Sequim looks to its future with more parkland, facilities

SEQUIM - This is already a good week for parkland lovers and pedestrians. The Sequim City Council gave green lights Monday night to an expanded… Continue reading

Tharinger, Forde repeat debate points before business group

PORT ANGELES - Candidates for Clallam County commissioner hammered familiar anvils Tuesday in a campaign face-off before the Port Angeles Business Association. Incumbent Steve Tharinger,… Continue reading

23 mailboxes smashed in Dungeness Valley

SEQUIM - The Clallam County Sheriff's Department is investigating a string of 23 mailbox smashings on the outskirts of Sequim. The mailboxes appear to have… Continue reading

Munro, Kidd square off over Gateway project at Chamber of Commerce forum

PORT ANGELES - The multimillion-dollar Gateway Center plunged into the middle of a debate Monday between two City Council candidates in front of a business… Continue reading

Navy ‘concerned’ over pit-pier barges in Hood Canal

PORT TOWNSEND - The commanding officer of the Navy's huge Kitsap County complex says the Navy has "major concerns" about the proposed pit-to-pier rock and… Continue reading

Ready for my close-up? Forks High School revamp plans may change for movie filming

FORKS - The Quillayute Valley School District hopes to float a bond issue among voters in February to rebuild aging and leaky Forks High School.… Continue reading

Two dead after car crashes into tree south of Forks

FORKS - Two people died when the car in which they were traveling crashed into a tree along U.S. Highway 101 south of Forks. The… Continue reading

Elk in rut injures horse in Forks

FORKS - Sequim is not the only place in Clallam County that may have an elk problem. Last week, about two miles east of Forks,… Continue reading

Forks taxing district up for vote in November

FORKS - A new taxing district could automatically impose a tax which would go toward running the Forks Aquatics Center. The Quillayute Valley Metropolitan Park… Continue reading

Kinetic Skulpture race komes to a klimax in PT

PORT TOWNSEND - The sun was setting, casting shades of pinks and oranges on a thin blanket of clouds as brothers Ray and Ralph Parsons… Continue reading

PA mayor plans meeting with Victoria officials

PORT ANGELES - Mayor Karen Rogers has organized a meeting between civic leaders here and from Victoria on Friday, part of which will be onboard… Continue reading

Federal government vows to share evidence with Makah prosecutor

The U.S. Attorney's Office has given no date for sharing evidence against five indicted Makah men with the tribal prosecutor, but a spokeswoman said the… Continue reading

How you keep ’em down on the farm

Much was missing from Saturday's farm-day festivities. No YouTube, no Nintendo, no pasteurization, no worries. The 11th annual Clallam County Farm Tour was replete with… Continue reading

Lower Elwha settle lawsuits over graving yard and Tse-whit-zen village

OLYMPIA - The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe has settled its lawsuits over the failed Hood Canal Bridge graving yard and the ancestral village of Tse-whit-zen.… Continue reading

Navy plans upgrade of missile magazines at Indian Island

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Belfair, will meet this week with Navy officials about plans for Naval Magazine Indian Island. "I'm asking the Navy… Continue reading

Oil found in old Port Angeles city dump

PORT ANGELES - The state Department of Ecology will dig test holes on Monday to discover the extent of a pool of oil and petroleum-soaked… Continue reading

Clallam County Farm tour displays locavore pleasures

SEQUIM — It’s about pleasure — for the mouth, the eyes, the whole body, whatever its age. Eating locally is the rage right now across… Continue reading

Some school districts short of bus drivers; at least one route suspended

Both Sequim and Port Angeles public school districts need bus drivers — right now. But districts at the east and west ends of the North… Continue reading

Federal prosecutors ask U.S. Supreme Court to consider Ressam case

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in what federal prosecutors say is a procedural gaffe… Continue reading

  • Oct 5, 2007
  • Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press

Five Makah who killed whale indicted by federal grand jury; tribe disappointed

NEAH BAY - The Makah tribal prosecutor is prepared to file five charges on behalf of the tribe against the men who hunted and killed… Continue reading