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Music, movies on tap for Peninsula this weekend

Music, sketching and a meditation session will take place across the Peninsula this weekend. • The Stardust Big Band with vocalist Christine Moon will perform… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The gift of the guides

With apologies to O. Henry’s “Gift of the Magi.” EIGHTEEN DOLLARS AND fifty cents. That was all the money Bella had. Most of it was… Continue reading

Public safety tax is passed

Funds could be used on range of services

Hill Street reopens after landslide

Hill Street in Port Angeles has been reopened to traffic. The road had been closed since Dec. 17 due to a landslide… Continue reading

Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts held their first home meet of the season recently at Klahhane Gymnastics Center. Back row, from left, Port Angeles’ Mya Callis, Denise Galvan, Lillian Sutherland, Tish Hamilton and Raynee Ciarlo. Bottom, Port Angeles’ Ryah Deleon, Elyse Brown and Sequim’s Emily Bair.

GYMNASTICS: Riders open season with home meet

Port Angeles freshman Elyse Brown impressed with a first-place finish on the bars as Port Angeles and Sequim prep gymnasts hosted their… Continue reading

Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts held their first home meet of the season recently at Klahhane Gymnastics Center. Back row, from left, Port Angeles’ Mya Callis, Denise Galvan, Lillian Sutherland, Tish Hamilton and Raynee Ciarlo. Bottom, Port Angeles’ Ryah Deleon, Elyse Brown and Sequim’s Emily Bair.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders stymied by Onalaska pressure, Jacoby

Port Angeles struggled in implementing every aspect of its pregame plan in a 74-52 nonleague girls basketball loss to Class 2B Onalaska… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.
Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.

FOOTBALL: Gridiron duo play in Tiki Bowl

Longtime friends and football teammates Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann competed in Saturday’s Hawaii Tiki Bowl at Kunuiakea Stadium. The duo, who started… Continue reading

Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.
Tom Malone of Port Townsend, seeks the warmth of a towel and a shirt as he leaves the 46-degree waters of the Salish Sea on Saturday after he took a cold plunge to celebrate the winter solstice. “You can’t feel the same after doing this as you did before,” Malone said. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Solstice plunge

Tom Malone of Port Townsend, seeks the warmth of a towel and a shirt as he leaves the 46-degree waters of the Salish Sea on… Continue reading

Tom Malone of Port Townsend, seeks the warmth of a towel and a shirt as he leaves the 46-degree waters of the Salish Sea on Saturday after he took a cold plunge to celebrate the winter solstice. “You can’t feel the same after doing this as you did before,” Malone said. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Auditions set for spring production at Peninsula College

Marissa Meek and Lara Starcevich will conduct auditions for an upcoming production of “She Kills Monsters” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare to acquire clinic

Partnership likely to increase service capacity

Port Angeles orchestra planning for trip to Carnegie Hall in 2027

Cost to travel is about $3,000 per student

Tribe, Commerce sign new agreement

Deal to streamline grant process, official says

Joe McDonald, from Fort Worth, Texas, purchases a bag of Brussels sprouts from Red Dog Farm on Saturday, the last day of the Port Townsend Farmers Market in Uptown Port Townsend. The market will resume operations on the first Saturday in April 2026. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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End of season

Joe McDonald of Fort Worth, Texas, purchases a bag of Brussels sprouts from Red Dog Farm on Saturday, the last day of the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Joe McDonald, from Fort Worth, Texas, purchases a bag of Brussels sprouts from Red Dog Farm on Saturday, the last day of the Port Townsend Farmers Market in Uptown Port Townsend. The market will resume operations on the first Saturday in April 2026. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam requests new court contracts

Sequim, PA to explore six-month agreements

Sequim City Council member Vicki Lowe participates in her last meeting on Dec. 8 after choosing not to run for a second term. (Barbara Hanna/City of Sequim)

Lowe honored for Sequim City Council service

Elected officials recall her inspiration, confidence

Sequim City Council member Vicki Lowe participates in her last meeting on Dec. 8 after choosing not to run for a second term. (Barbara Hanna/City of Sequim)

No flight operations scheduled this week

There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. No landing… Continue reading

Joshua and Cindy Sylvester’s brood includes five biological sons, two of whom are grown, a teen girl who needed a home, a 9-year-old whom they adopted through the Indian Child Welfare Act, and two younger children who came to them through kinship foster care. The couple asked that the teen girl and three younger children not be fully named. Shown from left to right are Azuriah Sylvester, Zishe Sylvester, Taylor S., “H” Sylvester, Joshua Sylvester (holding family dog Queso), “R,” Cindy Sylvester, Phin Sylvester, and “O.” (Cindy Sylvester)

Olympic Angels staff, volunteers provide help for foster families

Organization supports community through Love Box, Dare to Dream programs

Joshua and Cindy Sylvester’s brood includes five biological sons, two of whom are grown, a teen girl who needed a home, a 9-year-old whom they adopted through the Indian Child Welfare Act, and two younger children who came to them through kinship foster care. The couple asked that the teen girl and three younger children not be fully named. Shown from left to right are Azuriah Sylvester, Zishe Sylvester, Taylor S., “H” Sylvester, Joshua Sylvester (holding family dog Queso), “R,” Cindy Sylvester, Phin Sylvester, and “O.” (Cindy Sylvester)

WRESTLING: East Jefferson places two wrestlers at Hammerhead Invite

More than two dozen Olympic Peninsula wrestlers competed in the prestigious Hammerhead Invitational in Bremerton, one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in the… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Sequim roars back in second half to beat Bulldogs

The Sequim boys basketball team overcame a terrible start and turned up the screws on defense in the second half to overcome a… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Short-handed PA falls to Bainbridge

Shorthanded and out-sized by a huge Bainbridge Island team, the Port Angeles Roughriders actually hung tough with the Spartans until the final… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)