Peninsula promoters put in their 2 cents as state tourism director seeks input on marketing plan

SEQUIM ­-- Holding out his arms to the sunny sky outside a window, Russ Veenema reminded a state official that we have a bad reputation.… Continue reading

Activist protests but board allows DNR timber sales in Clallam

PORT ANGELES -- A forest activist urged the state Board of Natural Resources to postpone two timber sales in Clallam County's West End until the… Continue reading

Swain’s General Store president celebrates 50 years

PORT ANGELES -- There's nothing that Jack Little would change about the last 50 years. The 76-year-old president of Swain's General Store in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Sequim medics team leaves for Haiti

SEQUIM -- Pausing for a few minutes in Thursday's early morning chill, Sandra Boudrou spoke of preparing her body and mind for an almost-unimaginable scene.… Continue reading

Dog mauls boy at his home; probe leads to father’s arrest in auto theft case

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles boy was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Wednesday night after his father's dog mauled him in… Continue reading

Judge rules state underfunding education

By Paige Dickerson Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press The state of Washington is not fulfilling its constitutional duty to fully pay for basic… Continue reading

  • Feb 5, 2010
  • By Paige Dickerson Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press

Police searching for dog that mauled Port Angeles boy

PORT ANGELES -- Police are scouring the town for a dog that mauled an 11-year-old boy late Wednesday afternoon. The dog is a 40- to… Continue reading

Tour group walks through model walkable, livable Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- The official opening of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute office in Port Townsend highlighted a tour of visitors who walked the… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts rebirth permit arrives just in time in Sequim

SEQUIM -- In the nick of time, Olympic Theatre Arts got its rebirth certificate Wednesday -- after 35 months of off-stage drama. That precious piece… Continue reading

$164,800 to design footbridge? Port Angeles public works director defends cost, company’s history

PORT ANGELES -- The city's public works director found himself on the ropes at this week's City Council meeting defending the allotment of $5.68 million… Continue reading

Federal funds distributed for Lower Donovan Creek, other wetlands

A federal grant, issued through the state Department of Ecology, will help protect 76 acres in the Lower Donovan Creek area of upper Quilcene Bay… Continue reading

Trial delayed for accused bank robber from Port Townsend area

PORT TOWNSEND -- A federal court trial for a Port Townsend boat builder and farmer accused of robbing a Tacoma bank last October has been… Continue reading

Computer technician tells why Sequim levy important for education

SEQUIM -- As taxpayers across the Dungeness Valley engage in a furious debate over the school levy on the Feb. 9 ballot, Richard Seiler is… Continue reading

Hospice director hopes to carry on legacy whose foundation is volunteers

PORT ANGELES -- Susan Hynes, who took the helm of the Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County last fall, hopes to continue the legacy of Rose… Continue reading

Jefferson PUD says power negotiations under confidentiality agreement

PORT HADLOCK -- Despite pleas from Citizens for Local Power representatives for more public involvement in the process, Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners Wednesday… Continue reading

Clallam Treasurer’s Office investigation over; amount stolen now $600,000

PORT ANGELES -- The state Auditor's Office has completed its nine-month investigation into the theft of an estimated $600,000 in public money from the Clallam… Continue reading

Poets to help audience step into history at First Friday lecture in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- On March 8, 1964, Ulysses S. Grant stepped off a train in Washington, D.C., where he had been summoned by President Lincoln.… Continue reading

Supporters of low-development option for Rayonier site address Port Angeles Business Association

PORT ANGELES -- Three environmental activists suggested Tuesday that developing the abandoned Rayonier mill site to a low level of economic activity focused mostly on… Continue reading

Appeals court orders new sentencing for ‘Millennium Bomber’ caught in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Four Customs inspectors on duty when Algerian-born terrorist Ahmed Ressam was captured in Port Angeles 10 years ago said they were heartened… Continue reading

‘Mad As Hell Tea Party’ for all on Peninsula

CHIMACUM -- Jefferson County Republicans -- saying they are frustrated with local, state and federal government -- are inviting North Olympic Peninsula residents to a… Continue reading