Fundraiser helps couple repair fire-damaged house

PORT ANGELES -- Family and friends of Terri and Woody Bertelson were rocking out to help them out on Sunday. The Bertelsons' Joyce home was… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council to consider keeping pool open on Tuesday

PORT ANGELES -- The future of the William Shore Memorial Pool will be at stake on Tuesday evening. Save the Pool PA will make its… Continue reading

Christian camp breaks ground

CARLSBORG -- Crisscrossing lawsuits, water rights questions and the commotion around 350 youngsters might have plowed under Camp King's Way. But after eight years of… Continue reading

Rhododendron Festival’s theme a rip-roaring departure

PORT TOWNSEND -- When Cecily Ellis and Kayla Reynolds climb aboard the 2009 Rhododendron Festival float, ready to head down Lawrence Street in the Grand… Continue reading

King’s ‘Dream 2.0’ explained in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Early in his talk titled "Find the Martin Luther King Within You," Eric Davis invited a young white man to lie on… Continue reading

Bankers offer help in face of Hood Canal Bridge closure

PORT TOWNSEND -- Bank officials are in agreement: They want small-business owners to come in and talk before the Hood Canal Bridge closes for repair.… Continue reading

New Port Townsend marketing head aims to keep it simple

PORT TOWNSEND ¬­-- The city of Port Townsend's new marketing director wants to bring the community together on a single message. Christina Pivarnik, owner of… Continue reading

Port Angeles bridges on schedule, officials say

PORT ANGELES -- The Eighth Street bridges will open in February, say project managers, who say the final touches are being done on the replacement… Continue reading

Mom, 16, pleads not guilty to first-degree murder involving her newborn

PORT ANGELES ¬­-- A 16-year-old Port Angeles girl accused of downing her newborn son in a toilet bowl pleaded not guilty to murder on Friday.… Continue reading

McCormick, who helped grow First Federal, to retire

By Laura H.F. Callender for Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES -- Karen McCormick, who rose from teller to president and CEO of First Federal, the… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2009
  • By Laura H.F. Callender Peninsula Daily News

‘I was told it was junk’: Sequim police investigate taking of public property

SEQUIM -- Public property stored by the Sequim Police Department was taken by employees for their personal use, including two sirens sold on eBay for… Continue reading

Busy Port Angeles corner prepared for demolition

PORT ANGELES -- Buildings on the northwest corner of Lincoln and Eighth streets are posed to be demolished to make way for a new Rite… Continue reading

Quiet winter trip offers lustrous views of West End coastline

LAPUSH -- The crashing waves are sometimes the only company for a visitor to Second Beach's solitary shores in the winter. At high tide, waves… Continue reading

Air of mystery added to ‘Twilight’: Bella’s pickup gas cap stolen in Forks

FORKS -- Somebody has pilfered the gas cap off the town's fictional heroine's pickup. Forks Chamber of Commerce officials think it was an overly-zealous fan… Continue reading

Ballots mailed for Quillayute Valley bond and levy measures

FORKS -- Ballots have been mailed to 3,005 Forks-area voters, asking them to approve Quillayute Valley School District's maintenance and operations levy and bond issues.… Continue reading

Crescent basketball player’s father dies at game; players stunned

JOYCE -- When the shock wears off, the Crescent Loggers will turn their attention back to basketball. For now, the Loggers are completely focused on… Continue reading

Sequim native has big hand in designing Buick car of future

DETROIT -- Can a 33-year-old man from Sequim help save the American automobile industry? Richard Duff, one of the youngest body designers at the North… Continue reading

Tribes to receive compensation for sockeye runs

Three North Olympic Peninsula tribes are receiving federal disaster relief funds allocated for tribal and nontribal commercial fishermen to compensate for poor sockeye salmon runs… Continue reading

Rayonier agrees to lease giant water tank to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Rayonier Inc. executives have verbally agreed to lease a large water tank on their 75-acre property at the north end of Ennis… Continue reading

Port Townsend chamber drops longtime campaign for weekend foot ferry to Seattle

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce is unable to find a charter boat service willing to provide Port Townsend-Seattle passenger ferry service,… Continue reading