Sequim council approves shoreline master plan

SEQUIM — Roughly two years of work on the city's shoreline development regulations culminated Tuesday night with a unanimous City Council vote to approve the… Continue reading

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

IF YOU'RE A resident of Jefferson or Clallam counties, let us tell your story. Are you expecting to observe a special Thanksgiving this year? If… Continue reading

  • Nov 15, 2012
Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Sick dog leads to near-wreck in national park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A dog with an upset stomach Wednesday led to a driver losing control of a car that could have plunged into… Continue reading

Bank security cameras captured this photo of the robber. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

UPDATE — US Bank in Quilcene robbed at gunpoint

FROM THE JEFFERSON County Sheriff's Office: On 11-15-12, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the Quilcene, WA, branch of US Bank, located at 14890 Center Road, Quilcene,… Continue reading

Bank security cameras captured this photo of the robber. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Clallam County stays with Obama as 2,508 more election ballots counted

PORT ANGELES — President Barack Obama can continue to count Clallam County in his tally of election success stories. Obama was leading Republican challenger Mitt… Continue reading

Family research tackled at Jefferson County meeting

CHIMACUM — Addressing tough family history research problems will be the focus of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society's monthly meeting Saturday. The meeting will begin… Continue reading

In case you missed this: No evidence of security breach in extramarital scandal, Obama says

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said today he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his… Continue reading

  • Nov 14, 2012

Interfaith celebration set in Port Townsend on Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Nearly a dozen different faith groups are scheduled to participate this weekend in a celebration of the gratitude that provides the basis… Continue reading

In rusted

Kalakala gets a new owner — but no new plan for its future

Peninsula Daily News news sources TACOMA — The deteriorating ferry Kalakala — once the gleaming symbol of the Northwest's future — has a new owner.… Continue reading

  • Nov 14, 2012
  • Peninsula Daily News news sources
In rusted
The cast of “Next Stop

Mystery, meal on menu for Port Townsend dinner theater

PORT TOWNSEND — Reservations are due Monday for “Next Stop, Murder,” a mystery dinner theater in which the audience gets to play a live game… Continue reading

The cast of “Next Stop
Bogie is the latest addition to the Port Angeles Police Department.

New Port Angeles officer to take bite out of crime

PORT ANGELES — Criminals beware: The Port Angeles Police Department is adding an energetic German shepherd to its force. Bogie, the department's newest K9 dog,… Continue reading

Bogie is the latest addition to the Port Angeles Police Department.

Port of Port Angeles OKs 2013 budget, property tax increase

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners unanimously approved a $17.4 million budget and a 1 percent property tax increase Tuesday. The total $17.4… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend drops ferry project

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port of Port Townsend commissioners have decided to scuttle a plan for a passenger ferry between Port Townsend and Seattle. The… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Leif Erickson

Port of Port Townsend moves to iPads

PORT TOWNSEND — Port of Port Townsend staff and commissioners are moving to a system that relies on Apple iPads to conduct daily business and… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Leif Erickson
Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN

IF YOU'RE A resident of Jefferson or Clallam counties, let us tell your story. Are you expecting to observe a special Thanksgiving this year? If… Continue reading

  • Nov 14, 2012
Share your special Thanksgiving story with the PDN
Gabriella Corea

The End: Final ‘Twilight’ installment premieres Thursday across Peninsula

When “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” opens Thursday night in Port Townsend and Port Angeles theaters, it will mark the final chapter… Continue reading

Gabriella Corea

Voters recall two Quilcene Fire District commissioners

QUILCENE — Voters have resoundingly recalled two Quilcene Fire District commissioners who were accused of falsifying minutes. Dave Ward and Mike Whittaker faced separate recall… Continue reading

Middletown Dreams co-owners Paul Rice and Miranda Boyer said they will periodically swap out their pinball machines to keep things fresh at the Port Townsend arcade/bar. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

‘Pinbar’ in Port Townsend attracts would-be pinball wizards

PORT TOWNSEND — Downtown nightlife has taken a classic turn with the opening of a “pinbar” — a pinball parlor that serves alcohol. The pinbar… Continue reading

Middletown Dreams co-owners Paul Rice and Miranda Boyer said they will periodically swap out their pinball machines to keep things fresh at the Port Townsend arcade/bar. Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Mount Rainier

2nd UPDATE — Rescuers lead 2 snowboarders off Mount Rainier

By Doug Esser The Associated Press SEATTLE — Two snowboarders who spent two nights stranded on Mount Rainier were well enough to snowshoe out Tuesday… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2012
  • By Doug Esser The Associated Press
Mount Rainier
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales The Associated Press/2011 file photo

Army prosecutor seeks death penalty for sergeant accused in Afghan massacre

Peninsula Daily News news services JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — A military prosecutor on Tuesday said the evidence against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, presented over the… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2012
  • Peninsula Daily News news services
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales The Associated Press/2011 file photo