Peninsula Daily News

Olympic National Park: Elk census to be taken in Hoh Valley

Olympic National Park biologists are planning a census of Roosevelt elk in the Hoh Valley between March 17 and March 31, depending on weather conditions.… Continue reading

Peninsula Spotlight: Victorian Festival slated March 18-21

Take a step back in time March 18-21, 2004 as Port Townsend is transported back to its Victorian seaport roots for the eighth annual Victorian… Continue reading

Sports: Peninsula teams find state quarterfinals tough going

Port Townsend, Port Angeles and Forks all lost state quarterfinal basketball games Thursday. The Port Townsend girls lost 43-32 to Mount Baker in the Class… Continue reading

Sports: Port Townsend wins state tourney game

YAKIMA -- Hana Wilson sank a jumper at the buzzer to spark Port Townsend to a one-point 41-40 victory over Chewelah in the first round… Continue reading

Peninsula: Satellite TV server yanks MTV in dispute over fees

EchoStar Communications Corp., which operates the Dish Network satellite system popular on the North Olympic Peninsula, has black out MTV channels as part of a… Continue reading

Diamond Point: ‘High probability’ missing plane crashed in Puget Sound

The state search coordinator for a missing Cessna airplane that took off from Diamond Point on Feb. 29 says there's a "high probability" it crashed… Continue reading

Peninsula: GOP caucuses tonight

Republicans caucus in Clallam and Jefferson counties tonight, drawn by President Bush's campaign and the possibility that delegates will nominate finalists for governor and other… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Monroe School placed on closure path

Monroe Elementary School will be closed in June under a scenario approved late Monday by the Port Angeles School District board. The board voted 4-1… Continue reading

Sequim: Museum’s show and sale offers knickknacks and objets d”junque

SEQUIM -- Knickknacks and bric-a-brac, or is that an undiscovered treasure? The Sequim Museum and Arts Center held its annual Elegant Flea, Antique and Collectable… Continue reading

Clallam: Olympic hospital commissioners OK $732,200 in purchases

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners approved capital equipment purchases and maintenance agreements totaling just more than $732,200 at their monthly work session Wednesday.… Continue reading

Diamond Point: Searchers identify ‘high interest’ site for finding missing plane

Case Inlet in Pierce County has been identified as a "high interest"' area for where a plane missing from Diamond Point Airport may have gone… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Another graving yard meeting today

State Department of Transportation and Lower Elwha Klallam tribal officials will meet today to continue negotiations to resume full work at the Port Angeles graving… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Monroe parents make case to keep their school open

More than 100 Monroe Elementary School parents met Thursday night to raise their concerns that children are being forgotten in the Port Angeles School District's… Continue reading

Sports: Quilcene eliminated in state basketball tournament

SPOKANE -- Sunshine Nilson scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Morton past Quilcene 61-42 Thursday in the consolation quarterfinals at the state… Continue reading

Diamond Point: Search continues for missing plane

The search will continue today for a small, single-engine plane that disappeared after leaving Diamond Point Airport on Sunday. Searchers on Wednesday, partially hampered by… Continue reading

Sequim: Lavender Festival preview meeting to be held tonight

Plans for this summer's Lavender Festival -- including the business community's involvement -- will be discussed at a Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce forum tonight.… Continue reading

Plan to boost logging in state forests draws praise, criticism

OLYMPIA -- Logging on state lands on the North Olympic Peninsula and elsewhere could increase by about 35 percent over the next two decades, under… Continue reading

Port Angeles council to honor ‘Gandy’ sculptor

PORT ANGELES -- Artist Jim Mattern -- creator of "Gandy Dancer"' and other major artworks that are part of Port Angeles' Art on the Town… Continue reading

Sports: Peninsula College men wallop Walla Walla

KENNEWICK -- Even though his team suffered through a miserable 3-21 campaign a year ago, Peninsula College men's basketball coach Peter Stewart knew it had… Continue reading

Dungeness: Divers raise derelict crab pots from bay

A diving crew pulled up about 25 heavy-duty commercial-grade crab pots from Dungeness Bay on Thursday, freeing a large number of live crabs trapped in… Continue reading