The Old Sidekicks include 85-year-old stand-up bass player W.L. Martin: “The ladies love him.”

These ol’ boys kick up their heels: Old Sidekicks in concert for new CD tonight

SEQUIM — The call themselves five old guys, but they know how to kick up their heels. And the Old Sidekicks — plus their friends… Continue reading

The Old Sidekicks include 85-year-old stand-up bass player W.L. Martin: “The ladies love him.”
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OUR WEBSITE, www.peninsuladailynews.com, has the highlights — but the print edition of the Peninsula Daily News has 40 percent more stories and photos. And there… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2014
Today's front page for Port Townsend/Jefferson County readers.

Top state lawyer: Cities, counties can enact bans on pot businesses

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE — Cities and counties can block licensed marijuana businesses from operating within their borders, the state’s top lawyer… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2014
  • By Gene Johnson The Associated Press

WEEKEND: Basketball tourney set Saturday, Sunday

PORT ANGELES — The Martin Luther King Classic, a basketball tournament for fifth- through eighth-grade boys and girls teams, is set Saturday and Sunday. Games… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Women in film, barn tour among offerings on Peninsula this weekend

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Jan. 17. Women in film, a barn tour and a chance to sing in a community chorus are… Continue reading

Mark Nichols

Acting Clallam County prosecuting attorney to resign

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County acting Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols submitted his notice of resignation to the Board of County Commissioners today (Friday). Nichols, 42,… Continue reading

Mark Nichols
A rest room in the Jefferson County Courthouse has been closed while a white powder found inside it this morning is analyzed. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE: Substance found at Jefferson County Courthouse an inert powder

PORT TOWNSEND — A “suspicious” substance discovered in a Jefferson County Courthouse rest room is boric acid, police said. The powder found in a stall… Continue reading

A rest room in the Jefferson County Courthouse has been closed while a white powder found inside it this morning is analyzed. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Blue Heron Middle School students stand in an athletic field after they were evacuated from the school today (Friday). By Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Blue Heron Middle School students in Port Townsend evacuated after bomb threat

PORT TOWNSEND — Blue Heron Middle School students have been evacuated today (Friday) and will be sent home because of a bomb threat. Parents who… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School students stand in an athletic field after they were evacuated from the school today (Friday). By Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Pettit Oil shuts down

Pettit Oil, a Lakewood-based petroleum distribution company with facilities in Port Angeles, Forks and Port Townsend, has closed its doors. Calls to the company's main… Continue reading

UPDATE: Wreck cleared from state Highway 19 near Airport Road

UPDATE — All lanes were cleared by 11:09 a.m. after a wreck on state Highway 19 near Airport Road. Earlier story is below. PORT TOWNSEND… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Peninsula College Hall of Fame to install first inductees tonight

PORT ANGELES — The 1970 Peninsula College men’s basketball team, which was led by Bernie Fryer, who had a successful career as an official and… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Basketball tourney set Saturday, Sunday

PORT ANGELES — The Martin Luther King Classic, a basketball tournament for fifth- through eighth-grade boys and girls teams, is set Saturday and Sunday. Games… Continue reading

Clallam County approves 17 advisory panel appointments

PORT ANGELES — Seventeen members of Clallam County advisory boards and committees have been appointed or reappointed to seven county panels. All of the appointments… Continue reading

Clallam County renews agreement for online food handler cards

PORT ANGELES — Getting a food handler's card has become a lot easier in Clallam County, and the numbers back it up, county officials said.… Continue reading

EDC panel to finalize details, communications plan for upcoming regional business summit

PORT ANGELES — The executive committee of the Clallam County Economic Development Council will finalize plans and develop a communications plan for summit meetings expected… Continue reading

Laurie Johnson

Forks settles back down after year of Olympic Animal Sanctuary protests

FORKS –– When a regular customer teased Forks Coffee Shop waitress Michelle Steward over lunch recently, it was a welcome return to a familiar scene… Continue reading

Laurie Johnson
This enhanced satellite photograph of the Olympic Peninsula shows its mountainous core. — NASA

Kilmer, Murray to introduce new version of Wild Olympics bill today

A new version of Wild Olympics legislation will be introduced today by U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. The Wild Olympics Wilderness… Continue reading

This enhanced satellite photograph of the Olympic Peninsula shows its mountainous core. — NASA
Steve Markwell

Olympic Animal Sanctuary owner’s whereabouts still unknown

FORKS –– Where is Steve Markwell? The most recent reports on Markwell come from the end of December when he took 124 dogs from his… Continue reading

Steve Markwell

Olympic Medical Center panel updated on ER’s expansion

PORT ANGELES –– Expecting an increase of newly insured patients using its emergency room, Olympic Medical Center is nearly finished with a three-bed expansion and… Continue reading

Rep. Derek Kilmer

POINT OF VIEW: In his own words, Kilmer explains why he’s backing wilderness legislation

By Derek Kilmer Congressman, 6th District As someone who grew up in Port Angeles, I saw firsthand the impact of lost timber jobs on the… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2014
  • By Derek Kilmer Congressman, 6th District
Rep. Derek Kilmer