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‘Passionate’ players at Port Townsend tennis tournament

By STEPHAN MICHAELS PORT TOWNSEND -- For more than 40 years, the Port Townsend Tennis Tournament has drawn players from around Jefferson County to compete… Continue reading

PENINSULA: NO CLUES IN SEARCH FOR MISSING HIKER

By KERI BRENNER OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Searchers and family members shared anguish and frustration Tuesday as an eighth day of a massive search for… Continue reading

Peninsula: Officials bring in park pro to seek missing hiker

By VENICE BUHAIN, THE OLYMPIAN The search for a state worker and former U.S. Army paratrooper believed to be lost hiking continues today, nine days… Continue reading

Sports: Former Port Angeles High School standout drafted by Toronto Blue Jays

By JULIUS MACKER SEATTLE -- Matt Lane knew he wanted to be a professional baseball player from the minute he found out he could get… Continue reading

Guilty plea entered by Sequim driver in crash that killed man

By NOEL S. BRADY BELLEVUE -- A 21-year-old Sequim man has pleaded guilty for getting drunk and causing a grisly traffic collision here that killed… Continue reading

Sports: Eagles drop second straight game 24-0

By Julius Macker SEQUIM -- The Skagit Valley Lightning dealt the Olympic Peninsula Eagles (0-2) their second consecutive loss on Saturday night, a 24-0 defeat… Continue reading

Ukrainian egg decorating taught in Port Angeles

Members of an art class at the Clallam County Family YMCA in Port Angeles attended a one-day workshop Thursday to learn how to make Ukrainian… Continue reading

OMC CEO hopes new clinics will have Virginia Mason doctors

By MIKE GLENN EDITOR'S NOTE: Mike Glenn is CEO of Olympic Medical Center. He wrote this article for the PDN. As our community knows, Virginia… Continue reading

Sports: Peninsula College women lose to Olympic

By Julius Macker PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College women's basketball team continues to play hard, but once again were unable to gain any head… Continue reading

Dream of new winery stems from 2004 airplane crash

By Laura Rosser PORT ANGELES -- It has taken a village to raise this child, even if the "child" in question is resting in "the… Continue reading

Port Angeles hires first full-time firefighter in five years

By EVA TALLMADGE PORT ANGELES -- After reviewing more than 100 applications from across the nation and a rigorous selection process, the Port Angeles Fire… Continue reading

Sequim manager proposes huge plan check fee increase

By Shanon Burke SEQUIM -- In an effort to create a balanced budget for 2006, City Manager Bill Elliott has proposed increasing the city's plan… Continue reading

Bond of brothers: Events of Pearl Harbor bring people together 64 years later

By Shanon Burke SEQUIM -- The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 64 years ago still has the power to affect and bring people together today.… Continue reading

Sequim: Council delays comprehensive plan update

By Shanon Burke SEQUIM -- The City Council postponed on Wednesday its comprehensive plan update completion until at least March 31. Frank Needham, capital projects… Continue reading

Gregoire will keep MacDonald as highway chief

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA -- Gov. Christine Gregoire announced Tuesday that she's keeping hard-charging Doug MacDonald as the state transportation director,… Continue reading

Animal sanctuary seeking donations

By Mark Esper SEQUIM -- Critterhaven Sanctuary has helped provide a safe, loving environment for animals in need for eight years. Dozens of horses, goats,… Continue reading

Students show support for teacher in a most colorful way

By Mark Esper SEQUIM -- The official colors of Sequim Middle School may be teal and black, but the school was all in pink on… Continue reading

Mobility system helps park ranger protect wild areas

By Eva TAllmadge PORT ANGELES -- For only the second time in more than 10 years of working at Olympic National Park headquarters, Resource Education… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Acupuncturist takes expertise to hurricane victims in Gulf region

By Andrew Weeks PORT ANGELES -- In an effort to bring relief to the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Port Angeles resident Pat Flood… Continue reading

New windows due at Jefferson Healthcare in January

By Andrew Weeks PORT TOWNSEND -- A long-awaited $2.2 million facelift project kicks off at Jefferson Healthcare hospital with the installation of new windows in… Continue reading