Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Sequim, Port Townsend can’t top golf juggernaut Olympic

PORT ANGELES -- The Olympic High School boys golf team won the 15th annual Duke Streeter Scramble Tournament on Monday at Peninsula Golf Club. The… Continue reading

Man, 19, jumps off Eighth Street bridge in Port Angeles, commits suicide

PORT ANGELES — A 19-year old man committed suicide early Sunday by jumping from the new Eighth Street bridge over Valley Creek, police confirmed today.… Continue reading

Historic preservation awards announced

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Jefferson County Historical Society will present its annual Historic Preservation Awards next week. The awards will be given to recipients at… Continue reading

DNR plans public hearing on Jefferson County land swap

QUILCENE -- The state Department of Natural Resources will host a public hearing next month to receive testimony about a proposed exchange of state trust… Continue reading

More on dam removal: Olympic National Park greenhouse construction to begin this summer

SEQUIM -- Construction of an Olympic National Park greenhouse -- in which plants will be grown to revegetate areas laid bare by the removal of… Continue reading

BRIEFLY: Drunken man linked to burglaries

QUILCENE -- Steven Wayne Gray, 46, of Shelton, was hospitalized after law enforcement officers found him unconscious on a beach off Linger Longer Road just… Continue reading

Clallam’s top citizens announced; ‘local heroes’ known for tireless work for community

Five local heroes will be honored with the Clallam County Community Service Award for 2009 on Thursday. The award recipients are: -- Mikki Saunders, who… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Olympic Peninsula weekend track results — is your name here?

Crescent Logger Invitational Top eight finishers Saturday BOYS Team scores 1. Cedar Park Christian, 144; 2. King's West, 87.5; 3. Mt Rainier Lutheran, 71; 4.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles dominates weekend track action

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles girls track and field team could do no wrong this weekend. With a win in Friday afternoon's three-way home… Continue reading

First Eagle Festival flies at Neah Bay

NEAH BAY -- Visitors learned about bald eagles, snacked and shopped for artwork at the inaugural Eagle Festival on Saturday. The one-day festival offered eagle-inspired… Continue reading

Group creating Port Angeles community garden

PORT ANGELES -- What do you with a big mowing headache? If you're the members of the Vineyard Church, you donate half of it --… Continue reading

Olympic National Park to get new weather tower

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A new 30-foot weather tower will go up at Hurricane Ridge this summer. The National Park Service approved the tower this… Continue reading

Quilcene fire chief dead of cancer

QUILCENE -- Bob Wilson, Quilcene Fire District No. 2 fire chief since 1992 and Gardiner-Discovery Bay chief since 2007, has died after a battle with… Continue reading

Film Festival artistic director dead at 74

Peter Simpson, the driving force behind the Port Townsend Film Festival, has died. Simpson died of cardiac arrest at his Port Townsend home on Thursday.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim High School senior Zbaraschuk zips through golf links

SEQUIM -- Sequim High School senior Zoei Zbaraschuk remains scorching hot in girls golf. Zbaraschuk scored even-par 35 on the back-nine at Cedars at Dungeness… Continue reading

Group creating Port Angeles community garden

PORT ANGELES -- What do you with a big mowing headache? If you're the members of the Vineyard Church, you donate half of it --… Continue reading

One man dies, another unhurt, after Quillayute River Coast Guard aids in rescue

ABERDEEN -- A 26-year-old man died after a Coast Guard rescue of two men from an overturned fishing boat about 25 miles northwest of Aberdeen… Continue reading

Port Angeles prepping for Duck Derby

PORT ANGELES -- Saturday marks the start of ticket sales for the 20th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby on May 17, with a kick-off… Continue reading

SPORTS: Roughriders no-hit, lose 8-0 to Kingston

PORT ANGELES -- Kingston's Tyler Sullivan was nearly perfect against the Port Angeles baseball team Tuesday. The right-hander, who will be playing for the Washington… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls remain perfect in tennis

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles High School's girls tennis team remained perfect on the year after dominating Kingston in an Olympic League match Monday. The… Continue reading