Peninsula Daily News

Ruddell Cruise-In is today. PLEASE NOTE — register online to exhibit your car and don’t arrive before 5 p.m.

WANT TO DISPLAY your car? Note the rules (below) and arrive NO EARLIER, please, than 5 p.m. today. Space is limited, and parking will begin… Continue reading

Quilcene schools refinance bonds; taxpayers benefit

QUILCENE -- The Quilcene School District has refinanced its outstanding 1998 bonds to take advantage of lower interest rates. The recent refinancing will save the… Continue reading

Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days celebration set this weekend

CLALLAM BAY -- West End residents and visitors will get a second chance at patriotic celebrations this week during the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fun Days starting… Continue reading

Peninsula in for sizzling weekend of activities

The temperatures are cooling off a little from earlier in the week, but the variety of summertime things to do across the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles BMX hosting a big weekend with charity and state championship racing

PORT ANGELES -- One of the biggest weekends of the year is coming up for the Port Angeles BMX track. Located between the Clallam County… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder Baseball Team sweats way to win in triple-digit heat

CLACKAMAS, Ore. -- The Wilder Baseball Team was hot during the first day of the 12-team Clackamas, Ore., tournament Thursday. Literally. It was 104 degrees… Continue reading

Update: Coast Guard helicopter down near LaPush; three killed

LAPUSH — A Coast Guard helicopter from Astoria, Ore., en route to Alaska went down in the water at about 9:45 a.m. today near James… Continue reading

‘Twilight’ climbs to $176.4 million after holiday weekend

SCOTT WEISS, FOUNDER and executive producer of Bellevue, Wash.-based Zpop Media, was in Port Angeles last Tuesday just before “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” debuted at… Continue reading

Sun splashes North Olympic Peninsula — finally (**Gallery**)

One of many tongue-in-cheek sayings on the North Olympic Peninsula is this one: Summer begins on the Fifth of July. Yep, it happened again this… Continue reading

Make-A-Wish gets teen her ‘Twilight’ wish in Forks

FORKS -- The West End spent a week making a dream come true for a 17-year-old from Orange County, Calif. Brooke was granted one wish… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder Baseball Team prepares for state competition

PORT ANGELES -- Wilder Baseball Club had little trouble winning its own eight-team tournament Sunday, and now is set to tune up for the state… Continue reading

Injured hiker airlifted from Neah Bay area

NEAH BAY-- The Coast Guard rescued an injured hiker south of Cape Flattery on Sunday afternoon, airlifting the injured woman to Olympic Medical Center. Megha… Continue reading

Woman injured after car hit by wayward truck

PYSHT -- A Port Angeles woman was injured in a two-car wreck that closed state Highway 112 for about three hours Saturday evening. Tara H.… Continue reading

On this Fourth of July . . . “Liberty Thoughts”

Click here: http://bit.ly/9isqSo (The Readable Declaration of Independence.pdf) TODAY WE CELEBRATE an event that took place in the 18th century. It is an unusual event… Continue reading

Have a fabulous North Olympic Peninsula Fourth!

Pack up your blanket, lawn chairs and a picnic and head to Fourth of July events across the North Olympic Peninsula. An Army National Guard… Continue reading

Fourth of July fireworks, music and food

Pack up your blanket, lawn chairs and a picnic and head to Fourth of July events across the North Olympic Peninsula. An Army National Guard… Continue reading

Post-Fourth fireworks cleanup slated Monday

PORT ANGELES -- Several community organizations will join forces on Monday to clean up debris from Independence Day celebrations on Ediz Hook. The public is… Continue reading

Personal fireworks come with regulations — or outright ban

FIREWORKS CAN MAKE a colorful mini-show, but residents should be careful to adhere to local law of the local governments when setting them off. And… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder’s offensive explosion in Firecracker Classic

PORT ANGELES -- Wilder Baseball's stranglehold on the Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Classic continued this weekend. The North Olympic Peninsula all-star squad delivered a pair… Continue reading

Port Angeles oil spill vessel could be sent to Gulf, but not asked yet

PORT ANGELES -- An oil spill response vessel stationed in Port Angeles Harbor in case of a spill in the harbor or Strait of Juan… Continue reading