Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Clallam County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

Wanted: A few good Clallam County heroes for Community Service Award
Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award

NOW IS THE time to nominate your local hero. We are looking for people who make a difference in Jefferson County, individuals who have made… Continue reading

Wanted: A few good Jefferson County heroes for Heart of Service award
Zack Jacobs

Radon risk on Peninsula raised by state

A new map produced by the state Department of Health shows that much of the North Olympic Peninsula could be at a high to medium… Continue reading

Zack Jacobs
This snapshot by the Mann family of Port Angeles shows Cydnee Leigh 12th Mann at Seattle's Swedish Hospital soon after she was born.  —Photo via NBC News

SUPER BOWL BLESSED EVENT: Port Angeles couple gives newborn middle name of 12th Mann

PORT ANGELES — One of Port Angeles' smallest and newest Seattle Seahawks fans has been bestowed with a rather unique way of honoring the Super… Continue reading

This snapshot by the Mann family of Port Angeles shows Cydnee Leigh 12th Mann at Seattle's Swedish Hospital soon after she was born.  —Photo via NBC News
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

SUPER BOWL BASH: Van decorated in Denver Broncos colors meets the 12th Man

In the photo at right, Gregory Bondy of Port Angeles expresses delight after smashing out the windshield of a van decorated in Denver Broncos colors… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Arraignment postponed in case that left Forks officer injured

PORT ANGELES — An arraignment hearing for a Forks man charged after a Jan. 18 incident that left a Forks police officer hospitalized was postponed… Continue reading

Forks mayor gives updates on sanctuary dogs, art center

FORKS — Calls regarding the Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs have stopped and the Rainforest Art Center is on schedule, Mayor Bryon Monohon told about 50… Continue reading

Forks mayor gives updates on sanctuary dogs, art center

FORKS — Calls regarding the Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs have stopped and the Rainforest Art Center is on schedule, Mayor Bryon Monohon told about 50… Continue reading

Chaz Rian Sands

Memorials slated Saturday, Feb. 9 in Port Angeles for city man killed in motorcycle crash

PORT ANGELES — Over the next two weekends, members of the public will have three opportunities to memorialize 25-year-old Chaz Sands, who died Jan. 23… Continue reading

Chaz Rian Sands
Port Townsend Library collections manager Beverly Moore catalogs some of the books that will need to be stored in anticipation of the library’s move back into the Carnegie Building

Port Townsend Library board to urge limited nationwide search for new chief

PORT TOWNSEND — The library advisory board will recommend to the City Council that a limited nationwide search be done for a new library director,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Library collections manager Beverly Moore catalogs some of the books that will need to be stored in anticipation of the library’s move back into the Carnegie Building
Port Townsend Library collections manager Beverly Moore catalogs some of the books that will need to be stored in anticipation of the library’s move back into the Carnegie Building

Port Townsend Library board to urge limited nationwide search for new chief

PORT TOWNSEND — The library advisory board will recommend to the City Council that a limited nationwide search be done for a new library director,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Library collections manager Beverly Moore catalogs some of the books that will need to be stored in anticipation of the library’s move back into the Carnegie Building

WEEKEND — Geomythology topic of Saturday talk in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson Land Trust's geology group will sponsor a talk on geomythology at 4 p.m. Saturday. Professor Jeffery Tepper, chairman of the… Continue reading

Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

12 super spots on the North Olympic Peninsula to watch Seahawks on Sunday

From Neah Bay to Quilcene, Port Townsend to Kalaloch, restaurants, taverns and all other manner of public gathering places will offer up Skittles and green-and-blue… Continue reading

Bartender Tommy Napoli practices mixing up Seattle Seahawks-inspired drinks at the Rainforest Sports Bar at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Trooper Travis Beebe

Agency report: Trooper’s speed caused November wreck; 94 mph reached just before crash

PORT ANGELES — Trooper Travis Beebe had accelerated to 94 mph on U.S. Highway 101 seconds before he lost control of his patrol car and… Continue reading

Trooper Travis Beebe

Anti-bullying program urges culture change in Quillayute Valley School District

PORT ANGELES — The Quillayute Valley School District is piloting in Clallam County an anti-bullying program that involves everyone from bus drivers to teachers to… Continue reading

A damaged Clallam County Sheriff’s Office patrol car sits at the Clallam County Shop Yard in Port Angeles on Wednesday after it was involved in a wreck. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam County Sheriff’s Office cruiser destroyed in Port Angeles crash

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County Sheriff’s Office patrol car was destroyed early Wednesday after a motorist collided with it while both drivers were traveling… Continue reading

A damaged Clallam County Sheriff’s Office patrol car sits at the Clallam County Shop Yard in Port Angeles on Wednesday after it was involved in a wreck. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
New York Times correspondent Austin Ramzy with schoolchildren before he was ordered out of China. — The Associated Press

Ex-Peninsula Daily News reporter ousted by Chinese government

PORT ANGELES — Former Peninsula Daily News reporter Austin Ramzy, now a New York Times journalist, was forced to leave China on Thursday after Beijing… Continue reading

New York Times correspondent Austin Ramzy with schoolchildren before he was ordered out of China. — The Associated Press
A cat looks out from the riprap on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Signs have been posted warning people not to feed a colony of feral cats living in the rocks along the Hook. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Groups plan large-scale program to fix Clallam County feral cats

PORT ANGELES — They can often be seen scampering from rock to rock along Ediz Hook in Port Angeles, their eyes peeking out from between… Continue reading

A cat looks out from the riprap on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Signs have been posted warning people not to feed a colony of feral cats living in the rocks along the Hook. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Ann Renker

Neah Bay principal to take state position in June

NEAH BAY — Neah Bay Middle and High School Principal Ann Renker, who has overseen major improvements in student achievement, will leave the district in… Continue reading

Ann Renker

PA United seeks economic development plan; 4 meetings planned in February, March

PORT ANGELES — Representatives of four business groups met Wednesday in an ad hoc effort to seek a unified strategy to spur economic development in… Continue reading