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Principal Bonnie Bird (Aubrey Tanner) talks to Captain Curry (Matilda Redlin) and Rich Gravee (Henry Wendel) about the International Chicken Cooking Contest while reporters Burgundy Divan (Isaac Wendel) and Carla (Alivia Halverson) try to solve the murder of a famous chef in the Port Angeles Community Players’ Children’s Theater production of Murder Most Fowl this weekend. (Port Angeles Community Players)

Port Angeles Community Players to host ‘Murder Most Fowl’

The Port Angeles Community Players’ Children’s Theater will present “Murder Most Fowl” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m.… Continue reading

Principal Bonnie Bird (Aubrey Tanner) talks to Captain Curry (Matilda Redlin) and Rich Gravee (Henry Wendel) about the International Chicken Cooking Contest while reporters Burgundy Divan (Isaac Wendel) and Carla (Alivia Halverson) try to solve the murder of a famous chef in the Port Angeles Community Players’ Children’s Theater production of Murder Most Fowl this weekend. (Port Angeles Community Players)

Rural Community Leadership Program to be conducted this fall

Rural Development Initiatives will offer its Rural Community Leadership Program in Clallam County beginning in October. The free, skills-based program will help… Continue reading

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Peninsula College's Lauren Lases heads the ball while surrounded by a host of Columbia Basin defenders and teammate Gemma Rowland during the Pirates' 3-0 win over the Hawks at the NWAC Friendlies in Tukwila.
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Peninsula College's Lauren Lases heads the ball while surrounded by a host of Columbia Basin defenders and teammate Gemma Rowland during the Pirates' 3-0 win over the Hawks at the NWAC Friendlies in Tukwila.
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Peninsula College's Nil Grau controls the ball in the goal box while looking to score during the Pirates' 3-1 win over Tacoma at the NWAC Friendlies in Tacoma.

MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula College breaks through in tussle with Tacoma

Sophomore success sustained Peninsula College as the reigning Northwest Athletic Conference men’s soccer champions opened their title defense with a 3-1 win over… Continue reading

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Peninsula College's Nil Grau controls the ball in the goal box while looking to score during the Pirates' 3-1 win over Tacoma at the NWAC Friendlies in Tacoma.

PAT NEAL: The wrath of the Thunderbird

YOU KNOW LIGHTNING’S getting closer when you feel the thunder in your bones. That’s how close it got during the recent storm that battered the… Continue reading

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu sits in the Port Angeles Public Library in conjunction with a meeting of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The model eventually will be cast in bronze and installed in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. Frank received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for his work in fighting for tribal treaty rights and obligations. The statue will be on display at the library through Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tribal activist

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu sits in the Port Angeles Public Library… Continue reading

A model of a statue of Nisqually tribal activist Billy Frank Jr. by Chinese American sculptor Haiying Wu sits in the Port Angeles Public Library in conjunction with a meeting of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The model eventually will be cast in bronze and installed in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. Frank received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for his work in fighting for tribal treaty rights and obligations. The statue will be on display at the library through Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Invasive European green crabs have been discovered in the Quileute River estuary for the first time. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

European green crabs detected in Quillayute River estuary

European green crabs have been detected for the first time in the Quillayute River estuary. A joint survey conducted by the Quileute… Continue reading

Invasive European green crabs have been discovered in the Quileute River estuary for the first time. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Halfway House restaurant staff supporting firefighting efforts

2620 Road Fire remains at 8 percent containment

Overnight bridge closures set on Hood Canal

The state Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight closures of the Hood Canal bridge on state Highway 104 at 10 p.m. Thursday and… Continue reading

Luther Hughes.

Poetry on the Salish Sea event set for Sunday

Poetry on the Salish Sea will continue its second Summer Sunday Readings from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The free annual… Continue reading

Luther Hughes.
The McKinley Paper Co. mill in Port Angeles sits mostly idle on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles mill workers to get benefits

McKinley designated ‘permanent closure’

The McKinley Paper Co. mill in Port Angeles sits mostly idle on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Film Festival to host sneak peek

Preview screenings Saturday at historic Port Gamble Theater

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Peninsula's Nil Grau, center, fights off Skagit Valley's Fernando Velazquez at Peninsula College's Wally Sigmar Field last season. Grau, who scored eight goals last year for the Pirates, returns for his sophomore season this year.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates loaded for NWAC title defense

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team will come in to this season being one of the most-hunted teams in the NWAC. Not… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Nil Grau, center, fights off Skagit Valley's Fernando Velazquez at Peninsula College's Wally Sigmar Field last season. Grau, who scored eight goals last year for the Pirates, returns for his sophomore season this year.
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Noah Oberly and Cooper Disque eye the turn buoy in Port Angeles Harbor as they get ready to head back to shore.

ROWING: OPRA members shine at home beach sprint regatta

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association hosted its second annual beach sprint regatta on Hollywood Beach earlier this month. The event brought in… Continue reading

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Noah Oberly and Cooper Disque eye the turn buoy in Port Angeles Harbor as they get ready to head back to shore.
Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

CLALLAM COUNTY FAIR: Demolition derby gets airborne

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford, lifting his car off the ground during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this… Continue reading

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sarah Spaeth, left, and Kate Godman stand at a viewpoint on the north side of the newly acquired Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Chimacum Ridge Community Forest opening to the public next year

Jefferson Land Trust completes acquisition, continues its fundraising phase

Sarah Spaeth, left, and Kate Godman stand at a viewpoint on the north side of the newly acquired Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
“Mountains Revealed,” a soft pastel by Scott Pascoe of Port Townsend, appears in Northwind Art’s new “Northwest Expressions” show at Jeanette Best Gallery.

‘Northwest Expressions’ celebrates the feeling of life

The feeling of life in the Pacific Northwest comes through — in a variety of ways — in the 40 works of… Continue reading

“Mountains Revealed,” a soft pastel by Scott Pascoe of Port Townsend, appears in Northwind Art’s new “Northwest Expressions” show at Jeanette Best Gallery.

Clallam County commissioners discuss opportunity fund priorities

Financing for affordable workforce housing garners support

East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews extinguished a brush fire on Saturday adjacent to Coon Plumbing in Port Townsend. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Firefighters extinguish brush fire near Port Townsend

East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews extinguished a brush fire along Mill Road on Saturday. Since there were no fire hydrants in the… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire Rescue crews extinguished a brush fire on Saturday adjacent to Coon Plumbing in Port Townsend. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)