Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Chimacum boys and girls basketball teams open season by splitting with Klahowya

The Chimacum boys and girls basketball teams of the Nisqually League split with Olympic League’s Klahowya to open the season Tuesday night. The Chimacum boys… Continue reading

SPORTS: Class 4A Lake Stevens beats 2A Port Angeles in girls basketball

LAKE STEVENS — The youthful Port Angeles girls basketball team didn’t bother with the frying pan. The Roughriders jumped right into the fire. Class 4A… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay seeking elusive Class 1B state football championship

TACOMA — Neah Bay has never won a state championship in football. The Red Devils (11-2) have a good opportunity to get over that last… Continue reading

Season pass available for First Friday Lecture Series of Jefferson County Historical Society

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society is offering a season pass to the upcoming 2012 First Friday Lecture Series. Lectures will be held… Continue reading

Sequim man released from Seattle hospital after wreck near Port Hadlock

SEQUIM — Sequim resident Vincent Bluthenthal, 47, was released Monday morning from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he had been airlifted after suffering head… Continue reading

Twain’s satire of dime novels topic of talk at Peninsula College program

PORT ANGELES — Mark Valentine, an adjunct English instructor at Peninsula College, will discuss “The Dangers of Wildcat Literature” on Thursday. Valentine’s presentation, part of… Continue reading

Plant-A-Thon tree cards available; Port Townsend artist has hands-on experience as guide

PORT TOWNSEND — The artist commissioned to design this year’s Plant-A-Thon tree cards, which raise money for schools involved in the Northwest Watershed Institute project,… Continue reading

Festival of Trees auction brings in record amount

PORT ANGELES — The Festival of Trees Gala on Friday sold out for the first time in the festival's 21-year history and raised a record… Continue reading

Seven Washington counties log 58 wrecks on icy roads

It was a bad morning to be out on the roads. Icy highways early Friday morning contributed to 58 reports of vehicle rollovers, spin-outs or… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay headed to Class 1B football state championship game

MOSES LAKE — Neah Bay is headed to the Class 1B state championship. The Red Devils knocked off Odessa-Harrington 74-34 in a mercy-rule victory that… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball team wins second straight game to start season

C’OEUR D’ALENE — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team was still perfect two games into the season. The Pirates (2-0 overall) opened the North Idaho… Continue reading

Strong winds forecast for West End coast, Admiralty Inlet areas

The National Weather Service has issued the following wind warning for areas that include the Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula and the eastern Strait… Continue reading

Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County raises more than $12,000 with its ‘Soiree’

PORT ANGELES — Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County's third annual “Soiree by the Sea” fundraiser raised more than $12,000 last weekend. Saturday's dinner and… Continue reading

North Olympic Land Trust OKs Finn Hall Farm’s conservation easement

SEQUIM — Finn Hall Farm, a 61-acre spread in the Dungeneness Valley, is now legally protected for agricultural use in perpetuity, the North Olympic Land… Continue reading

PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay semifinal football game Saturday

MOSES LAKE — The Neah Bay Red Devils have been here before. Twice in the past two years, in fact. Now, the trick for the… Continue reading

Washington legislator gives civics lesson in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — State Rep. Kevin Van De Wege visited classrooms and talked with para-educators during Focus on Education Week earlier this month. Van De… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Arts, crafts offered at Port Townsend sale

PORT TOWNSEND — Handmade goods will be offered for sale at the Port Townsend Arts Guild’s annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair today and Saturday.… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Bazaars, crafts fairs offer bevy of holiday gifts on Peninsula

Holiday bazaars and crafts fairs, a cruise and a film are among events planned across the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. For more about arts… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Christmas season kicks off on Peninsula this weekend

The Christmas season will begin soon after the dishes are done from the Thanksgiving feast. On Saturday, Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive in Sequim,… Continue reading

West Nile virus activity down in 2011

OLYMPIA — West Nile virus activity was considerably lower in 2011 than the year before, the state Department of Health said last week. Mosquito and… Continue reading