Peninsula Daily News

Resident raps council over manager hiring process

PORT ANGELES -- One Port Angeles citizen took issue with the manner in which the City Council selected Kent Myers as the new city manager.… Continue reading

First Federal gives grant to marine science center

PORT TOWNSEND -- First Federal has contributed $3,500 to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center to help elementary school students in Jefferson, Clallam and Kitsap… Continue reading

Council talks over city manager post

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council on Tuesday met for the first time to discuss selection of a permanent city manager since members interviewed four… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Missing Gardiner fisherman’s body found on Oregon beach

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — The body of a crab fisherman from Gardiner has been found on a beach near where the fishing boat on which he… Continue reading

Joint Port Angeles port, city task force will meet over Harbor-Works tonight

PORT ANGELES -- A joint meeting today between the City Council and the Port of Port Angeles will review the reasons for creating the Harbor-Works… Continue reading

Santa turns up in Forks, too!

Santa Claus waves to the crowd during the Twinkle Light Parade in Forks on Saturday. Following the parade down Forks Avenue, businesses were open late… Continue reading

Eighth Great Cookie Bake-off slated in Clallam Bay next week

CLALLAM BAY -- Enter your cookies -- by mail or in person -- in the eighth annual Great Cookie Bake-off, sponsored by the Clallam Bay… Continue reading

Events set throughout North Olympic Peninsula

Holiday shopping and entertainment is offered throughout the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Here's a sample of events. Lavender bazaar SEQUIM -- The Sequim Lavender… Continue reading

2008 PDN Home Fund campaign debuts; program stresses ‘a hand up, not a handout’

A grandmother caring for two small children received help with her utility bills. An out-of-work logger in Quilcene got money to obtain prescribed medicine. A… Continue reading

Where to enjoy community Thanksgiving dinners today

Communities across the North Olympic Peninsula are having free public Thanksgiving dinners today. Here is the list of today's community feasts. Port Angeles •âÇAll are… Continue reading

Where to have a bountiful Thanksgiving feast on the North Olympic Peninsula

Free, public Thanksgiving dinners are scheduled across the North Olympic Peninsula. One is today, with all others on Thanksgiving Day. Here is the list of… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Judge in Yakima stays Dec. 3 execution of Sequim man

YAKIMA — Federal and state judges have indefinitely delayed the execution of Darold Stenson for the 1993 shooting deaths of his wife and a business… Continue reading

Chimacum schools to ask for tax levy

CHIMACUM -- Voters in the Port Hadlock, Chimacum and Port Ludlow areas will soon be asked to approve a two-year maintenance and operations levy and… Continue reading

‘Twilight’ attracts daylong lines at theater where Edward and Bella watched movies in best-selling books

PORT ANGELES -- The historical Lincoln Theater, reputedly where the main characters in the best-selling "Twilight" series of books went to the movies, is where… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Wakamatsu reportedly to be named Seattle Mariners manager

Don Wakamatsu is reported to be the new manager of the Mariners and an official announcement is expected on Wednesday. The bench coach of the… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Port Townsend ferry back in service at 3:45 p.m.

PORT TOWNSEND — The Steilacoom II ferry was taken out of service shortly after noon today after a bearing burned out on an alternator, stranding… Continue reading

Free ‘Twilight’ poster in today’s PDN!

There are all kinds of giveaways and souvenirs on the North Olympic Peninsula this week as "Twilight," the movie, makes its debut across America. But… Continue reading

SPORTS — Forks’ best season in eight years ends with playoff loss

BELLINGHAM -- Forks High School's most successful football season since a 2000 run to the Class 2A state quarterfinals ended Saturday with a 39-14 loss… Continue reading

Deck the mall: Winter wonderland in sand going up at Port Angeles landmark

A Christmas Village sculpted out of sand by artists -- some of whom are known from the summer Arts in Action sand sculpture contest --… Continue reading

Terrorist captured in Port Angeles can represent self at resentencing

SEATTLE -- Would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam can speak for himself when he is resentenced Dec. 3 in federal court in Seattle. A federal magistrate… Continue reading