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Anonymous donation impels Forks Library revamp forward

FORKS — Work on Forks Library renovations could begin sometime this year now that fundraising efforts have received…

Maher Abed

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Port Angeles hires deputy director of public works operations

PORT ANGELES — City officials have hired a new deputy director of operations in the city’s Public Works…

A half-block section of North Oak Street in downtown Port Angeles is closed Thursday as excavators remove old sewer pipe for replacement. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Oak Street closed to vehicle traffic next week

PORT ANGELES — The northernmost half of North Oak Street will be closed to all vehicle traffic starting…

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Port Angeles lays out timeline for landfill work

PORT ANGELES — City public works staff want to start work no later than summer 2014 to prevent…

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Makah tribe is finalist for $750,000 grant

NEAH BAY — The Makah tribe is one step closer to securing funding for a communal space and…

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EYE ON OLYMPIA: Runaway youth bill passes state Senate

OLYMPIA — A bill, sponsored by a 24th District legislator, that would give licensed youth shelters and other…

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North Oak Street lane closed starting Monday

PORT ANGELES — The southbound lane of North Oak Street in downtown Port Angeles will be closed starting…

Greg Scherer

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Port Angeles’ waterfront businesses holding fast as construction continues

PORT ANGELES — Strolling along West Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles isn’t as easy as it used…

Susan Feiro

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Wife of marine lab founder dies at 82

PORT ANGELES — Susan Feiro, the wife of Feiro Marine Life Center co-founder and namesake Arthur Feiro, has…

Earl Gann and his daughter

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Record 470 find help at Homeless Connect

PORT ANGELES — More than 470 took advantage of services offered at Friday’s Project Homeless Connect in what…

Philip Curtis Shelly

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Port Angeles rapist has history of failing to register

PORT ANGELES — A convicted sex offender from Port Angeles who remained at large Saturday has a criminal…

Emily Balser

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Sentient statues breathe life into reopening of Webster’s Woods [ *** GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — A light drizzle did not dampen the spirits of the roughly dozen people who turned…

Port Angeles High School sophomore Jessica Zhu

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Students to test bridge designs in contest

PORT ANGELES — The Popsicle-stick bridges designed and built by three Port Angeles High School students will be…

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Tharinger, Van De Wege plan telephone town hall today

The North Olympic Peninsula’s two voices in the state House of Representatives will host a telephone town hall…

Bereket Piatt crosses the finish line of a North Olympic Peninsula cross-country meet for Port Townsend High School in 2009. Keith Thorpe/Copyright &Copy; 2013

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Kidnapping, robbery charges filed against former Port Townsend track star

EDITOR’S NOTE — For our previous story, “Everett bank robbery, kidnapping suspect is former Port Townsend sports champion,”…

Philip Curtis Shelly

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Search continues for rapist who cut GPS tracking anklet

PORT ANGELES — State Department of Corrections officials and area law enforcement officers continued Tuesday to seek a…

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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Peninsula lawmakers split on state gun-control proposal

OLYMPIA — A bill introduced in the state House of Representatives last week that would require criminal background…

Main Street supported a recent Girls Night Out event in Port Townsend. Shown are Christy Taylor and Gail Boulter at the Clothes Horse. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

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Tax-credit programs bolster Port Townsend, Port Angeles downtown associations

PORT TOWNSEND — A tax- credit program for businesses making donations led to Port Townsend Main Street receiving…

Warrant issued for convicted sex offender after he cuts off ankle monitoring bracelet

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Warrant issued for convicted sex offender after he cuts off ankle monitoring bracelet

PORT ANGELES — A convicted sex offender living in Port Angeles still had an active warrant out for…

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Man pleads not guilty to domestic violence [CORRECTED]

PORT ANGELES — A 27-year-old Port Angeles man recently extradited from California has pleaded not guilty to multiple…