Peninsula Daily News

Jobless rate dips slightly in Clallam, level in Jefferson during first two months of year

Unemployment in Clallam County's labor market area dipped slightly over the first two months of 2005, according to state Employment Security Department figures released Tuesday.… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge lane shift starts today

Crews begin shifting lanes across the Hood Canal Bridge today to make room for widening the floating span's north half starting in early April. The… Continue reading

On the chopping block

Here is the list of recommended cuts to the 2005-06 Port Angeles School District budget if the proposed maintenance and operations levy isn't passed by… Continue reading

Sequim mayor hospitalized after motorcycle mishap

Sequim Mayor Walt Schubert was in Seattle's Harborview Medical Center on Sunday night with facial injuries he suffered when his motorcycle left state Highway 112… Continue reading

Woman rescued after hair becomes tangled in rock-climbing gear

CHIMACUM -- A Port Townsend woman in her early 20s was freed with the help of firefighters after her hair became tangled in her climbing… Continue reading

Peninsula agencies gird for a long, dry summer

Gov. Christine Gregoire, responding to predictions of the worst drought since 1977, on Thursday declared a statewide drought emergency. Gregoire directed her Emergency Drought Committee… Continue reading

Port Angeles-based Coast Guard cutter changes command today

The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Cuttyhunk will say goodbye to one skipper and usher in another today during a change of command ceremony… Continue reading

Sports: Gray paces Chimacum in state tournament; Forks hanging on

YAKIMA -- Steven Gray scored 20 of his 31 points in the second half, leading Chimacum to a 53-46 win over Nooksack Valley on Thursday… Continue reading

Sports: Chimacum boys advance in state playoffs; Forks boys, Chimacum girls lose

YAKIMA -- Sophomore Steven Gray came within one point of a state single-game scoring record as he sparked the Chimacum Cowboys to a huge upset… Continue reading

A scolding from her honor

PORT TOWNSEND MAYOR Catharine Robinson's letter chastising fellow City Council member Geoff Masci for calling three council members "godless heathen hippies" during a talk at… Continue reading

Sequim picks finalists for middle school principal post

SEQUIM -- Sequim Middle School has a new principal, and six people have been selected as finalists for the position of Greywolf Elementary School principal.… Continue reading

Graduation in Port Angeles today of first Bridge Project class

The public is invited to graduation ceremonies for The Bridge Project's first retail-customer service custom job skills training class today. The Bridge Project, which trains… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry cancellations this week

Low tides and unfavorable currents are causing another round of ferry cancellations between Port Townsend and Keystone this week. The run cancellations begin Tuesday, when… Continue reading

Sports: Forks, 2 Chimacum teams advance to state tournament

UNIVERSITY PLACE -- The Chimacum girls basketball team picked up third place in the Class 2A West Central District Tournament on Saturday and a berth… Continue reading

Hospital acts to improve cuisine

PORT ANGELES -- They will select meals from a menu, call in their orders from bed, be served by a server and eat from real… Continue reading

Guess who’s coming for dinner in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Plans have been approved and permits issued for the construction of a Jack in the Box restaurant. The final approval came from the… Continue reading

Read the graving yard report online

THE STATE DEPARTMENT of Transportation has posted the entire Hood Canal Bridge graving yard report on its bridge Web site for the public to peruse.… Continue reading

PA chamber to hear alder mill president

PORT ANGELES -- Richard Tinney, president of Washington Alder LLC, which as Port Angeles Hardwood LLC plans to build a $23 million sawmill west of… Continue reading

Trial set in case in which woman allegedly set fire to motel room with family inside

PORT ANGELES -- The trial of a woman accused of trying to kill her husband and two children is set for April 4. Sheree L.… Continue reading

Coho ferry to go out of service Monday

The ferry MV Coho, which transports passengers and motor vehicles between Port Angeles and Victoria, goes out of service Monday for an annual two-week maintenance… Continue reading