Family spends holiday helping New Orleans area survivors

PORT ANGELES -- Months have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, but a lot of work still needs to be done. That's the… Continue reading

Historic Walking Tour complete in Forks

FORKS -- A time machine isn't needed to travel back to the 1900s in Forks. Just some walking shoes. The finishing touches on the Forks… Continue reading

Polar bears prepare to shiver in the new year

Polar bears are coming to the North Olympic Peninsula on Sunday as annual dips into the cold waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading

Two Clallam County convictions overturned by appeals court

TACOMA -- Two guilty verdicts handed down by Clallam County juries in 2004 have been overturned by a state appeals court this month because of… Continue reading

Work resumes to save Surf restaurant building

PORT TOWNSEND --Work resumed Thursday to shore up the storm-damaged waterfront building containing The Surf restaurant after rising tide waters halted efforts on Monday. Thursday's… Continue reading

Everything’s ducky here; Carlsborg woman, web-footed friend bond

CARLSBORG -- Dolly is a duck. She talks like a duck and walks like a duck -- for the most part. Dolly's owner, Angela Jacobsen,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Eighth Street bridges project goes out to bid

PORT ANGELES -- More than four years after vehicle weight limits were imposed and two years after the first public outreach meetings were held, the… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend seeking to buy buildings, buy out leases

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT TOWNSEND -- With consolidation of properties in mind, Port of Port Townsend commissioners on Wednesday moved toward buying nine commercial buildings… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Rhody Tour ride may start at Point Hudson

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Bicycle Association representatives asked Port of Port Townsend leaders Wednesday for permission to start the 2006 Rhody Tour bicycle ride… Continue reading

Sequim: Petco to open on busy west side

SEQUIM -- Petco, which had been eyeing Sequim as a possible store location, must have liked what it saw. The national pet store chain will… Continue reading

Sequim: Skiing victim was college senior, star musician

SEQUIM -- Odessa Nelson's dream combined the passions of her life -- music and helping people. The 22-year-old college senior from Sequim wanted to establish… Continue reading

Clallam: Crisis managment boss stepping down

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's emergency management czar has taken a post with the Port of Port Angeles and will be starting his new job… Continue reading

Jefferson: United Good Neighbors nears $250,000 fundraising goal

PORT TOWNSEND -- United Good Neighbors of Jefferson County officials are confident they will meet or beat the charitable organization's fundraising goal this year. That… Continue reading

OlyCAP organization seeks volunteers for its good works

EDITOR's NOTE: - Tim Hockett is executive director of OlyCAP. This another in a series of articles on the Peninsula Home Fund. - The next… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Downtown resource officer highlights 2006 police budget

PORT ANGELES -- A veteran patrol officer assigned to the city's downtown is the highlight of the police department's almost $4 million 2006 budget. But… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Jailed man charged in two cases of forgery

PORT ANGELES -- A man awaiting trial for second-degree possession of stolen property and charges in another case of possession of stolen property was charged… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Merchants report positive holiday sales

PORT TOWNSEND -- The sound of cash registers cha-chinging has come to represent the Christmas season almost as much as sleigh bells ringing. With holiday… Continue reading

Sequim man survives car crash into Dungeness Bay

SEQUIM -- Reminiscent of a "Dukes of Hazzard" stunt, a Sequim man driving a 1994 Buick Century launched the vehicle off a 60-foot embankment Monday… Continue reading

West End: Forks man charged with stealing missionary’s bike

FORKS -- A Forks man was charged Tuesday with second-degree theft for stealing a bicycle belonging to a Mormon missionary. Jeffrey Scott Winney, 38, had… Continue reading

West End: Quileute tribe plans Jan. 13 event to remember tsunami victims

LAPUSH -- Children who attend the Quileute Tribal School and Head Start center will hold a gathering circle Jan. 13 to remember victims of last… Continue reading