Clallam: Hannan, Somerville close in Port results

The most expensive and hotly contested race in this year's election hangs in the balance this morning. Bill Hannan was leading Corby Somerville by less… Continue reading

Forks: Mayor trailing in election

FORKS -- With only 303 votes counted in the Forks mayoral race late Tuesday night, Nedra Reed held a strong lead over incumbent Phil Arbeiter.… Continue reading

Port Angeles council races show two new faces, two familiar ones

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council will have two new faces and two familiar ones in 2002 if initial results from Tuesday's general election hold.… Continue reading

Port Townsend: “Smart-growth” candidates leading in City Council returns

PORT TOWNSEND -- All four "smart-growth" City Council candidates were leading their opponents in Tuesday races. The absentee ballots showed Kees Kolff and Catharine Robinson… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Filming for “The Ring” begins today

Filming of stock footage for the major motion picture "The Ring"' begins today at Fort Worden State Park. The Dreamworks SKG project still hasn't signed… Continue reading

Clallam: County moving to all-mail elections

Today's election could be the last in Clallam County in which voters step into the voting booth at their local precincts. County commissioners will consider… Continue reading

Clallam: Healthy Families wins $25,000 grant

Healthy Families of Clallam County has received a $25,000 grant from a Seattle-based philanthropic organization, the agency announced Monday. The Medina Foundation grant -- the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: School board awards contract to Colorado-based contractor

PORT ANGELES -- A Colorado-based contractor who submitted the lowest bid to rebuild Jefferson Elementary School won the job Monday. The Port Angeles School District… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Murder trial delayed two months

Robert Froehlich will have his day in court two months later than originally scheduled. Froehlich, 29, faces a second-degree murder charge for the 1992 stabbing… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Several City Council candidates spend final campaign day out on the trail

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council candidates -- some on foot and at least one on bicycle -- set out Monday in a last-minute effort to… Continue reading

Peninsula: Hot-race winners not known for days?

The hottest contests in Jefferson and Clallam counties are the City Council races in Port Townsend and Port Angeles, Clallam County auditor, Forks mayor and… Continue reading

Seaport security takes center stage in terror fight

Imagine . . . Suicide terrorists pulling a boat alongside a heavily laden oil tanker in Port Angeles Harbor -- and detonating it, the way… Continue reading

Clallam: Ad for Port of Port Angeles candidate comes under fire

A Bill Hannan campaign advertisement in Friday's Peninsula Daily News alleges the Port of Port Angeles has given more than $700,000 in "taxpayer subsidies" to… Continue reading

Forks: Woman killed in crash

BEAVER -- A Forks woman was killed Friday when the Plymouth minivan she was driving collided with a dump truck on U.S. Highway 101 near… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Tentative agreement reached on bag plant severance package

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper Corp. managers have reached a tentative agreement with union representatives on a possible severance package for the 90 employees… Continue reading

Sequim: Joyce girl buried after community assists family

SEQUIM -- In what may be a positive ending to a tragic tale that began almost two weeks ago, a Joyce family Saturday buried 16-year-old… Continue reading

Seven businesses to go into new $2.5 million complex

PORT ANGELES -- The North Olympic Peninsula's newest shopping center will open next week with seven businesses. The Bayview Center, in the 2700 block of… Continue reading

Clallam: Olympic Memorial Hospital celebrates 50 years of service

PORT ANGELES --Veterans, doctors, nurses, community members and elected officials gathered Thursday afternoon to remember and honor the history of the Olympic Memorial Hospital and… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Foss Maritime loses harbor fuel contract to Olympic Tug

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Tug and Barge of Seattle will take over ship fueling operations in Port Angeles Harbor, a service offered by Foss Maritime… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Lower Elwha cut down 165-foot red cedar

PORT ANGELES -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe felled a 165-foot tree that will be carved into a ceremonial canoe for ocean journeys Thursday on… Continue reading