BUSINESS — Hadlock Building Supply seeks grant, needs public support

PORT HADLOCK — Hadlock Building Supply has applied for a $250,000 grant from Chase Bank as part of a newly launched program: Mission Main Street… Continue reading

BUSINESS — Receptions for new CEO

PORT ANGELES — Two receptions are scheduled this week for Kelly Fox, new CEO of Lumber Traders Inc., the parent company of employee-owned Angeles Millwork… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2013

Clallam adds four SunLand roads to county inventory

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday agreed to incorporate four private roads within the SunLand community north of Sequim into the county road system.… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center Commissioner Jean Hordyk examines election results with Port Angeles City Councilman Dan Gase

CLALLAM: 75 votes divide Olympic Medical Center commissioner candidates Jeffers, Hordyk

PORT ANGELES — Heather Jeffers had a 75-vote lead on incumbent Olympic Medical Center Commissioner Jean Hordyk on Tuesday night. Jeffers had 5,374 votes to… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center Commissioner Jean Hordyk examines election results with Port Angeles City Councilman Dan Gase

CLALLAM: Appointee on SARC board takes 60 percent of vote

SEQUIM — Frank Pickering took 60 percent of the vote in a contest for a position on the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center commission in the… Continue reading

Mike DeRousie

CLALLAM: Fire District 2 levy lid lift defeated

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voters were rejecting an increase in the Clallam County Fire District No. 2 tax levy with 57.3 percent of the… Continue reading

Mike DeRousie
Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon talks on the pone in the lobby of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles on Tuesday night. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

CLALLAM: Incumbent Forks mayor takes 81 percent of Tuesday’s tally

FORKS –– Incumbent Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon won a massive 81 percent of the vote over challenger Janet Hughes with 302 votes counted Tuesday. Monohon… Continue reading

Forks Mayor Bryon Monohon talks on the pone in the lobby of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles on Tuesday night. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles School District board incumbent Sarah Methner

CLALLAM: Incumbents lead in both Port Angeles School Board races

PORT ANGELES — Incumbent School Board members Sarah Methner and Cindy Kelly were headed toward holding onto their Port Angeles School Board seats after the… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District board incumbent Sarah Methner

CLALLAM: Port propositions split . . . yes to shorter terms but no to more commissioners

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voters have overwhelmingly approved reducing the commissioners' six-year terms to four years but rejected a Port of Port Angeles ballot… Continue reading

CLALLAM: Sequim City Council incumbent takes large lead over challenger

SEQUIM –– Ted Miller appeared headed to a second term on the Sequim City Council, staking out a 294-vote lead over challenger Brandon Janisse in… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council member-elect Lee Whetham

CLALLAM: Whetham holds strong lead in Port Angeles City Council race

PORT ANGELES — Lee Whetham, Port Angeles labor leader and plumber, held a commanding lead in the race for the City Council position left vacant… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council member-elect Lee Whetham

CLALLAM/GARDINER: Barnfather leads Ryan in Clallam County Fire District 3 commissioner race

SEQUIM — Incumbent Clallam County Fire District No. 3 (Sequim) Commissioner James Barnfather led challenger Sean Ryan 4,276 votes to 2,387 votes in Tuesday night… Continue reading

Dead candidates get majority of votes in 2 state races

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — Two candidates in separate election races in Washington state are winning . . . despite being dead. In the… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2013
  • By The Associated Press
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves as he stands with his wife Mary Pat as they celebrate his election victory in Asbury Park

ELECTION — Christie, McAuliffe, standout winners in slate of elections nationwide

By PHILIP ELLIOTT and STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The 2016 overtones were clear in this year's two most high-profile elections.… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2013
  • By PHILIP ELLIOTT and STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves as he stands with his wife Mary Pat as they celebrate his election victory in Asbury Park
Seattle mayoral candidate state Sen. Ed Murray

ELECTION — Seattle may get its first openly gay mayor

The Associated Press SEATTLE — One year after leading Washington state's effort to legalize gay marriage, Ed Murray is now poised to become the next… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2013
  • The Associated Press
Seattle mayoral candidate state Sen. Ed Murray
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ELECTION RESULTS — From local and state vote tallies to election races in other states

STATE AND LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS For vote tallies, click on: CLALLAM — http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/clallam/ JEFFERSON — http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/jefferson/ STATE — http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/ There was one set of results… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2013
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In Pacific County, traps set after bear bites woman, kills her dog

By The Associated Press LONG BEACH, Pacific County — Wildlife agents are trying to trap a bear that bit a woman and killed her dog… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2013
  • By The Associated Press
Pfc. Jeremiah Wright of Port Angeles formally receives the Purple Heart award and a combat action badge from Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio

Injured Peninsula soldier awarded Purple Heart by deputy defense secretary

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Army Pfc. Jeremiah Wright of Port Angeles was formally awarded the Purple Heart and a combat action badge straight from the… Continue reading

Pfc. Jeremiah Wright of Port Angeles formally receives the Purple Heart award and a combat action badge from Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio
Gov. Jay Inslee announcing Tuesday that he's calling the Legislature into special session Thursday. The Associated Press

Inslee calls special session to keep Boeing project in state; 10-cent gas tax hike part of package

Peninsula Daily News news services OLYMPIA – The state Legislature will meet in a special session starting Thursday to consider a $10 billion transportation package… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2013
  • Peninsula Daily News news services
Gov. Jay Inslee announcing Tuesday that he's calling the Legislature into special session Thursday. The Associated Press
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 6, 2013
It's time to vote for your favorites . . . in our Halloween costume contest