Sequim: Officials propose $26.1 million city budget

SEQUIM -- City officials are proposing a $26.1 million budget for fiscal 2002, an increase of $6 million over the current budget. Although the proposed… Continue reading

Calendar of Halloween activities

Here's a calendar of some of the Halloween activities on the Peninsula. A full report appears in Peninsula Spotlight in the Friday/Saturday Peninsula Daily News,… Continue reading

Joyce: Delayed notification causes concern for Crescent water users

JOYCE -- Some Crescent water users are upset they were not notified immediately of possible water contamination. But health and Crescent Water Association officials say… Continue reading

LaPush: Quileute developing shellfish toxin test

LAPUSH -- Quileute biologists are developing a test to more quickly detect harmful toxins in shellfish, a staple food in tribal members" diets. The tribe,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Grants to pay for removing junk from Strait, Hood Canal

Scores of lost fishing nets, tangled in the murky underwater twilight off the Olympic Peninsula, continue to snag and kill prey for years. Divers call… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Graduating to a cleaner life

PORT ANGELES -- Legal proceedings in Courtroom 2 at Clallam County Superior Court started with a chorus of "Happy Birthday" and ended with tears and… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Hundreds line up for chance at a bit part in movie

PORT TOWNSEND -- Nearly twice as many people as hoped for turned out Thursday to be considered as extras in the DreamWorks SKG movie, "The… Continue reading

Two important guides are newly published and available

Two important guides are newly published and available from the Peninsula Daily News. Copies of the Peninsula Daily News" voter guide, designed to inform voters… Continue reading

Casting call today for extras to appear in movie

PORT TOWNSEND -- Dust off those publicity shots and get back in line today to be considered as an extra in a major motion picture.… Continue reading

Joyce: Crescent water system tests negative for E. coli, boil-water advisory continues

JOYCE -- Crescent Water Association members should continue boiling their drinking water until further notice after follow-up tests confirmed contamination, a state specialist said Wednesday.… Continue reading

Joyce: Friends, principal remember Jesica Iberlucea, killed in traffic collision

JOYCE -- Friends of 16-year-old Jesica V. Iberlucea say she was the sweetest girl they knew. "She thought about other people before she even thought… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Woman’s death by state trooper justified, Kitsap prosecutor says

Kitsap County prosecutors have decided that a Washington State Patrol trooper was justified in the August shooting death of a Port Angeles woman. A 395-page… Continue reading

Sequim: Police chief to retire sometime early in 2002

SEQUIM -- After five years at the helm of the Sequim Police Department, Chief Byron Nelson plans to retire by early next year. Nelson, 62,… Continue reading

Strait of Juan de Fuca: Freighter escorted to Victoria after large wave disables radar

A Greek freighter carrying grain was escorted to Victoria on Wednesday after a large wave knocked out both of its marine radar systems outside the… Continue reading

Two important guides are newly published and available

Two important guides are newly published and available from the Peninsula Daily News. Copies of the Peninsula Daily News" voter guide, designed to inform voters… Continue reading

Clallam: Ex-resident pleads guilty to murder

TACOMA -- The 22-year-old former Lower Elwha Klallam reservation resident accused of killing an 18-year-old Port Angeles man has pleaded guilty. Christopher Paul Hawk will… Continue reading

Joyce: Crescent water users urged to boil water

JOYCE -- Crescent Water Association members were advised to boil their drinking water Tuesday after a positive E. coli sample was collected from the association's… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Liberian tanker undergoing repairs

PORT ANGELES -- A Liberian-flagged tanker is docked at T-pier today after engine troubles prompted the Coast Guard to order the vessel into port. While… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Man steals purse, escapes

PORT ANGELES -- Police are searching for a man who grabbed a woman's purse Monday afternoon in the parking lot of Albertson's Food & Drug.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Port mulls MagnaForce lease

PORT ANGELES -- MagnaForce Inc. officials want to expand their operation at the airport industrial park to continue testing LEVX, the company's magnetic-levitation, or mag-lev,… Continue reading