Peninsula Daily News

Holiday Inn in Sequim has soft opening

SEQUIM -- The 77-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Sequim welcomed its first guests Thursday afternoon. The grand opening of the three-story, $8.6 million… Continue reading

Candles left burning spark Hadlock mobile home fire; resident unharmed but possessions lost

PORT HADLOCK -- The tenant in a mobile home is homeless after he fell asleep without extinguishing burning candles, an East Jefferson Fire-Rescue spokesman said.… Continue reading

Sequim woman not hurt after hitting debris from truck crash

GORST -- A Sequim woman was not hurt when her Toyota 4Runner hit debris from a truck with a crane that hit a train trestle… Continue reading

Driver injured in 1-car wreck near Forks

FORKS -- A Port Angeles woman suffered a head injury in a single-car crash on U.S. Highway 101 two miles north of Forks on Thursday.… Continue reading

Easter events highlight Peninsula weekend

Easter breakfasts, an "elegant sale," and welcome home party for a member of the armed services are among the events planned on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Easter weekend services to be held around Peninsula

Following are Easter-related observances announced for the North Olympic Peninsula. St. Luke's Episcopal Church SEQUIM -- St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., will… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum baseball team wins crucial league game

TACOMA -- Landon Cray did a little of everything to help Chimacum beat Cascade Christian in a crucial Nisqually League game Thursday at Tacoma Community… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Olympic Peninsula girls basketball players receive all-state honors; boys get honorable mention

SEATTLE -- The girls are all right. Two North Olympic Peninsula high school girls basketball players were named first-team All-State selections by The Associated Press… Continue reading

Dicks expected at two dedications Friday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Congressman Norm Dicks is expected to be on hand for the Friday dedications of water treatment plants instrumental to the planned demolition… Continue reading

State takes comment on Peninsula management plan

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is accepting public comment on a draft management plan that outlines goals for areas from Morse Creek to… Continue reading

Memorial service set for teenager killed in crash

SEQUIM -- A memorial service for a teenager killed when he swerved his truck to miss a deer has been set for Saturday, April 10.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Ronnie Harrell sparks Port Townsend boys golf to win over Port Angeles; other prep reports — SEE GALLERY

PORT ANGELES -- Port Townsend's Ronnie Harrell led the experienced Redskins to a solid win over rival Port Angeles in boys golf Wednesday. The course… Continue reading

Newly released scenes from ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

Here are newly released photos from Summit Entertainment of scenes from “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” to be released midsummer. The Twilight saga, of course, is… Continue reading

Port Angeles Food Bank benefit dinner set for Thursday

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Food Bank will hold its “No Foolin’ Around” April Fool’s Day spaghetti dinner fundraiser at the Elks Naval Lodge,… Continue reading

Quileute tribe starts Twilight-inspired items online

LAPUSH -- The Quileute tribe has launched a Web site to sell Twilight-themed merchandise handcrafted by tribal artisans. Cedar wolf rattles and paddles, woven cedar… Continue reading

Maritime center in Port Townsend poised to meet fundraising goal today

PORT TOWNSEND -- Northwest Maritime Center representatives expect to be celebrating today after meeting a fundraising goal to meet two challenge grants from the Bill… Continue reading

Obama to open offshore areas to oil drilling, New York Times reports

The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of… Continue reading

Author Meyer to write book on ‘Twilight’ character

Attention "Twilight" fans: Stephenie Meyer has a new book coming out. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release "The Short Second Life of Bree… Continue reading

Kenmore Air joins Alaska Airlines’ ticketing, frequent-flier plan

PORT ANGELES — Kenmore Air, which flies between Port Angeles and Seattle's Boeing Field, now has a frequent-flier and ticketing partnership with Alaska Airlines. The… Continue reading

Victims in truck crash south of Sequim identified

PORT ANGELES -- Tyler Braithwaite, 17, of Sequim, died Sunday afternoon when he apparently swerved to avoid hitting a deer on a wet gravel road… Continue reading