Peninsula Daily News

Smoky fire tonight at newly reopened PenPly mill in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Fire units rushed to the newly reopened Peninsula Plywood mill tonight after a smoky fire broke out above a dryer, setting off… Continue reading

Double-digit unemployment rises on Peninsula

Unemployment increased in the North Olympic Peninsula in January, as it did statewide, with Clallam County at 11.4 percent -- a 1.5 percent rise from… Continue reading

Nighttime Hood Canal Bridge closures to resume

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed at times between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. beginning next Monday as crews deal with a… Continue reading

Clallam Democrats set public forums

PORT ANGELES -- The way the Democratic Party works in Clallam County will be discussed in two public meetings at Jefferson Elementary School on Saturday.… Continue reading

Port Townsend skate park outhouse fire believed to be arson

PORT TOWNSEND -- East Jefferson Fire-Rescue officials are investigating what they believe was an arson fire that destroyed a portable toilet near Port Townsend Skate… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Clallam emergency center quiet during tsunami advisory; Jefferson’s was activated

Clallam County emergency managers said they kept a close watch on the tsunami spreading across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, but never activated the emergency… Continue reading

Death . . . as reported in 1873 Port Townsend newspaper

From Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers . . . History's Newsstand: "Writing styles have changed through the years. "This nice piece concerning death, published… Continue reading

Awesome video of hard-to-ever-find mountain goats in ONP

Mountain goats . . . They stay in remote parts of Olympic National Park, and it's rare -- very rare -- that a hiker ever… Continue reading

UPDATE — Highway 112 now clear after mud slide in Clallam Bay

CLALLAM BAY — A mud slide blocked the eastbound lane of state Highway 112 near Kalawa Street for about two hours today. The slide, reported… Continue reading

Remember the old Hood Canal Bridge? Its future’s on Vancouver Island

Parts of the old eastern half of the Hood Canal Bridge are headed for possible use in a waterfront development at Sidney on Vancouver Island… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay girls win third straight state title

YAKIMA -- The Neah Bay girls basketball team is starting to make a habit of this. The Red Devils (23-2 overall) claimed their third state… Continue reading

SPORTS: Pirates 4th seed

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College men's basketball team is headed to the NWAACC Championship Tournament as the North Division No. 4 seed. The Pirates… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles’ slow start leads to bi-district doom; girls lose, too

AUBURN -- A slow start doomed the Port Angeles boys basketball team in its loser-out West Central/Southwest Washington Bi-District game Friday night. SPSL power Franklin… Continue reading

Man who held police at 7-hour standoff now held on $5,000 bail

PORT ANGELES -- A Clallam County Superior Court judge has set bail at $5,000 bail for a Port Angeles man who was involved in a… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: West End motel burns

. A landmark motel on U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Lake Sutherland burned late Saturday night. The front end of the 150-foot-long Indian… Continue reading

URGENT (updated): Tsunami advisory on Pacific coast canceled

. A tsunami advisory for coastal areas of the Olympic Peninsula has been canceled. Latest details and photos from Chile and South America itself can… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge Road reopens today

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK —Hurricane Ridge Road reopened at about 1 p.m. today, after having been shut down since Jan. 18 by a washout a half-mile… Continue reading

Haiti relief, other benefits, set this weekend

Haitian relief and other worthy causes are among the benefits offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Here is a sample of activities to… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay girls stay alive in Class 1B state tournament while boys lose heartbreaker

YAKIMA -- The Neah Bay boys basketball team lost a heartbreaker to get eliminated from the Class 1B state tournament while the girls squad stayed… Continue reading

6th-grade music students learn about giving, doing right thing through Haitian relief project

PORT ANGELES -- It wasn't making music, but the result was just as sweet. Roosevelt Elementary School's sixth-grade general music students, intent on helping the… Continue reading