Peninsula Daily News

Santa Claus to make stops in Port Townsend, Nordland

PORT TOWNSEND -- Santa Claus is coming to town this weekend. Santa will ride in a horse-drawn carriage to the Haller Fountain to preside over… Continue reading

Sequim police need help in identifying suspects in Costco theft

ON NOV. 26, a man and a woman allegedly stole a Nikon D90 digital camera valued at $1,479.99 from the Costco warehouse store in Sequim.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim boys basketball team beats Bainbridge 64-59

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND -- The Sequim boys basketball team (1-0) kicked off the season with a come-from-behind 64-59 nonleague win against Bainbridge (0-1) on Wednesday. "I… Continue reading

Victorian home tour Saturday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- A few tickets still were available Thursday for a Saturday tour of four of Port Townsend's grandest private Victorian homes. The Northwest… Continue reading

Author tells of a year spent chasing American butterflies

PORT ANGELES -- Robert Pyle spent a year on a wild-butterfly chase and lived to tell the tale. He'll do that tonight with a talk… Continue reading

Cables Describe Scale of Afghan Corruption as Overwhelming

Corruption in Afghanistan, leaked cables say, is pervasive and dispiriting for American officials trying to build support for the Afghan government. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/world/asia/03wikileaks-corruption.html?emc=na… Continue reading

Elton John to perform two concerts in Victoria

VICTORIA — Megastar Elton John will perform two concerts in February at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, less than 10 minutes by taxi from the ferry… Continue reading

MoveOn vigil at Rep. Dicks’ Port Angeles office set today

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County MoveOn members will gather at Rep. Norm Dicks' office today to urge him to vote against extending tax cuts for… Continue reading

National Park visitor centers hold holiday sale, book signing scheduled

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- The creators of five keepsake books about the North Olympic Peninsula will sign copies of their work Sunday, Dec. 12, during… Continue reading

Ninth Great Cookie Bake-off in Clallam Bay on Tuesday

CLALLAM BAY — Enter your cookies — by mail or in person — in the ninth annual Great Cookie Bake-off, sponsored by the Clallam Bay… Continue reading

Port Angeles man treated, discharged after tractor hit by truck from rear

POULSBO -- A Port Angeles man was treated and discharged after a wreck involving two semitrucks near the Hood Canal bridge earlier this week. Terry… Continue reading

Special Olympic National Park quarter design announced

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A special quarter featuring a Roosevelt elk wading into the Hoh River's gravelly shores against a backdrop of Mount Olympus will… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball pounds W.F. West in first game of season

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles came out on fire and beat highly respected W.F. West 64-51 in its first boys basketball game of the season… Continue reading

Structure of, threats to Puget Sound topic of Feiro talk

PORT ANGELES -- Doug Myers, director of science for the Seattle-based People for Puget Sound, will speak about the structure of the sound and the… Continue reading

‘Twilight’ actress to appear in LaPush on Friday

LAPUSH — Julia Jones, an actress from “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” will make an appearance in LaPush Friday as part of the tribe’s Cherish Our… Continue reading

Here’s what Olympic National Park quarter coin will look like

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Quarters featuring a Roosevelt elk wading into the Hoh River's graveled shores against a backdrop of Mount Olympus will be released… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer coach Andrew Chapman named coach of the year

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College men's soccer coach Andrew Chapman was named the NWAACC coach of the year Tuesday. It was the second time in… Continue reading

Trial of man accused in Forks shooting death to begin Monday

PORT ANGELES -- The murder trial of a Forks man accused of shooting the ex-boyfriend of his female friend will begin Monday. Etienne Choquette of… Continue reading

Master Gardener to talk about holiday plants as gifts

PORT ANGELES -- The final seminar of the 2010 Green Thumbs Garden Tips brown bag series sponsored by the Clallam County Master Gardeners will focus… Continue reading

Updated: Mobile home falls on man

PORT ANGELES — A single-wide mobile home being lowered on its foundation Monday night fell off a jack and trapped the man who was doing… Continue reading