting victims were targeted, sheriff says (* Photo Gallery *)

EDITOR'S NOTE — For the latest developments in this story, and more photos, go to www.heraldnet.com, the website of The Herald newspaper in Everett/Snohomish County,… Continue reading

Mackenzie Bosket
Here are today's Clallam County and Jefferson County front pages — news tailored to your community. There's more inside that isn't online!

What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula today? See today’s PDN front page

WHEN YOU GET home delivery of the Peninsula Daily News, the digital comes free. Subscribers to the print PDN (Sunday through Friday or Friday/Sunday only)… Continue reading

  • Oct 28, 2014
Here are today's Clallam County and Jefferson County front pages — news tailored to your community. There's more inside that isn't online!
YOUR BALLOT COMPANION: North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide online

YOUR BALLOT COMPANION: North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide online

The North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide, produced as a public service by the Peninsula Daily News, is now available during the voting period in the… Continue reading

  • Oct 28, 2014
YOUR BALLOT COMPANION: North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide online
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‘Business Showcase’ networking event in Sequim on Tuesday

SEQUIM — The eighth annual Business Showcase, hosted by the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, will be from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The… Continue reading

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Kenneth Johnson at his bond hearing Monday. Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News

‘I have six months to live’ says sex offender arrested after high-speed chase in two counties

PORT ANGELES — Bond of $150,000 was set Monday for convicted child rapist Kenneth S. “Tiny” Johnson, 35, who said at a Clallam County Superior… Continue reading

Kenneth Johnson at his bond hearing Monday. Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News
A group of registered nurses observes a moment of silence with their fellow  caregivers at 10:39 a.m. Monday at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Staff at the hospital initially received all four of the victims of Friday's shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School before two patients were transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The (Everett) Herald

4th UPDATE — Marysville Pilchuck High’s shooting victims were targeted, sheriff says (* Photo Gallery *)

EDITOR'S NOTE — For the latest developments in this story, and more photos, go to www.heraldnet.com, the website of The Herald newspaper in Everett/Snohomish County,… Continue reading

A group of registered nurses observes a moment of silence with their fellow  caregivers at 10:39 a.m. Monday at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Staff at the hospital initially received all four of the victims of Friday's shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School before two patients were transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The (Everett) Herald

Author to read from newest book at Peninsula College on Thursday

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Edmonds Community College writing professor Holly Hughes will read from her newest book, Sailing By Ravens, at Peninsula College… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2014
Youth football players walk to midfield for the coin toss at Port Angeles Civic Field on Saturday. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Being in hot water a good thing for athletes using Civic Field: Port Angeles to purchase new boiler

PORT ANGELES — Civic Field is getting a new boiler that will provide hot water for the first time since 2007 to the hundreds of… Continue reading

Youth football players walk to midfield for the coin toss at Port Angeles Civic Field on Saturday. —Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
So what's the costume of the year? It might just be about Ebola

Best witches! Enter our Halloween costume photo contest for kids and adults

By Jack Olantern Peninsula Daily News correspondent THE THREE NEWSPAPERS of the North Olympic Peninsula — Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum —… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2014
  • By Jack Olantern Peninsula Daily News correspondent
So what's the costume of the year? It might just be about Ebola

BUSINESS BRIEFS — Couponing event slated next month . . . and other local business items

PORT ANGELES — Learn how to use newspaper coupons to save hundreds of dollars on your grocery bill at a seminar featuring Maryann Collier of… Continue reading

Shoona Riggs

ELECTION 2014: Secretary of state stays out of Clallam auditor race

PORT ANGELES — Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman will not investigate the Clallam County Auditor's Office over auditor candidate Kim Yacklin's allegations of potential… Continue reading

Shoona Riggs
Tony De Leo

ELECTION 2014: Two Jefferson PUD candidates a contrast in style, fundraising

PORT HADLOCK — The two candidates for Jefferson County Public Utility District present a contrast in styles as different as wine is from water, a… Continue reading

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings in Sequim, PT, Forks and Port Angeles

■ Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St. This… Continue reading

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EYE ON CLALLAM: County to mull elected officials’ pay

The three Clallam County commissioners will consider a resolution establishing salaries and benefits for elected officials Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County eyes treatment site’s funding

The three Jefferson County commissioners will discuss a funding allocation for mental health and chemical dependency treatment at a meeting Monday. The meeting will begin… Continue reading

Joseph Hinrichs

Ford earnings drop before debut of new F-150; redesign of America’s best-selling vehicle eats into sales in 2014

By Aaron Kessler Copyright 2014 New York Times News Service DETROIT — Ford Motor Company executives appear ready for 2014 to be over and are… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2014
  • By Aaron Kessler Copyright 2014 New York Times News Service
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Shara Smith-Widmer and David Widmer are renovating the former home of Blue Flame BBQ in the Mount Pleasant district east of Port angeles to host two new retail outlets. One will be a “classy” boutique

IF YOU MISSED THIS SUNDAY STORY — ‘Blue Flame’ goes green — former barbecue restaurant in Port Angeles renovated to be marijuana retail store

PORT ANGELES — As one flame is extinguished, another rises. Blue Flame, the barbecue restaurant with the easily recognized airbrushed facade and the signature blue… Continue reading

Shara Smith-Widmer and David Widmer are renovating the former home of Blue Flame BBQ in the Mount Pleasant district east of Port angeles to host two new retail outlets. One will be a “classy” boutique