Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Forks cruises to soccer victory; other prep results

FRIDAY HARBOR -- The Forks boys soccer team cruised to a 4-1 victory over Friday Harbor on Friday night, outscoring the Wolverines 3-1 in the… Continue reading

U.S. judge who upheld Makah whaling in 1998, 2001 dies in Tacoma

TACOMA -- Franklin D. Burgess, 75, the U.S. District Court judge in Tacoma who made a landmark ruling in 1998 allowing the Makah tribe to… Continue reading

Two candidates to compete for queen’s crown at Rhododendron Festival coronation

PORT TOWNSEND — Only two candidates will compete for the queen’s crown during the Rhododendron Festival coronation Saturday. Two other candidates dropped out this week,… Continue reading

Quilcene School freezer fixed, classes to resume Monday

QUILCENE — The Quilcene School will resume classes on Monday after a faulty valve that destroyed more than $10,000 worth of food in the kitchen… Continue reading

Maritime center pushing for last $100,000; deadline for $1.1 million grant looms

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Northwest Maritime Center has until the end of the month to raise $100,000 in private donations so it can receive additional… Continue reading

Peninsula gears up for busy spring weekend

A kickoff dinner for May's Sequim Irrigation Festival, an early Easter egg hunt, fundraisers, family activities, hikes and seminars are scheduled throughout the North Olympic… Continue reading

SPORTS: Capsules of all prep softball teams on North Olympic Peninsula

Port Angeles (3A) • Head coach: Buddy Bear (second year). • Last year: 13-3 in Olympic League, 17-9 overall; eliminated at 3A state (1-2). •… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim girls and boys golf teams blast Klahowya; other prep reports

SEQUIM -- Zoei Zbaraschuk is unstoppable. Sequim's senior girls golf team ace took medalist honors in league competition for the 18th consecutive time with 33… Continue reading

Quilcene school to be closed Friday after alarm sets off sprinklers that destroyed food

QUILCENE — The Quilcene School District will be closed Friday because a fire alarm triggered sprinklers that destroyed all of the food in the school… Continue reading

No passengers hurt when Port Angeles school bus rear-ended

PORT ANGELES -- None of the 18 Roosevelt Elementary children, or the driver, in a Port Angeles school bus were hurt when it was hit… Continue reading

Police probe leads in armed robbery, assault of restaurant manager

PORT ANGELES -- Police were investigating leads Tuesday to find the man who robbed and assaulted the manager of a restaurant Sunday night. "We are… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Kitsap blanks Port Angeles 3-0 in boys soccer; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- In a tough defensive battle Tuesday night, the Port Angeles boys soccer team was shut out by the North Kitsap Vikings 3-0.… Continue reading

Gregoire irked by McKenna’s state participation in lawsuit over health-care plan; McKenna and 12 others file suit

OLYMPIA -- State Attorney General Rob ­McKenna said Monday that he will join a multistate challenge to the constitutionality of the health care overhaul bill… Continue reading

Attorneys rest in Pierce case; jury to deliberate after closing arguments Wednesday

PORT TOWNSEND — The double-murder trial of Michael J. Pierce, who is accused of killing Pat and Janice Yarr of Quilcene, could go to the… Continue reading

Frontier Bank given ultimatum from government

EVERETT — Frontier Financial, which has struggled for more than a year to free itself from soured real estate loans, has until April 15 to… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles baseball team beats Sequim 7-6 in eight innings; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- Keenan Walker's squeeze bunt in the bottom of the eighth inning sparked Port Angeles to an Olympic League baseball win over archrival… Continue reading

Armed robbery, assault in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Police today are asking the public for information about a late-night armed robbery Sunday outside Fiesta Jalisco restaurant at Front and Eunice… Continue reading

Nominate your JEFFERSON COUNTY hero; deadline today

Now is the time to nominate your local hero. You have until 5 p.m. today! We are looking for people who make a difference in… Continue reading

Kessler tax incentive program passes Legislature

OLYMPIA -- A bill sponsored by state Rep. Lynn Kessler to extend a tax incentive program for manufacturing companies in economically distressed counties passed the… Continue reading

Test openings for Hood Canal Bridge end

SHINE -- The test opening and closing of the Hood Canal Bridge was finished on Sunday -- bringing an end to the nearly daily delays… Continue reading