Port Angeles: City lifts water restrictions

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT ANGELES -- With the Elwha River swollen from rains, officials have canceled the city's water shortage declaration issued in late September.… Continue reading

  • Nov 14, 2006

Port Townsend: City, state officials discuss ferry project concerns

PORT TOWNSEND -- Deputy Mayor Michelle Sandoval says she came away satisfied that lawmakers and ferry system officials last week heard the city's concerns loud… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fire forces apartment residents to flee

PORT ANGELES -- Residents evacuated the Washington Apartments early Sunday as fire damaged a basement laundry room. Most residents escaped the building by themselves, but… Continue reading

Hearing on proposed changes to no-shoot zone law draws 200 people

PORT TOWNSEND -- About 200 people showed up at Fort Worden State Park to the second installment of a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2006

JEFFERSON: “NOT A GOOD YEAR TO BE A REPUBLICAN”

PORT TOWNSEND -- Reeling after severe general election losses, Jefferson County Republicans fear the new all-Democratic Jefferson County commissioners will put less emphasis on economic… Continue reading

PA CITY PIER OCTOPUS TO TRAVEL FOR FACELIFT

PORT ANGELES -- The shy octopus rearing back and greeting visitors to City Pier will be taking a trip Tuesday morning across town, but is… Continue reading

Peninsula: Storm to boost snow on Hurricane Ridge

HURRICANE RIDGE -- Let it snow (today)! Let it snow (tonight)! Let it snow (Tuesday night)! A winter storm warning is in effect for the… Continue reading

Peninsula: Storm to boost snow on Hurricane Ridge

HURRICANE RIDGE -- Let it snow (today)! Let it snow (tonight)! Let it snow (Tuesday night)! A winter storm warning is in effect for the… Continue reading

Reassessment news isn’t any easier on Jefferson County taxpayers, either

RINNON -- The Jefferson County Assessor's Office reassessed properties in the Brinnon and Quilcene school districts this year, and reported an average increase per property… Continue reading

‘An act of a broken heart’

FORKS -- Kasey Scarlett remembered the phone call last Sunday that told her about the death of her friend Jacob Hanson. The 19-year-old had taken… Continue reading

Area expected to miss worst of approaching storm

After a quiet Saturday, a storm is expected to hit the North Olympic Peninsula today and a snow watch has been instituted for the Olympic… Continue reading

Daughter of Port Angeles couple in coma in Spokane

PORT ANGELES -- A 2005 Port Angeles High school graduate is in a coma in a Spokane Hospital after sustaining a serious head injury last… Continue reading

  • Nov 12, 2006

Options considered for Jefferson County airport

PORT TOWNSEND -- There's a lot up in the air and landing on the table at Jefferson County International Airport. The Port of Port Townsend,… Continue reading

Property tax re-evaluations stun Clallam homeowners

PORT ANGELES -- Robin Rush, who owns a small house on five acres of land on Tara Lane, was stunned when he received his re-evaluation.… Continue reading

Reassessment news isn”t any easier on Jefferson County taxpayers, either

BRINNON -- The Jefferson County Assessor's Office reassessed properties in the Brinnon and Quilcene school districts this year, and reported an average increase per property… Continue reading

Veterans gather in gratitude in Port Angeles, Port Townsend

Thousands gathered in Port Angeles while 50 came together in Port Townsend, but no matter whether they were many or few, the sentiment was strongly… Continue reading

  • Nov 12, 2006

8,276 Clallam ballots have yet to be counted

PORT ANGELES -- Election officials counted 5,807 more ballots on Thursday, with no significant changes to any of the races. There are still 8,276 late-arriving… Continue reading

  • Nov 10, 2006

Brother of Marine killed in Iraq takes own life

FORKS -- Jacob Hanson's big brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Hanson, 21, and three other Marines, were killed July 29 in Iraq. A suicide bomber… Continue reading

Chimacum school levy’s fate sealed in remaining ballots to be counted

PORT TOWNSEND -- Only one measure is still vulnerable following Thursday's count of an additional 1,882 general election ballots in Jefferson County. The results of… Continue reading

Hikers found safe in Olympic National Park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Looking haggard after nearly five days lost in the Olympic Mountains, hikers Jeff Mersmann and Neil Twilla emerged safely from the… Continue reading