Peninsula Daily News

Sequim organization presents $25,000 donation to fire district

SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild has given $25,000 to Clallam County Fire District No. 3. The guild presented the check to Chief Steve… Continue reading

SPORTS: Forks boys defeat Tenino on road to stay perfect in league

TENINO — Braden Decker and Tyler Penn combined for 33 points to spark the Forks boys basketball team to a crucial SWL-Evergreen Division 53-43 win… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles gives North Kitsap its first loss of the year in girls basketball action Tuesday

POULSBO — Kiah Jones scorched the nets for 23 points as the Port Angeles girls basketball team handed North Kitsap its first loss of the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles to feature five state-ranked wrestlers at today’s tournament; Neah Bay sweeps Crescent in boys and girls basketball

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles will be featuring five state-ranked wrestlers at today’s Olympic Shootout: “The Battle for the Axe” tournament at Port Angeles High… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend girls basketball team holds off North Mason on Tuesday night

PORT TOWNSEND ­— The Port Townsend girls basketball team clipped the North Mason Bulldogs 42-37 in Olympic League play Tuesday night. Port Townsend took a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Defending champion Peninsula College wins NWAACC Crossover Tournament

SALEM, Ore. — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team ran away from a pesky Columbia Basin squad in the second half to take home a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles wrestling team hopes to repeat as ‘The Battle of the Axe’ champion Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles wrestling team is coming off its second third-place finish in a major tournament heading into its own popular seventh… Continue reading

Two held for mail-theft investigation in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Two people are being held in Clallam County jail for investigation of alleged mail theft, the Port Angeles Police Department reported today.… Continue reading

Dam demolition to resume as fish window closes early

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Demolition of the two dams on the Elwha River will resume earlier than expected — today rather than after Jan. 1.… Continue reading

Legislators’ votes during special session recorded

Here’s how North Olympic Peninsula Sen. Jim Hargrove and Reps. Steve Tharinger and Kevin Van De Wege voted during the special session: ■ Senate Bill… Continue reading

Neighbor sees smoke, alerts Port Angeles family to fire

PORT ANGELES — A Sunday morning attic fire at a home at South Laurel and 11th streets could have been a close call for a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay boys and girls basketball sweeps Shoreline Christian; Clallam Bay boys lose a shootout with Taholah

SHORELINE — The Neah Bay girls basketball team is still looking for a team to challenge it after rolling over Shoreline Christian in nonleague action… Continue reading

Business supports Kiwanis gourmet nuts fundraiser

CRAIG JOHNSON, SHOWN on the right in the photo, managing partner of Capacity Provisioning Inc. of Port Angeles, receives 30 containers of a gourmet nut… Continue reading

Last call for all-ages photo with Santa at Port Angeles Swain’s

PORT ANGELES — Today is the last day to get photographs with Santa at Swain's General Store — and all ages are welcome. During the… Continue reading

Man hides from sheriff’s deputies 60 feet up a tree

BRINNON — A high-speed chase along North Olympic Peninsula back roads ended with a 26-year-old Port Angeles man up a tree, the Jefferson County Sheriff's… Continue reading

Most Clallam County retailers pass tobacco law compliance checks

In the past two years, only four sales were made to minors during 83 tobacco law compliance checks. That gives Clallam County retailers a success… Continue reading

Nippon newsprint now used by four North Olympic Peninsula newspapers

PORT TOWNSEND — And now it's four . . . The weekly Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader is now being printed on newsprint produced… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula gets more than $4 million for salmon projects

OLYMPIA — The Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board has given more than $4 million in grants to North Olympic Peninsula projects. The $4,251,241 in grants… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center earns ‘Gold Seal’ 3-year re-accreditation

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has earned three-year re-accreditation with The Joint Commission, an independent nonprofit that has accredited the hospital since December 1996.… Continue reading

Phil Castell named to state advisory panel

OLYMPIA — State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler appointed Phil Castell, owner of Castell Insurance in Sequim, to the Life and Disability Agent/Broker Advisory Committee. Castell… Continue reading