Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members tell tales of racism, then and now

PORT ANGELES -- A full house gathered at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center on Tuesday to hear tribal members tell the Port Angeles Community… Continue reading

Martin Luther King Jr. an important figure, City Council says, but Sequim won’t close City Hall on holiday

SEQUIM -- Martin Luther King Jr. was a great human being who earned an honorable place in history and deserves the respect accorded him, the… Continue reading

Port Angeles school district approves counseling task force

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School District board will create a task force to recommend new guidelines and potential improvements to the district's counseling… Continue reading

Port Townsend High School teachers stage sickout, disrupt classes

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT TOWNSEND -- High school teachers were expected to return to work today after calling in sick en masse Tuesday morning to… Continue reading

Port Townsend students go to a mostly deserted school

PORT TOWNSEND -- For many students, a mostly deserted Port Townsend High School campus presented a surreal scene Tuesday morning after protesting teachers called in… Continue reading

Tribe tells of stress lingering from exhuming remains of ancestors at Tse-whit-zen

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members, including workers who excavated the Tse-whit-zen village site, tearfully pleaded with the Port Angeles Community Multicultural Task… Continue reading

Will there be school today? Call 360-379-4520

PORT TOWNSEND SCHOOL District Superintendent Carol Andreasen was not sure if the improvised sick day at Port Townsend High School would continue today. "We assume… Continue reading

“Infrastructure” fund re-created by Jefferson County commissioners

PORT TOWNSEND -- Encouraged by Tri-Area business and economic development representatives, Jefferson County commissioners on Monday approved re-establishing a program to administer the county's Community… Continue reading

Clallam animal welfare alliance features $20 for every spay or neuter of a cat or dog

Four agencies dedicated to the well-being of animals from Forks to Sequim are joining forces to ensure that as many cats and dogs are spayed… Continue reading

Port Angeles chamber president defends graving yard letter

PORT ANGELES -- Chamber of Commerce president Dan Gase told a large crowd at the group's weekly luncheon Monday that a few sections of the… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles extends airline landing fee moratorium until June 30

PORT ANGELES -- A moratorium on imposing landing fees on regularly scheduled passenger airlines at William R. Fairchild International Airport was extended to midyear by… Continue reading

Sequim growers’ co-op gets grant funds, readies marketing push

SEQUIM -- The Sequim Growers Cooperative has satisfied all the requirements needed for a $54,500 grant awarded more than a year ago to help market… Continue reading

Teachers go to the hoops for embattled Port Townsend basketball coach

PORT TOWNSEND -- Some of their voices shaking with emotion and others retaining the clear diction of educators, Port Townsend teachers told their School Board… Continue reading

Burns Supper staged to benefit Port Townsend Scottish exchange program for theater students

PORT TOWNSEND -- In mid-January, Tracy Rennie approached the organizers of the Port Townsend Robert Burns Supper and asked if students at the high school,… Continue reading

Clallam amending rules for responding to next big snowfall

The Jan. 7-8 snows have melted away, but Clallam County and Clallam Transit System are getting ready for the next wave on the county's roads.… Continue reading

Peninsula lawmakers deal with more than graving yard issues in Olympia

OLYMPIA -- The abandoned graving yard project in Port Angeles has absorbed much of the three 24th District legislators' time during the session's first two… Continue reading

Port Townsend poised to lift offstreet parking regulations downtown

PORT TOWNSEND -- City officials may lift Port Townsend parking regulations, which are viewed by some as a barrier to new business development downtown. "We… Continue reading

Comment period extended for Fred Hill proposal near Shine

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Department of Community Development has extended to Jan. 28 the period for public comment on a proposed Fred Hill… Continue reading

Judge rules in favor of water pipeline to Marrowstone Island

PORT TOWNSEND -- Marrowstone Island is entitled to a public water system. So ruled visiting Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams, setting back a… Continue reading

Lower Elwha spurn funds in letter to Port Angeles chamber over graving yard

PORT ANGELES -- In response to the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce's push for lawmakers to take "forceful action" with the graving yard, the Lower… Continue reading