Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Benefit youth basketball tournament set for Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Girls Basketball Boosters will present three days of tournament games, hoops clinics and community projects June 19-21 as boys… Continue reading

‘Solopreneur’ talk set at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — Angelo Spandrio of AMS Audio Enterprises Inc. and the Solopreneur Hotline will speak to the Peninsula College Business Club on Wednesday. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles kindergarten registration going on now

PORT ANGELES — Kindergarten registration for the 2013-2014 school year in Port Angeles schools is in progress. Children can be registered at their neighborhood schools… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Forks girls claim Lions Club Invitational track title; other track reports

FORKS — Tristina Smith of Forks earned two wins and was named girls MVP at the five-team Lions Club Invitational track and field meet at… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball team signs Alaska star player

PORT ANGELES — Jal Deng of Anchorage, Alaska, is the most recent player to join the Peninsula College men’s basketball team. Deng, a 6-foot-2 wing… Continue reading

12-year-old airlifted from Neah Bay with head injuries

NEAH BAY — The Coast Guard flew an injured 12-year-old boy from Neah Bay to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle last week after he suffered… Continue reading

Fee-free week at Olympic National Park entrances

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Park entrance fees will be waived this week in celebration of National Park Week, which will culminate with National Junior Ranger… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim drops boys soccer match on dark field; other prep reports

SEQUIM — Increasing darkness didn’t stop Bremerton from lighting up the scoreboard for a game-winning goal in the 77th minute against Sequim in Olympic League… Continue reading

UPDATE — At least one person badly hurt in wreck at US 101 junction with state Highway 104

All lanes were opened to traffic by 3 p.m. today after a wreck this morning on U.S. Highway 101 at its intersection with state Highway… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Barn Day on Saturday to offer backcountry travel workshops

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Horse riders and stock users can meet park packers and learn about backcountry travel in the Olympic wilderness at the park’s… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 responds to a collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck on Mill Road just south of East Runnion Road in Carlsborg. Clallam County Fire District No. 3

21-year-old motorcyclist taken to hospital after Carlsborg wreck

CARLSBORG — A 21-year-old Seattle man was transported to Olympic Medical Center on Thursday with moderate injuries after the motorcycle he was riding and a… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 responds to a collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck on Mill Road just south of East Runnion Road in Carlsborg. Clallam County Fire District No. 3
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SPORTS: Port Angeles girls capture track tri-meet, Sequim boys finish second; other prep reports

SEQUIM — The Sequim and Port Angeles boys and girls track and field teams split in their Olympic League head-to-head meet while Olympic also competed… Continue reading

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Teacher on leave during Port Angeles school review

PORT ANGELES — Stevens Middle School teacher Paul Brinkmann remains on administrative leave after rape and molestation charges were dismissed. The charges were dropped two… Continue reading

Angela Wade of Port Angeles carries trash bags

WEEKEND: Cleanups, events mark Earth Day on Peninsula

Communities across the North Olympic Peninsula are planning to spruce up in honor of Earth Day today, Saturday and Sunday throughout the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

Angela Wade of Port Angeles carries trash bags
Port Townsend's Mary Lou Sanelli will give a reading of her book The Immigrant's Table at Nash's Farm Store in Dungeness this Saturday.

WEEKEND: Dance, memoir to blend at reading in Dungeness

DUNGENESS — A performance blending dance, memoir and Italian flavor arrives as Mary Lou Sanelli appears at Nash's Farm Store at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Mary Lou Sanelli will give a reading of her book The Immigrant's Table at Nash's Farm Store in Dungeness this Saturday.

WEEKEND: Eagle Fest to take flight in Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — The eagles of Neah Bay are so plentiful they have inspired their own festival. “Pretty much you can look up and see… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Student films, a tree giveaway, poetry, films, lectures and other educational events are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. For more on the… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Port Townsend Film Institute sets week of movies

PORT TOWNSEND — A variety of offbeat and nonfiction films are on their way during the coming week, courtesy of the Port Townsend Film Institute.… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Slot machine contest slated at 7 Cedars Casino

BLYN — The flashing lights, whooping sirens and delighted screams that accompany slot machine wins will come at a much faster clip Saturday at 7… Continue reading

Humane Society sets Meowgaritas & Mutts

PORT ANGELES — A four-person tour of Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, Calif., is one of the items to be auctioned at Meowgaritas and Mutts,… Continue reading