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LETTER: Supports plan for Snake River dams

I’m inspired by the Jefferson County board of commissioners’ support of the proposed plan to restore the lower Snake River put forth by Rep. Mike… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2021
Abdinjib Ibraham.

Mental evaluation ordered in attempted murder case

Inmate charged with attack on Clallam Bay Corrections officer

Abdinjib Ibraham.
Sequim's Lily Fili slides into third base against North Kitsap on Saturday. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
Sequim's Lily Fili slides into third base against North Kitsap on Saturday. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)
A Toutle Lake baserunner just makes it back to first as Forks' Tyler Wood makes the tag after taking a pick off throw from pitcher Carter Windle at WF West High School in Chehalis Saturday. Forks placed second in district after dropping this contest 2-1 to the Ducks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
A Toutle Lake baserunner just makes it back to first as Forks' Tyler Wood makes the tag after taking a pick off throw from pitcher Carter Windle at WF West High School in Chehalis Saturday. Forks placed second in district after dropping this contest 2-1 to the Ducks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: Forks comes up just short for district title, falls 3-2 to Seton Catholic

The Forks soccer team’s remarkable spring run came to a heartbreaking halt this weekend with a hard-fought 3-2 loss in the Southwest 1A/2B… Continue reading

Sequim chooses city manager search firm

Agency helped bring former leader Bush to area

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Spartan second baseman Kadie Wood makes the catch of an Adna fly ball for the out over shortstop Elizabeth Soto.  Forks placed second in district after falling to Adna 4-3 in extras innings.
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Spartan second baseman Kadie Wood makes the catch of an Adna fly ball for the out over shortstop Elizabeth Soto.  Forks placed second in district after falling to Adna 4-3 in extras innings.
Yoga instructor Karyn Stillwell demonstrates a twisting pose at Port Townsend’s Chetzemoka Park on Wednesday. She leads an hour-long yoga practice, weather permitting, at noon Wednesdays and Fridays at the park at Jackson and Blaine streets. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Yoga in the park

Yoga instructor Karyn Stillwell demonstrates a twisting pose at Port Townsend’s Chetzemoka Park on Wednesday. She leads an hour-long yoga practice, weather permitting, at noon… Continue reading

Yoga instructor Karyn Stillwell demonstrates a twisting pose at Port Townsend’s Chetzemoka Park on Wednesday. She leads an hour-long yoga practice, weather permitting, at noon Wednesdays and Fridays at the park at Jackson and Blaine streets. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Jamestown Family Clinic workers and Community Emergency Response Team volunteers celebrate the final day of the mass vaccination drive-thru clinic Thursday at Carrie Blake Community Park in Sequim.
Jamestown Family Clinic workers and Community Emergency Response Team volunteers celebrate the final day of the mass vaccination drive-thru clinic Thursday at Carrie Blake Community Park in Sequim.
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Tribal peace maker honored

Hundreds mourn leader

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Forks' Trey Baysinger slides into third while in the background Riley Pursley heads for second during a successful double steal against Kalama. The Spartans edged the Chinooks 4-3 to advance to the district championship.
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Forks' Trey Baysinger slides into third while in the background Riley Pursley heads for second during a successful double steal against Kalama. The Spartans edged the Chinooks 4-3 to advance to the district championship.
Lois Crisler in 1949. (Ernest Kassowitz)

BACK WHEN: Crisler captured wilderness, wildlife in writing and on film

CHANGES OCCUR IN our society over time. They can be thrust upon us due to a tragedy. We recently observed Earth Day, one of those… Continue reading

Lois Crisler in 1949. (Ernest Kassowitz)
Amanda Beitzel, 2021 Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Marshal. Photo by Keith Ross/Keith’s Frame of Mind

Dignitaries set to usher in Sequim’s 126th Irrigation Festival

At 126 years, Sequim’s annual Irrigation Festival is still going strong — even in mostly virtual mode. The community festival is now in… Continue reading

Amanda Beitzel, 2021 Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Marshal. Photo by Keith Ross/Keith’s Frame of Mind
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Participants in Saturday’s “Big Spring Spruce Up” pick up empty buckets for weeds and other organic waste before fanning out over downtown Port Angeles in an effort to clean up the city. A video is on the Peninsula Daily News website at www.peninsuladailynews.com.

Downtown cleanup in Port Angeles on Saturday

Participants in Saturday’s “Big Spring Spruce Up” pick up empty buckets for weeds and other organic waste before fanning out over downtown Port Angeles in… Continue reading

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Participants in Saturday’s “Big Spring Spruce Up” pick up empty buckets for weeds and other organic waste before fanning out over downtown Port Angeles in an effort to clean up the city. A video is on the Peninsula Daily News website at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
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David "Barney" Allen, a lifelong Forks resident, was sentenced last week for the repeated sexual abuse of his foster daughter.

Forks foster dad sentenced for rape after guilty plea

Wife awaits trial on charges of abusing the same child

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David "Barney" Allen, a lifelong Forks resident, was sentenced last week for the repeated sexual abuse of his foster daughter.

McDermott to be guest on panel for Womxn’s Yakfest

Local author Kate McDermott will be a guest panelist on Womxn’s YakFest at 5:26 p.m. Monday. To register for the online discussion,… Continue reading

Diane and David Bommer are among the volunteers working on Bayside Housing's new transitional housing units. Their construction site is provided by Evangelical Methodist Church in Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

New community build in progress

Volunteers create wooden shelters, with some changes

Diane and David Bommer are among the volunteers working on Bayside Housing's new transitional housing units. Their construction site is provided by Evangelical Methodist Church in Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
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OMC’s Swanson picked for chief nursing officer

Vickie Swanson is Olympic Medical Center’s chief nursing officer, OMC officials announced last week. A registered nurse since 1986 who has held… Continue reading

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Relief available for restaurants

Restaurants in Northwest Washington can apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund beginning at noon Monday, according to the office of U.S. Congressman… Continue reading