Kelly Hall

Search for missing hiker intensifies in Olympics south of Sequim

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Searchers had no clues to the location of a missing hiker in Olympic National Park as the sun dropped low on… Continue reading

Kelly Hall
Winds go the right way in saving house from wildfire

Winds go the right way in saving house from wildfire

In the photo at right, firefighters from Forks and Beaver mop up after a wildfire burned about an acre Sunday afternoon near a home along… Continue reading

Winds go the right way in saving house from wildfire

Advisory against contact with Port Angeles Harbor may be lifted earlier than expected

PORT ANGELES — An advisory warning against recreational contact with the waters of Port Angeles Harbor will be re-evaluated Tuesday and may be lifted a… Continue reading

Jefferson County candidate Michael Haas

Clallam sheriff takes aim at Jefferson County prosecutor candidate over past marijuana defense comments

PORT TOWNSEND –– Does candidate Michael Haas' defense of a Sequim man charged with illegally growing marijuana impact his ability to be Jefferson County's top… Continue reading

Jefferson County candidate Michael Haas

BUSINESS BRIEFS — British Columbia teachers’ strike affects businesses, too . . . and other local business items

VICTORIA — A three-month teachers strike that has gone into the new school term is having more of an effect on just parents, students and… Continue reading

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Check out event-by-event judging results from Clallam, Jefferson county fairs

THE MANY WINNERS from last month's Jefferson County and Clallam County fairs are being posted on the Peninsula Daily News' website as the results are… Continue reading

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Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis

Clallam County commissioner says treasurer conducts ‘character assassination’ against top administrator

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County commissioner assigned as board liaison to outspoken Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis said her public criticism of County Administrator Jim Jones… Continue reading

Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis
William Payne

Clallam prosecutor hopefuls tout experience, weigh in on pot at forum

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney William Payne and challenger Mark Nichols touted their respective experience, discussed the intricacies of the state marijuana law… Continue reading

William Payne
The Issuma is shown in Port Angeles Boat Haven before her skipper

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Schooner makes Port Angeles stopover en route to Antarctica

For a week or more, Issuma was moored in the Port Angeles Boat Haven. She is a 50-foot steel staysail schooner built in Tarare, France,… Continue reading

The Issuma is shown in Port Angeles Boat Haven before her skipper
Ken Woodside pulls aboard a derelict crab pot off the waters of Port Townsend. More than 12

Divers seek derelict crab pots off Port Townsend [ **Photo Gallery** ]

By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press PORT TOWNSEND — More than 12,000 crab pots are lost in Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2014
  • By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press
Ken Woodside pulls aboard a derelict crab pot off the waters of Port Townsend. More than 12

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

â–  Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St. This… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County to mull preliminary budget

The three Clallam County commissioners will hear a presentation on the preliminary 2015 county budget Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend City Council mulls bond proposition

The Port Townsend City Council will discuss a proposed $4.1 million bond measure to support the renovation of the Mountain View complex when it conducts… Continue reading

A bull trout in the East Fork Quinault River.  Similar bull trout are appearing far up the newly freed Elwha River. National Park Service

Fish migrate into upper Elwha River for first time in century

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Fish have migrated into the upper Elwha River for the first time in a century. Olympic National Park biologists confirmed last… Continue reading

A bull trout in the East Fork Quinault River.  Similar bull trout are appearing far up the newly freed Elwha River. National Park Service
“Lilli Donisi Clallam County Fair 2014 Yee Haw!!!” Andrea Donisi

Here are the winners of our County Fair Photo Contest

By Margot Conway Peninsula Daily News OUR COUNTY FAIR Photo Contest brought folks out in droves — to enter the contest with their pictures from… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2014
  • By Margot Conway Peninsula Daily News
“Lilli Donisi Clallam County Fair 2014 Yee Haw!!!” Andrea Donisi
Anne Burkart

Longest-serving member announces resignation from Port Townsend School Board

PORT TOWNSEND — The longest-serving member of the Port Townsend School Board has announced her resignation effective Oct. 31 for personal reasons. The School Board… Continue reading

Anne Burkart
Betsy Davis

New executive director of Port Hadlock boat-building school cites hands-on experience

PORT HADLOCK — The new executive director for the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding feels her hands-on experience will bring a new perspective to the… Continue reading

Betsy Davis
The 7-foot ocean sunfish is shown with June Mohler

Ocean sunfish washes up on Washington coast

By The Associated Press ILWACO — A 7-foot ocean sunfish rarely seen in Washington waters recently washed ashore on a beach at Cape Disappointment State… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2014
  • By The Associated Press
The 7-foot ocean sunfish is shown with June Mohler

Open house set Monday for new orthopedic surgeons at Jefferson Healthcare hospital

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare hospital plans an open house at 5:30 p.m. Monday for the public to meet two new orthopedic surgeons. Drs. Ken… Continue reading

Port Angeles man faces trial in robbery, assault, theft near Forks

PORT ANGELES — Aaron Maurice Mylan pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree robbery, second-degree assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and theft of a motor… Continue reading