Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula: Do you get Monday off work?

Schools and government offices across the North Olympic Peninsula will be closed Monday to observe Sunday's Veterans Day holiday. Here's a summary of what's open… Continue reading

Peninsula: More ballots counted today

Election officials on the North Olympic Peninsula today will count mail-in and absentee ballots collected from polling sites on election night and those received in… Continue reading

Port Angeles: College students protest closed-door council session

PORT ANGELES - A closed-door session of the Peninsula College Associated Student Council upset nearly a dozen students Thursday, prompting a protest outside the student… Continue reading

Initiative 747 (property tax)

Unofficial returns by Wednesday evening. Ballot counting resumes on Friday. Statewide Yes 563,660 59.27% No 387,393 40.73% Initiative 773 (tobacco tax) Yes 614,312 64.62% No… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Filming for “The Ring” begins today

Filming of stock footage for the major motion picture "The Ring"' begins today at Fort Worden State Park. The Dreamworks SKG project still hasn't signed… Continue reading

Clallam: Healthy Families wins $25,000 grant

Healthy Families of Clallam County has received a $25,000 grant from a Seattle-based philanthropic organization, the agency announced Monday. The Medina Foundation grant -- the… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Murder trial delayed two months

Robert Froehlich will have his day in court two months later than originally scheduled. Froehlich, 29, faces a second-degree murder charge for the 1992 stabbing… Continue reading

Peninsula: Hot-race winners not known for days?

The hottest contests in Jefferson and Clallam counties are the City Council races in Port Townsend and Port Angeles, Clallam County auditor, Forks mayor and… Continue reading

Seaport security takes center stage in terror fight

Imagine . . . Suicide terrorists pulling a boat alongside a heavily laden oil tanker in Port Angeles Harbor -- and detonating it, the way… Continue reading

Sequim: Olympic Discovery Trail bridge is fixed, reopened

The foot-path trestle at Railroad Bridge Park reopened earlier this week after repairs were completed. A section of the trestle was destroyed last Tuesday when… Continue reading

Two important guides are newly published and available from the Peninsula Daily News

Copies of Vote 2001, the Peninsula Daily News" voter guide designed to inform voters about candidates and issues in the Nov. 6 election, are available… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Canoe to be carved from cedar tree

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members will cut down a 165-foot western cedar today to be carved into an ocean-going ceremonial canoe. Tribal Executive Director John… Continue reading

Two important guides are newly published and available from the Peninsula Daily News

Copies of Vote 2001, the Peninsula Daily News" voter guide designed to inform voters about candidates and issues in the Nov. 6 election, are available… Continue reading

Peninsula: Mail-in ballot turnout tops 40% in Jefferson, 29% in Clallam

Mail-in ballots continue to be returned to election officials in Clallam and Jefferson counties for the Nov. 6 general election. As of Tuesday, the Clallam… Continue reading

Sequim: Wolves finish season with perfect record in volleyball

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Wolves finished the Nisqually League with a perfect record in volleyball after beating North Mason in three games on Monday night.… Continue reading

Two important guides are newly published and available

Two important guides are newly published and available from the Peninsula Daily News. Copies of Vote 2001, the Peninsula Daily News" voter guide designed to… Continue reading

Joyce: State lifts boil-water advisory on Crescent system

The Crescent Water System received a clean bill of health -- and a lifting of a boil-water advisory -- from the state Department of Health… Continue reading

Two important guides are newly published and available

Two important guides are newly published and available from the Peninsula Daily News. Copies of Vote 2001, the Peninsula Daily News" voter guide designed to… Continue reading

Calendar of Halloween activities

Here's a calendar of some of the Halloween activities on the Peninsula. A full report appears in Peninsula Spotlight in the Friday/Saturday Peninsula Daily News,… Continue reading

LaPush: Quileute developing shellfish toxin test

LAPUSH -- Quileute biologists are developing a test to more quickly detect harmful toxins in shellfish, a staple food in tribal members" diets. The tribe,… Continue reading