Peninsula Daily News

Top tennis to grace Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — Fort Worden State Park will break in its freshly renovated digs in style on Saturday, July 28, with a free professional tennis… Continue reading

Marine Science Center celebrates 25 years

PORT TOWNSEND - The Port Townsend Marine Science Center celebrated its 25th anniversary on Saturday at Fort Worden State Park with a "family reunion." The… Continue reading

Mysterious package causes post office evacuation, road closure

THE PACKAGE IN the Port Angeles post office lobby looked suspicious - no address on the outside, or any markings on the box, for that… Continue reading

Tuesday’s Music in the Park features Manteca

SEQUIM - The Latin vibes of Manteca will resonate at the free outdoor Music in the Park concert in Sequim on Tuesday. The popular group… Continue reading

It was all in the family while hiker was missing in Olympic National Park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - Mary O'Brien's relatives, three of whom joined the search for her, never gave up hope that she was safe. Earlier Saturday,… Continue reading

Celebrate Independence Day on the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday

Independence Day across the North Olympic Peninsula will ring out in parades, stage shows, picnics and fireworks on Wednesday. Parades in Forks and Port Angeles,… Continue reading

Dungeness River rescue alert

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST - Clallam rescue teams responded to a distress call Sunday night on the Dungeness River off Palo Alto Road after a boating… Continue reading

High bacteria at Elwha River climbs, recedes

PORT ANGELES - Enterococcus bacteria in marine water samples from the mouth of the Elwha River spiked Tuesday but returned to non-detectable levels on Thursday,… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center rebuts Medicare report on cardiac deaths

PORT ANGELES - More than half of the 25 patients at Olympic Medical Center who died within 30 days of being hospitalized for cardiac failure… Continue reading

Lake Leland closed to swimming because of toxic algae

QUILCENE — Lake Leland was closed to swimming Friday — although not to fishing and boating — and the public is advised against people or… Continue reading

Sequim woman dies in Mason County car crash

SHELTON - A Sequim woman is dead and her husband was hospitalized after a Wednesday car crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Mason County. Jacqueline… Continue reading

State of the Art: The iPhone matches most of its hype

At the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, the first in line were already camped out on Wednesday. Sightings of the device already… Continue reading

Man loses finger, thumb to winch

DABOB BAY - A Des Moines man who was shrimping with his father on Dabob Bay over the weekend severed a finger and thumb after… Continue reading

Clallam adds two deputies

The Clallam County Sheriff's Department has hired two new deputies, one officer from the staff-strapped Forks Police Department and another from Olympic Ambulance. James A.… Continue reading

First drag race of season roars at Forks airport

FORKS - Drag racers roared and the crowd cheered at the first public race of the season hosted by the West End Thunder Club at… Continue reading

Joyce power to go off again

JOYCE — An unexpected power outage left Joyce-area residents without power for 13 hours on Friday — and another is planned to begin at midnight… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ new City Pier stage ready for first free concert

PORT ANGELES - The Concerts on the Pier will never be the same again. A roomier stage completed on May 29 will offer theater lighting,… Continue reading

Health officer to report on mold probe in Clallam County Courthouse

PORT ANGELES - Dr. Tom Locke will update the Clallam County Board of Health today on the investigation of mold in the basement of the… Continue reading

Flag Day brings out colors across Peninsula

Flag Day will be celebrated in Port Townsend today with a flag raising ceremony that will also commemorate the completion of the Jefferson County Courthouse… Continue reading

Rep. Dicks appoints new PA aide

PORT ANGELES - Judith Morris has replaced Mary Schuneman as U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks' aide on the North Olympic Peninsula. Dicks, D-Belfair, named Morris to… Continue reading