Ambitious state transportation budget includes North Olympic Peninsula projects

OLYMPIA -- The North Olympic Peninsula will receive $431 million from the state Legislature's 16-year, $8.5 billion transportation plan, local lawmakers said Monday. About $300… Continue reading

Beil will run again for Port commissioner

PORT ANGELES -- Port Commissioner Leonard Beil announced Monday morning he will run for a second six-year term on the board of commissioners. Beil said… Continue reading

Jefferson County study could result in widening parking subsidy to other state parks

PORT TOWNSEND -- In a split vote Monday, Jefferson County commissioners approved asking the county Lodging Tax Advisory Committee for a recommendation on the county… Continue reading

Low tides grounds some Port Townsend ferry runs this week

Low tides and unfavorable currents are causing another round of ferry cancellations between Port Townsend and Keystone this week. The run cancellations continue today, when… Continue reading

No plea deal for man accused of beating wife

PORT ANGELES -- There will be no plea deal for the man accused of the beating death of his girlfriend, Amber Bulus-Steed. Despite the fact… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District names names if levy fails

PORT ANGELES -- The School Board gave final approval Monday night to an action plan that will be needed if the May 17 maintenance and… Continue reading

Pot smoked in car shortly before deadly plunge into river in 2004, new investigative report says

Four Clallam Bay residents killed last year when the car in which they were riding landed upside down in the Pysht River used marijuana shortly… Continue reading

Quileute may enter into trade deal with Chinese

LAPUSH -- Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, state economic development director Juliette Kelly and a three-man trade delegation from China will visit the Quileute reservation on… Continue reading

Sequim mayor presides over City Council again following motorcycle crash

Though still in a neck brace from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash last month, Sequim Mayor Walt Schubert on Monday returned to his duties… Continue reading

Boy run over by car leaves hospital

PORT ANGELES -- The 10-year-old boy who was run over while trying to stop a runaway car Saturday has been released from Olympic Medical Center,… Continue reading

Door-to-door visits in some Dungeness Valley areas on septic systems this week

SEQUIM -- The next knock on your door might be the septic police. They just won't tell you to clean up your act, however; they'll… Continue reading

EarthDay EveryDay! overflows with Earth-friendly ideas

PORT TOWNSEND -- Chris Holloway of Sequim had a message for people stopping by his booth to see what he was mixing up in a… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School air rifle team qualifies for nationals

PORT ANGELES -- It's a little familial competition, that's all. Josh and Stephanie Jackson, a senior and a sophomore at Port Angeles High School, are… Continue reading

Some Lincoln Park old-growth trees must give way to aircraft

PORT ANGELES -- Several old-growth trees in Lincoln Park and surrounding airport property will be felled in August to comply with Federal Aviation Administration rules… Continue reading

Coping with child abuse on the North Olympic Peninsula

I love to write about child abuse because it feels so good when I stop. I'm too familiar with crimes against youths who often can't… Continue reading

Do Your Dream Day gives women advice on how to achieve it

PORT TOWNSEND -- An amusement park, a tea room, a gift shop, a farm. The dreams are as varied as the women who dream them,… Continue reading

Fans of jazz cut a rug at weekend festival in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- They came from far and near this weekend, crowding into venues across town to tap toes, cheer swinging solos and cut the… Continue reading

Join the Duck Derby at any PDN office

The Peninsula Daily News' three North Olympic Peninsula offices -- including the one in Port Townsend-Jefferson County -- have been set up as locations to… Continue reading

More outlets, eateries on tap in west Sequim

SEQUIM -- If you think the commercial strip at the corner of West Washington Street and River Road is busy now, just wait. Applebee's, a… Continue reading

Professional development plan stirs questions in Sequim School District

SEQUIM -- School officials spent about 90 minutes answering questions last week at a forum organized to address inquiries about a new professional development plan… Continue reading