Washington Toxics Coalition Executive Director Laurie Valeriano speaks about upcoming legislation to a group at the Port Townsend Community Center as Rep. Kevin Van De Wege listens.  — Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

Lawmaker tells Port Townsend audience he plans to re-enter bill outlawing toxic fire retardants

PORT TOWNSEND — A bill prohibiting the sale of toxic fire retardants, which failed in the 2013 session of the Legislature, is to be reintroduced… Continue reading

Washington Toxics Coalition Executive Director Laurie Valeriano speaks about upcoming legislation to a group at the Port Townsend Community Center as Rep. Kevin Van De Wege listens.  — Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
OBAMACARE!  Deadline for health insurance enrollment in Washington state extended to Jan. 15 (with tips on how to sign up)

OBAMACARE! Deadline for health insurance enrollment in Washington state extended to Jan. 15 (with tips on how to sign up)

By The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE: The Washington Healthplanfinder is online at www.wahealthplanfinder.org. Or you can phone 855-923-4633 weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2013
  • By The Associated Press
OBAMACARE!  Deadline for health insurance enrollment in Washington state extended to Jan. 15 (with tips on how to sign up)

PDN speakers available to address clubs, organizations and other gatherings

PORT ANGELES — Representatives of the Peninsula Daily News are available to speak to clubs, organizations and at other gatherings across the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Maskerem Muka and her 4-year-old son

PENINSULA HOME FUND: A hand up to a mother and her son

EDITOR'S NOTE: For 25 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have supported the “hand up, not a handout” Peninsula Home Fund.… Continue reading

Maskerem Muka and her 4-year-old son

Port Townsend woman in Kitsap County jail after five-car wreck

BREMERTON — A Port Townsend woman remained in the Kitsap County jail Tuesday afternoon after she was booked for investigation of vehicular assault and driving… Continue reading

PDN's Jefferson front page today.

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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

  • Dec 18, 2013
PDN's Jefferson front page today.

Special holiday shopping in Sequim, Port Angeles

Peninsula Daily News Sales, treats, music and drawings for gift baskets are part of two holiday events to encourage residents to shop local — “Guys'… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2013

Speed blamed in U.S. Highway 101-state Highway 104 rollover

DISCOVERY BAY — A woman and a teenage girl were treated and discharged from Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend after a single-car rollover wreck… Continue reading

A rack of marijuana plants in a medical pot store in Seattle sits next to an automatic teller machine. The Associated Press

State’s marijuana use since legalization gauged in metric tons

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE — Figuring out how much marijuana people use has been one of the trickiest, and most important, questions… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2013
  • By Gene Johnson The Associated Press
A rack of marijuana plants in a medical pot store in Seattle sits next to an automatic teller machine. The Associated Press
Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters pick through a narrow passage in a west Port Angeles junkyard to get access to a trailer house fire Tuesday night. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

Trailer home burns in Port Angeles junkyard

PORT ANGELES — A trailer home was destroyed and a dog was unaccounted for after a fire broke out in a junkyard in west Port… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters pick through a narrow passage in a west Port Angeles junkyard to get access to a trailer house fire Tuesday night. Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE — Olympic Animal Sanctuary director talking to groups in Utah, New York about placing dogs

FORKS –– Olympic Animal Sanctuary Director Steve Markwell said Wednesday he has had conversations with two animal rescue organizations about finding new places for the… Continue reading

UPDATE— Electrical power restored west of Joyce

JOYCE — Electrical power has been restored to some 250 customers of the Clallam County Public Utility District after an outage affecting an area just… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2013
Washington state board recommends changes for medical marijuana system

Washington state board recommends changes for medical marijuana system

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington state is looking at a major overhaul of its medical marijuana system, with regulators on Wednesday calling for… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2013
  • By The Associated Press
Washington state board recommends changes for medical marijuana system
In the “We Are the World; We Are the Children” service project at Franklin Elementary School are

‘Angels’ from Port Angeles come to aid of African farmer

PORT ANGELES — “I am looking for an angel,” was parent Amy McIntyre’s appeal last week. Using Facebook as her forum, McIntyre hoped to help… Continue reading

In the “We Are the World; We Are the Children” service project at Franklin Elementary School are

‘Guys Night Out’ shopping event in Sequim on Wednesday

SEQUIM — The Sequim Merchant Group and Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce are hosting a new holiday event to encourage residents to shop at Sequim… Continue reading

PDN's Clallam front page today.

A little elf told us you wanted to see today’s PDN Page 1. Read faster. Absorb more

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

  • Dec 17, 2013
PDN's Clallam front page today.
Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at ‘The Bear’ in Sequim

WEEKDAY BREAKFAST CUSTOMERS at the Black Bear Diner in Sequim are getting something FREE with their entrée. Can you guess what that is? Read more… Continue reading

Breakfast special (with a free Peninsula Daily News) continues at 'The Bear' in Sequim

Christmas lights tours begin in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — All Points Charters & Tours again is offering fours of Christmas lights in the Port Angeles area this season. Tours will be… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners approve new contract with EDC

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners have authorized a $30,000 contract with the Economic Development Council for 2014. The three commissioners heard an end-of-the year… Continue reading

Did you win a half-billion? Here are the Mega Millions numbers . . .

Did you win a half-billion? Here are the Mega Millions numbers . . .

The winning numbers for Tuesday night's Mega Millions jackpot, worth an estimated $636 million, are 8, 14, 17, 20 and 39, with a Megaball of… Continue reading

  • Dec 17, 2013
Did you win a half-billion? Here are the Mega Millions numbers . . .