Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Sequim JV team too big for Crescent girls basketball squad to handle as Wolves win 46-34 on Monday night

SEQUIM — The Sequim JV team was just a little too big for the Crescent girls basketball team to handle in nonleague action Monday night.… Continue reading

Former Sequim Council member named to Port of Port Angeles commission

PORT ANGELES — Former Sequim City Council member Paul McHugh was named the Port of Port Angeles’ newest commissioner today. McHugh, a retired real estate… Continue reading

Explosion on boat in Port Townsend investigated

Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — The cause of an explosion this morning on board a vessel moored near the Coast Guard Cutter Osprey in… Continue reading

‘Chants Encounters’ offer music and a spiritual perspective in Port Townsend Thursday

Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — Internationally known singer and songwriter Charley Thweatt will share his music and spiritual perspective in a concert and workshop… Continue reading

Debunking Twilight’s tall tales: Quileute wolves focus of Smithsonian show

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An exhibit of 23 Quileute artworks intended to debunk the tall tales of tribal heritage told in the Twilight saga, will open… Continue reading

East Jefferson fire district acquires two new ambulances

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue has upgraded its ambulance fleet. The new vehicles are identical Ford E-450s manufactured by Braun Northwest Inc. in Chehalis… Continue reading

Forks site of several Border Patrol detentions

A third of the foreign nationals that the Blaine Sector Border Patrol listed has having been detained between Dec. 5-18 were from Clallam County, according… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center receives distance learning grant

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center has been awarded a $113,466 federal grant for a distance learning program for medical providers on the North Olympic… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball rebounds with victory over Centralia; other prep reports

CENTRALIA — The Port Angeles boys basketball team rebounded from its first loss in 10 games with a 69-58 defeat of the Centralia Tigers on… Continue reading

Boy hurt in bike-car wreck

PORT TOWNSEND — A 10-year-old bicyclist, who suffered head and other injuries when he was hit by a car Friday, was listed in serious condition… Continue reading

Elwha Dam webcam restored after pole topples

PORT ANGELES — The Elwha Dam webcam was back up and running Friday after the pole it was attached to fell over. The utility pole,… Continue reading

Manufactured-home fire in Sequim leaves one homeless

SEQUIM — One person was left homeless after a manufactured home was badly damaged by a fire Saturday morning south of Sequim. The fire at… Continue reading

Port Angeles real estate broker Jace Schmitz, known for black hat, dies at 65

Jace Schmitz, the black-hatted founder and co-owner of JACE The Real Estate Co., died Thursday while on vacation in Oregon with family and friends. Schmitz,… Continue reading

Port Angeles real estate broker Jace Schmitz, known for black hat, dies at 65

Jace Schmitz, the black-hatted founder and co-owner of JACE The Real Estate Co., died Thursday while on vacation in Oregon with family and friends. Schmitz,… Continue reading

PREP SWIMMING: Port Angeles boys beat Sequim

SEQUIM — The Port Angeles boys swim team continued its dominance in the pool with a decisive victory over rival Sequim on Thursday. The Roughriders… Continue reading

Sequim man pleads not guilty in home burglary

PORT ANGELES — A 20-year-old Sequim man accused of breaking into a Sequim home and stealing $679 in cash, bank checks and $715 worth of… Continue reading

Sequim man, 41, pleads not guilty to molesting 10-year-old last year

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim man accused of fondling a 10-year-old last September pleaded not guilty to sex crimes Friday. Dale L. Wilkinson, 41, is… Continue reading

Burke displaced; new manager to take over Fort Worden State park

PORT TOWNSEND — Kate Burke has been displaced from her position as manager of Fort Worden State Park. Burke, who has served as manager at… Continue reading

Car stolen from tribal center found; suspect at large

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police this morning found a Ford Focus stolen from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center’s parking lot two days ago.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams sweep Seattle

SEATTLE — In a game where seemingly neither team could miss, the Peninsula College men got the final shot That was good enough to hand… Continue reading