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Quilcene receiver Taylor Boling taps both of his feet down on the sideline while making a catch against Lummi on Saturday. Quilcene won 38-18. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene romps; Neah Bay crushes Wahkiakum

The Quilcene Rangers football team got off to a nice start to their 2024 season as Andrew Perez and Robert Evans each had… Continue reading

Quilcene receiver Taylor Boling taps both of his feet down on the sideline while making a catch against Lummi on Saturday. Quilcene won 38-18. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Jeepers Creepers boat driven by Dillon Cummings of Sequim with navigator Mike McAneny makes its way through the course at the Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. The finals of the sprint boat racing took place Sunday. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

SPRINT BOATS: Loud and fast boats back this weekend

The Jeepers Creepers boat driven by Dillon Cummings of Sequim, with navigator Mike McAneny, makes its way through the course at the Extreme Sports Park… Continue reading

The Jeepers Creepers boat driven by Dillon Cummings of Sequim with navigator Mike McAneny makes its way through the course at the Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. The finals of the sprint boat racing took place Sunday. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP FOOTBALL: Mistakes cost Roughriders early against Mount Baker

The Port Angeles Roughriders football team made too many mistakes early and allowed too many big plays in falling into a deep hole… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
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Steve Chapin, left, and Devin Dwyer discuss the finer points of Dwyer’s 1980 standard cedar Pocock designed single scull. This scull and others are part of a display at the Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina

Racing shells made from cedar built with ‘oral tradition’

Builder obtained smooth-grained materials from Forks mill

Steve Mullensky/ for Peninsula Daily News

Steve Chapin, left, and Devin Dwyer discuss the finer points of Dwyer’s 1980 standard cedar Pocock designed single scull. This scull and others are part of a display at the Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina
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Sequim goalkeeper Kalli Grove clutched the ball after withstanding a shot by Port Angeles' Piper Alton, lower left, and is assisted by teammateAmara Gonzalez, center, on Tuesday in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER PREVIEW: Sequim reloads for another state run

Experienced returners, talented freshmen

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Sequim goalkeeper Kalli Grove clutched the ball after withstanding a shot by Port Angeles' Piper Alton, lower left, and is assisted by teammateAmara Gonzalez, center, on Tuesday in Port Angeles.

PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night’s scores from around the state

Friday’s Scores PREP FOOTBALL Sequim 35, Forks 26 Mount Baker 49, Port Angeles 22 Granite Falls 68, East Jefferson 0 Crescent def. Muckleshoot, forfeit ACH… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: In fall, the weed situation can get hairy

AS WE NOW enter September, with its heavy dew on the lawn and yard, pestilence once again begins to raise its destructive head. Slugs will… Continue reading

Eunice Lum, Sue and Mary’s eldest daughter. The image is from a 1922 girl’s sunday school class at the First Baptist Church. Eunice would be about 11 years old.

BACK WHEN: A story of early Chinese Peninsula settlers

WHEN I EXPLORE a cemetery, I often wonder about the lives of the people buried here. Does the name tell me anything? Do the dates… Continue reading

Eunice Lum, Sue and Mary’s eldest daughter. The image is from a 1922 girl’s sunday school class at the First Baptist Church. Eunice would be about 11 years old.

Clallam’s budget projects deficit

County to attempt reduce its expenditures

Daytime alternating traffic planned for Elwha River Bridge

Travelers will see one-way alternating traffic on U.S. Highway 101 near the Elwha River Bridge next week. Contractor crews will put down… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

Housing project to receive $2M from tax fund

Commissioners approve use for North View complex

Jim Hargrove

POINT OF VIEW: Managed forests critical to healthy, resilient forestlands

AS FORMER STATE legislators, we’ve been on the front lines of the work to both protect our natural environment and advocate for a vibrant timber… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2024
  • By Jim Buck and Jim Hargrove Point of View
Jim Hargrove

Security exercise next week at Naval Magazine Indian Island

Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct a security training exercise Tuesday and Wednesday. Training activities on the installation may include loud speaker… Continue reading

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

Nearly two dozen Port Townsend High School and Blue Heron Middle School students wrapped a summer of five-times-a-week weight training and beach conditioning sessions with five-time national bench press champion Brooks Kubik. From left, Kaleb Kruse, Asher Little, Silas Morford, Luke O'hara, Layton Lopeman, Django Lynge, Bryce Harbin, Grady White, Rylen Kruse, Levi Donahue, Manaseh Lanphear Ramirez. Front row from left to right: Victor Paz, Carlos Diaz, Grace Ayer, Maddie Vanags, Mi Amada Lanphear Ramirez, Ursula Schmidt, Zinnia Blatchley, Natalie Hollow-Bist, Finn Evans and Robin Evans. Not pictured: Simon Klontz and Jonah Temple.

PREPS: Port Townsend student-athletes complete summer weight training program

The accomplishments of a committed crop of Port Townsend youth athletes were recently celebrated at an awards ceremony recognizing a summer’s worth… Continue reading

Nearly two dozen Port Townsend High School and Blue Heron Middle School students wrapped a summer of five-times-a-week weight training and beach conditioning sessions with five-time national bench press champion Brooks Kubik. From left, Kaleb Kruse, Asher Little, Silas Morford, Luke O'hara, Layton Lopeman, Django Lynge, Bryce Harbin, Grady White, Rylen Kruse, Levi Donahue, Manaseh Lanphear Ramirez. Front row from left to right: Victor Paz, Carlos Diaz, Grace Ayer, Maddie Vanags, Mi Amada Lanphear Ramirez, Ursula Schmidt, Zinnia Blatchley, Natalie Hollow-Bist, Finn Evans and Robin Evans. Not pictured: Simon Klontz and Jonah Temple.
State Department of Fish and Wildlife
Razor Clams

OUTDOORS: 42 days of tenative razor clam digs planned starting in October

Shellfish managers with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced 42 tentative days of razor clam digs at four… Continue reading

State Department of Fish and Wildlife
Razor Clams
Kaiden Silva of Bellingham rides in the boys U7 category in the second running of the NW Cup at Dry Hill in May. The championship of the seven-race NW Cup series will be held Sunday at Dry Hill, one of three major sporting/outdoor events on the Peninsula this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Mountain bikes, sprint boats and runners to hit Peninsula

Separate events expected to bring hundreds of athletes, spectators to town

Kaiden Silva of Bellingham rides in the boys U7 category in the second running of the NW Cup at Dry Hill in May. The championship of the seven-race NW Cup series will be held Sunday at Dry Hill, one of three major sporting/outdoor events on the Peninsula this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Townsend artist Jordan Carter is the maker of "Delusive Vortex," a handwoven aluminum piece on view at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend. photo by Diane Urbani/Northwind Art

‘Out-of-the-box’ art on view during Art Walk on Saturday

“This piece compelled us,” juror Richard Jesse Watson said of the handwoven aluminum swath. Titled “Delusive Vortex,” the artwork he referred to… Continue reading

Port Townsend artist Jordan Carter is the maker of "Delusive Vortex," a handwoven aluminum piece on view at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend. photo by Diane Urbani/Northwind Art