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Sequim's Finn Braaten (5) and Evan Cisneros (17) battle for the ball against Port Angeles' Sawyer Davis (6). Port Angeles goalkeeper Gus Halberg (1) is also in on the play. Sequim won the crucial game 1-0 Friday in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP SOCCER: Sequim shuts out Port Angeles in critical game for playoffs

Wolves likely make postseason with 1-0 victory

Sequim's Finn Braaten (5) and Evan Cisneros (17) battle for the ball against Port Angeles' Sawyer Davis (6). Port Angeles goalkeeper Gus Halberg (1) is also in on the play. Sequim won the crucial game 1-0 Friday in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Port Angeles' Morgan Politika eats a face full of dirt as she safely slides home against North Kitsap on Thursday in a 7-0 Roughriders' win that keeps the Riders in first place in the Olympic League. In the foreground is Kennedy Rognlien. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Riders bounce back against Vikings, must do it again Monday

The Port Angeles girls softball team took care of business against a North Kitsap team that is one of the best in… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Morgan Politika eats a face full of dirt as she safely slides home against North Kitsap on Thursday in a 7-0 Roughriders' win that keeps the Riders in first place in the Olympic League. In the foreground is Kennedy Rognlien. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

TRACK & FIELD: Larson, Tait lead Roughrider girls in home meet

Port Angeles senior Faerin Tait ran to victories in the 200- and 400-meter races while 800 runner Leia Larson set a personal… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Irrigation Festival Run/Walk set May 10

Runners and walkers will tread the Irrigation Festival Parade route as part of the Sequim Irrigation Festival… Continue reading

PREPS: Sequim tops Forks in slugfest

Sequim and Forks combined for 34 base hits in the Wolves’ 15-9 nonleague baseball victory at Fred Orr Memorial Field on Thursday. Two… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Grow with love for Mother’s Day

WITH MOTHER’S DAY fast approaching all across the nation, greenhouses and nurseries are fast and feverishly picking out and packing their most beautiful plants. There… Continue reading

An editorial cartoon from the January 17, 1933 Port Angeles Evening News.

BACK WHEN: This isn’t the first trade war for the US or Olympic Peninsula

AN OLD FRIEND of mine sent me some old Port Angeles newspapers. It was fun to rummage through them. My attention was quickly drawn to… Continue reading

An editorial cartoon from the January 17, 1933 Port Angeles Evening News.

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

Clallam County Community Service Awards winners, from left, are Karolyn Burdick, John Burdick, Sherrilyn Phillips, Paul Forrest and Heidi Simpson. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Five individuals awarded for community service

Three youths to be recognized next year

Clallam County Community Service Awards winners, from left, are Karolyn Burdick, John Burdick, Sherrilyn Phillips, Paul Forrest and Heidi Simpson. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

OUR VIEW: Community continues to support local journalism

LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE to decline at a rapid rate, from an average of two per week in 2022 to 2½ per week just a year… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2025
  • Peninsula Daily News editorial board
Matt Butler performs for about 70 incarcerated people in the visiting room at Clallam Bay Corrections Center on Thursday afternoon. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Singer-songwriter plays concert at prison

Incarcerated concertgoers express appreciation

Matt Butler performs for about 70 incarcerated people in the visiting room at Clallam Bay Corrections Center on Thursday afternoon. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
Adam Bernbaum.

Special ed, rent cap sent to governor

Peninsula included in legislative session

Adam Bernbaum.

Tickets to go on sale for Petals and Pathways tour

Tickets will go on sale May 11 for the Clallam County Master Gardener Foundation’s Petals and Pathways Garden Tour. The annual self-guided tour… Continue reading

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Water main to be replaced in Sequim

The city of Sequim will begin to replace a water main under Fourth Avenue on Monday. Crews from Earthwork Solutions, Lakeside Industries, Rainbow… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A family favorite skunk cabbage recipe

THE SKUNK CABBAGE is a swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring. Named for its distinctive aroma, the skunk cabbage can produce knee-high yellow flowers surrounded by a… Continue reading

Manuel Sanchez, with MTZ Installs of Pasco, lays soft, foam tiles in the landing area of the JUMP playground area of HJ Carroll Park in Port Hadlock as part of phase two of new equipment and safety upgrades. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

New playground equipment

Manuel Sanchez, with MTZ Installs of Pasco, lays soft, foam tiles in the landing area of the JUMP playground area of HJ Carroll Park in… Continue reading

Manuel Sanchez, with MTZ Installs of Pasco, lays soft, foam tiles in the landing area of the JUMP playground area of HJ Carroll Park in Port Hadlock as part of phase two of new equipment and safety upgrades. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Applications open for Forks council seat

The Forks City Council is accepting applications to fill a vacant seat on the council until 5 p.m. May 21. The vacancy was… Continue reading

Contract for middle school awarded to Carlsborg company

School board offers $4.6M pact for earthwork, utilities