Peninsula Daily News

Wind shuts down Hood Canal shuttle

SHINE -- Cross-canal shuttle service resumed about 6 p.m. Monday after being shut down across Hood Canal six hours earlier because of gusting winds and… Continue reading

UPDATE: Hood Canal passenger ferry service returns

SHINE — Passenger ferry service just south of the closed Hood Canal floating bridge, stopped shortly after noon today because of high winds, resumed at… Continue reading

Orcas visit Port Angeles

An orca plays in Port Angeles Harbor in front of the Coast Guard Station on Sunday evening, May 10. It was joined by a second… Continue reading

Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce endorses pool ballot measure

PORT ANGELES -- The board of directors of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce has endorsed creation of a metropolitan park district to fund… Continue reading

Crowds flock to featured Sequim Irrigation Festival events

SEQUIM -- Joe Borden, chairman of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, said the closure of the Hood Canal Bridge the day before the first day of… Continue reading

Highway 101 traffic along Hood Canal up 77 percent

Traffic on U.S. Highway 101 around Hood Canal increased from some 3,000 vehicles per day to about 5,310 daily after the floating bridge over the… Continue reading

Five community heroes honored

PORT TOWNSEND — Five community heroes will be honored on Tuesday (May 12) with the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for 2009. The recipients… Continue reading

Date set to begin work on park roads

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Construction is expected to begin mid-July on the Graves Creek Road in the Quinault Valley, with the road to reopen to… Continue reading

Government regulators have seized Bremerton-based Westsound Bank — which has branches in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Sequim — and sold it to Kitsap Bank.… Continue reading

Two finalists chosen for Port Angeles superintendent post

PORT ANGELES -- The School Board will pick either Jane Pryne of Tucson, Ariz., or Ray Terry of Beaver, Utah as the Port Angeles School… Continue reading

Slain Forest Service officer awarded Medal of Honor

Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks, who died in the line of duty near Sequim in September, will be posthumously awarded the state's highest law enforcement… Continue reading

At Hood Canal, no foot-ferry interruptions at this time

THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE: The Lofall-South Point water shuttles across Hood Canal are expected to be in service today (May 7). But if the wind again… Continue reading

Rerouting road choice for Dosewallips washout

Seven years after floodwaters gouged out a stretch of Dosewallips Road, U.S. Forest Service officials have decided to reroute traffic around the washout, building retaining… Continue reading

Port Angeles spiffed up for cruise ship

PORT ANGELES -- Vendors and tour guides are ready for the 1,266 passengers who are expected to disembark from the Holland America Line cruise ship… Continue reading

Forks’ lights are back on

The entire West End lost power for seven hours Tuesday because of a tree falling onto a power line near West Twin Road a few… Continue reading

Hood Canal foot-ferry service resumes

Service has resumed on the Lofall-South Point water shuttle route across Hood Canal. After strong winds — which halted service from 11 p.m. Monday through… Continue reading

Weather disrupts Hood Canal ferry service

Service on the Lofall-South Point water shuttle route across Hood Canal was closed at 11 p.m. Monday because of an unseasonably strong wind storm. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles superintendent list down to 6

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School Board will interview six semi-finalists and choose two or three finalists for the superintendent position Thursday. Superintendent Gary… Continue reading

Children taken by non-custodial parent from Sequim found in California

SEQUIM -- Two children taken from Sequim by their non-custodial mother on Thursday were found in Montclair, Calif., on Friday. Their father, Brian Hanning of… Continue reading

How to get around while the bridge is down

The Hood Canal Bridge, the North Olympic Peninsula's major route to Seattle and points east, was closed at 12:01 a.m. today for an estimated six… Continue reading