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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Participants in the North Olympic Discovery Marathon OMC 5K/10K race take off from the start at Port Angeles City Pier on Saturday.

NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA MARATHON: Winners come from near and far on opening day

More than 500 runners from as far away as Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Amsterdam braved the drizzly weather of the North Olympic… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Participants in the North Olympic Discovery Marathon OMC 5K/10K race take off from the start at Port Angeles City Pier on Saturday.

A GROWING CONCERN: Make thyme for Mediterranean herbs

AS WE MOVE into the very beginning of June, our gardens should be mostly planted and a few new areas may be desired or some… Continue reading

Artist Christopher Keywood of San Diego creates a mermaid mural on the north side of HarborTowne Mall in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday. Keywood, along with the mall's owner, decided that the blank wall deserved a decoration visible from The Gateway transit center and nearby North Lincoln Street. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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A mermaid’s touch

Artist Christopher Keywood of San Diego creates a mermaid mural on the north side of HarborTowne Mall in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday. Keywood, along… Continue reading

Artist Christopher Keywood of San Diego creates a mermaid mural on the north side of HarborTowne Mall in downtown Port Angeles on Thursday. Keywood, along with the mall's owner, decided that the blank wall deserved a decoration visible from The Gateway transit center and nearby North Lincoln Street. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Program Directors Nathan Rodahl of Port Angeles High School, Traci Tyson of Stevens Middle School and Hamilton Elementary, Carol Koenig of Jefferson and Roosevelt Elementary schools and Amber Roskamp of Dry Creek and Franklin Elementary schools will lead the All City String Review on Thursday.

All City String Review set for Thursday

The Port Angeles School District orchestra program will host the 40th All City String Review with two performances on Thursday. The free… Continue reading

Program Directors Nathan Rodahl of Port Angeles High School, Traci Tyson of Stevens Middle School and Hamilton Elementary, Carol Koenig of Jefferson and Roosevelt Elementary schools and Amber Roskamp of Dry Creek and Franklin Elementary schools will lead the All City String Review on Thursday.

AREA SPORTS: Local 155 earns walk-off win in Babe Ruth action

Begin postseason tournament Saturday

Headline from 1860s newspaper.

BACK WHEN: Olympic Peninsula history shows the danger of vigilantism

SOME PEOPLE ARE known by your local community to be the sources of recent crimes. What do you do? What would any reasonable community do?… Continue reading

Headline from 1860s newspaper.

Drive-by shooter sentenced to 5½ years in prison

Port Angeles man convicted after two-day jury trial

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

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Port Angeles to conduct public hearing on capital facilities plan

Meetings across Clallam and Jefferson counties

High school, college graduation ceremonies set this month

High school and college graduation ceremonies will begin next weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. They will include: • Clallam Bay K-12 School plans to… Continue reading

Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County Executive Director Jamie Maciejewski speaks to a crowd of more than 50 people at the future site of Habitat's affordable housing development in Port Hadlock on Thursday. Habitat hopes to build at least 150 permanently affordable homes at the site, known as the Mason Street project, and on Thursday community members were invited to Port Hadlock to celebrate the next phase of the development. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Mason Street project moves into next phase

Habitat for Humanity’s Port Hadlock neighborhood starts permitting process

Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County Executive Director Jamie Maciejewski speaks to a crowd of more than 50 people at the future site of Habitat's affordable housing development in Port Hadlock on Thursday. Habitat hopes to build at least 150 permanently affordable homes at the site, known as the Mason Street project, and on Thursday community members were invited to Port Hadlock to celebrate the next phase of the development. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)
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Memorial event for former publisher next week

Ask anyone who knew the late John Brewer, and you’ll hear tales of how he helped in some way. Some of those… Continue reading

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Emily Matthiesen An otter shows off a starry flounder catch in Sequim Bay in April. The North Olympic Flounder Pounder derby in Port Angeles on June 8 will pay out the top five heaviest fish with a $3,000 first-place prize.

OUTDOORS: Flounder derby makes debut June 8 in Port Angeles

Cash prizes totaling $5,500 going to the top five flatfish

Emily Matthiesen An otter shows off a starry flounder catch in Sequim Bay in April. The North Olympic Flounder Pounder derby in Port Angeles on June 8 will pay out the top five heaviest fish with a $3,000 first-place prize.

Peninsula College to celebrate Spring Arts Week

Peninsula College will celebrate Spring Arts Week. The free annual celebration will take place at various venues on the college’s Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles commissioners examine replacement of log loader

Officials approve engineering firm for project at Marine Terminals 1 and 3

The Port Angeles NJROTC Air Rifle team competes during a recent regional event. Team members from left, Joseph Maggard, Michael Aranda, Sadie Miller, Tallulah Meneely, and Brenna Murphy. The Air Rifle team is raising funds to travel to the Civilian Marksmanship Program's National competition in July.

SHOOTING SPORTS: Port Angeles NJROTC advances to National competition in Ohio in July

Cadets Sadie Miller, Joseph Maggard, Michael Aranda, Tallulah Meneely and Brenna Murphy.

The Port Angeles NJROTC Air Rifle team competes during a recent regional event. Team members from left, Joseph Maggard, Michael Aranda, Sadie Miller, Tallulah Meneely, and Brenna Murphy. The Air Rifle team is raising funds to travel to the Civilian Marksmanship Program's National competition in July.

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

Lt. Comm. (Ret.) Doug Adams of the U.S. Navy served as the keynote speaker on Monday during the annual Memorial Day service at Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles. Adams, who now lives in Seattle, was at the same base in Afghanistan on May 29, 2011, when Capt. Joseph Schultz and others were killed. About 75 people attended the ceremony, which included a ceremony for Logan Hall, who died on July 13, 2018. His sister, Savannah Giddings, laid a special wreath to honor him. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Remembering the fallen

Lt. Comm. (Ret.) Doug Adams of the U.S. Navy served as the keynote speaker on Monday during the annual Memorial Day service at Captain Joseph… Continue reading

Lt. Comm. (Ret.) Doug Adams of the U.S. Navy served as the keynote speaker on Monday during the annual Memorial Day service at Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles. Adams, who now lives in Seattle, was at the same base in Afghanistan on May 29, 2011, when Capt. Joseph Schultz and others were killed. About 75 people attended the ceremony, which included a ceremony for Logan Hall, who died on July 13, 2018. His sister, Savannah Giddings, laid a special wreath to honor him. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
A work crew from the Texas-based ForeverLawn rolls up a piece of cut playground surface in the parking lot of Erickson Playfield in preparation for installation at the nearby Dream Playground in Port Angeles. The crew was contracted to install the padded play area after a five-day community build last week to replace portions of the playground that were destroyed by arson in December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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New play surface

A work crew from the Texas-based ForeverLawn rolls up a piece of cut playground surface in the parking lot of Erickson Playfield in preparation for… Continue reading

A work crew from the Texas-based ForeverLawn rolls up a piece of cut playground surface in the parking lot of Erickson Playfield in preparation for installation at the nearby Dream Playground in Port Angeles. The crew was contracted to install the padded play area after a five-day community build last week to replace portions of the playground that were destroyed by arson in December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
An example of the “Blooming Artists” exhibition from 2023.

‘Blooming Artists’ opens Tuesday in Port Angeles

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host a reception for the opening of its third exhibition of “Blooming Artists” fro 3… Continue reading

An example of the “Blooming Artists” exhibition from 2023.