Plane crashes at Jefferson County airport; pilot slightly injured

PORT TOWNSEND - A 46-year-old Seattle pilot was injured Saturday morning when the plane she was flying into Jefferson County International flipped and crashed. Karen… Continue reading

Trial for key cocaine suspect likely to start next month

PORT ANGELES -Bernard Gilbert "Pete" Barnes is scheduled to be tried on charges of cocaine dealing and leading organized crime on Oct. 8. At a… Continue reading

Breaking news: Whale apparently hunted in Strait of Juan de Fuca

A California gray whale was harpooned and shot by five members of the Makah tribe Saturday morning, said Petty Officer Third Class Kelly Parker, a… Continue reading

Breaking news: Plane crashes at Jefferson County airport

PORT TOWNSEND -- A pilot was injured today when the 1947 Stinson 108-2 aircraft registered to Caballeros Aircraft LLC of Snohomish crashed at Jefferson County… Continue reading

Port Angeles still feeling rate effects from 2000-2001 energy shortage

PORT ANGELES — A city increase in electrical charges is fueled by a need to continue rebuilding reserves depleted by the 2000-2001 West Coast energy… Continue reading

No takers for Army bonus of $20,000 on Peninsula, recruiters say

No recruits on the North Olympic Peninsula have taken the Army up on a $20,000 “quick ship” bonus. In June, the Army began offering a… Continue reading

Harpist told he can go back to state ferry gig – for $200 a day

PORT TOWNSEND - Celtic harpist David Michael is riding a wave of public support in his quest to perform once again on the MV Klickitat… Continue reading

Other weekend activities across the Peninsula this sunny weekend

Port Townsend, a town of festivals, celebrates its biggest this weekend with the Wooden Boat Festival, while StreamFest offers nature walks, lecturer and a salmon… Continue reading

SteamFest opens two-day run on Saturday

PORT ANGELES - The first two-day StreamFest celebration will be on Saturday and Sunday. The entry into the North Olympic Land Trust's StreamFest will be… Continue reading

Submit your decorating ideas to PDN

We want to hear about your unique, daring and inventive home decorating ideas. Big or small, a nook or an entire room, we want to… Continue reading

Tall ships and small boats flock to Port Townsend for Wooden Boat Festival

PORT TOWNSEND - The 31st Annual Wooden Boat festival has all of Port Townsend's favorite ladies hanging out by the docks off Water Street. There's… Continue reading

Cancer can’t slow ironman who will carry torch in Port Angeles Senior Games

PORT ANGELES - Neil Jervis doesn't act like a man with cancer. That's one reason D Bellamente asked the 57-year-old Port Angeles man to carry… Continue reading

Fall comes early for Port Townsend ferry service — back to one vessel Monday

PORT TOWNSEND - The ferry Nisqually will be taken out of service on Monday to remove concrete from the vessel's hull for Coast Guard inspection,… Continue reading

Grocer wins contest to guess Port Townsend Film Festival guest

PORT TOWNSEND - Grocery store manager Bob Geisler, was declared winner of the 2007 Port Townsend Film Festival "Guess-the-Guest" contest. Sherry Grover, general manager of… Continue reading

K-9 officers prepare for regional seminar on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES - Port Angeles' waterfront trail will have a lot more people walking their dogs along it in a few weeks - but these… Continue reading

Port Angeles electricity rates to rise 5.9 percent starting Oct. 1

PORT ANGELES - The city's residential and commercial electricity customers will pay more for power beginning on Oct. 1. A 5.9 percent increase in the… Continue reading

Port Townsend city leaders wary of Jefferson County’s proposed water district fee

PORT TOWNSEND - A proposal for a countywide clean water district that includes Port Townsend is proving to be a hard sell for county health… Continue reading

22-year Port Angeles police veteran named chief

PORT ANGELES - Terry K. Gallagher is the new chief of the Port Angeles Police Department, City Manager Mark Madsen announced Tuesday. Madsen's announcement drew… Continue reading

Dr. Littlejohn, who saw Sequim’s potential as retirement community, dies

SEQUIM - Dr. Robert Littlejohn, the family doctor who helped put Sequim on the map as a retirement destination, died Thursday of natural causes. He… Continue reading

Independent pharmacies question value of counties’ new drug card

PORT ANGELES - That new drug-discount card - the one saving people 13 percent to 34 percent on prescriptions - sounded too good to be… Continue reading