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Voters approving all Peninsula school measures

Sequim bond passing with required supermajority

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Peninsula College's Cinco McNeal completes a slam dunk during the Pirates 75-74 overtime loss to Bellevue on Wednesday.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College falls in OT thriller to Bellevue

Peninsula College sent its NWAC North Division men’s basketball game to overtime with a late Antonio Odum layup, but it couldn’t come… Continue reading

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Peninsula College's Cinco McNeal completes a slam dunk during the Pirates 75-74 overtime loss to Bellevue on Wednesday.
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Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard is surrounded in the paint by three Bremerton basketball players during a contest Monday at Rick Kaps Gymnasium.

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim boys fall to Bremerton, will take No. 3 seed into district tourney

Bremerton and Sequim produced another thrilling boys basketball contest, the second in three days, with the Knights taking down the Wolves 77-67 in… Continue reading

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Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard is surrounded in the paint by three Bremerton basketball players during a contest Monday at Rick Kaps Gymnasium.
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Peninsula College's Carliese O'Brien drives the lane during the Pirates' 63-41 NWAC North Division victory over the Bellevue Bulldogs. Teammate Makena Patrick is at left.
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Peninsula College's Carliese O'Brien drives the lane during the Pirates' 63-41 NWAC North Division victory over the Bellevue Bulldogs. Teammate Makena Patrick is at left.
Shay Christensen, owner of the Pink Pony Café in downtown Port Angeles, creates a designer crepe. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles creperie using 100-year-old recipe

Business has changed hands, but taste keeps customers coming back

Shay Christensen, owner of the Pink Pony Café in downtown Port Angeles, creates a designer crepe. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cellist performance to highlight weekend events

A Port Angeles Symphony performance, other music shows and a repair event will take place on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • The Port… Continue reading

GriefShare classes offered to community

Independent Bible Church will host GriefShare at 10 a.m. Feb. 27. The scripture-based seminars will be conducted at the church, 116 E.… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Remember to keep love in your hearts

IN FEBRUARY 1995, Brigham Young University hosted a Valentine’s dance with a big band theme. A live band played 1920s swing dance music. A similar… Continue reading

Jeffco Aquatic Coalition launches pool survey

Results intended to inform design process

JoAnn declares bankruptcy; Port Angeles store to close

The Joann fabrics and crafts store in Port Angeles will be among 21 locations in Washington state to close, according to a… Continue reading

Poplars to be removed in spring

Boat Yard expansion part of larger project

Shape Note Concert set in Port Townsend

Danny Barnes will present a Shape Note Concert at 4 p.m. Feb. 22. The free concert will be at St. Paul’s Episcopal… Continue reading

Rev. Bill Evans

Speaker scheduled for Sunday service at Unity in Olympics

The Rev. William Evans will present “Beyond Love” at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Evans will be the guest speaker at Unity in… Continue reading

Rev. Bill Evans

Sunday program set for OUUF

Julia McKenna Blessing will present “All You Need is Love”at 11 a.m. Sunday. McKenna Blessing will be the guest speaker at Olympic… Continue reading

A snow-covered Mount Angeles is seen from Black Diamond Road a few miles south of Port Angeles. While the Peninsula has seen temperatures below freezing this week, a warming trend is expected by this weekend with highs reaching the upper 40s and overnight lows in the 30s. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Winter snowscape

A snow-covered Mount Angeles is seen from Black Diamond Road a few miles south of Port Angeles. While the Peninsula has seen temperatures below freezing… Continue reading

A snow-covered Mount Angeles is seen from Black Diamond Road a few miles south of Port Angeles. While the Peninsula has seen temperatures below freezing this week, a warming trend is expected by this weekend with highs reaching the upper 40s and overnight lows in the 30s. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Cheri Sanford of Port Angeles, right, hands a piece of metal debris to her grandson, Damien Millet, 9, after it was located with a metal detector and dug from the sand at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Wednesday. They were combing the beach in search of whatever hidden treasures they could find. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Beach combing

Cheri Sanford of Port Angeles, right, hands a piece of metal debris to her grandson, Damien Millet, 9, after it was located with a metal… Continue reading

Cheri Sanford of Port Angeles, right, hands a piece of metal debris to her grandson, Damien Millet, 9, after it was located with a metal detector and dug from the sand at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles on Wednesday. They were combing the beach in search of whatever hidden treasures they could find. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Principal cellist Traci Winters Tyson will be the featured soloist Saturday with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. (Sara Wilson/Port Angeles Symphony)

‘Spectacular’ symphony, featured cellist set for Saturday

Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony highlight of show

  • Feb 13, 2025
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Principal cellist Traci Winters Tyson will be the featured soloist Saturday with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. (Sara Wilson/Port Angeles Symphony)

After-school art program returns to Stevens Middle School

Let’s Make Art, a free after-school program at Stevens Middle School that began last year, will return today to give students hands-on… Continue reading

Counties can collect up to $1.80 of property tax per $1,000 of assessed value, but they are only allowed to increase their property tax collection amount by 1 percent each year, excluding new construction, without voter approval.

Clallam already eyeing 2026 cuts

If county can’t raise revenue, it may cut employees, services

Counties can collect up to $1.80 of property tax per $1,000 of assessed value, but they are only allowed to increase their property tax collection amount by 1 percent each year, excluding new construction, without voter approval.

Department of Licensing offices to be closed

PORT ANGELES – The Department of Licensing office of the Clallam County auditor’s office will be closed Feb. 14-17. The Sequim and Forks offices also… Continue reading