Port Angeles: School board awards contract to Colorado-based contractor

PORT ANGELES -- A Colorado-based contractor who submitted the lowest bid to rebuild Jefferson Elementary School won the job Monday. The Port Angeles School District… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Murder trial delayed two months

Robert Froehlich will have his day in court two months later than originally scheduled. Froehlich, 29, faces a second-degree murder charge for the 1992 stabbing… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Several City Council candidates spend final campaign day out on the trail

PORT TOWNSEND -- City Council candidates -- some on foot and at least one on bicycle -- set out Monday in a last-minute effort to… Continue reading

Peninsula: Hot-race winners not known for days?

The hottest contests in Jefferson and Clallam counties are the City Council races in Port Townsend and Port Angeles, Clallam County auditor, Forks mayor and… Continue reading

Seaport security takes center stage in terror fight

Imagine . . . Suicide terrorists pulling a boat alongside a heavily laden oil tanker in Port Angeles Harbor -- and detonating it, the way… Continue reading

Clallam: Ad for Port of Port Angeles candidate comes under fire

A Bill Hannan campaign advertisement in Friday's Peninsula Daily News alleges the Port of Port Angeles has given more than $700,000 in "taxpayer subsidies" to… Continue reading

Forks: Woman killed in crash

BEAVER -- A Forks woman was killed Friday when the Plymouth minivan she was driving collided with a dump truck on U.S. Highway 101 near… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Tentative agreement reached on bag plant severance package

PORT TOWNSEND -- Port Townsend Paper Corp. managers have reached a tentative agreement with union representatives on a possible severance package for the 90 employees… Continue reading

Sequim: Joyce girl buried after community assists family

SEQUIM -- In what may be a positive ending to a tragic tale that began almost two weeks ago, a Joyce family Saturday buried 16-year-old… Continue reading

Seven businesses to go into new $2.5 million complex

PORT ANGELES -- The North Olympic Peninsula's newest shopping center will open next week with seven businesses. The Bayview Center, in the 2700 block of… Continue reading

Clallam: Olympic Memorial Hospital celebrates 50 years of service

PORT ANGELES --Veterans, doctors, nurses, community members and elected officials gathered Thursday afternoon to remember and honor the history of the Olympic Memorial Hospital and… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Foss Maritime loses harbor fuel contract to Olympic Tug

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Tug and Barge of Seattle will take over ship fueling operations in Port Angeles Harbor, a service offered by Foss Maritime… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Lower Elwha cut down 165-foot red cedar

PORT ANGELES -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe felled a 165-foot tree that will be carved into a ceremonial canoe for ocean journeys Thursday on… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Name similarity to Osama bin Laden spurs hate mail to restaurateur

PORT TOWNSEND -- The name Osamu means "learning" or "mastering" in Japanese. Restaurateur Osamu "Sam" Okamoto is learning that one anonymous person can't distinguish between… Continue reading

Sequim: Gravel pit expansion won’t affect water quality, report says

SEQUIM -- An expansion of the county's Kirner Road gravel pit will not damage an aquifer that supplies water to hundreds of home, a recently… Continue reading

Sequim: Olympic Discovery Trail bridge is fixed, reopened

The foot-path trestle at Railroad Bridge Park reopened earlier this week after repairs were completed. A section of the trestle was destroyed last Tuesday when… Continue reading

Two important guides are newly published and available from the Peninsula Daily News

Copies of Vote 2001, the Peninsula Daily News" voter guide designed to inform voters about candidates and issues in the Nov. 6 election, are available… Continue reading

Clallam: New contract would benefit nurses

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center nurses could see their salaries increase by 5 percent as part of a labor contract tentatively approved this week.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Canoe to be carved from cedar tree

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members will cut down a 165-foot western cedar today to be carved into an ocean-going ceremonial canoe. Tribal Executive Director John… Continue reading

Port Angeles: City seeking materials for Carnegie Library project

PORT ANGELES -- The city is seeking old photographs and building materials for the upcoming Carnegie Library project, which could begin this spring. The city… Continue reading