First Federal changes name, logo

PORT ANGELES — Now it's just First Federal, and it has a new logo and Web site to highlight the assets of the locally owned… Continue reading

PA school leaders offer up pay raises to aid district

PORT ANGELES — Twenty-one Port Angeles School District administrators have asked the School Board to forgo their incremental raises. The district "leadership team" made the… Continue reading

SSNW counts its losses

GARDINER — The silence at Security Services Northwest's Fort Discovery compound is broken more by warbling goldfinch songs than gunfire these days. One range is… Continue reading

Garage door going haywire? It might be military interference

PORT TOWNSEND — If your garage door's wireless opener isn't working, you may need to replace more than just the batteries. A Kitsap Garage Door… Continue reading

New quake maps won’t change emergency plans

Revised government maps of earthquake faults that could cause serious damage on the North Olympic Peninsula won't change county emergency management plans. Emergency management directors… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend commissioners get the Point: Hudson, that is

PORT TOWNSEND — Two more Port of Port Townsend commissioners were successfully swayed Wednesday night to get to the point and avoid confusion, clearing the… Continue reading

Sequim chamber voter spurn dissident group

SEQUIM — Eight new leaders of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce were named Thursday, following an election that racked the community. The newly elected… Continue reading

Agency vows to hire veteran for shared county post

PORT ANGELES — Serenity House has promised to hire a vet for a veterans assistant position it could share with Clallam County. A successful applicant's… Continue reading

Anderson Lake, tainted by toxic algae woes past two summers, set to open for fishing season

PORT HADLOCK — Anderson Lake — which has been threatened the past two years with unpredictable, recurring outbreaks of deadly blue-green algae — is scheduled… Continue reading

Carlsborg neighbors oppose proposed Carlsborg crematory

PORT ANGELES — A proposal to build a crematory in Carlsborg met opposition from about a dozen possible neighbors Wednesday at a Clallam County land-use… Continue reading

Crane topples on Port Angeles pier; operator injured

PORT ANGELES — A crane toppled at the Port of Port Angeles Terminal 1 pier, leaving the operator seriously injured on Wednesday. The man, who… Continue reading

Earthquake risk on North Olympic Peninsula detailed by scientists

Peninsula Daily News news sources PORT ANGELES — Government scientists are discussing two earthquake faults which could cause serious damage on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

  • Apr 23, 2008
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Police don’t plan to ticket skaterboarders yet

PORT TOWNSEND — Police don't plan to crack down on skaters quite yet. They want to give them a chance to know the rules first.… Continue reading

Port Angeles-based nurse recognized by state association

PORT ANGELES — Genevieve "Genny" Monahan has been named the 2008 Nurse of the Year by the Home Care Association of Washington. She has been… Continue reading

26% rise in Sequim crime mostly thefts, burglaries

SEQUIM — This city saw a 26 percent rise in serious crime — which includes violent crimes and property crimes — in 2007, Sequim Police… Continue reading

Contract signed to start construction on $8.1 million Northwest Maritime Center

PORT TOWNSEND — Northwest Maritime Center leaders signed an $8.1 million construction contract Tuesday morning. Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest, was… Continue reading

Courthouse basement fixup has showbiz air about it

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners soon will debut their own version of the "West Wing." The politically evocative name actually is just the formal… Continue reading

Discovery Trail route along Sequim city streets remains sore point

SEQUIM — Paul McHugh has had it with what he calls the "missing link." The Olympic Discovery Trail runs across eastern Clallam County, taking bicyclists,… Continue reading

Helicopter to lift tainted debris from beaches

PORT TOWNSEND — In a second drive to clean up toxic creosote-tainted wood pilings and debris along Jefferson County's shores, state Department of Natural Resources… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council debates where skateboards should be allowed, banned

PORT TOWNSEND — One more section of the city has been added to a list of places where skateboarding is prohibited. A unanimous vote on… Continue reading