Wire Service

Port Angeles: Man charged on same day with two burglaries

PORT ANGELES -- A 28-year-old man was charged with two separate burglaries Monday, one for stealing from a thrift store's donation storage area and the… Continue reading

Clallam: Company, not driver, cited in truck crash

The State Patrol is citing the company that owns the 1965 Kenworth, not the driver of the truck, that crashed on state Highway 113 on… Continue reading

$3 million in storm damages to Olympic National Park

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS NEWS SOURCES PORT ANGELES -- Flooding last week that closed highways, cut power, ripped out river channels and threatened rural homes did… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City lifts water restrictions

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS PORT ANGELES -- With the Elwha River swollen from rains, officials have canceled the city's water shortage declaration issued in late September.… Continue reading

Hearing on proposed changes to no-shoot zone law draws 200 people

PORT TOWNSEND -- About 200 people showed up at Fort Worden State Park to the second installment of a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to… Continue reading

Daughter of Port Angeles couple in coma in Spokane

PORT ANGELES -- A 2005 Port Angeles High school graduate is in a coma in a Spokane Hospital after sustaining a serious head injury last… Continue reading

Veterans gather in gratitude in Port Angeles, Port Townsend

Thousands gathered in Port Angeles while 50 came together in Port Townsend, but no matter whether they were many or few, the sentiment was strongly… Continue reading

8,276 Clallam ballots have yet to be counted

PORT ANGELES -- Election officials counted 5,807 more ballots on Thursday, with no significant changes to any of the races. There are still 8,276 late-arriving… Continue reading

Fisherman found dead in Hood Canal

COYLE -- Jefferson County authorities were waiting Sunday for relatives to confirm the identity of a 51-year-old Silverdale man found dead in Hood Canal. The… Continue reading

Your chance to see the Capitol Christmas Tree either today or tomorrow

The towering fir tree from Olympic National Forest that will be lighted and decorated in front of the U.S. Capitol starts its 10-day tour of… Continue reading

Labor strife looms large over hospital

PORT ANGELES -- One of the first challenges Eric Lewis, interim CEO of Olympic Medical Center, must face is negotiating a new wage and benefits… Continue reading

About a third of Clallam ballots ready to count

PORT ANGELES -- About 34 percent of Clallam County ballots are ready to count, a low number according to Auditor Cathleen McKeown. Of the 44,105… Continue reading

Giant Peninsula-made banners to proclaim Peninsula-grown official Christmas tree

Two banners made in Port Angeles will escort the 2006 U. S. Capitol Christmas Tree as it travels across the state and nation on its… Continue reading

Tribe’s lawyer will discuss Tse-whit-zen agreement

PORT ANGELES -- Attorney Gabe Galanda will return to Port Angeles, his hometown, on Friday to speak about the settlement that ended the Hood Canal… Continue reading

Business owner and team break land speed record

By JENNIFER VENEKLASEN SEQUIM -- "It is like being on Mars," Jim Rosenburgh said of the Bonneville Salt Flats where he and his team set… Continue reading

Forks business selling off Enron building contents

By LEILA SUMMERS FORKS -- A Forks-based business has received the bid to sell office equipment from the Enron building in Houston, Texas. Kitty Sperry,… Continue reading

All things crab at festival this weekend

By LEILA SUMMERS PORT ANGELES -- Nine-year-old Noah Niswanger peered over the lip of the giant tank and watched the crabs shuffle along the bottom.… Continue reading

‘Passionate’ players at Port Townsend tennis tournament

By STEPHAN MICHAELS PORT TOWNSEND -- For more than 40 years, the Port Townsend Tennis Tournament has drawn players from around Jefferson County to compete… Continue reading

PENINSULA: NO CLUES IN SEARCH FOR MISSING HIKER

By KERI BRENNER OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Searchers and family members shared anguish and frustration Tuesday as an eighth day of a massive search for… Continue reading

Peninsula: Officials bring in park pro to seek missing hiker

By VENICE BUHAIN, THE OLYMPIAN The search for a state worker and former U.S. Army paratrooper believed to be lost hiking continues today, nine days… Continue reading