Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Preview capsules of area volleyball teams

Port Angeles (3A) • League: Olympic • Coach: Christine Halberg (second year) • Last year: 4-7 in league (sixth), 4-10 overall; Eliminated in 3A sub-district… Continue reading

Coast Guard airlifts ailing cruise ship passenger

PORT ANGELES -- The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 57-year old woman from the cruise ship Sea Princess approximately 20 miles southwest of Cape Flattery… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend football in playoff game tonight; Sequim volleyball just misses state

Port Townsend, Sequim, Neah Bay and Crescent are all still alive in the state football picture with the Redskins in a loser-out preliminary game tonight… Continue reading

Clallam detectives’ sting operation leads to four arrests

SEQUIM -- Four people have been arrested by the Clallam County Sheriff's Department in a sting operation in connection with the burglary of a Sequim-area… Continue reading

Park namesake H.J. Carroll remembered

HORACE JOHN CARROLL, known as Jack, was a developer whose donation of land to Jefferson County resulted in $300,000 to build sports fields at the… Continue reading

Rain helps to control wildfires in Olympic National Park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Rain on Sunday helped to control the fires that have been simmering in the backcountry of Olympic National Park since June… Continue reading

Huge cruise ship makes temporary stop in Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — An Arrow Launch water taxi removed and transported an injured passenger from the 936-foot ms Westerdam, a Holland America cruise ship that… Continue reading

Not vampire weather in Forks (With today’s Forks and Port Angeles “Twilight” celebration stories)

Forks officials last week asked residents to cut back on water use because city wells are about 30 percent below capacity. It's been an unusually… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Olympic Peninsula prep football roundup

JOYCE -- Dylen Heaward scored five touchdowns as Crescent stomped the Mary M. Knight Owl 54-7 in Saturday's opening game. "It's a real good start… Continue reading

Today’s the day: Make an Elvis sighting and help the PDN’s Peninsula Home Fund!

BLYN -- Elvis, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin and Stevie Ray Vaughan. These musical legends and their soul-stirring songs will be on stage in two special… Continue reading

Two arrested after high-speed chase

PORT ANGELES — Two men are in custody after a high-speed chase from Port Angeles to Little River Road this afternoon. Police officers stopped a… Continue reading

CHEK-TV channel 6 likely to stay on the air

VICTORIA — It appears that the first commercial television station available to TV antennas on much of the North Olympic Peninsula will continue. Owner Canwest… Continue reading

Photography highlight of Port Townsend Art Walk

PORT TOWNSEND -- Photos of outdoor life, county fairs and wooden boat building are featured in three of the venues on the Port Townsend Art… Continue reading

Woman hit by State Patrol car suffers broken leg

PORT ANGELES -- A 63-year-old woman is expected to undergo surgery for a broken leg suffered when a State Patrol trooper's patrol car hit her… Continue reading

Sequim First Friday Art Walk tonight

SEQUIM -- View art, sip a beverage and meet the artists during the sociable First Friday Artwalk in Sequim, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight… Continue reading

Various attractions this holiday weekend on North Olympic Peninsula

Here is a sample of activities slated for this weekend. Be sure to check out our "Things to Do" calendar accessible under the "HOME" dropdown… Continue reading

Rock ‘n’ roll benefit Sunday — buy your tickets by phone

BLYN — Tickets are on sale to see Elvis, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin and Stevie Ray Vaughn. These musical legends and their soul-stirring songs will… Continue reading

Three days of music, Highland games set at Mackie festival in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- A three-day festival this Labor Day weekend will celebrate the musical accomplishments of children while offering adults both entertainment and a way… Continue reading

Port Angeles Coast Guard cutter aids two from burning boat

ASTORIA, Ore. -- The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Active which happened to be in the area helped to rescue two people after their boat caught… Continue reading

PA-based Victoria Express provides foot ferries on Bremerton-Seattle run

BREMERTON — The state ferry system has added two private passenger-only ferries owned by Port Angeles-based Victoria Express to supplement the one car ferry remaining… Continue reading