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Port Angeles' Lindsay Smith drives to the basket and tries to get past Olympic’s Gabi McCoy during the Roughriders' win over the Trojans on Friday. In the background is Lexie Smith (34)

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles picks up two wins in one night

Riders beat Olympic twice in same evening

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Port Angeles' Lindsay Smith drives to the basket and tries to get past Olympic’s Gabi McCoy during the Roughriders' win over the Trojans on Friday. In the background is Lexie Smith (34)
FILE PHOTO: Port Angeles’ Gus Halberg connected on nine 3-pointers and scored 46 points in the Roughriders win over Olympic on Friday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Gus Halberg hits 9 3s, scores 46 in Riders’ rout

Forks wins share of Pacific League title, full crown awaits

FILE PHOTO: Port Angeles’ Gus Halberg connected on nine 3-pointers and scored 46 points in the Roughriders win over Olympic on Friday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

A GROWING CONCERN: The bare facts on bare-root planting

NEXT WEEK, THAT little rodent in Pennsylvania will let us know how long winter will last. But since it will be a new month, February… Continue reading

English National Ballet artists Ashley Coupal and Eric Snyder, pictured in London, have come to dance in the Port Angeles City Ballet’s Winter Gala on Sunday. (English National Ballet)

Ballet gala to gather orchestra, local dancers, guest artists

Sunday matinee in Port Angeles

  • Jan 25, 2025
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
English National Ballet artists Ashley Coupal and Eric Snyder, pictured in London, have come to dance in the Port Angeles City Ballet’s Winter Gala on Sunday. (English National Ballet)

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

HORSEPLAY: Peninsula disaster volunteers

LAST NIGHT WAS the highly anticipated meeting of volunteers who are willing to take part in the Clallam County Emergence Management Animal Disaster Planning Committee.… Continue reading

Commander R.J. Jameson, center, exits the change of command ceremony following his assumption of the role on Friday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Naval Magazine Indian Island sees change in command

Cmdr. R.J. Jameson steps into role after duties across world

Commander R.J. Jameson, center, exits the change of command ceremony following his assumption of the role on Friday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
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Physician officer goes back to roots

OMC’s new hire aims to build services

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Readers give $111K in donations to Home Fund

Donations can be made for community grants this spring

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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

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Forks’ Molly Hampton pressures Raymond-South Bend’s Berklee Morley while Raven Madisyn San (12) and Spartan Bailey Johnson (1) look on. The Ravens held off a late Forks rally to win 54-47.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks’ comeback bid falls shy

Spartans likely to share league crown

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Forks’ Molly Hampton pressures Raymond-South Bend’s Berklee Morley while Raven Madisyn San (12) and Spartan Bailey Johnson (1) look on. The Ravens held off a late Forks rally to win 54-47.
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Sequim’s Jayms Vilona controls his Olympic opponent on the way to a 19-3 technical fall victory in the Wolves’ dual-meet victory over the Trojans.

WRESTLING: Dual-meet success on Sequim senior night

Sequim wrestlers pinned down a senior night Olympic League dual meet victory in a 44-35 triumph over Olympic at Rick Kaps Gymnasium this… Continue reading

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Sequim’s Jayms Vilona controls his Olympic opponent on the way to a 19-3 technical fall victory in the Wolves’ dual-meet victory over the Trojans.
A ship passes by Mount Baker in the Strait of Juan de Fuca as seen from the Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday morning. The weather forecast continues to be chilly this week as overnight temperatures are expected to hover around freezing. Daytime highs are expected to be in the mid-40s through the weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Off in the distance …

A ship passes by Mount Baker in the Strait of Juan de Fuca as seen from the Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday morning. The… Continue reading

A ship passes by Mount Baker in the Strait of Juan de Fuca as seen from the Port Angeles City Pier on Wednesday morning. The weather forecast continues to be chilly this week as overnight temperatures are expected to hover around freezing. Daytime highs are expected to be in the mid-40s through the weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County to install anti-human trafficking signs

Prosecuting attorney to challenge other jurisdictions to follow suit

ISSUES OF FAITH: Striving to be in the present

JANUARY IS REALLY going by fast for me. All the work I put off over the holidays, I feel, needs to get done “now.” My… Continue reading

Officers elected to Port of PT’s Industrial Development Corporation

Surveyor to determine value of 1890 wooden tugboat

Portion of Old Olympic Highway to be resurfaced

Project will cost about $951,000

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Dylan Wald and Elle Macy are Principal Dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet, who will be headlining the Winter Ballet Gala, performing Benjamin Millipied's "Appassionata Pas de Deux," set to Beethoven's Sonata No. 23.

Winter Ballet Gala featured this weekend

A ballet performance, a storytelling about a 500-mile journey across Spain and volunteer tree planting highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. •… Continue reading

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Dylan Wald and Elle Macy are Principal Dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet, who will be headlining the Winter Ballet Gala, performing Benjamin Millipied's "Appassionata Pas de Deux," set to Beethoven's Sonata No. 23.
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Carliese O’Brien shields the ball from Skagit Valley’s Paige Mason while looking for a teammate during the Pirates’ 66-62 win over the Cardinals. Mason is a 2024 Port Angeles High School graduate.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women hang on for hard-fought win

The Peninsula College women’s basketball team, shorthanded with two of its main players out with injury, struggled down the stretch against Skagit… Continue reading

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Carliese O’Brien shields the ball from Skagit Valley’s Paige Mason while looking for a teammate during the Pirates’ 66-62 win over the Cardinals. Mason is a 2024 Port Angeles High School graduate.
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Peninsula’s Isaiah Lopez makes contact with Skagit Valley’s Parker Nickerson, a 2024 Port Angeles High School graduate, during the Pirates’ 72-60 loss to the No. 1 ranked Cardinals.
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Peninsula’s Isaiah Lopez makes contact with Skagit Valley’s Parker Nickerson, a 2024 Port Angeles High School graduate, during the Pirates’ 72-60 loss to the No. 1 ranked Cardinals.