Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Port Townsend runners top area athletes at state cross country meet

PASCO — Five area runners finished in the top 50 at the 2011 state cross country championships Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course. Port Townsend’s… Continue reading

Tickets available for Festival of Trees in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for all four events of the Festival of Trees in Port Angeles, one of the most popular and… Continue reading

Veterans Day ceremonies planned across Peninsula on Friday

PORT ANGELES Regional ceremony PORT ANGELES — Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles will host its annual Veterans Day ceremony at 10:30 a.m.… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Activist from Quilcene aboard boat intercepted by Israeli military

Activist Kit Kittredge of Quilcene was aboard one of two boats that were intercepted by the Israeli military on Friday. Israel has begun deportation procedures… Continue reading

Musician, teacher Andy Mackie dies

PORT TOWNSEND— Andy Mackie, the founder of the Andy Mackie Foundation who is credited with teaching several thousand kids how to play an instrument, died… Continue reading

Ideas sought for cruise ship agreement improvements

BELLEVUE — The state, Port of Seattle and large cruise ship operators want public ideas on improving a 7-year-old environmental agreement for the big vessels.… Continue reading

MoveOn rallies in Sequim, Port Townsend on Saturday to say ‘Make Wall Street Pay’

“Make Wall Street Pay” rallies are planned in Sequim and Port Townsend on Saturday. Both will be hosted by MoveOn councils. Clallam County MoveOn has… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles and Sequim volleyball teams and Roughrider girls soccer squad battle for state berths this weekend

TACOMA — Two area volleyball teams and a girls soccer squad will be battling for state berths this weekend. Port Angeles will be trying to… Continue reading

Voter turnout 42 percent in Jefferson County, nearly 30 percent in Clallam County

A total of 9,127, or 42.1 percent, of the 21,679 ballots mailed to eligible voters for Tuesday’s election had been returned as of Thursday to… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

Holiday bazaars, harvest meals, lectures, forums and benefits are offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Arts and entertainment events appear in Peninsula Spotlight,… Continue reading

27% of ballots returned in Clallam County; 39% returned in Jefferson County

The Clallam County Auditor’s Office received 685 more election ballots on Wednesday, bringing the total of returned ballots to 12,380, or 27.1 percent, of the… Continue reading

Jury quick to find Port Angeles woman guilty of vehicular assault

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County jury Tuesday found Vonda V. Pritchard of Port Angeles guilty of vehicular assault for her role in a July… Continue reading

None hurt in tanker truck-car wreck that briefly closed Highway 101 near Gardiner

GARDINER — A tanker truck loaded with fuel remained on its side off U.S. Highway 101 near Gardiner Beach Road this morning after the truck… Continue reading

Watershed institute buys 80 acres near Tarboo Wildlife Preserve

QUILCENE — The Northwest Watershed Institute has purchased 80 acres of forestland that will expand the Tarboo Wildlife Preserve and that is a step toward… Continue reading

‘You Can’t Take It’ preview tonight in Sequim

SEQUIM — Two families — one wacky and happy, the other strait-laced and appalled — collide in “You Can’t Take It with You,” the Pulitzer… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center redesignated as Level 3 trauma center

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Health has granted Olympic Medical Center a three-year renewal of its status as a Level 3 trauma center,… Continue reading

Two accused of bringing weapons to school plead not guilty

PORT TOWNSEND — Two Chimacum eighth-grade students accused of bringing weapons to school on Monday pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Jefferson County District Court. Each… Continue reading

UPDATE — Car crashes into Sequim Post Office

SEQUIM — The Sequim Post Office will offer no counter service at least through today, said Steve Allen, postmaster. An 11:30 a.m. car crash into… Continue reading

Coins worth $325,000 stolen from Carlsborg-area home

CARLSBORG — Two safes holding coins worth $325,000 have been stolen from a Carlsborg-area home. The home owner discovered the safes, the largest three feet… Continue reading

Park Service sued over fatal Olympic goat goring

The family of a man who was gored to death by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park is suing the Park Service. The lawsuit… Continue reading