Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles: Swimming pool reopens on Tuesday

William Shore Memorial Swimming Pool at 225 E. Fifth St. reopens at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday following its annual maintenance shutdown. The pool has been closed… Continue reading

Final chipsealing work set for July 6-8

Traffic could be delayed up to two hours on several Port Angeles streets this week as the final phase of the city's chipsealing project is… Continue reading

New Port Angeles free clinic to open Thursday

The newly reorganized and relocated free medical clinic in Port Angeles, Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics, will begin seeing patients at 6 p.m. Thursday.… Continue reading

County commissioners pass resolution regulating open burning

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners has unanimously passed a resolution establishing an open burning program that is in compliance with the… Continue reading

Fight at prison sends one inmate to hospital

CLALLAM BAY -- An assault Wednesday evening among four inmates at Clallam Bay Correctional Center resulted in a prisoner receiving several injuries to his face… Continue reading

Friday/Saturday PDN has your guide to Independence Day weekend events across North Olympic Peninsula

There's plenty to do on the North Olympic Peninsula this holiday weekend, and the Peninsula Daily News has two features today to guide your activities.… Continue reading

Gov. Gregoire to visit Peninsula on July 8

Gov. Christine Gregoire will visit the North Olympic Peninsula on Friday, July 8, with stops in Port Angeles and Port Townsend, a governor's office spokeswoman… Continue reading

Clallam-wide burn ban starts Friday

A Clallam County-wide burn ban goes into effect Friday and will continue through September. Rob Robertsen, county director of community development and fire marshal, said… Continue reading

Motel guest’s fatal fall ruled an accident

PORT ANGELES -- The death of Mark Hara, a Moses Lake resident who fell from a third-floor motel window early Saturday, is being treated as… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Council meetings now televised

Community television station PTTV launched live broadcasts of weekly Port Townsend City Council meetings Monday via public access Channel 48 on Millennium Cable. The show… Continue reading

Process scheduled to develop vision for downtown Port Angeles

People are invited to help develop a vision for downtown Port Angeles from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday in the Elks Ballroom, 131… Continue reading

Tall ships schedule of events in Port Townsend

* Today: Adventuress arrives at Northwest Maritime Center dock, end of Water Street in downtown Port Townsend. * Saturday: A public sail on Adventuress to… Continue reading

Sequim School Board applications due by Friday

SEQUIM -- Anyone interested in filling the District 5 vacancy on the Sequim School Board has until Friday to submit an application to the school… Continue reading

Snover named new Clallam undersheriff

Steve Snover, a 21-year veteran of the Clallam County Sheriff's Department, was appointed undersheriff by Sheriff Joe Martin on Monday. Snover was sworn in by… Continue reading

Sequim man arrested after high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES -- A local man led Clallam County sheriff's deputies on a 15-minute, high-speed chase from Port Angeles to Sequim that ended at the… Continue reading

Sports: Port Angeles High School outfielder named to state all-star team

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles senior center fielder Adam Macomber has been named to the Class 4A State All-Star baseball team. The state All-Stars will… Continue reading

Man, 19, dies as truck slams into trees at 80 mph

SEQUIM -- A 19-year-old Sequim man died Monday afternoon when the pickup truck he was driving collided with a stand of fir trees in the… Continue reading

Wet weather delays street resurfacing

Due to this week's forecast inclement weather, Port Angeles' asphalt chip sealing on some city streets has been postponed to next Monday -- weather permitting.… Continue reading

Ex-astronaut Fabian named temporary chairman of Jefferson County Democratic Party

PORT TOWNSEND -- Jefferson County Democratic Party's executive board on Wednesday named retired astronaut and Shine-area environmental activist John Fabian as temporary party chairman. Fabian,… Continue reading