Michael Carman

Wicked Racing driver Dan Morrison

SPORTS: Area Sprint Boat team adapting to new motor

PORT ANGELES — You can't escape the roar of a revved-up Sprint Boat, regardless of classification. Rumbles range from more of a high-pitched whine for… Continue reading

Wicked Racing driver Dan Morrison
Wicked Racing driver Dan Morrison

UPDATED — Peninsula sprint boat teams do well in Saturday’s race

PORT ANGELES — You can't escape the roar of a revved-up Sprint Boat, regardless of classification. Rumbles range from more of a high-pitched whine for… Continue reading

Wicked Racing driver Dan Morrison
Brenda Chisholm

OUTDOORS: Coho fishing kicking into gear along Strait of Juan de Fuca

A PLEASANT SURPRISE, this fishing report is filled with positive anecdotes and high catch totals instead of the few and far between tallies of recent… Continue reading

Brenda Chisholm
The Fat Buddy Racing Team No. 88 boat driven by Jordi Cook and navigated by Deb Cook of Princeton

SPRINT BOAT RACES: Second round of races set Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Peninsula sprint boat teams will hope for a reversal of recent fortunes when they zoom around the Extreme Sports Park… Continue reading

The Fat Buddy Racing Team No. 88 boat driven by Jordi Cook and navigated by Deb Cook of Princeton
Brenda Chisholm

OUTDOORS: Coho fishing kicking into gear along Strait of Juan de Fuca

A PLEASANT SURPRISE, this fishing report is filled with positive anecdotes and high catch totals instead of the few and far between tallies of recent… Continue reading

Brenda Chisholm
Port Angeles running back Sam Burton

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles-Port Townsend football game decades in the making

PORT ANGELES — It’s taken 47 years to resurrect what at first seems like a no-brainer: a high school football game between the schools from… Continue reading

Port Angeles running back Sam Burton
The Fat Buddy Racing Team No. 88 boat driven by Jordi Cook and navigated by Deb Cook of Princeton

SPRINT BOAT RACES: Second round of races set Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Peninsula sprint boat teams will hope for a reversal of recent fortunes when they zoom around the Extreme Sports Park… Continue reading

The Fat Buddy Racing Team No. 88 boat driven by Jordi Cook and navigated by Deb Cook of Princeton
Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners' champion Donna MacLean

GOLF: Donna MacLean claims Lady Niners crown at Cedars at Dungeness

DONNA MACLEAN CLIMBED to the top of the Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners leaderboard, winning the group’s club championship this year. Lady Niners member Lindsay… Continue reading

Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners' champion Donna MacLean
5-year old Finn Rodgers of Tallahasse

OUTDOORS: Finn’s first fish tale

AN ANGLER’S FIRST fish is usually a treasured moment, one reserved for photo albums in the past, or file folders on computers, tablets and cellphones… Continue reading

5-year old Finn Rodgers of Tallahasse
Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners' champion Donna MacLean

GOLF: Donna MacLean claims Lady Niners crown at Cedars at Dungeness

DONNA MACLEAN CLIMBED to the top of the Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners leaderboard, winning the group’s club championship this year. Lady Niners member Lindsay… Continue reading

Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners' champion Donna MacLean

OUTDOORS: Anglers can keep wild coho on the coast beginning Monday

RUMORS REGARDING WILD coho retention off coastal fishing locales turned out to be true. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife met with federal officials… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Anglers can keep wild coho on the coast beginning Monday

RUMORS REGARDING WILD coho retention off coastal fishing locales turned out to be true. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife met with federal officials… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Summer crab season draws to a close

SUMMER CRAB SEASON will wrap Monday at sunset in many of the marine areas bordering the North Olympic Peninsula. These include Marine Area 4 (east… Continue reading

GOLF: Trip to Boeing Classic a highlight of vacation

I DON’T VACATION well. Sure, I can play the part, looking relaxed and care free while sipping an adult beverage, but inside I have a… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Summer crab season draws to a close

SUMMER CRAB SEASON will wrap Monday at sunset in many of the marine areas bordering the North Olympic Peninsula. These include Marine Area 4 (east… Continue reading

GOLF: Trip to Boeing Classic a highlight of vacation

I DON’T VACATION well. Sure, I can play the part, looking relaxed and care free while sipping an adult beverage, but inside I have a… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles baseball/softball volunteer leader Jim Lunt dies at age 71

PORT ANGELES — For generations of Port Angeles baseball and softball-playing youth who fielded a grounder, caught a pop fly or swung for the fences,… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles baseball/softball volunteer leader Jim Lunt dies at age 71

PORT ANGELES — For generations of Port Angeles baseball and softball-playing youth who fielded a grounder, caught a pop fly or swung for the fences,… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Pro tours coming to region

GOLF FANS SEEKING an up close and personal view of professional golfers have two Pacific Northwest-based opportunities in the following weeks. Starting Friday, Champions Tour… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Keegan Khile

PREP FOOTBALL: New era in Port Townsend

This is the eighth installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Keegan Khile