Update: Search suspended for two Port Angeles men lost on Strait of Juan de Fuca in 14-foot boat

Update: The Coast Guard announced about 1 p.m. today that it has suspended the search for two Port Angeles fishermen lost on the Strait of… Continue reading

Dicks has change of heart, will hold health care town hall on North Olympic Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND -- Congressman Norm Dicks, who had been under pressure to hold town hall meetings on proposed health care reform but feared they would… Continue reading

Earthquake: Signs point to greater Peninsula effect from ‘the big one’

The possible projected impact area of a long-predicted 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Washington has moved closer to the North Olympic Peninsula, some scientists… Continue reading

New advertising director named

PORT ANGELES -- Suzanne Williams has been named as the new advertising director of the Peninsula Daily News, its weekly newspaper, Sequim This Week, and… Continue reading

Boaters missing off Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Coast Guard is searching for two boaters reported missing near Port Angeles today. Coast Guard Group/Air Station Port Angeles received a… Continue reading

Dicks to hold health care town hall meeting on North Olympic Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND — Rep. Norm Dicks, who has received an earful from North Olympic Peninsula residents on whether he should hold a town hall on… Continue reading

Leaping for love: Dentist to skydive to help lupus research

SEQUIM -- Sunday afternoon, Brianna Juel will give her father, Brian Juel, a firm push out of an airplane 13,000 feet above Shelton. Hold on,… Continue reading

Metal boat show comes to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- For the first time in its 22-year history, the Metal Boat Festival landed in Port Angeles. The three-day event began Friday. It… Continue reading

Smash and dash at the fair : Sunday blows out with derby

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County Fair isn't over until the last car gets smashed. Demolition derby cars will go head-to-head in a metal-bending, smoky… Continue reading

State seeks more input on highways 19, 20 corridor improvements

CHIMACUM -- Those interested in helping to shape transportation improvements on the state Highway 19 and 20 corridor can share their thoughts with state Department… Continue reading

Update: No Mega Millions lottery winner, so Tuesday’s jackpot swelling to estimated $252 million

Friday's report: Lottery ticket vendors all over the North Olympic Peninsula are bracing for a sharp spike in the sale of Mega Millions lottery ticket… Continue reading

Coast Guard exercises slated in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Coast Guard-type vessels and crews from Japan, Russian, China, Canada and U.S. Coast Guard cutters will arrive in Port Angeles on Sunday… Continue reading

Firms seek local contractors as they bid for hatchery project

PORT ANGELES -- Two companies hoping to win a contract to build the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe's new fish hatchery have recently ramped up their… Continue reading

Fluidride Cup downhill bike races start today

PORT ANGELES -- Dry Hill is drier than normal. That should translate into some interesting riding at this weekend's Fluidride Cup downhill mountain bike races.… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge anchor links finished

SHINE -- The last 20 new anchor connections for the east side of the Hood Canal Bridge were completed this week. Until Tuesday, some of… Continue reading

Mad As Hell Doctors to promote universal health care at forum

SEQUIM -- Health care reform will take center stage in a public meeting Tuesday as a group of Oregon physicians calling themselves "Mad As Hell… Continue reading

No longer a department store? Owners of Gottschalks building consider other options

PORT ANGELES -- The former Gottschalks building may never again house a department store. All efforts to recruit a department store or other major retailer… Continue reading

Not old any more: It’s just Fort Townsend now

PORT TOWNSEND -- The state park 4 miles south of Port Townsend is no longer Old Fort Townsend. The state Parks and Recreation Commission has… Continue reading

PUD, Navy quarrel over water line easement

PORT HADLOCK -- Angered Jefferson County Public Utility District leaders will run a new water line outside Naval Magazine Indian Island's security fence close to… Continue reading

Union protests with giant rat display

PORT ANGELES -- About six laborers protested a job expo Thursday -- not with signs, but with a gigantic inflated rat tethered to the bed… Continue reading