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OUTDOORS: Annoy steelhead, reap the rewards

ANNOY, ANNOY, ANNOY. Are we talking about what Seattle Seahawks fans should do if they encounter a rare sighting of a New England Patriots fan… Continue reading

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OUTDOORS: Fundraising dinner, auction in Sequim on Feb. 21 to help fund kids fishing day

SMILING, PROUD CHILDREN holding up freshly caught trout are always a happy sight. The public can help provide funding for the annual Olympic Peninsula Kids… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Fundraising dinner, auction in Sequim on Feb. 21 to help fund kids fishing day

SMILING, PROUD CHILDREN holding up freshly caught trout are always a happy sight. The public can help provide funding for the annual Olympic Peninsula Kids… Continue reading

GOLF: Play a round before Sunday’s big game

IS IT SUNDAY yet? I know I’m not the only one who’s been counting down the days until kickoff of the Super Bowl. Anxious anticipation… Continue reading

Peninsula's Jeremiah Hobbs

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula’s upset bid falls short due to tough second half

PORT ANGELES — In range of top-ranked Bellevue for a half, Peninsula College's upset bid unraveled in a 75-62 loss to the Bulldogs. “Bellevue is… Continue reading

Peninsula's Jeremiah Hobbs
Wayne Chisholm caught a 16-pound blackmouth off Midchannel Bank on the opening day of the Marine Area 9 salmon season last week. (Brenda Chisholm)

OUTDOORS: With rain coming, plunking is the steelhead option

PLUNK 'EM IF you got 'em. With West End river systems poised to rise on the threat of a potential 4 inches of rain over… Continue reading

Wayne Chisholm caught a 16-pound blackmouth off Midchannel Bank on the opening day of the Marine Area 9 salmon season last week. (Brenda Chisholm)
Peninsula's Miranda Schmillen

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College’s pressure too much for Olympic

PORT ANGELES — Besides diamonds, pressure also creates transition baskets. The Peninsula women's basketball team's 1-2-2 zone press defense hounded Olympic into 29 turnovers as… Continue reading

Peninsula's Miranda Schmillen
Wayne Chisholm caught a 16-pound blackmouth off Midchannel Bank on the opening day of the Marine Area 9 salmon season last week. (Brenda Chisholm)

OUTDOORS: With rain coming, plunking is the steelhead option

PLUNK 'EM IF you got 'em. With West End river systems poised to rise on the threat of a potential 4 inches of rain over… Continue reading

Wayne Chisholm caught a 16-pound blackmouth off Midchannel Bank on the opening day of the Marine Area 9 salmon season last week. (Brenda Chisholm)
Peninsula's Miranda Schmillen

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College’s pressure too much for Olympic

PORT ANGELES — Besides diamonds, pressure also creates transition baskets. The Peninsula women's basketball team's 1-2-2 zone press defense hounded Olympic into 29 turnovers as… Continue reading

Peninsula's Miranda Schmillen
Port Angeles' Hunter Hathaway

BOYS BASKETBALL: Hathaway’s late free throws lock down Port Angeles win over North Mason

PORT ANGELES — Hampered by foul trouble that resulted in a scoreless first half, and hobbled by a painful third-quarter ankle injury, Hunter Hathaway lifted… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Hunter Hathaway

OUTDOORS: State Department of Fish and Wildlife hires new director

MEET THE NEW boss. Jim Unsworth, the deputy director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, has been tapped to lead the state Department… Continue reading

Tiger Woods views the women's World Cup super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo

GOLF: U.S. Open teaser video features Chambers Bay

BLINK AND YOU may have missed the 24-second commercial advancing the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay during the Seahawks NFC Championship game triumph over… Continue reading

Tiger Woods views the women's World Cup super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Port Angeles' Hayley Baxley

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles has trouble finding basket in loss to Olympic

PORT ANGELES — Three-quarters of the way through the season, the Port Angeles girls basketball team continues to struggle with one of the game's central… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Hayley Baxley
Port Angeles' Richard Hillstrom

WRESTLING: Port Angeles garners inside track to league title with big win over Olympic

PORT ANGELES — Most coaches, regardless of sport, prefer not to have their team look ahead on the schedule. But Port Angeles wrestling coach Erik… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Richard Hillstrom

CORRECTED — OUTDOORS: Salmon season back on in Marine Area 9; Port Angeles Harbor open to salmon fishing

EDITOR'S NOTE — This has been corrected to show that Port Angeles Harbor is currently open to salmon fishing. An earlier version said it was… Continue reading

CORRECTED — OUTDOORS: Salmon season back on in Marine Area 9; Port Angeles Harbor open to salmon fishing

EDITOR'S NOTE — This has been corrected to show that Port Angeles Harbor is currently open to salmon fishing. An earlier version said it was… Continue reading

This Seattle Seahawks-themed fly was created by Issaquah's Rockwell Hammond as a gift for Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. ()

OUTDOORS: Fly tyer crafts Seahawks fly for coach Pete Carroll

AVID FLY FISHER and fly tyer Dean Childs of Sequim clued me in to the work of Issaquah's Rockwell Hammond, a renowned fly tyer in… Continue reading

This Seattle Seahawks-themed fly was created by Issaquah's Rockwell Hammond as a gift for Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. ()
This Seattle Seahawks-themed fly was created by Issaquah's Rockwell Hammond as a gift for Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. ()

OUTDOORS: Fly tyer crafts Seahawks fly for coach Pete Carroll

AVID FLY FISHER and fly tyer Dean Childs of Sequim clued me in to the work of Issaquah's Rockwell Hammond, a renowned fly tyer in… Continue reading

This Seattle Seahawks-themed fly was created by Issaquah's Rockwell Hammond as a gift for Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. ()

GOLF: Cedars at Dungeness hosting Super Bowl Sunday tournament

CEDARS AT DUNGENESS in Sequim, a stalwart supporter of the Seattle Seahawks all season long, has a football-themed tournament on tap. Since Week 1, way… Continue reading

Peninsula's Cierra Moss

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women roll over Edmonds; men come up short in conference opener

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women's basketball team showed it can be a formidable force after opening Northwest Athletic Conference North Division play with… Continue reading

Peninsula's Cierra Moss