Peninsula Daily News

Duck Derby tickets on sale now

PORT ANGELES -- Tickets are on sale for the 21st annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby, scheduled Sunday, May 23. Participants have the opportunity to… Continue reading

Sales, celebrations, sailing among many Peninsula activities this weekend

Flea markets, plant sales and celebrations of the opening day of boating season along with many other activities are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles dominates three-way Olympic League track meet; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles boys and girls track and field team dominated a three-way Olympic League meet with Port Townsend and Bremerton on… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School football coach to take psychologist position elsewhere

PORT ANGELES -- The revolving door that is the Port Angeles High School head football coaching position swung open again. Dick Abrams resigned to take… Continue reading

Sequim teacher to be principal in Oroville

SEQUIM -- Sequim High School teacher Gary Pringle will become principal of a 300-student elementary school in Oroville next school year. "I'm pretty pleased, pretty… Continue reading

Coast Guard rescues father, son in Freshwater Bay

PORT ANGELES -- The Coast Guard rescued a father and son who were stranded aboard a swamped 12-foot sailboat in Freshwater Bay on Wednesday. Petty… Continue reading

Man in February standoff convicted of harassment

PORT ANGELES ­-- A man involved in a seven-hour standoff with police in February was convicted Wednesday of harassment. Justin G. Mason, 26, refused to… Continue reading

Marrowstone Citizen of Year to be honored

NORDLAND -- Ralph Rush will be honored as the 2009 Marrowstone Island Citizen of the Year on Saturday. The potluck dinner and award ceremony will… Continue reading

Tuition program helps those on Peninsula to be college bound

PORT ANGELES -- If you didn't go the College Bound information session at Peninsula College last weekend, you still can sign up your seventh-or eighth-… Continue reading

Clallam County community heroes to be honored tonight

PORT ANGELES -- Friends and business associates are invited as seven people are honored with the 2010 Clallam County Community Service Award tonight. The award… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum baseball team earns Nisqually League championship; other prep reports

CHIMACUM -- Devin Manix refused to be satisfied with another Nisqually League championship. Manix broke open a pitcher's duel with two singles and four RBIs,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball coach Peter Stewart jumps to Division II Minot State, North Dakota

PORT ANGELES -- Peter Stewart's basketball life bounced him all over the globe the past two decades. Now, the longtime Peninsula College men's basketball coach… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys soccer loses a heartbreaker to Kingston; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles boys soccer team's four-match unbeaten streak ended in a 2-1 loss to the King ­ston Buccaneers on Tuesday night.… Continue reading

Voters approve three East Jefferson Fire-Rescue District levy measures

PORT TOWNSEND — All three East Jefferson Fire-Rescue lid lift levy measures passed in a special election that ended tonight. The three levy proposals, which… Continue reading

Montesano chiropractor says he’ll seek Kessler’s legislative seat

MONTESANO -- A Grays Harbor County chiropractor will announce his candidacy this week for the state House of Representatives seat being vacated by Rep. Lynn… Continue reading

48% of ballots returned in East Jefferson Fire-Rescue vote

PORT TOWNSEND -- On the penultimate day before an all-mail election ends to renew support for East Jefferson Fire-Rescue, the Jefferson County auditor has received… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim’s baseball team blanks Port Townsend on a one-hitter; other prep reports

SEQUIM -- Left-hander Matt Bereiter tossed a one-hitter to spark the Sequim baseball team over Port Townsend in Olympic League action Monday. On a dry… Continue reading

Port Angeles teachers handed 3 percent pay cut

PORT ANGELES — The School Board tonight took budget-cutting action that included an approximate 3 percent teacher pay cut by eliminating their paid training days.… Continue reading

Clallam library levy hike proposal to appear on August ballot

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County voters will be asked to approve a levy lid lift for the public libraries on the August primary ballot. The… Continue reading

Clallam County Master Gardeners’ spring plant sale slated for Saturday

SEQUIM -- Native plants will be available at the Clallam County Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale on Saturday. The sale will be from 9 a.m.… Continue reading