Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Big Game got bigger as Port Angeles, Sequim both in Top 10

PORT ANGELES -- The big game just got a little bigger. Not only will Friday night's showdown between Port Angeles and Sequim be played out… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer team in playoffs — after losing game

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College men's soccer team backed its way into the NWAACC playoffs after falling 1-0 to Highline on Wednesday at Civic… Continue reading

Stevens Middle School students pledge to be free of drugs, alcohol

PORT ANGELES -- Stevens Middle School students continued their annual tradition of making a commitment to be free of drugs and alcohol during the school's… Continue reading

Ballots flowing into auditors’ offices in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Ballot returns as of Tuesday showed voter turnouts of nearly 30 percent in Clallam County and more than 37 percent in Jefferson County. The Clallam… Continue reading

Clallam PUD raises electric rates by 8 percent

PORT ANGELES -- Home electric bills will jump about $100 a year for Clallam County Public Utility District customers beginning in December. The three PUD… Continue reading

Peninsula firefighters in the pink for breast cancer awareness

Firefighters across the North Olympic Peninsula are wearing pink this week to raise awareness of breast cancer. East Jefferson Fire-Rescue and Clallam County Fire District… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Kitsap beats Port Angeles 3-1 in volleyball; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles volleyball team did something no other Olympic League squad has done all season. Unfortunately for the Roughriders, they didn't… Continue reading

Clallam electrical rates rising 8% for customers outside Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners approved an 8 percent increase in retail electric utility rates effective Dec. 1. The increase amounts… Continue reading

Drunken captain of ship seized in Strait gets short prison term

TACOMA -- Skippering a 590-foot freighter in the Strait of Juan de Fuca while legally drunk gets you 14 days in prison, six months of… Continue reading

Jefferson County extends moratorium on adult businesses

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County commissioners Monday approved extending a moratorium on the establishment of sexually oriented businesses for six months, after which time… Continue reading

Port Townsend portrait set for Nov. 14

PORT TOWNSEND—The Port Townsend Family Portrait will coincide with the inaugural voyage of the Chetzemoka, and take place at 3 p.m. Nov. 14 at the… Continue reading

Adventuress meets fund-raising goal

PORT TOWNSEND -- A fundraiser to support the educational programs aboard the schooner Adventuress has met its goal. The campaign raised $58,000 in 29 days… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: State approves Port Townsend paper mill biomass generator

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Department of Ecology announced today that it has approved the Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill's request to build a biomass… Continue reading

Grants awarded for Peninsula fish habitat projects

OLYMPIA -- The state salmon Recovery Funding Board has awarded more than $12 million for 39 salmon protection projects in the state, with $696,459 going… Continue reading

Restaurants, coffee stands to donate some Thursday proceeds to United Way

Restaurants in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks will donated a portion of their proceeds Thursday to the United Way of Clallam County. "During your breakfast,… Continue reading

Ballot returns edge up in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Voter participation in the Nov. 2 general election had reached nearly 18 percent in Clallam County and nearly 25 percent in Jefferson County by Friday.… Continue reading

Hundreds expected at memorial service Saturday for hiker killed by goat

PORT ANGELES -- A memorial service for a widely known man killed by a large mountain goat is expected to draws hundreds of people. Bob… Continue reading

SPORTS: Quilcene volleyball team qualifies for playoffs; other prep reports

QUILCENE -- The Quilcene volleyball team qualified for the playoffs by winning two Sea-Tac League matches this past week. In recent action, the Rangers won… Continue reading

Rossi in Port Angeles, Chimacum today

U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi will appear in both Port Angeles and Chimacum today (Saturday). The Sammamish Republican — who seeks to unseat Sen. Patty… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS — Trove of Iraq War Documents Sheds Light on Civilian Deaths, Abuse and Iran

A HUGE TROVE of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths,… Continue reading