Peninsula Daily News

Hood Canal Bridge to shut down for 90 minutes tonight

SHINE — The Hood Canal bridge is scheduled to close for 90 minutes tonight. The state Department of Transportation will close the bridge to traffic… Continue reading

Kenmore reaches ticketing pact with Alaska Airlines

PORT ANGELES — Kenmore Air Express, which flies five round trips daily between Port Angeles and Seattle's Boeing Field, has entered into an interline agreement… Continue reading

A pass to citizenship

THERE IS ONE way for an immigrant to instantly become a U.S. citizen: serve in the military during wartime. At a ceremony at Fort Lewis,… Continue reading

Thieves steal truck batteries

PORT ANGELES — Two truck batteries were stolen from a Pen-West Contractors facility early Thursday morning. Paul Galgano, Pen-West owner, said the thieves stole the… Continue reading

Sequim youths to try to drop eggs from 30 feet — so they won’t break

SEQUIM — Young engineers, from kindergartners to high-schoolers, will compete for more than $7,300 in scholarships and cash prizes Saturday in the first Egg Drop… Continue reading

Forks pool remains empty; no plans for reopening on horizon

FORKS — The Quillayute Valley Aquatic Center — already the first North Olympic Peninsula public pool closed because of money shortages — remains without a… Continue reading

Port Townsend pool may stay open only till end of school swim team’s season

PORT TOWNSEND — The future of East Jefferson County's only public swimming pool remains clouded because the city of Port Townsend and the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Memorial service later for other shooting victim

PORT ANGELES — The family of the man shot and killed Sept. 20 in Sequim is planning to organize a memorial service for him in… Continue reading

Water shortage declared for Fairview area of Clallam PUD

PORT ANGELES — Low water levels in Morse Creek led the Clallam County Public Utility District to declare a stage four water shortage for the… Continue reading

Sympathy, grief shared on Web site

Tributes to a dedicated Forest Service officer — and grief at losing a friend — adorn an Internet memorial book dedicated to Kristine Fairbanks, who… Continue reading

Bear grass gift helps Quileute basket weaver deal with officer’s slaying

LaPUSH — A Quileute basket weaver will remember U.S. Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks every time she weaves a basket. Melissa Woodruff-Burnside of LaPush told… Continue reading

Travel, parking curbs in parts of Port Angeles today

PORT ANGELES — Travel to today's memorial service for fallen U.S. Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks at Civic Field will be difficult, and no parking… Continue reading

Backpack blown up after bomb threat — no bomb materials found

PORT ANGELES — Courtenay Raymond, 28, was arrested on investigation of threatening to bomb The Other Side bar early Saturday morning. No bomb materials were… Continue reading

Different agencies, different tasks

The Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement both operate under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which contains a confusing array… Continue reading

Immigration and Customs Enforcement team sought one suspect in restaurant last month

PORT ANGELES — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement team took an immigration fugitive into custody last month from the India Oven restaurant, said an ICE… Continue reading

KPly mill future remains clouded

PORT ANGELES — The fate of the shuttered plywood mill on Marine Drive remained undecided last week after a former KPly worker presented a business… Continue reading

Officer’s K-9 partner to attend her memorial

RADAR, KRISTINE FAIRBANKS' K-9 partner, will be among the 50 to 100 K-9 officers and their handlers expected at Monday's memorial service. Radar was locked… Continue reading

Procession will close some Port Angeles streets, U.S. 101 into town

Those traveling west on U.S. Highway 101 to Monday's 1 p.m. memorial for fallen U.S. Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks would do well to arrive… Continue reading

Fairbanks warned hikers of dangers

Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks warned a Port Angeles man of the dangers in Olympic National Forest, he recalled Thursday. Elston Hill e-mailed the Peninsula… Continue reading

UPDATED: Internet service to be disrupted for some on Saturday

Customers of OlyPen, Capacity Provisioning Inc., and Olympus Net will not experience a disruption of service when Bonneville Power Administration relocates a fiber broadband line… Continue reading