Peninsula Daily News

Olympic National Park may close Olympic Hot Springs Road, two campgrounds during Memorial Day weekend

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A three-week closure of Olympic Hot Springs Road — including the Elwha and Altair campgrounds — may extend over Memorial Day… Continue reading

Port Angeles Realtors award prizes in contest

PORT ANGELES — Katrin Goudie is the grand-prize winner in the Port Angeles Realtors Association's “What My Home Means to Me” contest. Katrin was one… Continue reading

Port Townsend to celebrate refurbished Civic District

PORT TOWNSEND — All of the chain-link fences will be removed, creating an open space from the Cotton Building to the Northwest Maritime Center at… Continue reading

Preservation awards mark Founders’ Day in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — It isn’t every year that the Jefferson County Historical Society presents a Mary P. Johnson Award. On Sunday, it will give two.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles earns first boys soccer playoff berth in nine years by beating Port Townsend; other prep reports

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Angeles boys soccer team’s long playoff drought is over. The Roughriders overcame an emotional senior night crowd at Port Townsend’s… Continue reading

SPORTS: Seattle Storm comes to Sequim during trophy tour

SEQUIM — The Seattle Storm may not be the most popular professional sports franchise in Puget Sound. But after winning two WNBA titles in its… Continue reading

Spring events slated on Olympic Peninsula

The National Weather Service predicts a sunny, relatively warm weekend at the end of April — and the North Olympic Peninsula is ready. From a… Continue reading

Tickets available for MAC Nite in Sequim

SEQUIM — A cotton quilt with an 1860s pattern, a Globe bicycle, a handwoven cedar-bark basket and red-jasper earrings are a few of the gifts… Continue reading

Seven Clallam community heroes get honors tonight

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — The 2011 Clallam County Community Service Award will be bestowed tonight on seven recipients whose lives, careers and volunteer… Continue reading

Jefferson County patrol car crashes south of Forks

FORKS — A Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy lost control of a patrol car and crashed into a ditch 38 miles south of Forks on Wednesday… Continue reading

Clallam PUD sets hearings on proposed water rate increase

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners have scheduled public hearings in Carlsborg, Port Angeles and Clallam Bay on a proposed water rate… Continue reading

Drug take-back stations set up in all four Peninsula cities Saturday

On the second national drug “Take-Back” day Saturday, leftovers from medicine cabinets can be returned in every city in the North Olympic Peninsula. The event… Continue reading

Joyce education foundation fills some needs as school district tightens budget

JOYCE — While Crescent School District staff and personnel consider how to balance the budget, the Joyce Community Education Foundation provides books, music and other… Continue reading

Winning group in online Peninsula contest will sail on Adventuress free

PORT TOWNSEND — One of the classes or youth groups that enter a video into the “Land to Sea” online voting contest will win a… Continue reading

Board to consider design contract for Forks Library

FORKS — The North Olympic Library System Board of Trustees is expected to award a design contract for renovation of the Forks Public Library on… Continue reading

Seven Clallam community heroes get honors Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Friends, admirers and business associates are invited to a Thursday night reception where seven community heroes will be honored with the Clallam… Continue reading

Six homeless after duplex catches fire

CHIMACUM — Six people left homeless by a duplex fire on Beaver Valley Road on Monday evening are now staying with friends and relatives, said… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim pounds Port Townsend in baseball; other prep reports

SEQUIM — The Sequim baseball team stayed in the race for the Olympic League championship by beating winless Port Townsend 17-3 in six innings Tuesday.… Continue reading

Tickets now on sale for May duck derby on Olympic Peninsula

Duck tickets are on sale now for the 22nd Annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby set Sunday, May 22, when some 30,000 rubber ducks will… Continue reading

Check it out — lingcod fishing off Neah Bay (video, photos)

DON'T LET THE HOMELY, toothy appearance of lingcod fool you. They are hard-fighting fish — and many anglers say they prefer lingcod to halibut when… Continue reading