Peninsula Daily News

Olympic Medical Center rebuts Medicare report on cardiac deaths

PORT ANGELES - More than half of the 25 patients at Olympic Medical Center who died within 30 days of being hospitalized for cardiac failure… Continue reading

Lake Leland closed to swimming because of toxic algae

QUILCENE — Lake Leland was closed to swimming Friday — although not to fishing and boating — and the public is advised against people or… Continue reading

Sequim woman dies in Mason County car crash

SHELTON - A Sequim woman is dead and her husband was hospitalized after a Wednesday car crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Mason County. Jacqueline… Continue reading

State of the Art: The iPhone matches most of its hype

At the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, the first in line were already camped out on Wednesday. Sightings of the device already… Continue reading

Man loses finger, thumb to winch

DABOB BAY - A Des Moines man who was shrimping with his father on Dabob Bay over the weekend severed a finger and thumb after… Continue reading

Clallam adds two deputies

The Clallam County Sheriff's Department has hired two new deputies, one officer from the staff-strapped Forks Police Department and another from Olympic Ambulance. James A.… Continue reading

First drag race of season roars at Forks airport

FORKS - Drag racers roared and the crowd cheered at the first public race of the season hosted by the West End Thunder Club at… Continue reading

Joyce power to go off again

JOYCE — An unexpected power outage left Joyce-area residents without power for 13 hours on Friday — and another is planned to begin at midnight… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ new City Pier stage ready for first free concert

PORT ANGELES - The Concerts on the Pier will never be the same again. A roomier stage completed on May 29 will offer theater lighting,… Continue reading

Health officer to report on mold probe in Clallam County Courthouse

PORT ANGELES - Dr. Tom Locke will update the Clallam County Board of Health today on the investigation of mold in the basement of the… Continue reading

Flag Day brings out colors across Peninsula

Flag Day will be celebrated in Port Townsend today with a flag raising ceremony that will also commemorate the completion of the Jefferson County Courthouse… Continue reading

Rep. Dicks appoints new PA aide

PORT ANGELES - Judith Morris has replaced Mary Schuneman as U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks' aide on the North Olympic Peninsula. Dicks, D-Belfair, named Morris to… Continue reading

Ceremony set for Jefferson County clock tower completion

PORT TOWNSEND - A flag raising ceremony is planned between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday to commemorate the completion of the rehabilitation of the… Continue reading

Cable news operation to close in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES - Peninsula News Network, the locally owned cable television news channel, will close Friday after more than 15 years of news programming. Co-owner… Continue reading

Lieutenant governor emcees ceremonies at Neah Bay

OLYMPIA - A ceremony on Friday saluted a landmark being built at Neah Bay. Lt. Gov. Brad Owen was the master of ceremonies at a… Continue reading

Investigators to probe Quilcene air crash

QUILCENE - National Transportation and Safety Board investigators are expected to begin this week looking into what caused a plane to crash into the northesast… Continue reading

Shellfish toxin closes Clallam’s beaches along Strait, ocean

The peril of paralytic shellfish poisoning has closed all beaches to all species along the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Pillar Point west to… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge east-half replacement project reaches halfway point

SHINE - The mega-project that is due to end before 2010 with a new Hood Canal Bridge eastern half has reached the halfway point, Department… Continue reading

Peninsula College gets first defibrillator for campus from Port Angeles Rotary Club

PORT ANGELES - Peninsula College will have an automatic external defibrillator - the first for the campus - donated by the Port Angeles Rotary Club.… Continue reading

21 candidates for Clallam offices on first day of filing

Twenty-one candidates filed for offices ranging from Superior Court judge to fire district commissioner in Clallam County in the first day of candidate sign-ups Monday.… Continue reading