Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles: ‘Free’ trailer to be returned to family

PORT ANGELES -- A Vancouver, Wash., family will recover the camping trailer it nearly lost after someone spray-painted "free"' on it as it sat along… Continue reading

Downtown meeting planned Thursday in wake of executive director’s resignation

PORT ANGELES -- A meeting will be held Thursday to discuss the direction and future of the Port Angeles Downtown Association. The association's 13-member board… Continue reading

Today’s film festival finale

FILMS AND DISCUSSIONS are planned from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. today during the final day of the seventh annual Port Townsend Film Festival. Here… Continue reading

More best bets across the Peninsula this weekend

Port Townsend Film Festival . . . Festivals in Port Ludlow and Port Hadlock . . . plus Victorian home tours in Port Townsend .… Continue reading

Ballots continued to arrive for primary elections

Of 45,336 primary election ballots sent to voters in Clallam County, 10,672 had been received as of Wednesday. In Jefferson County, 5,877 ballots out of… Continue reading

New rules at Sequim aquatics center as it reopens

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, closed for about two weeks for annual maintenance work, has reopened and added a few new rules. Cameras,… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News begins a free weekly newspaper Sept. 13

Peninsula Daily News will publish a free weekly newspaper for the residents of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley beginning next Wednesday, Sept. 13. Sequim This Week will… Continue reading

How OPSCAN works

While OPSCAN will link agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula, it won"t resemble an electronic party line with responders sharing one frequency. Rather, OPSCAN will… Continue reading

Observances planned across Peninsula on fifth anniversary of 9/11 today

Memorials and observances are scheduled across the North Olympic Peninsula today in observance of the fifth anniversary of the terrorists attacks on Sept. 11, 2001:… Continue reading

A wealth of activities across the Peninsula

Two major festivals -- the three-day Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend and StreamFest in Port Angeles on Sunday -- highlight this weekend's activities across… Continue reading

Man found in Sol Duc pool identified

SEATTLE -- A man rescued from a swimming pool at Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort remained in serious condition Tuesday in the Harborview Medical Center… Continue reading

Blaze southeast of Olympic National Park keeping within its lines

HOODSPORT -- The Bear Gulch 2 blaze has stayed within its 800 blackened acres as crews completed a 100-foot fire line along the eastern edge… Continue reading

Meeting on listing steelhead to be held in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A meeting about a proposal to list steelhead trout in Puget Sound as a threatened species is planned next week. The meeting… Continue reading

Peninsula: School opening dates

Here are school starting dates on the North Olympic Peninsula: * Tuesday, Sept. 5: Port Angeles, Chimacum, Port Townsend, Quilcene and Brinnon * Wednesday, Sept.… Continue reading

Peninsula: Swimmer pulled from bottom of pool at resort

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A 22-year-old man was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Sunday after he nearly drowned in a swimming pool… Continue reading

School to start: Safety tips for everyone

With more than 12,000 students across the North Olympic Peninsula headed back to school this week, the streets will be busier with cars, pedestrians, buses… Continue reading

Jones’ 2001 arrest capped drinking, gambling spree

PORT HADLOCK -- Robert Daniel Jones' Wednesday arrest was quieter than his arrest in 2001. In 2001, Jones was recognized as he was drinking and… Continue reading

Labor Day weekend on the go

Ready, set, barbecue! Or camp. Or groove. Suddenly, as if by magic, Labor Day weekend is upon us. Where did the summer go? How did… Continue reading

Elk relocation meeting Tuesday

SEQUIM -- The public on Tuesday will have an opportunity to review and comment on the proposal to relocate the Dungeness elk herd. The elk… Continue reading

Sister City fish fry Tuesday night

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Sister City Project will commemorate the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's strike on the Gulf Coast with a meal at the… Continue reading