Peninsula Daily News

Tickets available for Sept. 30 VIMO clinic’s fundraising dinner in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are still available for the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics' fourth annual Healthy Harvest Fundraising Dinner on Friday, Sept. 30.… Continue reading

Activities flourish as dam removals begins

PORT ANGELES — Celebrate Elwha! dam removal events move into overdrive this weekend. The Elwha and Glines Canyon dams will be dismantled over three years… Continue reading

Bell ringing to mark Constitution Week

Bells will ring at 1 p.m. Saturday during a comm­emoration of the 224th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. The Michael Trebert Chapter… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center names emergency services director

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has named Susan Rainey director of emergency services at the hospital. Rainey has worked as a registered nurse at… Continue reading

Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Racing sprint boats, gardening talks, concerts, walks and bike rides are among the pleasures of early fall offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles defeats archrival Sequim 3-1 in volleyball

PORT ANGELES — Setter Emily Drake served 11 straight points in the fourth game as Port Angeles rallied to beat archrival Sequim 3-1 in a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Salt Lake Invitational to feature all area cross country teams; capsules for all squads

JOYCE — For the first time in a few years, the North Olympic Peninsula is without an established cross country star. An area that has… Continue reading

United Good Neighbors Day of Caring kicks off fundraising campaign today

PORT TOWNSEND — Volunteers will spruce up community facilities during the United Good Neighbors, or UGN, Day of Caring today. A Day of Caring celebration… Continue reading

Photo — Elwha River dam removal begins! Excavator bites into dam

Dam removal begins on the Elwha River! A barge-mounted Caterpillar 330 excavator, operating from the north end of Lake Mills inside Olympic National Park, began… Continue reading

Sprint boat preview, cancer fundraiser, set for Friday

PORT ANGELES — Sprint boats from Team Twisted and their drivers will be at the Price Ford Lincoln auto dealership, 1527 E. Front St., from… Continue reading

Are they dam cams? Watch the tear-downs on your computer

Six webcams have been installed along the Elwha River for the public to see progress on dam removal. Webcams have been placed facing both the… Continue reading

Makah, Hoh get federal money for crime prevention, intervention programs

The Makah and Hoh tribes have received grants from the U.S. Department of Justice for crime prevention and intervention programs, it was announced Wednesday. The… Continue reading

No one hurt in log, freight truck crash in Blyn

BLYN — A collision involving an empty log truck and a freight truck Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 101 at Chicken Coop Road blocked or… Continue reading

Removing the two Elwha Dams — two videos show how it will be done

This animation from Olympic National Park shows how the Elwha Dam about five miles west of Port Angeles will be removed over the next three… Continue reading

Where is he? Neah Bay man missing since last Friday

NEAH BAY — The State Patrol has issued a missing-person notice for a Neah Bay man who has not been seen since Friday — and… Continue reading

Celebrate Elwha! Here are the Elwha River dam-removal events this week (* schedule *)

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will host several free events today during Celebrate Elwha!, which marks this week's start of the removal… Continue reading

Photographers — enter our ‘Celebrating Sequim Farms Photo Contest’

IF YOU HAVE a gorgeous photograph of a farm scene in the Sequim area, enter it in Sequim This Week's online “Celebrating Sequim Farms Photo… Continue reading

Police identify man found dead near Shane Park

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police have identified a man who was found dead near Shane Park on Monday morning as Michael D. Kriener, 20,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer team now a perfect 5-0

OLYMPIA — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team put the finishing touches on a perfect nonleague season with a 4-1 victory over South Puget Sound… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim beats Port Townsend 3-0 in volleyball; other prep reports

SEQUIM — Sequim’s volleyball team barely warmed up against a youthful Port Townsend squad Tuesday night. The Wolves (2-0) won the early season nonleague match… Continue reading