Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Chimacum baseball peaking for playoffs; other baseball reports

CHIMACUM — The 1A defending state champions are starting their postseason quest for their second straight title in a row. And the powerhouse Chimacum Cowboys… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys soccer earns No. 3 seed in playoffs; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys soccer team is heading into the playoffs on a hot streak, shutting out Olympic 4-0 in the final… Continue reading

Fourth hopeful announces for Clallam Superior Court judgeship

SEQUIM — Assistant Attorney General William Payne is joining the race for the Clallam County Superior Court vacancy that will be created by Judge Ken… Continue reading

Nighttime Hood Canal Bridge closures next week

SHINE — Traffic will be curbed over the Hood Canal Bridge at least four nights next week. From Monday through Thursday, state Highway 104 over… Continue reading

Clallam Public Utility District commissioner eyes re-election

PORT ANGELES — Ted Simpson wants another six-year term as District 3 ­Clallam County Public Utility District commissioner. Simpson, 69, said this week he wants… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim, Port Angeles softball teams keep pace with wins; other prep reports

SEQUIM — Sequim’s softball team remained in the running for the Olympic League title by smashing Bremerton 14-3 in six innings Wednesday. The Wolves are… Continue reading

Time running out to adopt duck for derby

PORT ANGELES — Now’s the time to make sure you have a duck in the race. Thousands of yellow ducks will make a big splash… Continue reading

Twenty-six confirmed whooping cough cases on Peninsula

The North Olympic Peninsula has reported 26 confirmed cases of whooping cough as of Thursday, according to the state Department of Health. Jefferson County has… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Clallam Master Gardeners to hold annual plant sale

SEQUIM — The Clallam County Master Gardeners will offer more than 2,000 plants for sale Saturday. The group’s annual plant sale will be from 9… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Events wrap up Port Townsend Teen Community Read

PORT TOWNSEND — Hundreds of Port Townsend students have been reading Blank Confession by Pete Hautman during the 2012 Port Townsend Public Library Teen Community… Continue reading

KPTZ DJ John Hulburd cues up a public service announcement Wednesday. Big-city radio stations have different people to do the announcing and the engineering; at KPTZ one

WEEKEND: KPTZ-FM radio to celebrate first anniversary

PORT TOWNSEND — KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend will celebrate its first anniversary Saturday. The first broadcast of the community radio station based at… Continue reading

KPTZ DJ John Hulburd cues up a public service announcement Wednesday. Big-city radio stations have different people to do the announcing and the engineering; at KPTZ one

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

A Mustang car show, a senior information fair and backyard birding are among the attractions lined up this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. For… Continue reading

“The Latest Buzz About Bees” will be presented by Master Gardener Mary Flo Bruce at noon Thursday

Buzz on bees topic of next brown bag lecture

PORT ANGELES — The habits and habitat of orchard mason and leaf-cutter bees will be presented by Mary Flo Bruce on May 10. “The Latest… Continue reading

“The Latest Buzz About Bees” will be presented by Master Gardener Mary Flo Bruce at noon Thursday

Hood Canal Bridge to be closed for four nights beginning Monday

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed most of four nights beginning Monday for repair of the western drawspan of the floating bridge.… Continue reading

Public comment accepted on work at Bangor explosives-handling wharf

BANGOR — The Navy invites the public to comment on a supplemental environmental assessment on the explosives-handling wharf pile replacement project at the Bangor submarine… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys soccer team qualifies for playoffs; other prep reports

POULSBO — League-leading North Kitsap easily handled Port Angeles in boys soccer but the Roughriders still earned a spot in the postseason when Sequim and… Continue reading

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Theme sought for this year’s sand sculpture contest in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Wanted! A theme for the 10th annual Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic at this summer's Arts in Action festival on the Port Angeles'… Continue reading

Damon Farmer of Versailles

Bail set in abduction case in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Bail has been set at $10,000 each for Paul Brawner, 27, and Robin Sather, 30, parents who allegedly forcibly abducted their 1-… Continue reading

Ferries system to hold community meetings on Peninsula

SEATTLE — Representatives of Washington State Ferries will begin a series of community meetings later this month, with a gathering in Port Townsend planned in… Continue reading

Peninsula residents turn in unused drugs in take-back day

North Olympic Peninsula residents returned an estimated 245 pounds of unused prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications during the fourth annual National Drug Take-Back Day on… Continue reading