Leah Leach

A sign in front of the now-closed Itty Bitty Buzz coffee shop in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday indicates that a portion of the business is planned to be reopened as the Oven Spoonful. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Catering firm makes plans to move into Port Angeles location

PORT ANGELES — Dave Long, chef and owner of the Oven Spoonful, hopes to reopen the coffee shop on First Street under a new name… Continue reading

A sign in front of the now-closed Itty Bitty Buzz coffee shop in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday indicates that a portion of the business is planned to be reopened as the Oven Spoonful. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles City Manager Kent Myers sits at his City Hall office desk in March 2011

Port Angeles city manager’s last day on the job May 2, leaving for job in Texas

PORT ANGELES — City Manager Kent Myers has accepted a new job as city manager of Fredericksburg, Texas. Myers, 59, a Texas native, said his… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Manager Kent Myers sits at his City Hall office desk in March 2011

Creosote-soaked driftwood removal from Indian Island begins today

INDIAN ISLAND — Work will begin today on cleaning 20 tons of creosote-soaked driftwood debris from the beaches and lagoons at Indian Island County Park.… Continue reading

Josh Chenoweth

Slow growing: Native plants get a start on barren land that once hosted Elwha River dams’ lakes [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

PORT ANGELES — The first plants are now rooted in the barren ground exposed by the lowering of Lake Mills as Glines Canyon Dam is… Continue reading

Josh Chenoweth
Two hotrods leave the starting line at the 2009 West End Thunder races at Forks Municipal Airport. Lonnie Archibald/For Peninsula Daily News

Forks gets OK from FAA for West End Thunder drag races

FORKS — The roar of drag races will fill the air at the Forks Municipal Airport during five weekends this summer now that the Federal… Continue reading

Two hotrods leave the starting line at the 2009 West End Thunder races at Forks Municipal Airport. Lonnie Archibald/For Peninsula Daily News
2011 Forks High School graduate Tyler Cortani enters bids on the overhead last year during the Quillayute Valley School District auction at the Bank of America building in Forks. This year's auction will take place at the Forks High School gym. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

WEEKEND: Auction to benefit Forks scholarships

FORKS — The final lineup of auction items for the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction is always a surprise. Such perennial donors as a local sports… Continue reading

2011 Forks High School graduate Tyler Cortani enters bids on the overhead last year during the Quillayute Valley School District auction at the Bank of America building in Forks. This year's auction will take place at the Forks High School gym. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

Neah Bay needs your help: Internet voting ends Monday for $100,000 prize

Vote here: www.samsung.com/solvefortomorrow NEAH BAY — Internet voting will end at 9 p.m. Monday in a contest in which Neah Bay High School and Markishtum… Continue reading

A plowed Hurricane Ridge Road in Olympic National Park is shown last November.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo by Chris Tucker

Port Angeles city plans D.C. visit to request continued Hurricane Ridge Road funds

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Although preliminary Hurricane Ridge visitation numbers are down, Port Angeles city officials hope to convince the federal government to continue funding… Continue reading

A plowed Hurricane Ridge Road in Olympic National Park is shown last November.  -- Peninsula Daily News photo by Chris Tucker

Finalists for Port Townsend schools chief named

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School Board has chosen four superintendent finalists. One of the finalists, Mellody Matthes, had been a finalist during a… Continue reading

Forks hearing tonight on airport use for drag racing

FORKS — Another hearing in the long saga of the effort to continue to offer summer drag racing at the Forks Municipal Airport is planned… Continue reading

Friday Harbor whale center identifies at least one of Discovery Bay orcas

DISCOVERY BAY — A senior staff member of the Center for Whale Research has identified some of the orcas spotted cavorting in Discovery Bay on… Continue reading

Point in Time homeless census Thursday

A count Thursday will aim to get an accurate snapshot of the number of homeless on the North Olympic Peninsula. The annual Point in Time… Continue reading

Port Angeles officials hope small grant only beginning for Old Fire Hall [ ***GALLERY*** ]

PORT ANGELES — A $500 grant has been awarded for the restoration of the parapet at the Old Fire Hall on Lincoln Street. It's a… Continue reading

Her name is Ariel and she has a new home

PORT ANGELES — The giant Pacific octopus on display at the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Life Center got an early Christmas present — a bigger… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 chief to retire

PORT ANGELES — Chief Jon Bugher is retiring from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 after 17 years at the helm. “I felt that I’d… Continue reading

Port Townsend Festival of Lights features cookies, raffle and more

PORT TOWNSEND — The cookie bazaar alone would be a sweet enough reason to visit the second annual Festival of Lights. More than 2,000 homemade… Continue reading

High water from rain doesn’t disrupt work at Elwha, Glines Canyon dams

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The masses of water flowing over the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River during sustained rainfall over the… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare to consider link to Swedish this week

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare commissioners on Wednesday are expected to become the second public hospital board on the North Olympic Peninsula to approve an… Continue reading

Headdress-wearing man robs Port Townsend convenience store

PORT TOWNSEND — An armed man in a Halloween costume made off with the contents of the cash register at the Sea Breeze convenience store… Continue reading

Brinnon’s ShrimpFest to take a year off to ‘rebuild’

BRINNON — ShrimpFest organizers are taking a year off to seek more help and consider a new location, so no festival is planned next Memorial… Continue reading