Sequim Food Bank boosted for autumn rush

SEQUIM - Just in time for Thanksgiving basket assembly, the Sequim Food Bank's been given a lift. This one is the steel kind, a $4,300… Continue reading

2006 City Council appointment becomes campaign issue for candidates in 2007

PORT ANGELES - The March 2006 appointment of defeated City Councilman Richard Headrick to fill a council vacancy was a topic of debate between City… Continue reading

Jefferson County Planning Commission chairman pulls out of today’s shooting range hearing

DISCOVERY BAY - Jefferson County Planning Commission Chairman Peter Downey will not deliberate today on the Security Services Northwest proposal to rezone 40 acres in… Continue reading

Movie production group tours Forks, promises return visit

FORKS - Catherine Hardwicke, director of the yet-to-be filmed Twilight, declared to Forks that she would return. "Forks, you are awesome," she told Forks residents… Continue reading

No charges in crash in which pedestrian died

PORT ANGELES - No criminal charges will be filed against 20-year-old Amber Steim, who hit and killed a 49-year-old woman on Sept. 10. And the… Continue reading

Sequim finds higher prices for new parks, trails

SEQUIM - This city is moving toward pedestrian- and bicycle-friendliness, with some unexpected costs. The Sequim City Council has voted unanimously for a plan devised… Continue reading

Businesses look to their future on Port Angeles’ new Eighth Street ‘island’

PORT ANGELES - It's rather quiet now on the one-block stretch of Eighth Street between Pine and Cedar streets following Monday morning's closure of the… Continue reading

Jefferson poised to pare clean water district plan, commissioners tell Clallam counterparts

PORT ANGELES - Jefferson County commissioners said Monday they may back away from their funding plan for a clean water district. "The big question becomes,… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend holding up payment on Hudson Point Marina project

PORT TOWNSEND - Port of Port Townsend staff and Hudson Point Marina engineering representatives on Monday categorized a "punch list" of about 24 work items… Continue reading

Teens judging teens in Clallam Youth Court

PORT ANGELES - It takes a teenager to understand a teenager. That's the theory behind Clallam County Youth Court. Students in middle school and high… Continue reading

Women grow stronger at Lake Crescent retreat

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - Now is the time of plenty, as the harvest peaks. But this is also the time to sweeten and conserve the… Continue reading

Cyclists pedal for Boys & Girls Clubs

SEQUIM - Some bikers didn't have to ride as far as in past years to support the Boys & Girls Club during the annual Olympic… Continue reading

Debate set on pit-to-pier environmental study

Peninsula Daily News news sources PORT TOWNSEND - A long-awaited environmental review of Fred Hill Materials' controversial pit-to-pier project begins this week with a public… Continue reading

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Vrooom! Jet Skiers to race across Strait to Victoria

PORT ANGELES - Several of the nation's top Jet Ski riders will hit the choppy, gray waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca for… Continue reading

Watching the salmon come home

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - This is an ideal time for nature watchers to get a close-up view of salmon migrating back to the North Olympic… Continue reading

Dog owners make pitch for ‘bark park’ in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES - A newly logged area in Lincoln Park would be perfect for a dog park, a pair of dog owners told the city's… Continue reading

Jefferson, Clallam commissioners set rare co-meeting Monday — here’s the agenda

PORT ANGELES - Water quality and salmon recovery head the agenda for Monday's meeting among Clallam and Jefferson counties' commissioners. The session - with 11… Continue reading

Navy seeks to expand Northwest Training Range activities

HOOD CANAL - The Navy is eying Hood Canal, Puget Sound and the Washington coast for a significant expansion of testing and training exercises, including… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Valley Creek bridge set to close for good Monday morning

PORT ANGELES - The Valley Creek bridge will be closed on Monday morning for the Eighth Street bridges replacement project, said Jim Mahlum, the city's… Continue reading

Tacoma shipbuilder offers to build a new Port Townsend ferry on the fast track

PORT TOWNSEND - In three months, J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. of Tacoma could have union workers cutting steel for a new ferry to serve the… Continue reading