Wire Service

Port Townsend team places in YMCA mock trial competition

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — A team from Seattle Prep took top honors in the statewide high school YMCA Mock Trial Competition and is eligible… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge section departs Seattle for Port Gamble

The Associated Press SEATTLE — Pontoons with a new section of roadway for the Hood Canal floating bridge were towed out of Seattle’s Elliott Bay… Continue reading

Gottschalks reportedly to liquidate, go out of business

PDN news sources PORT ANGELES — Gottschalks Inc., which operates downtown Port Angeles' largest department store, will be liquidated after it failed on Monday to… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Phosphate ban in dishwasher detergents coming to Peninsula

By Nicholas Geranios The Associated Press SPOKANE — The quest for squeaky-clean dishes has turned some law-abiding people in Spokane into dishwater-detergent smugglers. They are… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Clinton says Mexican violence threatens U.S. border states

By Matthew Lee The Associated Press MONTERREY, Mexico --. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton promised Thursday to help Mexico end soaring drug-related violence along… Continue reading

Gregoire signing bill for year-round Neah Bay rescue tug today

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire today signs a bill that requires shippers, tankers and large vessels to pay for a year-round rescue… Continue reading

Would-be Gottschalks buyers have Wednesday deadline

Peninsula Daily News news sources FRESNO, Calif. — The fate of Gottschalks Inc. and its Port Angeles store hangs in the balance this week as… Continue reading

FBI probe may uncover donations to Rep. Dicks

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press SEATTLE — An FBI probe of a major lobbyist may extend to campaign donations to at least two… Continue reading

NRA appeals ruling blocking guns in national parks

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association has appealed a federal court ruling that blocked a Bush administration policy allowing… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: State deficit worsens; now estimated near $9 billion

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press OLYMPIA -- The wounded economy took another bite out of state government's checkbook on Thursday, pushing the budget… Continue reading

Court blocks rule allowing guns in national parks

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — A judge has blocked a federal rule allowing people to carry concealed, loaded guns in national parks… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: State deficit closing in on $9 billion as revenue falls off

The Associated Press OLYMPIA -- The wounded economy took another bite out of state government's checkbook today, pushing the budget deficit to nearly $9 billion… Continue reading

Attempt to move Forest Service to Interior could spark turf war

The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In what eventually could become a major bureaucratic turf war, there have been stirrings on Capitol Hill about moving the… Continue reading

BUSINESS: Gottschalks makes deal with liquidators

Peninsula Daily News news sources FRESNO, Calif. -- Gottschalks Inc. reported Thursday that it has a deal with a group of liquidators that will make… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Good-sized fish caught in rivers, Strait

Peninsula Daily News news sources THE NATIVE STEELHEAD are arriving in the coastal rivers, and anglers are catching some king-size fish. Some steelies have topped… Continue reading

State Supreme Court stays execution

By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state Supreme Court stayed the execution of Cal Coburn Brown Thursday, just hours before he… Continue reading

UPDATE: Sequim pilot flew alone, official says as Kansas copter crash probed

The Associated Press MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — Investigators are still looking for the cause of a helicopter crash in Kansas that killed a Washington man. Sixty-six-year-old… Continue reading

SPORTS: Quilcene boys lose at buzzer to Pe Ell in state 2B tourney

Peninsula Daily News news sources SPOKANE -- Daniel Duncan scored 11 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer with six seconds left, as Pe Ell beat Quilcene… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend wins first state tournament game; Quilcene loses at buzzer

PDN news sources YAKIMA — Joe Aase scored 14 points and Walker Wilson chipped in 11 as Port Townsend raced away from Granger 41-27 on… Continue reading

Assisted suicide up to doctors

By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA -- Terminally ill patients with less than six months to live will soon be able to ask… Continue reading