A display sign indicates gas prices well below $3 per gallon at the Safeway fuel station east of Port Angeles on Friday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Gasoline at a price under $3! What to know as gas prices plunge

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press The sight is so surprising that Americans are sharing photos of it, along with all those cute Halloween… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press
A display sign indicates gas prices well below $3 per gallon at the Safeway fuel station east of Port Angeles on Friday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Ken Kidder of Duluth

Glines Canyon overlook opens — see the free-flowing Elwha River and former Lake Mills

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — One of the Glines Canyon overlooks is now open. Olympic National park opened the overlook, which has 10 parking spaces, on… Continue reading

Ken Kidder of Duluth
HAVEN'T VOTED YET? North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide offers info on state issues, races in Jefferson, Clallam counties

HAVEN’T VOTED YET? North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide offers info on state issues, races in Jefferson, Clallam counties

The North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide, produced as a public service by the Peninsula Daily News, is now available during the voting period in the… Continue reading

HAVEN'T VOTED YET? North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide offers info on state issues, races in Jefferson, Clallam counties
Lisa and Tom Martin

New owners of Olympic Cellars plan to add food and beer, but standbys will remain

PORT ANGELES — The new owners of Olympic Cellars, the home of Working Girls wines, plan to build on a good thing. Lisa and Tom… Continue reading

Lisa and Tom Martin

NEWS BRIEFS — Delays expected starting Monday on Hood Canal Bridge . . . and other items

SHINE — Drawspan openings could delay drivers on the Hood Canal Bridge this week. Delays are expected between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through… Continue reading

Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park gauges public reaction to its planned fee increases [ * includes link for your comment * ]

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — How do you feel about paying more than it costs now — in some cases, more than double — to visit… Continue reading

Olympic National Park

Peninsula tsunami sirens to sound Monday in system test

Winchester chimes will be heard at noon Monday in Clallam and Jefferson counties during a test of the tsunami siren system. The North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Kenmore Air Express

Port of Port Angeles: ‘We will search for another air carrier’

PORT ANGELES — Kenmore Air Express will stop providing the only scheduled commercial air passenger service on the North Olympic Peninsula on Nov. 15. Kenmore… Continue reading

Kenmore Air Express
The stately Fort Worden Building 202 overlooks the Strait of Juan de Fuca. —Peninsula Daily News photo

Port Townsend agency seeks funding for Fort Worden building renovation; clouded vow from Olympia inspires effort

PORT TOWNSEND — An effort to secure funding for renovation of an empty building on the Fort Worden State Park campus has kicked into high… Continue reading

The stately Fort Worden Building 202 overlooks the Strait of Juan de Fuca. —Peninsula Daily News photo

Sequim schools seek input on proposed bond, construction

SEQUIM — Sequim School District officials are seeking public comment on proposed building projects at a series of forums that begin this Wednesday. The School… Continue reading

Maryann Collier

Tough times after husband’s layoff leads her to ‘Extreme Couponing’ [ Sign up here for her free seminar on Wednesday in Port Angeles ]

By Jon Bauer The (Everett) Herald Here's the link to see Maryann Collier of "Extreme Couponing" in a free appearance Wednesday night. Details in box… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By Jon Bauer The (Everett) Herald
Maryann Collier
A poster made with photos of the six Marysville High School kids involved in the Oct. 24 shooting hangs with other memorials on the fence at the edge of the schoolgrounds. The (Everett) Herald

UPDATED — Administrators heed insights on easing Marysville students’ return to school on Monday ( * With photo gallery * )

EDITOR'S NOTE — For the latest developments in this story, and more photos, go to www.heraldnet.com, the website of The Herald newspaper in Everett/Snohomish County,… Continue reading

A poster made with photos of the six Marysville High School kids involved in the Oct. 24 shooting hangs with other memorials on the fence at the edge of the schoolgrounds. The (Everett) Herald
Brittany Maynard

UPDATED — Terminally ill ‘death with dignity’ advocate Brittany Maynard dies in Oregon

By STEVEN DUBOIS and TERRENCE PETTY The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A terminally ill woman who renewed a nationwide debate about physician-assisted suicide… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By STEVEN DUBOIS and TERRENCE PETTY The Associated Press
Brittany Maynard
Here is today's front page for our Clallam County readers — news tailored to your community. There's more inside that isn't online!

What’s happening on the North Olympic Peninsula today? See today’s PDN front page

WHEN YOU GET home delivery of the Peninsula Daily News, the digital comes free. Subscribers to the print PDN (Sunday through Friday or Friday/Sunday only)… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
Here is today's front page for our Clallam County readers — news tailored to your community. There's more inside that isn't online!
Peninsula Daily News

With Kenmore Air Express quitting Nov. 15, where do we go from here?

PORT ANGELES — Just as the holidays loom, the North Olympic Peninsula will lose its only commercial air passenger service. How will residents travel off… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News

BUSINESS BRIEFS — Port Angeles nursery and florist sets open houses starting Saturday . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Gross’s Nursery & Florist, 826 E. First St., will hold a holiday open house this weekend. The event is from 9 a.m.… Continue reading

Charging decision in head-on wreck on U.S. Highway 101 awaits State Patrol report

PORT ANGELES — Prosecutors are awaiting results of a blood test before deciding if a Port Angeles man arrested after a serious wreck should be… Continue reading

Kurt Jafay of Sequim

Clallam County hearing examiner pro-tem mulls pot grow-op in former Port Angeles school

PORT ANGELES — Kurt Jafay and his neighbors soon will find out whether a marijuana growing and processing operation will be allowed to open in… Continue reading

Kurt Jafay of Sequim
Kenneth Johnson enters the courtroom during his arraignment on Friday in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

December trial set for sex offender after high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES — Kenneth S. “Tiny” Johnson will face a Dec. 14 trial on charges of robbery, eluding police and theft of two vehicles after… Continue reading

Kenneth Johnson enters the courtroom during his arraignment on Friday in Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY: Celtic song Tuesday, jazz trio Saturday and more . . .

Three for jazz SEQUIM — The unusual blend of pianist Linda Dowdell, trumpet man Ed Donahue and bassist Ted Enderle will converge at Wind Rose… Continue reading