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OMC CEO lobbies on Medicare efforts

Hospital converting travelers to staff

Paving work to begin Monday in Sequim

Work crews from Lakeside Industries, PR Systems and Stripe Rite will begin paving work on north Sequim Avenue from 8 a.m. to 6… Continue reading

Pedestrian hospitalized after she was hit in construction zone

A pedestrian was injured and transported to a hospital after she was struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 101. Christina A. Kor,… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Pride on the Pier event set for Sunday

Music, vendors to be featured during three-hour event

Port Townsend Summer Band to play ‘Wild West’ show Sunday

The Port Townsend Summer Band will present “Wild West!” at 1 p.m. Sunday. The free concert will be outdoors at Pope Marine… Continue reading

Matthew Daline and Kristin Smith, forground, will perform with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra’s chamber concert orchestra on Sunday. (Karl Perry)

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra concert Sunday

The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will present a chamber concert at 2 p.m. Sunday. The free concert, part of the symphony’s Chamber… Continue reading

Matthew Daline and Kristin Smith, forground, will perform with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra’s chamber concert orchestra on Sunday. (Karl Perry)
Assemblage artist Steve Parmelee, pictured at his workbench, will come to Port Townsend’s Northwind Art School to teach a workshop July 9-10. (photo courtesy Steve Parmelee)

Summer classes under way at nonprofit art school

Three kinds of joy come from found-object art, said Steve Parmelee, one of the teaching artists coming to teach classes at the… Continue reading

Assemblage artist Steve Parmelee, pictured at his workbench, will come to Port Townsend’s Northwind Art School to teach a workshop July 9-10. (photo courtesy Steve Parmelee)

Sunday program set for OUUF

Joseph Bednarik will present “Is Tolerance Tolerable?” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Love is Violet: Crown of Light” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
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Port Angeles pitcher John Vaara throws for the Port Angeles Roughriders back in 2022. Vaara has returned to Civic Field as a member of the Lefties after going through 19 months of rehab for a torn UCL.

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: John Vaara bringing it back at home

It’s been a long, arduous journey for John Vaara back to Civic Field. But so far, it’s been a solidly successful return.… Continue reading

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Port Angeles pitcher John Vaara throws for the Port Angeles Roughriders back in 2022. Vaara has returned to Civic Field as a member of the Lefties after going through 19 months of rehab for a torn UCL.
Port Angeles Lefties

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties hurt by unearned runs, stranded baserunners

The Port Angeles Lefties made just one error in Wednesday night’s game against Ridgefield, but it was a costly two-out error that… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties
From left, Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association team members Sean Halberg, Quinn Peterson, Amanda Chan, Abby Cassel and Haverly Peterson compete in the Rat Island Regatta. (Courtesy of OPRA)

OLYMPIC PENINSULA ROWING ASSOCIATION: Four OPRA boats take first at Rat Island Regatta

PORT TOWNSEND— Four boats from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association traveled to Port Townsend on Saturday to compete in the 30th annual Rat Island Regatta,… Continue reading

From left, Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association team members Sean Halberg, Quinn Peterson, Amanda Chan, Abby Cassel and Haverly Peterson compete in the Rat Island Regatta. (Courtesy of OPRA)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Wilder A drops season opener

Wilder A lost its first game of the year, giving up five runs in the top of the seventh in a 9-5… Continue reading

The Fulton Street Chamber Players including, from left, Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray and Cordula Merks, will be joined by Stephen Balderston and John Weller, not pictured, at Concerts in the Barn this weekend.

Fulton Street Chamber Players to perform at Concerts in the Barn

The Fulton Street Chamber Players will perform cello quintets by Franz Schubert and Alexander Glazunov at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The players… Continue reading

The Fulton Street Chamber Players including, from left, Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray and Cordula Merks, will be joined by Stephen Balderston and John Weller, not pictured, at Concerts in the Barn this weekend.

Elwha River bridge to close for nine days

A nine-day closure of the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. July 12.… Continue reading

Firefighters rappelled down bluffs north of Sequim overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca to help a woman who was hurt while looking for her dog that fell. (John McKenzie)

Firefighters use technical rescue to help woman

Rescue crews performed a technical rescue down the bluffs and along the shoreline west of Sequim to help an injured woman. Battalion Chief… Continue reading

Firefighters rappelled down bluffs north of Sequim overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca to help a woman who was hurt while looking for her dog that fell. (John McKenzie)
The Jesse Roper band, pictured at the Juan de Fuca Festival in May, will play the Concerts on the Pier series Aug. 7 in Port Angeles. (Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts)

Free outdoor concert series brings new acts to Peninsula

‘Fun becomes addictive’ at events in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Sequim

The Jesse Roper band, pictured at the Juan de Fuca Festival in May, will play the Concerts on the Pier series Aug. 7 in Port Angeles. (Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts)

Port Angeles School District eyes levy, bond this fall

Measures would appear on general election ballot

Port Angeles Lefties

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties lose another close one

The Port Angeles Lefties are hanging tough in nearly every game this season, but they suffered another close loss, 4-2 to Ridgefield,… Continue reading

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