Joyce: Students personally greeted by superintendent, but quiet settles over Crescent School

JOYCE -- A light drizzle darkened the pavement in the Crescent School parking lot, where School District Superintendent Rich Wilson stood Thursday morning as students… Continue reading

Peninsula: News of student’s classroom suicide travels to other schools

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The talk at schools across Clallam County on Thursday was about the tragic suicide of a 13-year-old Crescent School student the day… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Hospital commissioners rap PDN, say Witham dealings misrepresented

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center hospital board members Wednesday night assailed the Peninsula Daily News, saying coverage of their dealings with Port Angeles cancer… Continue reading

Port Angeles: The man who wasn’t there

PORT ANGELES -- Dr. Robert Witham was the subject of almost three hours of discussion during the Olympic Medical Center board of commissioners' meeting Wednesday… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Two city officials to travel to Indonesia for exchange program

PORT ANGELES -- Two top city officials will travel to Indonesia for one week in April as part of a federally funded goodwill program. City… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Up to 300 pounds of pot seized; Canadian arrested

PORT ANGELES -- Acting on a citizen's tip, authorities on Thursday morning arrested a Canadian man east of the city and confiscated an estimated 200… Continue reading

Port Townsend: 2004 Rhody queen, court to be crowned Saturday night

PORT TOWNSEND -- One of five Port Townsend High School seniors will be crowned queen of the 69th annual Rhododendron Festival on Saturday night. The… Continue reading

Sequim: 18-year schoolteacher fired; e-mail messages to students deemed ‘unprofessional, inappropriate’

SEQUIM -- An 18-year Sequim School District employee who taught chorale and served as director of the elite Sequim High School Ambassador Choir has been… Continue reading

Boy, 13, commits suicide in Joyce school classroom

JOYCE -- A 13-year-old boy shot and killed himself Wednesday morning before about 18 students in a classroom at Crescent School. His family, friends, fellow… Continue reading

Jefferson County: One-year delay in Hood Canal Bridge replacement has pluses, minuses for county, marketers say

PORT TOWNSEND -- Depending on who you ask, the one-year delay for replacing the eastern Hood Canal Bridge floating span is either a blessing or… Continue reading

Joyce: Friends who knew Joe Rogers try to make sense of his suicide

JOYCE -- People who knew 13-year-old Joe Rogers -- an avid hunter, fisherman and basketball player -- were trying to make sense Wednesday of why… Continue reading

Joyce: School on normal schedule today, but that’s all that will be normal

JOYCE -- A team of counselors will be on hand at Crescent School today as students continue to deal with the shock and grief from… Continue reading

Nordland: Search called off for missing boater, 80 — “He did love the water so”

NORDLAND -- The search for 80-year-old Walter Buhr Jr. of Port Ludlow was suspended Wednesday afternoon, 24 hours after his 18-foot boat was found running… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Area leaders pleased, relieved that graving yard back on track

PORT ANGELES -- Area leaders say they are thrilled that construction of the graving yard will resume in August. "I think this is probably the… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Four-day Victorian Festival begins today

PORT TOWNSEND -- Top hats and puffed sleeves, cravats and corsets are all the rage in Port Townsend again as the Victorian Festival transports the… Continue reading

Clallam: County GOP chairman abruptly resigns

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Republican Party Chairman Dick Smithton abruptly resigned Tuesday after an unsuccessful attempt to oust former county commissioner candidate Sue Forde… Continue reading

Clallam: Proposed smoking ban might extend to county buildings besides courthouse

A proposed smoking ban on Clallam County courthouse property might extend to other county buildings, but not county parks or Olympic Discovery Trail. County commissioners,… Continue reading

Forks: Quillayute Valley auction to raise scholarship money this weekend

FORKS -- Organizers of the 41st annual Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction are hoping West End residents will once again open their wallets to help local… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge replacement pushed back a year because of graving yard delay

The aging eastern half of the Hood Canal Bridge must last an additional year, state transportation officials confirmed Tuesday. The long-discussed replacement of the span… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Family lauded for alerting apartment dwellers to deadly fire

PORT ANGELES -- When Lou Seelye's wife spotted flames shooting from an apartment opposite the family's back yard late one night, Lou did what he… Continue reading