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Mother and daughter, Katie and Audrey Rudd of Port Angeles, run in the 5K Railroad Bridge Run on Saturday.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: More than 300 compete in Railroad Bridge Run

More than 300 participants ran the Olympic Discovery Trail from Carlsborg to Sequim in the Railroad Bridge Run this weekend, the second leg… Continue reading

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Mother and daughter, Katie and Audrey Rudd of Port Angeles, run in the 5K Railroad Bridge Run on Saturday.
Gardener Bob Caldwell, left, and Sue Scott work to build one of the walls of a raised bed in the Fir Street Community Garden. Gardeners from Community Organic Gardens of Sequim built five raised beds earlier this month at the site at 525 N. Fifth Ave. Participants share community service hours ranging from weeding pathways and community plots of blueberries and flowers to making signs or calling fellow gardeners with messages. Fees are $45 a year for a bed or plot, which includes a bag of compost from The Co-Op Farm and Garden, compost from Lazy J Tree Farm and water. For information on availability, call Liz Harper at 360-477-4881. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Building raised beds

Gardener Bob Caldwell, left, and Sue Scott work to build one of the walls of a raised bed in the Fir Street Community Garden. Gardeners… Continue reading

Gardener Bob Caldwell, left, and Sue Scott work to build one of the walls of a raised bed in the Fir Street Community Garden. Gardeners from Community Organic Gardens of Sequim built five raised beds earlier this month at the site at 525 N. Fifth Ave. Participants share community service hours ranging from weeding pathways and community plots of blueberries and flowers to making signs or calling fellow gardeners with messages. Fees are $45 a year for a bed or plot, which includes a bag of compost from The Co-Op Farm and Garden, compost from Lazy J Tree Farm and water. For information on availability, call Liz Harper at 360-477-4881. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women shut out Skagit Valley 1-0

The Peninsula College women’s soccer team got a long-range goal from defender Tommylia Dunbar in the first half and held on for… Continue reading

Governor signs bill banning Native mascots

Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill to ban the use of Native American names, symbols and images as school… Continue reading

Port Angeles commercial passenger air service possible soon, officials say

Port action could end nearly seven years without flights

Port Angeles police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigators search the wheelhouse of the Karen L on Sunday. A man was found dead inside the fishing vessel after a fire early Sunday, police said. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)

Probe in fatal fire still active

Autopsy set for later this week

Port Angeles police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigators search the wheelhouse of the Karen L on Sunday. A man was found dead inside the fishing vessel after a fire early Sunday, police said. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)
Fiddler Alea Waters, left, and guitarist Lang Russel provide free music outside Port Townsend’s Recovery Cafe last week. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Recovery Cafe open in Port Townsend

Group provides resource, sense of safety for attendees

Fiddler Alea Waters, left, and guitarist Lang Russel provide free music outside Port Townsend’s Recovery Cafe last week. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Photo courtesy of Jessica Lancaster 
From left, back row, coach Jay Marazon, Stella Fradkin, Madison Wilkinson, Emma Desjardin, Maddie Walton, assistant coach Rob Walton, Mariah Traband, Alayna Marazon, Lilly Lancaster, and assistant coach Jack Waknitz. From left, front row, Brooklynn Schmidt, Madigan Ordona, Emma Rhodes, Cela Waknitz, Lila Nix and Peyton Smith.

STORM KING SOCCER: Avalanche girls finish second at Founders Cup

The Storm King FC Avalanche Girls 2010 team finished second in the Washington Youth Soccer 2021 Founders Cup held over… Continue reading

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From left, back row, coach Jay Marazon, Stella Fradkin, Madison Wilkinson, Emma Desjardin, Maddie Walton, assistant coach Rob Walton, Mariah Traband, Alayna Marazon, Lilly Lancaster, and assistant coach Jack Waknitz. From left, front row, Brooklynn Schmidt, Madigan Ordona, Emma Rhodes, Cela Waknitz, Lila Nix and Peyton Smith.

Three-car wreck blocks highways 101, 112 for an hour

State Highway 112 was blocked for more than an hour Sunday after a three-car, non-injury wreck at the intersection of U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Woman injured in single-vehicle crash

An Oregon woman is in stable condition after she drove into a ditch and hit an embankment and some trees south of Brinnon,… Continue reading

Health officials note increase in skipped second-dose appointments

North Olympic Peninsula public health officials have noticed an increase in people not returning for their second COVID-19 vaccination dose and are urging residents to… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Porter Litle, front, races with Bremerton's Jeffery Pickering for the ball on Saturday in Port Angeles.

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles soccer team bounces back; (Updated) Neah Bay football romps over Darrington

The Port Angeles soccer team snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over Bremerton on Senior Day. Coach Chris Saari… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Porter Litle, front, races with Bremerton's Jeffery Pickering for the ball on Saturday in Port Angeles.

State allocates $20 million for Port Hadlock sewer project

The state Legislature has allocated $20.175 million to the Port Hadlock sewer project, bringing it to within about $2 million to move… Continue reading

Rachel Anderson

Sequim city council member recognized

The Association of Washington Cities has awarded a Certificate of Municipal Leadership to Sequim City Council member Rachel Anderson. The certificate program recognizes… Continue reading

Rachel Anderson
Sequim's Riley Pyeatt and Port Angeles's Lauren Larson go toe-to-toe in the 800. Pyeatt won the race by two seconds, but Larson came back to win the 3,200 as Pyeatt and Larson combined to win the 400, 800, 1,600 and 3,200. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)

TRACK AND FIELD: Pyeatt, Larson dominate distance events

Sequim girls finish third at 1A/2A/3A league meet

Sequim's Riley Pyeatt and Port Angeles's Lauren Larson go toe-to-toe in the 800. Pyeatt won the race by two seconds, but Larson came back to win the 3,200 as Pyeatt and Larson combined to win the 400, 800, 1,600 and 3,200. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College women, men both win

Sequim’s Hope Glasser goes for 13 points and 12 rebounds

Master Gardener Keith Dekker works in Sequim’s Woodcock Demonstration Garden, headquarters for the Clallam County Master Gardeners’ plant sale. (Photo courtesy of Sandy Macias-Cortez)

Master Gardeners to sell multitude of starts

Key fundraisers for gardening programs in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Master Gardener Keith Dekker works in Sequim’s Woodcock Demonstration Garden, headquarters for the Clallam County Master Gardeners’ plant sale. (Photo courtesy of Sandy Macias-Cortez)
Tanner Zahrt

New principal to take helm of Port Angeles High School

Port Angeles High School will have a new principal as of July 1. Tanner Zahrt, who most recently served as assistant principal… Continue reading

Tanner Zahrt
Work crews will begin chip sealing and bridge maintenance this summer. (State Department of Transportation)
Work crews will begin chip sealing and bridge maintenance this summer. (State Department of Transportation)