Peninsula Daily News

Jefferson: Seattle man dies in collision near Discovery Bay

DISCOVERY BAY -- An 88-year-old Seattle man has died of injuries he received when his 1991 Mercedes rear-ended another car on U.S. Highway 101 near… Continue reading

Long-awaited Port Townsend Paper Corp. re-audits released

PORT TOWNSEND -- A long-delayed audit report released Friday questions if Port Townsend Paper Corp. can stay afloat. "The 2004 report from its independent accounting… Continue reading

Where you can speak out on Olympic National Park management plan

Four of the eight open houses for public comment on the Olympic National Park's draft general management plan will be held on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Mats Mats, Port Ludlow beaches also closed to shellfishing

MATS MATS BAY -- Marine biotoxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning have been detected at concentrations above the closure level in shellfish samples collected from… Continue reading

Port Angeles beaches reopened to recreation, but not shellfishing

PORT ANGELES -- You can walk on the beach again but you still can't harvest shellfish. Clallam County has reopened beaches inside Port Angeles Harbor… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Half-Marathon winners

13 miles, Sequim to Port Angeles 1 1:11:49, Ian Fraser, Port Townsend 2 1:16:54, Jim Savage, Bainbridge Island 3 1:19:47, Kristian Blaich, Decatur, Ga. 4… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Marathon winners

26.2 miles, Sequim to Port Angeles 1. 2:35:47, Preston Brashers, Renton 2 2:37:59, Sam Hennesse Really, Port Angeles 3 2:43:00, Bryan Smith, Thibodaux, La. 4… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Choice Community School gains accreditation

PORT ANGELES -- Choice Community School, an alternative high school serving Port Angeles School District students, has earned its stripes. The district received notice Thursday… Continue reading

Volunteer builders constructing house in only one week

PORT ANGELES -- Aimee Jacobs will move from a dream into a dream house Sunday. She"ll own the 1,150-square-foot home that Habitat for Humanity built… Continue reading

Port Townsend Duck Derby winners

* Grand prize, $2,500: Richard Hild * Second prize, $1,000: Stenehjem Bonnie * Third prize, two nights package at Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Spa:… Continue reading

String of burglaries in Port Ludlow might be linked to Port Townsend series

PORT LUDLOW -- Jefferson County sheriff's authorities are investigating a string of commercial burglaries and burglary attempts near the intersection of Paradise Bay and Oak… Continue reading

Golf tourney raises $2,750 for Peninsula Home Fund

SEQUIM -- This year's annual Alaska Invitational golf tournament raised $2,750 for the PDN's Peninsula Home Fund. The tournament -- an 18-hole, two-person best ball… Continue reading

Today’s Juan de Fuca Festival finale

The final day of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles: Main Stage 11 a.m.: North Olympic Youth Symphony 12:15 p.m.:… Continue reading

Memorial Day rites on the North Olympic Peninsula

Memorial Day on Monday is a national holiday that honors members of the armed forces who gave their lives for the nation's freedoms. * Port… Continue reading

Small water system must boil, state agency says

SEQUIM -- Customers of Vistas Inc. Water System are being advised to boil their tap water before drinking it. Vistas Inc. customers live outside Sequim… Continue reading

Health warning: Fishing is OK, but don’t forget to wash

There's no crab, oyster or clam harvesting permitted, but fish are not adversely affected by the millions of pounds of raw sewage that entered Port… Continue reading

It’s Fuca time!

Eclectic, electric and sometimes eccentric, the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts opens its 2006 run in Port Angeles today. Music, dance theater, storytelling,… Continue reading

Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts schedule

Here's the schedule of events in this weekend's Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles. Today Main Stage 6 p.m.: Ivonne Hernandez… Continue reading

Memorial Day rites on the North Olympic Peninsula

Memorial Day on Monday is a national holiday that honors members of the armed forces who gave their lives for the nation's freedoms. * Port… Continue reading

Summer starts early on Peninsula

A three-day holiday weekend, with toe-tapping music, dance, story-telling, a film festival, merriment and native shrimp. What more could anyone want? The North Olympic Peninsula's… Continue reading