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Garage destroyed in Lower Elwha structure fire

A weekend structure fire resulted in the total loss of a garage and some nearby standing structures, the Port Angeles Fire Department… Continue reading

Martin Justin David will host a grand opening for his new art gallery, Kreatia, on Friday.

Grand opening set for new gallery in Port Townsend

Martin Justin David will host a grand opening for his new studio and art gallery from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday.… Continue reading

Martin Justin David will host a grand opening for his new art gallery, Kreatia, on Friday.

Ground-breaking ceremony for new school set Saturday

The Port Angeles School District will break ground for a new middle school during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday. The public… Continue reading

Health officer: Disease numbers low, but cuts affecting programs

Additional measles case located in Washington state

Port Angeles High School thespian society to stage ‘Mean Girls’

The Port Angeles High School Thespian Society will present “Mean Girls the Musical!” with shows at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday… Continue reading

Squatchcon to start four-day run Thursday

Squatchcon will return to Port Angeles for a fourth year from Thursday through Sunday. The annual comic, cosplay, gaming and fan culture… Continue reading

Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball

Sequim’s Devyn Dearinger had a game to remember on March 26 against North Mason. With the Wolves down 7-5 in the fifth inning, Dearinger hit… Continue reading

Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball.
The Port Scandalous Scandals, in black, battled Tacoma Dockyard this weekend in Sequim with the visitors narrowly winning 158-132. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

ROLLER DERBY: Port Scandalous Scandals’ second bout narrows point gap

The Port Scandalous Roller Derby team the Scandals held their second bout of the season at the Sequim Boys and Girls Club on Saturday, ending… Continue reading

The Port Scandalous Scandals, in black, battled Tacoma Dockyard this weekend in Sequim with the visitors narrowly winning 158-132. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Salazar Paintings’ Flores nets a haul in Peninsula Soccer League action

The first week of the Peninsula Soccer League started off with Rafael Flores scoring four goals for Salazar Painting in a 6-3… Continue reading

A portion of the crowd at the Hands Off rally, which started at the intersection of Laurel and First Street. An estimated 800 to 1,000 people attended in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Hands Off! protests on Peninsula

A portion of the crowd at the Hands Off rally, which started at the intersection of Laurel and First Street. An estimated 800 to 1,000… Continue reading

A portion of the crowd at the Hands Off rally, which started at the intersection of Laurel and First Street. An estimated 800 to 1,000 people attended in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Susan Fisch, standing, chair of the Clallam County Charter Review Commission, addresses a crowd of residents who packed the meeting room at KSQM FM (91.5) last month for the first of several town hall events. Speakers were allowed up to three minutes to share their views about issues related to the charter that they consider most important.

Charter meeting draws crowd

Open house set tonight in Joyce

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Susan Fisch, standing, chair of the Clallam County Charter Review Commission, addresses a crowd of residents who packed the meeting room at KSQM FM (91.5) last month for the first of several town hall events. Speakers were allowed up to three minutes to share their views about issues related to the charter that they consider most important.
Ali Mohsenian
Jennifer Thomas of Sequim will play her first full show since 2019 on the Olympic Peninsula on May 10 at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. She’ll feature string players, surround sound effects, plus an additional ticketed meet-and-greet afterward.

Jennifer Thomas to bring ‘Oceans’ to Port Angeles

Meet-and-greet event, concert set for May 10

Ali Mohsenian
Jennifer Thomas of Sequim will play her first full show since 2019 on the Olympic Peninsula on May 10 at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. She’ll feature string players, surround sound effects, plus an additional ticketed meet-and-greet afterward.

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

East Jefferson track

PREP ROUNDUP: EJ girls pick up three first-place finishes at the Trojan Twilight

The East Jefferson girls picked up three first-place finishes and came in fifth as a team at the Trojan Twilight track and field… Continue reading

East Jefferson track
John Beath 
Charter captain John Beath displays a halibut caught in waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Port Angeles on Thursday, the opening day of halibut season in the Strait and Puget Sound.

OUTDOORS: State buys Sekiu boat launch

HALIBUT SEASON OPENED inside the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound on a brisk, sunny spring day Thursday with anglers noting both the… Continue reading

John Beath 
Charter captain John Beath displays a halibut caught in waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Port Angeles on Thursday, the opening day of halibut season in the Strait and Puget Sound.
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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.

AREA SPORTS: Forks boys soccer explodes with four late goals

Kid’s Fishing Derby April 12 in PA

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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.
Angelo State Athletics 
After earning All-Lonestar Conference honors for the University of Texas Permian Basin, Port Angeles’ Ethan Flodstrom is on a tear for top-ranked Angelo State this spring.

DIAMOND SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Flodstrom, Hall and Forks’ Leverington faring well in college baseball, softball seasons

Port Angeles’ Ethan Flodstrom is off to another all-star-caliber college baseball season, this time excelling as a redshirt senior for a… Continue reading

Angelo State Athletics 
After earning All-Lonestar Conference honors for the University of Texas Permian Basin, Port Angeles’ Ethan Flodstrom is on a tear for top-ranked Angelo State this spring.
Photo by John McNutt
The grave of Thomas and Lida Trumbull.

BACK WHEN: Stories hidden among the sea of graves

MOST OF US have visited a cemetery. Often it’s to put something on a loved one’s grave marker. Sometimes we spend time cleaning the grave… Continue reading

Photo by John McNutt
The grave of Thomas and Lida Trumbull.

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