Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles diver wins state championship, sets meet record and receives All-American status

FEDERAL WAY — Port Angeles record-setting diver Austin Fahrenholtz achieved his second goal of the season. And then some. The junior diver captured the Class… Continue reading

SPORTS: Cristion of Port Angeles leads all area wrestlers with a fourth-place state finish

TACOMA — Four years after being introduced to the sport, Nathan Cristion is the fourth-best 189-pound wrestler in all of Class 2A. The Port Angeles… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams split with Edmonds; final home games Monday night

EDMONDS — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team, trailing at half, rallied Saturday night to beat Edmonds 79-68. The Pirates took control of the game… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball team within a win of state playoffs; other boys basketball district results

TACOMA — The Port Angeles boys basketball team moved within a win of state after belting fellow Olympic League team Olympic 62-43 at the Class… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls basketball one win away from district title; other girls basketball district reports

TACOMA — The Port Angeles girls basketball team is one win away from a district championship after dominating Sumner 41-25 in the semifinals Saturday night.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Grahn, Cristion highlight strong area group going to state wrestling this weekend

TACOMA — The last three months have all been leading up to this. Mat Classic XXIII is not just the end of a long wrestling… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls basketball team rips Olympic to advance to state playoffs for first time in seven years

TACOMA — The Port Angeles girls basketball team is back at state for the first time in seven years. The Roughriders, the No. 3 seed… Continue reading

Weather no obstacle to weekend activities

A cacophony of activities — mostly indoors because of the wet, chilly weather — are planned this Presidents Day weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball team loses a 199-point shootout with Whatcom

BELLINGHAM — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team had little choice but to turn Wednesday night’s game against Whatcom into a track meet. The ploy… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim, Port Angeles boys basketball teams are a win away from state after winning district games Wednesday night

TACOMA — Corbin Webb sank 21 points to spark the Sequim boys basketball team to within one win of the state tournament. The Wolves (16-7)… Continue reading

Update: Ferry sailings out of Port Townsend resume after vessel has “soft grounding” last night

PORT TOWNSEND — The MV Chetzemoka resumed service between Port Townsend and Whidbey Island this morning after it was idled last night when it was… Continue reading

‘Final Forest’ author to read, talk, sign book in Forks today

FORKS — William Dietrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks and the Pacific Northwest, will hold a book reading,… Continue reading

Teen arrested for apparent arson at highway weigh station

PORT ANGELES — A 16-year-old Clallam County boy was arrested Monday on investigation of second-degree arson for allegedly setting fire to the State Patrol weigh… Continue reading

SPORTS: Early registration cost still available for Port Townsend’s Rhody Run

PORT TOWNSEND — Registration for Port Townsend’s Rhody Run XXXIII are already arriving, yet the May 22 race date is three months away. A special… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay girls basketball advances to state while boys team knocked into consolation; Quilcene girls stay alive; other playoff reports

The Neah Bay girls basketball team advanced to state for the fifth straight year and the Quilcene girls stayed alive with victories in the Class… Continue reading

Ferry hits Whidbey sandbar, idled; Wednesday sailings to be announced

PORT TOWNSEND — The three-month-old MV Chetzemoka was blown onto a sandbar in 50 mph winds at Whidbey Island on Tuesday night in what one… Continue reading

Sequim looks to Tacoma artist for new city logo

SEQUIM — The city is working with a Tacoma artist designer to draw up a new city logo and is seeking community comments tha will… Continue reading

“Final Forest” author at reading, book signing in Forks on Wednesday

FORKS — William Dietrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest," will hold a special… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau board welcomes new members

PORT ANGELES — Linda Barnfather and Duncan Allinson have joined the Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau’s board of directors. Barnfather lives in Sequim and works as… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Bill aims to make cougar-hunting with dogs permanent

OLYMPIA — Fifteen years after voters statewide banned using dogs to hunt cougars, lawmakers want to set permanent hunting seasons allowing licensed hunters to use… Continue reading