Washington state’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 4.5 percent and the state gained 2,500 jobs. According to the latest numbers released… Continue reading
The Jefferson County commissioners have accepted a donation from the Peninsula Trails Coalition to be used on the Discovery Bay segment of… Continue reading
The Composite Recycling Technology Center is feeling pressure as it prepares its transition to being self-funded. The CRTC’s success will be determined… Continue reading
The Ferris wheel that was shut down at this year’s Rhododendron Festival after three people fell from one of the gondolas has… Continue reading
The state Department of Health closed Port Townsend Bay, Kilisut Harbor and Mystery Bay beaches to recreational shellfish harvesting after shellfish samples… Continue reading
The Peninsula Daily News’ July 14 Commentary pages had eight cartoons. Three were by a cartoonist named Fitzimmons, who took on global warming deniers, hammered… Continue reading
If you’re looking for the full lavender experience, Sequim will be the place to be this weekend. Some 18 farms and nurseries will… Continue reading
AS I SET out to interview interracial spouses, I expected disheartening stories about family rifts and struggle for acceptance. And frankly, I dreaded asking uncomfortable… Continue reading
IT IS DAYLIGHT in the swamp. You notice a faint buzzing sound as the insects of the forest awaken. The first of your tormentors is… Continue reading
Clallam County commissioners are expected to extend a temporary ordinance limiting structures in rural residential areas to 10,000 square feet. Meanwhile, county… Continue reading
Six wastewater treatment plants on the North Olympic Peninsula have received awards for outstanding performance in 2016 from the state Department of Ecology. The award… Continue reading
An amendment to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s gaming compact, which would allow the tribe to have another casino and for slot machines to… Continue reading
The Jefferson County Farmers Market Association is considering moving two of its three markets, the Wednesday market in Port Townsend and the… Continue reading
Nashville drummer and Port Angeles native Ben Eyestone, one of the founding members of the Lonely H band, has died at the… Continue reading
The Viola canoe has been returned to its homeland after 50 years. In the culture of the Hoh, Quileute and other Northwest Tribes… Continue reading
Luncheon meetings are usually Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. The chamber is on… Continue reading
All three Primary Election candidates running for the Jefferson Healthcare hospital commission favor a single-payer system and all three are pro-choice, they said… Continue reading
As crabbing season reaches its midpoint in the area, state and federal resource managers report they’ve caught 87 of the invasive European green… Continue reading
Whether a confession that accused murderer Tommy Ross Jr. gave 19 years ago should be used as evidence in his newly scheduled… Continue reading
Three decades before Ed Murray was elected Seattle’s mayor, an Oregon child-welfare investigator found that he had sexually abused his… Continue reading
