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ISSUES OF FAITH: Can shopping be a spiritual experience?

IT’S BLACK FRIDAY and one of the biggest days for retail sales of the year. I once went shopping at a mall on Black Friday… Continue reading

Live music performances set this weekend

Live music performances will be conducted on the Peninsula this weekend. They include: • Carla Main and Friends will perform from 4:30 to 6:30 tonight… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend on track to hit revenue goal

Agency receives eight bids on stormwater treatment project

Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

The Rev. Teresa Barrett will present “The Process of Hope.” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Barrett is the guest speaker… Continue reading

A wild steelhead held in the water on a coastal Washington river. Photo by Chase Gunnell/WDFW

OUTDOORS: Coastal steelhead regulations released; season opens Monday on most area streams

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fishery managers on Wednesday announced regulations for the state’s 2024-25 coastal steelhead season. Most major steelhead… Continue reading

A wild steelhead held in the water on a coastal Washington river. Photo by Chase Gunnell/WDFW
Eastern Washington University Athletics Forks’ Luke Dahlgren, front, has been named All-Big Sky honorable mention after starting all 12 games on the offensive line and serving as captain of the Eastern Washington Eagles.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Forks’ Luke Dahlgren earns All-Big Sky Conference honorable mention for Eastern Washington

Eastern Washington football team captain and redshirt senior offensive lineman Luke Dahlgren, a 2019 Forks High School graduate, was named All-Big Sky… Continue reading

Eastern Washington University Athletics Forks’ Luke Dahlgren, front, has been named All-Big Sky honorable mention after starting all 12 games on the offensive line and serving as captain of the Eastern Washington Eagles.
Photo courtesy Sarah Campbell/ Sequim High School junior Riley Campbell received a Letterman jacket on Nov. 9 for her years of service volunteering with the Wolf Pack youth football and cheer program. She started in the organization in kindergarten.

AREA SPORTS: Varsity-level volunteer Riley Campbell awarded letter jacket

Wolf Pack youth football honors volunteer

  • Nov 28, 2024
  • By Matthew Nash Olympic Peninsula News Group
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Photo courtesy Sarah Campbell/ Sequim High School junior Riley Campbell received a Letterman jacket on Nov. 9 for her years of service volunteering with the Wolf Pack youth football and cheer program. She started in the organization in kindergarten.

OUTDOORS: ONP’s Ridge Road winter operations beginning Friday

Olympic National Park’s Hurricane Ridge Road winter operations will begin Friday and — weather permitting— the road to the ridge is set… Continue reading

Tamara Clinger decorates a tree with the theme of “Frosted Cranberries” on Monday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The helping hand is Margie Logerwell. More than three dozen trees will be available for viewing during the 34th annual Festival of Trees event this weekend. Tickets are available at www.omhf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Finishing touches

Tamara Clinger decorates a tree with the theme of “Frosted Cranberries” on Monday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The helping hand… Continue reading

Tamara Clinger decorates a tree with the theme of “Frosted Cranberries” on Monday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The helping hand is Margie Logerwell. More than three dozen trees will be available for viewing during the 34th annual Festival of Trees event this weekend. Tickets are available at www.omhf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jaiden Dokken, Clallam County’s first poet laureate, will wrap up their term in March. Applications for the next poet laureate position, which will run from April 2025 to March 2027, are open until Dec. 9. To apply, visit NOLS.org/NextPoet. (North Olympic Library System)

Applications open for Clallam poet laureate

Two-year position will run from April 2025 to March 2027

Jaiden Dokken, Clallam County’s first poet laureate, will wrap up their term in March. Applications for the next poet laureate position, which will run from April 2025 to March 2027, are open until Dec. 9. To apply, visit NOLS.org/NextPoet. (North Olympic Library System)
The YMCA of Port Angeles was May recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. Staff and customers raised more than $593 to support the YMCA. Pictured, from left, are Joey Belanger, the YMCA’s vice president for operations, and Ryan French, the chief financial officer at Jim’s Pharmacy.
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Charity of the month

The YMCA of Port Angeles was May recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. Staff and customers raised more than… Continue reading

The YMCA of Port Angeles was May recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. Staff and customers raised more than $593 to support the YMCA. Pictured, from left, are Joey Belanger, the YMCA’s vice president for operations, and Ryan French, the chief financial officer at Jim’s Pharmacy.

Grants to help Port Angeles port upgrades

Projects, equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Joseph Molotsky holds Jet, a Harris’s hawk. Jet, 14 or 15, has been at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue for about seven years. Jet used to hunt with a falconer and was brought to the rescue after sustaining injuries while attempting to escape an attack from a gray horned owl in Eastern Washington. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Wild bird rescue to host open house

Officials to showcase expanded educational facilities

Joseph Molotsky holds Jet, a Harris’s hawk. Jet, 14 or 15, has been at Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue for about seven years. Jet used to hunt with a falconer and was brought to the rescue after sustaining injuries while attempting to escape an attack from a gray horned owl in Eastern Washington. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
Festival of Trees QR code.

Contest: Vote for your favorite Festival of Trees

The Peninsula Daily News is thrilled to announce its first online Festival of Trees - Vote for Your Favorite Tree contest. This contest will be… Continue reading

Festival of Trees QR code.
Leilah Franich, of the Port Angeles girls bowling team rolls against rival Sequim on Monday at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS PREP BOWLING: Sequim bounces back to edge PA 4-3.

The Sequim bowling team nipped Port Angeles 4-3 Monday afternoon in an Olympic League contest at Laurel Lanes. After a strong first… Continue reading

Leilah Franich, of the Port Angeles girls bowling team rolls against rival Sequim on Monday at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Lincoln High School students Azrael Harvey, left, and Tara Coville prepare dressing that will be part of 80 Thanksgiving dinners made from scratch and sold by the Salish Sea Hospitality and Ecotourism program. All meal preparation had to be finished by today, when people will pick up the grab-and-go meals they ordered for Thursday’s holiday. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Students at Wildcat Cafe prepare Thanksgiving dinners

Lincoln High School efforts create 80 meals ready to eat

Lincoln High School students Azrael Harvey, left, and Tara Coville prepare dressing that will be part of 80 Thanksgiving dinners made from scratch and sold by the Salish Sea Hospitality and Ecotourism program. All meal preparation had to be finished by today, when people will pick up the grab-and-go meals they ordered for Thursday’s holiday. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
The light art piece, “Jellyfish” by Nicole Johnson, was part of the 2023 Light Art Experience in Webster’s Woods. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

Makers Market, Light Art Experience to open Friday

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will open its Makers Market and the Light Art Experience on Friday. The market will be… Continue reading

The light art piece, “Jellyfish” by Nicole Johnson, was part of the 2023 Light Art Experience in Webster’s Woods. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office uses this armored vehicle, which is mine-resistant and ambush protected. (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)

OPNET to buy armored vehicle

Purchase to help with various situations

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office uses this armored vehicle, which is mine-resistant and ambush protected. (Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)

PAT NEAL: A Dirty Thirties Thanksgiving

THIS IS A story about Thanksgiving in the olden days. It was back in the Depression, the Dirty Thirties. Pa had somehow got some turkey… Continue reading

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Peninsula Home Fund celebrates 35 years

New partnership will focus on grants to nonprofits

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