Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE: Lightning show wows Peninsula’s East End, but show’s over

Peninsula Daily News photographer Keith Thorpe captured these bolts of lightning east of Port Angeles Harbor around midnight Saturday. This photo image was made above… Continue reading

Lawn mower races and parade mark community’s celebration

PORT HADLOCK -- Some 50 lawn mowers revved their motors after a parade with 60 marching units at the 20th annual Hadlock Days celebration Saturday.… Continue reading

Plane misses runway at Diamond Point

No one appeared to be hurt after a Glassair I single-engine, two-seat plane missed the Diamond Point Airport landing strip and landed in a small… Continue reading

Public hearing on Port Townsend school lease Monday

PORT TOWNSEND -- The city would pay $66,000 annually for use of the Mountain View school campus, according to a proposed lease agreement that will… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder moves into tournament semis in Oregon

CLACKAMAS, Ore. -- Wilder Baseball needs a pair of wins to claim a Clackamas Legion Tournament championship after going 2-1 during the last two days… Continue reading

Museum looks at 1900s life

PORT ANGELES -- Labor was a little more intensive at home in the early 1900s, a new exhibit at the Museum at the Carnegie illustrates.… Continue reading

Today’s Ruddell Cruise-In: Cars, dunk tank and strongmen

PORT ANGELES -- Gentlemen and ladies, start your engines! See a huge, chrome-filled array of cars and trucks, drop "local celebrities" into a dunk tank… Continue reading

SPORTS: Quilcene shifts coaches; athletic director to mentor basketball

QUILCENE -- Quilcene High School athletic director Mark Thompson will slide over one seat to take over head boys basketball coaching duties this winter. He… Continue reading

Briefly: Arraignment delayed in luring case; bridge closures announced

Arraignment in luring case slated today PORT ANGELES -- Donald A. Halkett, who is accused of luring boys from a birthday part in Port Angeles… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder dominates Firecracker baseball tourney

PORT ANGELES -- When it comes to its own Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Tournament, the Wilder Baseball Club just can't be beat. For the 10th… Continue reading

No progress on finding new Port of Port Angeles boss

PORT ANGELES — No action was taken this afternoon after the three Port of Port Angeles commissioners met in executive session to discuss the vacant… Continue reading

Mobile home’s porch burns; fireworks ignite two brush fires

SEQUIM -- A fire in the porch of an unoccupied mobile home prompted the closure of a portion of Old Olympic Highway for about 90… Continue reading

Updated: Police arrest suspect at standoff scene

PORT ANGELES — Authorities arrested a man believed to be federal fugitive Leslie G. Wilson about 12:40 p.m. Police are preparing to reopen Eighth Street.… Continue reading

Algae levels keep Gibbs, Leland, Anderson cautions in place

CHIMACUM -- Gibbs Lake remained closed to swimming while other recreational activities, including catch-and-release fishing, are allowed, Jefferson County Public Health officials said today. Results… Continue reading

Residential cruise ship enters Port of Port Angeles — but only for supplies

PORT ANGELES -- One of the world's most unusual cruise ships pulled into Port Angeles Harbor about 6:30 this morning -- but no passengers are… Continue reading

Briefly: Boat spills two into Strait; luring suspect arraignment delayed

Boat spills 2 into Strait of Juan de Fuca PORT ANGELES --Two men were treated for possible hypothermia and released from Olympic Medical Center after… Continue reading

Holiday closures for Clallam and Jefferson counties

nGovernment: All Washington state, Clallam and Jefferson county offices and city halls in Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and Forks will be closed Friday for… Continue reading

State Patrol to be out in force

The State Patrol plans to have five additional troopers on the highways in Clallam and Jefferson counties over the Independence Day weekend. During the weekend… Continue reading

Stubborn seal returns to boat ramp to molt

PORT ANGELES -- A juvenile, female elephant seal that had settled on an Ediz Hook boat launch to molt was moved Tuesday but returned early… Continue reading

Victoria hauls off dead cow that washed ashore

VICTORIA -- The carcass of a brown cow that washed up on the beach east of the entrance to Victoria Harbour is on its way… Continue reading