Peninsula Daily News

Vampires trump logging in Forks

FORKS -- Twilight fans making pilgrimages to Forks have led to jaw-dropping numbers at the Forks Visitor Center, said Marcia Bingham, chamber executive director. More… Continue reading

Marine center calls for nominations

PORT TOWNSEND -- Nominations for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center 2009 Eleanor Stopps Environmental Leadership Award are due by 5 p.m. Aug. 31. The… Continue reading

Non-native plants target of feed rule

OLYMPIA -- Only certified weed-free horse feed can be used in the Olympic National Forest to minimize the spread of invasive plants, says a new… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles 12U softball team starts World Series play

WILSON COUNTY, N. C. -- Port Angeles opens play in the 2009 Babe Ruth League 12U softball World Series today. Ten teams from around the… Continue reading

Fire at Forks High School targets planter box, area around sign popular in ‘Twilight’

FORKS -- The area around a sign in front of Forks High School, which is popular with Twilight tourists, was singed in a fire that… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival reveals final clue

PORT TOWNSEND -- "Granny and Jed" are mentioned in the third and final clue for the 10th annual Port Townsend Film Festival's Guess the Guest… Continue reading

Sand sculpture takes People’s Choice award

PORT ANGELES -- Damon Farmer's "Australia's Great Barrier Reef," with turtles and coral rendered in sand, won the People's Choice award in the Arts in… Continue reading

Scouts stop recycling newspapers

SEQUIM -- After 67 years, Sequim's Boy Scout Troop 490 is shutting down its newspaper collection boxes. "We have no choice but to stop the… Continue reading

History camps set to become Port Townsend tradition

PORT TOWNSEND -- The success of two weeklong history camps that the Jefferson County Historical Society hosted last week calls for an encore, said historical… Continue reading

Olympic National Forest to get federal funds

The Olympic National Forest will receive $600,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to address a backlog of trail maintenance as well as repair… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles team heads to World Series

PORT ANGELES -- This is one group of 12-year-old girls that most people would not want to meet in a dark alley. The strength of… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry sailings canceled until further notice

PORT TOWNSEND — The Steilacoom II car ferry, which travels between Port Townsend and Keystone on Whidbey Island, is out of commission this morning. The… Continue reading

Seattle Times touts Peninsula getaways

What does anout-of-area newspaper recommend when asked what are good towns to travel to and sights to see on the North Olympic Peninsula? Here's what… Continue reading

Primary election voter guide

VOTERS MIGHT STILL be adjusting to the early primary -- Aug. 18 -- but the Peninsula Daily News' has been busy interviewing and researching the… Continue reading

Port Angeles dealer optimistic about ‘cash for clunkers’ continuing

THE GENERAL MANAGER of Koenig Chevrolet Subaru says he is confident that Congress will expand funding the federal "cash for clunkers" program. The $1 billion… Continue reading

Crazy daze: Joyce celebrates traditions the old-fashioned way

JOYCE -- A seventh-grader from Forks baked the best blackberry pie at the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival, judges decided Saturday, while a Port Orchard… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for StreamFest event

PORT ANGELES -- Tickets for North Olympic Land Trust's StreamFest smorgasbord will be available starting Wednesday. The smorgasbord is part of the 10th annual StreamFest,… Continue reading

Peninsula Plywood completes purchase of former KPly mill equipment

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula Plywood Group, LLC owns the assets of the former KPly plant, president Josh Renshaw said today. Peninsula Plywood, owned by Renshaw… Continue reading

Project to remove fishing nets from Sound

BLYN -- The Northwest Straits Commission will outline the details of a newly funded project to remove derelict fishing nets from Puget Sound during a… Continue reading

Heat wave leaves blood supply at critical level

Group O, the universal blood type, is in short supply in Western Washington, the Puget Sound Blood Center said while urging donors to give now… Continue reading