Peninsula Daily News

Games, races slated at Quileute Days today (***Gallery***)

LAPUSH -- The annual Quileute Days continue today with salmon, baseball, canoe races and stick games. LaPush is the home of the Quileute tribe, and… Continue reading

Drive the Hood Canal Bridge? Read this.

SHINE — Hood Canal drivers, beware. Motorists can expect nighttime closures of the Hood Canal Bridge next week while state Department of Transportation Bridge Preservation… Continue reading

Be a campground host in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteer campground hosts for two of its recreation areas in Clallam County. Campground… Continue reading

Hearing in Port Townsend on sport Dungeness crab fishery

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is holding a public meeting in Port Townsend later this month to gauge public sentiment… Continue reading

Former Olympic National Park chief ranger retires

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent Curt Sauer has annnounced his retirement after 35 years of federal service, effective Sept. 30. Before… Continue reading

Open seats on Clallam boards, committees

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County is seeking applicants for its new Building Code Board of Appeals and nine other boards, committees, councils and commissions. Interested… Continue reading

Peninsula Glob Blog: Discussion on the Gulf spill and the video at right

VIDEO IMAGES OF plumes of oil gushing into the water at a furious pace, hour after hour and day after day, continues on major TV… Continue reading

Car shows, fly-in among variety of activities for weekend

A Lonely H farewell, car shows, a healing ceremony and a fly-in are among the varied events offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

SPORTS: Eighteen-team softball tournament set for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- The 17th annual Larson Invitational returns to Port Angeles this weekend, bringing men's slowpitch softball players from throughout Western Washington along with… Continue reading

Jamestown canoe welcome canceled because of bad weather

The Come Ashore ceremony planned at Jamestown today has been canceled because of bad weather this morning. Participants in the 2010 Tribal Canoe Journey to… Continue reading

Candidates forums slated in Clallam County this month

The League of Women Voters of Clallam County will host three forums involving primary candidates and a ballot measure in Port Angeles and Sequim this… Continue reading

BPA picks Port Angeles for pilot project on power demand

PORT ANGELES -- Bonneville Power Administration has selected Port Angeles for a $370,000 cost-sharing pilot project for residential demand response. Demand response is a method… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman dies in car crash

SEQUIM — A Port Angeles woman died this morning after her car crashed into a tree. Natasha Wiechert Rutherford, 24, was driving westbound on U.S.… Continue reading

Harbor-Works board plans ‘serious meetings’ on site

PORT ANGELES -- Harbor-Works Executive Director Jeff Lincoln says he plans to have "serious meetings" over the next several weeks as the public development authority… Continue reading

Neah Bay Coast Guard aids injured crew member

NEAH BAY -- Personnel from Coast Guard Station Neah Bay transferred an injured crew member from the Navy research-vessel Atlantis off the coast of the… Continue reading

Port Ludlow sailing yacht rescued in Pacific by Coast Guard

LAPUSH — The Coast Guard is escorting a distressed sailing yacht from Port Ludlow to shore from the Pacific Ocean approximately 40 miles west of… Continue reading

Neah Bay-based Coast Guard aids injured Navy crew member

NEAH BAY -- Personnel from Coast Guard Station Neah Bay transferred an injured crew member from the Navy research-vessel Atlantis in the Pacific Ocean this… Continue reading

Supreme Court justice with Peninsula roots profiled by bar magazine

OLYMPIA -- The July issue of the Washington State Bar News features state Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens in its Q&A profile column, "Briefly About… Continue reading

First canoes to North Olympic Peninsula arrive in Brinnon today

BRINNON -- The first contingent of canoes participating in the annual Tribal Canoe Journey to reach a North Olympic Peninsula beach is expected to arrive… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Olympic 10U softball team captures state championship

HOQUIAM -- The North Olympic 10U Junior Babe Ruth softball team captured the state championship by pounding Ellensburg 25-13 on Sunday. The 10U team joins… Continue reading