Peninsula Daily News

Olympic National Park to get new weather tower

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A new 30-foot weather tower will go up at Hurricane Ridge this summer. The National Park Service approved the tower this… Continue reading

Quilcene fire chief dead of cancer

QUILCENE -- Bob Wilson, Quilcene Fire District No. 2 fire chief since 1992 and Gardiner-Discovery Bay chief since 2007, has died after a battle with… Continue reading

Film Festival artistic director dead at 74

Peter Simpson, the driving force behind the Port Townsend Film Festival, has died. Simpson died of cardiac arrest at his Port Townsend home on Thursday.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim High School senior Zbaraschuk zips through golf links

SEQUIM -- Sequim High School senior Zoei Zbaraschuk remains scorching hot in girls golf. Zbaraschuk scored even-par 35 on the back-nine at Cedars at Dungeness… Continue reading

Group creating Port Angeles community garden

PORT ANGELES -- What do you with a big mowing headache? If you're the members of the Vineyard Church, you donate half of it --… Continue reading

One man dies, another unhurt, after Quillayute River Coast Guard aids in rescue

ABERDEEN -- A 26-year-old man died after a Coast Guard rescue of two men from an overturned fishing boat about 25 miles northwest of Aberdeen… Continue reading

Port Angeles prepping for Duck Derby

PORT ANGELES -- Saturday marks the start of ticket sales for the 20th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby on May 17, with a kick-off… Continue reading

SPORTS: Roughriders no-hit, lose 8-0 to Kingston

PORT ANGELES -- Kingston's Tyler Sullivan was nearly perfect against the Port Angeles baseball team Tuesday. The right-hander, who will be playing for the Washington… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls remain perfect in tennis

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles High School's girls tennis team remained perfect on the year after dominating Kingston in an Olympic League match Monday. The… Continue reading

Meeting on downtown Port Angeles fix-up plan tonight

PORT ANGELES -- A meeting to stir up interest and volunteer recruits to do a sprucing up of downtown Port Angeles during the six-week Hood… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Obamas get a dog

WASHINGTON -- First pooch Bo got star treatment and his first backyard romp at the White House on Tuesday -- and even presidential clearance to… Continue reading

Average price of gas in state: $2.32

BELLEVUE -- The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gas in Washington is $2.32. That's up 17 cents in the… Continue reading

More Easter egg hunting today — and Easter services, too

The North Olympic Peninsula weather may make for an uncertain spring, but hordes of children showed no hesitation as they enjoyed the first rite of… Continue reading

Easter hops onto Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND -- Laughing children will seek treasure in Easter egg hunts throughout the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. The longest-running hunt on the Peninsula… Continue reading

Easter sunrise, outdoor services set for Sunday

Sunrise in PA PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles area Christian churches will host a combined Easter sunrise service at Civic Field at Race and Fourth… Continue reading

Murder arraignment delayed a week

PORT TOWNSEND -- It will be another week before Michael J. Pierce, charged in the double murder of Patrick and Janice Yarr, is arraigned in… Continue reading

Murder arraignment delayed a week

PORT TOWNSEND -- It will be another week before Michael J. Pierce, charged in the double murder of Patrick and Janice Yarr, is arraigned in… Continue reading

New Port Angeles High School principal named

PORT ANGELES -- A California man will be the next principal of Port Angeles High School, Schools Superintendent Gary Cohn said today. Garry Cameron, assistant… Continue reading

Forks, you ready for a close-up? Governor gets bill encouraging films like “Twilight” to be shot in Washington state

OLYMPIA -- The state Senate, miffed because the two movies in the "Twilight" saga haven't been filmed where the saga is based -- Forks, LaPush… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles head offered Edmonds job

PORT ANGELES -- Bob McChesney, executive director of the Port of Port Angeles since 2004, has been offered the top job by the Port of… Continue reading