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STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Port Angeles on to Selah to play Tumwater; Quilcene to play in Sequim

Times and locations have been picked for both the Port Angeles and Quilcene baseball teams, which begin their respective state tournaments Saturday. Port… Continue reading

Bill Schlichting of Wilder Toyota holds up the rubber duck belonging to winner Colleen WIlliams of Port Angeles at the 36th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby held at City Pier on Sunday. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Lucky duck

Bill Schlichting, Wilder Toyota sales manager, holds up the rubber duck belonging to Colleen Williams of Port Angeles, winner of the 2025 Toyota Corolla, at… Continue reading

Bill Schlichting of Wilder Toyota holds up the rubber duck belonging to winner Colleen WIlliams of Port Angeles at the 36th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby held at City Pier on Sunday. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
State lawmakers have delayed full funding for the Simdars Road Interchange to at least 2031 as the state faces a budget shortfall for the next four years and other transportation projects have a higher priority. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Sequim corridor project delayed

Budget shortfall, priorities lead to decision

State lawmakers have delayed full funding for the Simdars Road Interchange to at least 2031 as the state faces a budget shortfall for the next four years and other transportation projects have a higher priority. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
The Hanshaw family is struggling under the weight of emotional and financial stressors brought by the recent diagnoses by doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital that have finally answered the question of why Ember, center, has always been frail. Shown with Ember are her parents, Jennifer and Tim Hanshaw, and 9-year-old sister Lena, who shares a hereditary condition with her father and sister. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim fifth-grader fights rare cluster of life-threatening diagnoses

Conditions affect one in more than 100 million, doctors say

The Hanshaw family is struggling under the weight of emotional and financial stressors brought by the recent diagnoses by doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital that have finally answered the question of why Ember, center, has always been frail. Shown with Ember are her parents, Jennifer and Tim Hanshaw, and 9-year-old sister Lena, who shares a hereditary condition with her father and sister. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Superintendent marks 20 years of service

QVSD principals highlight goals and challenges

The Port Angeles softball team celebrates winning the District 3 2A tournament Saturday in Lacey. The Roughriders won by beating North Kitsap 8-1 and Olympic 8-0. (Morgan Worthington)

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles wins district championship

Riders crush rivals North Kitsap, Olympic to win title

The Port Angeles softball team celebrates winning the District 3 2A tournament Saturday in Lacey. The Roughriders won by beating North Kitsap 8-1 and Olympic 8-0. (Morgan Worthington)
Port Angeles Roughriders

DISTRICT BASEBALL: Port Angeles baseball in state 2A tournament after beating Fife

After 4-10-1 start to season, Riders win eighth in a row

Port Angeles Roughriders

Power outage scheduled in east Port Angeles

Clallam County Public Utility District has announced a power outage from 10 tonight (Sunday) until 6 a.m. Monday east of Port Angeles.… Continue reading

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Port Angeles, Sequim come up short

Both the Port Angeles and Sequim boys soccer teams fell short of qualifying for the state tournament with the Roughriders going down 3-1… Continue reading

TRACK AND FIELD: Forks to send 20 athletes to district meet

Clallam Bay’s William Hull wins four individual events at NOL meet

Sequim’s Nico Musso, third from left, scores the second goal the Wolves’ 2-0 Class 2A West Central District Tournament victory over Bremerton on Thursday at Peninsula College’s Wally Sigmar Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

DISTRICT SOCCER: Sequim heads its way into state qualifer

The Sequim boys soccer players and coaches both said they’ve been working hard this season to improve the team’s set pieces. On… Continue reading

Sequim’s Nico Musso, third from left, scores the second goal the Wolves’ 2-0 Class 2A West Central District Tournament victory over Bremerton on Thursday at Peninsula College’s Wally Sigmar Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles’ Leitz strikes out 10 in district softball shutout victory

Heidi Leitz threw a complete game five-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts, Ava-Anne Sheahan and Kennedy Rognlien homered and the Roughriders moved within a… Continue reading

Forks’ Avery Diley takes the throw at first for the out against Rainier runner Mia Naval on Wednesday afternoon at Borst Park in Centralia during the District 4 tournament. The Spartans fell to the Mountaineers 8-7 to close out the season. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Forks’ comeback comes up just shy

Sequim pounds out 11 hits in win

Forks’ Avery Diley takes the throw at first for the out against Rainier runner Mia Naval on Wednesday afternoon at Borst Park in Centralia during the District 4 tournament. The Spartans fell to the Mountaineers 8-7 to close out the season. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Yard chores to prepare for the summer time

NOW THAT MAY and late spring is upon us, how about a list of chores that will have your garden, lawn and yard looking spectacular… Continue reading

M.E. Bartholomew

Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship plans service

M.E. Bartholomew will present “Finding Your Pathway to Calm” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bartholomew will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian… Continue reading

M.E. Bartholomew
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “The Spiritual Power of Kything” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

ISSUES OF FAITH: Invest in people, not things

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER was recently married. I was reminded of the movie, “Father of the Bride.” My little girl, all of a sudden, was officially… Continue reading

Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson

Unity in the Olympics service slated

The Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson will present “Mercy Triumphs!” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Burson-Johnson, the spiritual director at the Center for Spiritual Living… Continue reading

Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading