Peninsula Daily News

Gregoire’s reversal of gubernatorial fortune costs Peninsula taxpayers $10,000

Christine Gregoire's victory in the gubernatorial race is a double win for the state Democratic Party and a nearly $10,000 cost to North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Helicopter “hole in one” Saturday

PORT ANGELES -- Unless postponed by rain or wind, more than 8,000 golf balls will be dropped by helicopter on Saturday. The public is invited… Continue reading

Petition circulating in Port Angeles to halt Gateway Center

PORT ANGELES -- A petition is being circulated to downtown merchants which asks the City Council to cancel the planned Port Angeles International Gateway Transportation… Continue reading

Search warrants served in probe of teen girl’s death

PORT ANGELES -- Police served two search warrants in the city in their investigation into how 15-year-old Melissa Leigh Carter died. Her body was found… Continue reading

She says no, he says no

What do the two key players say about the future of the Port Angeles graving yard? There isn't a future, according to Lower Elwha Klallam… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund: Giving as a principle of living

EDITOR's NOTE: This is the last in a series of articles on how the Peninsula Daily News' Peninsula Home Fund gives "a hand up, not… Continue reading

Two graving meetings today on Peninsula

Two North Olympic Peninsula meetings in response to last week's state pullout of the Port Angeles graving yard project will be held today. * The… Continue reading

Body found near Port Angeles” Waterfront Trail still a mystery

PORT ANGELES -- Police on Monday were "earnestly trying to locate"' a 15-year-old runaway in the hopes that she was not the female found dead… Continue reading

New Year’s dip planned for Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES -- The hearty will once again hail in the New Year with the Polar Bear Dip into the 40-degree waters of Port Angeles… Continue reading

New fare structure adopted by Jefferson Transit

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson Transit Authority board has approved a new fare structure that will eliminate zone charges and transfers. The new system is… Continue reading

Holiday closures begin today at some Peninsula locations

Holiday closures across the North Olympic Peninsula: * Government: All Washington state and Jefferson and Clallam county offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24,… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners pick Scott as county treasurer

Judith Scott, a 21-year veteran of the Clallam County Treasurer's Office, will succeed her retiring boss on Jan. 1. Clallam County commissioners Tuesday chose Scott… Continue reading

Clallam to get a new county treasurer today

Clallam County commissioners will appoint the new county treasurer today at their meeting at 10 a.m. in the courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Sidewalk frolic in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The salmon are running at the southeast corner of Front and Oak streets downtown. The Port Angeles Downtown Association's Art on the… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe named as PDN Employee of the Year in 2004; other top employees recognized

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Keith Thorpe has been selected as the Peninsula Daily News" Employee of the Year for 2004. Thorpe, a photographer and creator of… Continue reading

“Exposures of the burials”

Lower Elwha Klallam Chairwoman Frances Charles says some tribal members continue to work at the Port Angeles graving yard site on "exposures of the burials,"'… Continue reading

Come help promote Highway 101 traffic safety today

The public is invited to this afternoon's kickoff of the Driving 101 Traffic Safety Project designed to increase driver safety awareness on U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

Peninsula: Unemployment rate rises a little

Despite holiday hiring, Jefferson County's unemployment rate rose in November to 4.5 percent, from 3.9 percent the month before. But last month's figure was still… Continue reading

Sports: Quilcene girls romp over Puget Sound Adventist

QUILCENE -- Erin Burlingame sank 18 points and Blair Bloomfield was right behind with 16 to spark the Quilcene Rangers to an easy 54-31 romp… Continue reading

Coast Guard copter crews rescue man stranded on river island

PORT ANGELES -- A boater whose craft was swamped in the Elwha River on Sunday swam to safety and was rescued by a Coast Guard… Continue reading