Port Angeles: Westport seeking workers from devastated Gulf Coast area

PORT ANGELES -- Westport Shipyard wants to float the boats of marine-trades workers who lost their jobs to Hurricane Katrina. The relocated employees, in turn,… Continue reading

Sequim: Groups raise $5,558 in three hours for hurricane victims

SEQUIM -- Five organizations working at three sites raised $5,558 in three hours Friday for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Earl Jones of Sequim, a member… Continue reading

West End: Slide reduces Highway 101 to one lane near Forks

FORKS -- The major north-south highway servicing the Olympic Peninsula was reduced to a single lane about six miles south of Forks on Friday. The… Continue reading

Jefferson: Airport taxiway, hangar construction delayed

PORT TOWNSEND -- Although construction of new taxiways and hangar sites at Jefferson County International Airport is delayed until spring, infrastructure preparation work is expected… Continue reading

Peninsula: College’s dorm-room furniture donated to non-profit agencies

PORT ANGELES -- What do you do with college dorm room furniture when the dorm building is about to be leveled? One option is to… Continue reading

Peninsula: College’s old dorms coming down soon

PORT ANGELES -- It looks like a war zone inside. Desks are knocked over. Doors lie strewn about the floor. Whole walls have been ripped… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Olympic National Park recounts search events

PORT ANGELES -- An Olympic National Park spokeswoman said that despite coming at the end of the summer season when staff and rescue equipment are… Continue reading

Woman allegedly sicks fighting dogs on boyfriend

PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles woman was charged with second-degree assault Wednesday for allegedly sicking her two pit bull mixes on her live-in boyfriend… Continue reading

Coast Guard plucks lost hiker from canyon west of PA

PORT ANGELES -- After three nights of being lost, hungry, exposed to the weather and without his glasses in Olympic National Park, a missing hiker… Continue reading

Jefferson: Pet Pals animal agency reaches milestone

PORT HADLOCK -- When they started keeping count of animals spayed or neutered in 2002, Olympic Mountain Pet Pals volunteers never dreamed they would hit… Continue reading

Peninsula: Tsunami alert system works, county officials said

PORT ANGELES -- A test of the tsunami alert system went off without a hitch Wednesday for the Clallam and Jefferson county emergency management divisions.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Homes Tour highlights family heritage

PORT TOWNSEND -- When Helen Gunn wants to remember what Port Townsend was like when her grandparents were young, she doesn't have to visit the… Continue reading

Sequim: Petco, Starbucks eye locations

SEQUIM -- Two more national chains have announced their intentions to build on Sequim's chronically under-construction west side -- California-based Petco and Seattle coffee retailer… Continue reading

Clallam: County to accept $1.36 million in state, federal grants

PORT ANGELES -- Easy come, easy go with $1,361,315. Oh, yeah -- plus 48 cents. That's how much Clallam County commissioners will formally accept in… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Rangers begin search for missing hiker

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS OLYMPIC HOT SPRINGS -- Olympic National Park rangers will begin searching at 7 a.m. today for a hiker missing since Monday. Brian… Continue reading

Peninsula: Plenty of beach, but limited access, study says

PORT ANGELES -- State residents often put California down. It's a fun, safe sport much of the time. But in one realm, California trumps Washington.… Continue reading

Peninsula: State wary of high-risk

If nothing is done, a portion of U.S. Highway 101 about six miles south of Forks will have to shut down. John Hart, a state… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Final Concert on the Pier tonight

PORT ANGELES -- A popular local bluegrass band plays the last Concert on the Pier tonight. Luck of the Draw will perform from 6 p.m.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Flouride foes ask judge to rethink ruling

PORT TOWNSEND -- Opponents of fluoridating Port Angeles" public water supply have asked the judge who threw out their lawsuit to rethink his decision. Protect… Continue reading

Sequim’s growth fulfills plan, creates issues

SEQUIM -- Growth in Sequim is fulfilling a plan put forth to guide development in 1996, a city official said Tuesday, but even with a… Continue reading