Petition seeks to change PT government style

PORT TOWNSEND — John Sheehan is giving his petition to change city government another shot. Sheehan, a 35-year resident of Port Townsend, contends that the… Continue reading

3 in assault case charged with sex crimes

PORT TOWNSEND — Three people were charged Tuesday with the felony sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl after an investigation into the revenge beating of… Continue reading

PA schools cut budget; keep all-day kindergarten

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board slashed more than $500,000 from the 2008-2009 budget, but retained all-day kindergarten after a heated discussion late-night… Continue reading

PT probes hollow ground under sidewalks

PORT TOWNSEND — Two men wielding what looked like a push broom linked to a computer on Monday and Tuesday were looking for hidden holes… Continue reading

Sequim, Battelle find way to expand utilities

SEQUIM — Faced with a proposal that promises to bring upward of 200 clean, green jobs to town, the City Council all but flung its… Continue reading

Spinks issues pep talk as interim city manager

SEQUIM — Police Chief — and now City Manager — Robert Spinks issued a written pep talk on Tuesday "to city staff, volunteers and elected… Continue reading

Former Clallam sheriff wears marshal’s badge

Peninsula Daily News news sources SEATTLE — Joe Hawe, former Clallam County sheriff, is the new U.S. marshal for Western Washington. Hawe, 58, was appointed… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2008
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New veterans assistant may be named today

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County veterans officials interviewed 10 applicants for the post of veterans assistant Monday and could announce an appointment as early as… Continue reading

Pair charged in bizarre assault, imprisonment incident

PORT HADLOCK — Five people have been arrested after a bizarre attack in which two of the five, a man and a woman, were allegedly… Continue reading

Port Ludlow woman dies in crash

BREMERTON — A Port Ludlow woman was killed in a car crash when the vehicle her husband was driving went off the road and hit… Continue reading

Sequim fires 8-year city manager

SEQUIM — In a move that came off like a bombshell in the Transit Center, the Sequim City Council voted on Monday to fire City… Continue reading

State Ferries to test reservations system

PORT TOWNSEND — The state ferry system will launch a pilot reservations system on the Port Townsend/Keystone ferry route starting May 19 to address the… Continue reading

 Bishop Dairy Farm celebrates industry award

CHIMACUM — Going organic at Bishop Dairy Farm was truly a move to greener pastures, says the farm's now-smiling owner Gerald Bishop. "I've been doing… Continue reading

Clallam mulls appeal of land-use rulings

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners may appeal a state ruling that invalidates some of the county's pockets of business in rural areas. Or commissioners… Continue reading

New managers named at Sunfield Farm

PORT HADLOCK — The North Olympic Peninsula's only Waldorf School — located on an 81-acre organic, "biodynamic" farm in Port Hadlock — is undergoing some… Continue reading

Tuition increase approved for community colleges

Peninsula Daily News news sources The state Board of Community and Technical Colleges in Olympia has approved a modest tuition increase at Peninsula College and… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2008
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Dump truck driver’s actions avert tragedy

PORT ANGELES — First came the earsplitting scraping, then the deafening boom and the cloud of sand. In the silence that followed, witnesses heard the… Continue reading

Guzzling gas? Go elsewhere for best price

Editor's Note: A new gas price study from the state attorney general's office tracked location-specific prices through the state, including an in-depth analysis of factors… Continue reading

Man arrested for firearm possession

A late-night police raid found several weapons and ended in the arrest of a West End man. A State Patrol SWAT team was called in… Continue reading

Port Ludlow residents oppose proposed mine

PORT LUDLOW — Port Ludlow residents are banding together to do whatever it takes to keep a rock quarry from being developed just outside the… Continue reading