Site Logo
A group of Twilight character look-alikes gather in front of the Forks Visitors Center for a photograph during 2013's Stephenie Meyer Days celebration. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

News

Forks gets Twilight sparkle for Stephenie Meyer Days this weekend

FORKS — This town embraces the Twilight theme for the 2014 Stephenie Meyer Days festival this weekend, which…

Maj. Scott Ramsey

News

Port Angeles Salvation Army food supplies running low; donation drive set Saturday at downtown Safeway

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Salvation Army is running low on food and is seeking donations of…

News

WEEKEND: Gems, rocks to roll into downtown Port Angeles on Saturday, Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Rocks of every type and color, and information about how to make beautiful objects with…

A group of Twilight character look-alikes gather in front of the Forks Visitors Center for a photograph during 2013's Stephenie Meyer Days celebration. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

News

WEEKEND: Forks gets Twilight sparkle for Stephenie Meyer Days starting today

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 12. FORKS — This town embraces the Twilight theme for…

Maj. Scott Ramsey

News

Port Angeles Salvation Army food supplies running low; donation drive set Saturday at downtown Safeway

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Salvation Army is running low on food and is seeking donations of…

News

Three accused of violating honors system at Sequim dairy

SEQUIM — Stealing milk money — or milk — doesn’t pay in Sequim, deputies said. Three people have…

News

Red flag fire warning in effect Thursday, Friday for most of Western Washington

The National Weather Service issued Wednesday a red flag warning for the majority of Western Washington for Thursday…

News

Port of Port Angeles commissioners approve rewritten lease policy

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a policy increasing commissioner oversight of leases…

Kelly Hall

News

Missing hiker turns up ‘extremely well’ after taking longer route because of alpine fog

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Stymied by fog and clouds high in the Olympic Mountains last week, Kelly Hall…

News

Two arrested in heroin-delivery case in Blyn

BLYN — Law enforcement officers seized more than 61 grams of suspected heroin,more than 8 grams of methamphetamine,…

Olympic Peninsula region of the Porsche Club of America members Alex Raphael of Port Orchard

News

Visitors hope this won’t be last of Arts in Action

PORT ANGELES — With sand versions of Poseidon and a mermaid guarding the festival at the center of…

Kelly Hall

News

2nd UPDATE — Missing hiker reports to Elwha Ranger Station southwest of Port Angeles, safe and unharmed, after getting lost

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A hiker who was missing for nearly four days in Olympic National Park reached…

Kelly Hall

News

Search for missing hiker intensifies in Olympics south of Sequim

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Searchers had no clues to the location of a missing hiker in Olympic National…

WEEKEND: Final Arts in Action is this weekend in Port Angeles

News

WEEKEND: Final Arts in Action is this weekend in Port Angeles

EDITOR’S NOTE — Read the Peninsula Daily News special supplement on Arts in Action (shown at right) by…

Sand sculptors Lisa Donze of Olympia

News

WEEKEND: Final Arts in Action set this weekend in Port Angeles

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 5. PORT ANGELES — The final Arts in Action festival…

News

Internet outage hits North Olympic Peninsula and beyond

A major Internet outage affected residents and businesses from Forks to Port Townsend, as well as others at…

Law enforcement officers and Forks Fire Department personnel gather at the Forks Ambulance headquarters across from the Forks hospital Sunday evening. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

News

‘Chaotic’ night in Forks ends up being ‘a whole lot of nothing’

FORKS — It was a wild night on the West End. Police sirens wailed, officers from several agencies…

Law enforcement officers and Forks Fire Department personnel gather at the Forks Ambulance headquarters across from the Forks hospital Sunday evening. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

News

‘Chaotic’ night in Forks ends up being ‘a whole lot of nothing’

FORKS — It was a wild night on the West End. Police sirens wailed, officers from several agencies…

News

Peninsula schools back in session starting this week

North Olympic Peninsula schools’ floors are shined, whiteboards wiped clean and textbooks stacked, ready for classes to begin…

News

OUR FAILING SCHOOLS, PART 2: Three Peninsula schools instructed to restructure after failing to meet benchmarks

Second of two parts Three North Olympic Peninsula public schools have been told they need major reorganization after…