Water district proposal dries up

PORT TOWNSEND — A countywide per-parcel fee proposed to fund Jefferson County's Clean Water District has dried up for lack of support. "In my mind,… Continue reading

Jefferson deputy suspended for conduct at son’s ballgame

PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Brasfield on Thursday suspended a deputy for five days without pay for yelling at a volunteer Little League… Continue reading

Jefferson housing situation ‘serious,’ but no emergency

PORT TOWNSEND — City Council and Jefferson County commissioners stopped short of declaring an affordable housing emergency during a joint meeting Thursday night, but are… Continue reading

PA school officials tell why they’d forgo pay raises

PORT ANGELES — Administrators who volunteered to give up incremental pay increases just wanted to do what they could for the good of the district,… Continue reading

Port of PA pursues NOAA Pacific fleet

PORT ANGELES — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is being courted to bring its fleet of research ships here — along with 100 to… Continue reading

Little League bars deputy

PORT HADLOCK — A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation of a report of inappropriate behavior while on… Continue reading

Man rescued from cold water

KALA POINT — A Kala Point man remained in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after spending 30 minutes clinging to his overturned… Continue reading

PT chamber offers to prime pump for passenger ferry

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce is offering $100,000 to jump-start a passenger ferry service to Seattle, while the mayor says that… Continue reading

Sternwheel cruise ship rolls into PA

PORT ANGELES — If you stood in the right place and squinted just a bit Wednesday, you could have pretended Port Angeles Harbor was the… Continue reading

A very good year for Centrum, director says

PORT TOWNSEND — More and more visitors to Port Townsend are looking for cultural, art and learning experiences and that translates into more tourism dollars… Continue reading

PT organizations help locals kick smoking habits

PORT TOWNSEND — If you want to put the butt out before your life is in ashes, Jefferson County Public Health has you covered. So… Continue reading

Sequim Library to get facelift

SEQUIM — Instead of asking taxpayers to foot the bill for a new, $8 million Sequim Library, the North Olympic Library System will spend some… Continue reading

Fire destroys Port Angeles mobile home

PORT ANGELES — A fire Sunday night destroyed a singlewide trailer which was home to a Port Angeles couple. Firefighters arrived at the home at… Continue reading

State Oks two larger ferries for PT

PORT TOWNSEND — It's official. The state has abandoned plans to build a new 50-car ferry for the Port Townsend-Keystone route. Instead, it will build… Continue reading

Timber revenue sees sharp drop

PORT TOWNSEND — Washington Department of Natural Resources timber revenues to Jefferson and Clallam counties have fallen harder than a giant cedar over the past… Continue reading

Creosote driftwood removal ends in Jefferson

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — A state Department of Natural Resources official estimates 130 tons of creosote-tainted wood debris was removed from the Fort Worden and Fort… Continue reading

PA mulls private sponsorship of events, venues

PORT ANGELES — The city's parks and recreation department is considering allowing sponsorship of city recreation events and facilities. "We could start small and see… Continue reading

Port Townsend may get 2 larger ferries

Peninsula Daily News news sources PORT TOWNSEND — It would be a dream come true for Port Townsend residents and merchants. Instead of a smaller,… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2008
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Sequim chamber board members welcome new start

SEQUIM — They say friends have asked if they're nuts. But Bill Littlejohn and Liz Beth Harper are both optimistic about their future on Sequim's… Continue reading

First Federal changes name, logo

PORT ANGELES — Now it's just First Federal, and it has a new logo and Web site to highlight the assets of the locally owned… Continue reading