Patriot Guard Rider Rogher McCollum of Sequim

Peninsula to salute area veterans at events

ON MONDAY, THE country will mark Veterans Day — a day to honor those who have served in the armed forces. Veterans Day ceremonies beginning… Continue reading

Patriot Guard Rider Rogher McCollum of Sequim
Port Angeles City Council votes to raise utility rates up to 6.4% effective Jan. 1

Port Angeles City Council votes to raise utility rates up to 6.4% effective Jan. 1

PORT ANGELES — The total utility bill of an average city resident will go up between $14 and $15 per month starting Jan. 1 now… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council votes to raise utility rates up to 6.4% effective Jan. 1
Port Angeles council OKs 1% hike in property tax collections

Port Angeles council OKs 1% hike in property tax collections

PORT ANGELES — The city will collect 1 percent more in property taxes in 2014 than it did in 2013. City Council members voted unanimously… Continue reading

Port Angeles council OKs 1% hike in property tax collections
Nancy Biery

Quilcene woman running for state Democratic Party chair

QUILCENE — A political consultant who once led the Jefferson County Democratic Party and served as an aide to former Gov. Gary Locke and U.S.… Continue reading

Nancy Biery
Shipley Center director Michael Smith holds a lighter to the center's mortgage to preview next Tuesday's ceremony officially retiring the debt. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim’s senior center pays off mortgage early

SEQUIM –– Shipley Center officials will ceremonially burn copies of the mortgage paperwork from a $134,000 expansion loan Tuesday. Shipley Center, formerly the Sequim Senior… Continue reading

Shipley Center director Michael Smith holds a lighter to the center's mortgage to preview next Tuesday's ceremony officially retiring the debt. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

State seeks public input on timber land plan

FORKS — The state Department of Natural Resources is taking public comment on the revised draft environmental impact statement for the Olympic Experimental State Forest… Continue reading

State seeks public input on timber land plan; meeting Nov. 19 in Forks

FORKS — The state Department of Natural Resources is taking public comment on the revised draft environmental impact statement for the Olympic Experimental State Forest… Continue reading

Threatened bird topic of author’s talk in Port Townsend on Nov. 12

PORT TOWNSEND — Maria Mudd Ruth, author of Rare Bird, will speak about the marbled murrelet Tuesday (Nov. 12). The presentation will be from 7… Continue reading

TO OUR READERS: Setting it Straight about Thursday’s Peninsula Poll

The Peninsula Poll question asked Thursday contained a significant error that was discovered after the fact. The question asked whether a person agreed with a… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2013
Blue Heron Middle School Principal Diane Lashinsky addresses students Wednesday about the investigation of a gun threat

Unfounded gun threat at Port Townsend middle school generates talk from the principal

PORT TOWNSEND — Police investigated a report of a gun threat at Blue Heron Middle School on Wednesday that turned out to be groundless, the… Continue reading

Blue Heron Middle School Principal Diane Lashinsky addresses students Wednesday about the investigation of a gun threat

AAUW Port Townsend talk Nov. 19 will spotlight Peninsula economics

PORT TOWNSEND — A panel of four local authorities will review the area's strengths and weaknesses and discuss efforts that are being made to keep… Continue reading

Voices for Veterans is holding a “Boot on the Ground" silent auction.

Bid on an Army combat boot . . . DEADLINE is Monday . . . help a military veteran

PORT ANGELES — Voices for Veterans, a federal 501(c) nonprofit group, is holding a silent auction using an authentic hot-weather Army combat boot, size 15½,… Continue reading

  • Nov 8, 2013
Voices for Veterans is holding a “Boot on the Ground" silent auction.
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
A diver places flotation devices beneath the 21-foot aluminum rescue boat of East Jefferson Fire-Rescue on Thursday.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

East Jefferson rescue boat found capsized; small hull crack might be to blame

PORT TOWNSEND — A rescue boat found capsized in the Boat Haven on Thursday morning was righted by a diving crew and is being examined… Continue reading

A diver places flotation devices beneath the 21-foot aluminum rescue boat of East Jefferson Fire-Rescue on Thursday.  -- Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Kringlekin Elves Made In America is one of the trees that were decorated and auctioned off at the 2012 Festival of Trees in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Festival of Trees tickets on sale Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Tickets for the North Olympic Peninsula Festival of Trees Teddy Bear Tea and Gala will go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday.… Continue reading

Kringlekin Elves Made In America is one of the trees that were decorated and auctioned off at the 2012 Festival of Trees in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Forks pocket library to shutter for move to renovated building

FORKS — The Forks Library’s small pocket library in the West End Business and Technology Center will close Saturday for a move back to its… Continue reading

Jaye Moore

Fowl play: Who’s shooting blow darts at ducks, gulls?

SEQUIM — The Northwest Raptor & Wildlife Center continues receiving reports of birds being blow-darted even as Director Jaye Moore prepares to release in Sequim's… Continue reading

Jaye Moore
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Holiday Extravaganza in Port Angeles this weekend: Sales, special events . . . and drawing for $3,500 in goods and services

PORT ANGELES — All shoppers have to do is show up this weekend to enter to win $3,500 in goods and services as part of… Continue reading

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It's time to vote for your favorites . . . in our Halloween costume contest

It’s time to vote for your favorites . . . in our Halloween costume contest

By BELLA SWAN-CULLEN Peninsula Daily News Forks Correspondent WE RECEIVED 54 great entries in the Peninsula Daily News' three-part Halloween Costume Contest, and now it's… Continue reading

  • Nov 8, 2013
It's time to vote for your favorites . . . in our Halloween costume contest

Jefferson Healthcare incumbent unseated while second close race unresolved after second count

STATE AND LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS: For vote tallies, click on: JEFFERSON — http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/jefferson/ STATE — http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/ PORT TOWNSEND — One of two Jefferson County races… Continue reading