Sequim chamber director touted to take over tourism marketing

SEQUIM -- It's up in the air who will be manager of Sequim's 4 percent "heads in beds" tax. That's also known as the hotel-motel… Continue reading

Soda pop bottle ‘bomb’ disarmed in Sequim

SEQUIM -- A "pressure bomb" was left on Gary Elliott's porch on the 400 block of West Hemlock Street Sunday morning, Sequim Police Chief Robert… Continue reading

Hey, look me over: City planners look over Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- They have come to Port Angeles from as far away as Boston and Ithaca, N.Y. A seven-member group charged with assessing the… Continue reading

School bus, log truck crash south of Forks

FORKS — The State Patrol reports drivers suffered minor injuries in a collision involving a school bus, log truck and at least two other vehicles… Continue reading

50 years of service to Red Cross honored

PORT LUDLOW -- Bob Helander tried to retire once. It didn't work. Fifteen years ago, Helander ended his career with Union Oil in Orange County,… Continue reading

Bridge closure reroutes Dungeness Line

Dungeness Line, operated by Port Angeles-based private transportation operator Olympic Bus Lines, will skirt around the six-week Hood Canal Bridge closure beginning May 1, taking… Continue reading

Marine studies form bond between mentor, protege

PORT TOWNSEND -- Moh O'Hanlon was close to retirement eight years ago when he wandered into the Port Townsend Marine Science Center's aquarium building on… Continue reading

Rayonier tank cost climbing

PORT ANGELES -- The cost of a large water tank to the city of Port Angeles is about to escalate to a total of about… Continue reading

Look who’s new at the Olympic Game Farm

DUNGENESS -- Bella David was a little hesitant about petting the black bundle of fur in her father's arms. Such prudence is wise, since the… Continue reading

Trial of teen over infant drowned in toilet, dumped in trash likely to be delayed

PORT ANGELES -- The murder trial of 16-year-old Lauryn L. Last, who will be tried as an adult, may be postponed for a second time.… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools panel offers list of suggestions for cuts

PORT ANGELES -- Reducing staff both in the offices and the classrooms, and considering cutting full-day kindergarten back to half-day, are among the suggestions for… Continue reading

Your name here: Port Angeles considering park sponsorship policy

PORT ANGELES ¬­-- A proposal in the works by Port Angeles city staff would allow the naming rights to park facilities and programs to be… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit says ‘enough’ on bus signs as GOP plans to picket on Border Patrol issue

PORT TOWNSEND -- An announcement that the Jefferson County Republican Party plans to picket a Transit Authority board meeting on Tuesday over a sign has… Continue reading

Sour economy snips a little bit at liquor sales on Peninsula

Dean Bensen looks for bargains when he visits the liquor store. "I'm a lot more calculating," the retired Port Angeles office manager said, standing outside… Continue reading

Attempt to move Forest Service to Interior could spark turf war

The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In what eventually could become a major bureaucratic turf war, there have been stirrings on Capitol Hill about moving the… Continue reading

  • Mar 14, 2009
  • The Associated Press

“Wendy and Lucy” actor makes appearance on Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND ¬­-- After seven sultry weeks of "Slumdog Millionaire," one of the most popular films to hit this town, the Rose Theatre is switching… Continue reading

BUSINESS: Gottschalks makes deal with liquidators

Peninsula Daily News news sources FRESNO, Calif. -- Gottschalks Inc. reported Thursday that it has a deal with a group of liquidators that will make… Continue reading

  • Mar 13, 2009
  • Peninsula Daily News news sources

Body found in backyard identified

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that DNA tests identify a body found at a Bean Road house in May as… Continue reading

Dock work set; agency’s revenues slip

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port of Port Townsend officials are wondering how to pay for the replacement of the aging AB docks at the Boat Haven… Continue reading

Sequim killer on death row awaits DNA hearing

PORT ANGELES -- Convicted Sequim killer Darold Stenson's attorneys on Thursday filed a motion in Clallam County Superior Court for additional DNA testing. A review… Continue reading