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Hazel Galloway, a recently laid-off science communications specialist with the National Park Service, center, is flanked by Andy Marquez, a marine science student assisting Olympic National Park, left, and Mari Johnson, a supervisor with ONP partner Washington Conservation Corps during a protest at The Gateway in Port Angeles against the Trump administration’s downsizing of the NPS workforce. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Federal layoffs impact local lands

Five Olympic National Park employees let go, three fired from Olympic National Forest

  • Mar 1, 2025
  • By Emma Maple and Elijah Sussman Peninsula Daily News
Hazel Galloway, a recently laid-off science communications specialist with the National Park Service, center, is flanked by Andy Marquez, a marine science student assisting Olympic National Park, left, and Mari Johnson, a supervisor with ONP partner Washington Conservation Corps during a protest at The Gateway in Port Angeles against the Trump administration’s downsizing of the NPS workforce. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sonja Elofson of Port Angeles examines a table of auction items during Friday’s “Red, Set Go!” heart healthy luncheon at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation and presented by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, was designed to raise funds for the Olympic Medical Center Heart Center. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Fundraising luncheon

Sonja Elofson of Port Angeles examines a table of auction items during Friday’s “Red, Set Go!” heart healthy luncheon at Vern Burton Community Center in… Continue reading

Sonja Elofson of Port Angeles examines a table of auction items during Friday’s “Red, Set Go!” heart healthy luncheon at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation and presented by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, was designed to raise funds for the Olympic Medical Center Heart Center. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Nominations open for Community Service awards

Forms due March 25; event scheduled for May 1

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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

YOUR VIEW: Forest service workers perform important work

ON BEHALF OF myself and not the federal agency I currently work for, I’d like to share a few thoughts. This last month has been… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2025
  • By Betsy Howell For Peninsula Daily News
Roy angler John Keizer caught this chinook while fishing off the coast last summer. Salmon seasons negotiations are underway this month.

OUTDOORS: Odd-year pinks no friend to kings, orcas

Crowding chinook out of lower river spawning sites

Roy angler John Keizer caught this chinook while fishing off the coast last summer. Salmon seasons negotiations are underway this month.
Sammi Bates, an animal care specialist with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, takes her dog, Farley, from a kennel on Thursday as a dry run for the acceptance of shelter canines in the organization’s Crow Bark House beginning this weekend. The society closed the dog shelter last April because of high operating costs, resulting in a reorganization of OPHS staffing and leadership. The Bark House will begin accepting stray and surrendered animals, by appointment, starting on Saturday with a low-key public open house from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Bark House to reopen

Sammi Bates, an animal care specialist with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, takes her dog, Farley, from a kennel on Thursday as a dry run… Continue reading

Sammi Bates, an animal care specialist with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, takes her dog, Farley, from a kennel on Thursday as a dry run for the acceptance of shelter canines in the organization’s Crow Bark House beginning this weekend. The society closed the dog shelter last April because of high operating costs, resulting in a reorganization of OPHS staffing and leadership. The Bark House will begin accepting stray and surrendered animals, by appointment, starting on Saturday with a low-key public open house from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim High School baseball hosting youth clinic March 8

A youth baseball clinic for players in grades 3-8 hosted by the Sequim High School baseball team is planned for March 8. The… Continue reading

Annual tuna drive kicks off

The Olympic Kiwanis Club will accept donations for its 31st Community Tuna Fish Drive from Saturday through March 31. Individuals, businesses, clubs,… Continue reading

Art walk, wedding show set this weekend

The First Saturday Art Walk in Port Townsend, the Jefferson County Wedding Show and performances on stage highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Ash Wednesday service in Sequim

The public is invited to attend an Ash Wednesday service at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The community service is at Trinity United Methodist Church,… Continue reading

Coast Guard cutter provides support in California

Assists in seizure of more than 80 individuals

Jim Jones.

Former Clallam County administrator dies

Friends remember Jones for his community involvement

Jim Jones.

ISSUES OF FAITH: ‘Hey, you can’t live here!’

WE FACE THAT time of year when, liturgically, we begin to move from light to darkness, even though the heavens have it the other way… Continue reading

Lenten observances set for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

There will be a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper, complete with Mardi Gras bling, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The supper will mark the… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Cinco McNeal attempts a layup while defended by Shoreline's Sherrell McCullum during the Pirates' Sophomore Night defeat against the Dolphins.
Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics
Peninsula's Cinco McNeal attempts a layup while defended by Shoreline's Sherrell McCullum during the Pirates' Sophomore Night defeat against the Dolphins.

Salish Sea Fellowship service scheduled

Joseph Bednarik will present “What, Me Worship?” at 4 p.m. Sunday. Bednarik will speak during the Salish Sea Fellowship service at the… Continue reading

Sequim construction expected to start Monday

The city of Sequim will begin construction at its Hemlock Street shop facility on Monday. Crews from Frederickson-based Pacific Civil and Infrastructure will… Continue reading

Niobe Weaver

Speaker scheduled for Sunday service at Unity in Olympics

Niobe Weaver will present “Surrender into Stillness” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Weaver will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics,… Continue reading

Niobe Weaver