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Makah to cut ribbon on sawmill

Mill built in partnership with Port Angeles company

Sequim jazz singer Sarah Shea is pictured on stage before a windy set at Lake Chelan Jazz and Wine Festival on May 17. (Sarah Shea)

Jazz singer perseveres through life’s changes

Sarah Shea pushes through injuries for jazz career

Sequim jazz singer Sarah Shea is pictured on stage before a windy set at Lake Chelan Jazz and Wine Festival on May 17. (Sarah Shea)
Runners take off at the beginning of the 2023 North Olympic Discovery Marathon at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. The two days of running events begins Saturday with the marathon and half-marathon Sunday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

RUN THE PENINSULA: North Olympic Discovery Marathon returns this weekend

Saturday and Sunday is North Olympic Discovery Marathon weekend, as the jewel event of the Run the Peninsula series will bring hundreds… Continue reading

Runners take off at the beginning of the 2023 North Olympic Discovery Marathon at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. The two days of running events begins Saturday with the marathon and half-marathon Sunday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Lefties Roberto Nunez III returns safely to first base last summer at Civic Field in Port Angeles. Nunez, who hit .330 for Port Angeles last season, will return this year along with 9 other players. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

WEST COAST LEAGUE BASEBALL: Port Angeles Lefties bring back a lot of familiar faces

Players coming from Japan, Korea and Saipan

Lefties Roberto Nunez III returns safely to first base last summer at Civic Field in Port Angeles. Nunez, who hit .330 for Port Angeles last season, will return this year along with 9 other players. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Days added for shrimping at Discovery Bay and Admiralty Inlet

The recreational spot shrimp fishery will reopen in the Discovery Bay Shrimp District today and Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) on June 13.… Continue reading

Helen and Greg Starr, executors of James Minsky’s estate, cut the ribbon for LtCol James Minsky Place on May 17 with Cheri Tinker, executive director of Sarge’s Veteran Support, right, and Sarge’s board president Lorri Gilchrist, and city council members Harmony Rutter and Rachel Anderson. The facility will permanently house six disabled and/or elderly veterans in Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Minsky Place opens to support elderly, disabled veterans

Sarge’s Veteran Support seeks five veterans for permanent housing

Helen and Greg Starr, executors of James Minsky’s estate, cut the ribbon for LtCol James Minsky Place on May 17 with Cheri Tinker, executive director of Sarge’s Veteran Support, right, and Sarge’s board president Lorri Gilchrist, and city council members Harmony Rutter and Rachel Anderson. The facility will permanently house six disabled and/or elderly veterans in Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Isabel Elena Pérez's pastel "Robins in the Alder Grove" is part of the "Lush Language" exhibit at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

Art Walk brings ‘Lush’ work and more to downtown Port Townsend

Pastels, gold mica and the Procreate app all share the space at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery, one of the venues open… Continue reading

Isabel Elena Pérez's pastel "Robins in the Alder Grove" is part of the "Lush Language" exhibit at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

Chimacum Farmers Market to open Sunday

The Chimacum Farmers Market will open for its 2024 season at 10 a.m. Sunday. The market, located next to the Chimacum Corner Farmstand,… Continue reading

Clallam renews pact with investigative unit

Agencies are currently investigating shooting outside PA bank

Motrocyclist airlifted to Harborview after wreck

A San Antonio man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after the motorcycle he was riding ran into the back of… Continue reading

Work like this table from woodworker Robin McKann will be on display at Gallery-9 during the Art Walk on Saturday.

Oil paintings, pastels, woodworking highlight art walk

Gallery 9, Northwind Art and the Port Townsend Gallery will be among the venues participating in the Art Walk from 5 p.m.… Continue reading

Work like this table from woodworker Robin McKann will be on display at Gallery-9 during the Art Walk on Saturday.
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Olympic Theatre Arts to stage musical ‘Spamalot’

Production adapted from iconic ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’

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PAT NEAL: A bad bunch of bugs

IT IS DAYLIGHT in the swamp. The faint cooing of the band tailed pigeon ushers in the dawn of another soggy spring day. Beneath the… Continue reading

Public comment opens on Dabob Bay

State, county look to move lands into conservation

WomenSpirit Coalition staff members include, from left, Michelle Williams, Dee Koester, Diane Good (in back), Cheryl Neskahi Coan, Erin Lopez Neskahi and Laura Fierro. (Elijah Sussman/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

WomenSpirit Coalition steps into new phase

Multi-service indigenous support organization to host open house

WomenSpirit Coalition staff members include, from left, Michelle Williams, Dee Koester, Diane Good (in back), Cheryl Neskahi Coan, Erin Lopez Neskahi and Laura Fierro. (Elijah Sussman/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Members of the Mount Olympus Detachment 897 of the Marine Corps League give a 21-gun salute at a Memorial Day ceremony at Mt. Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles on Monday. The ceremony was hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6787 of Carlsborg and was one of many Memorial Day events held in Clallam and Jefferson counties. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Solemn ceremonies honor America’s war dead

Flowers, wreaths decorate gravesites across Peninsula

Members of the Mount Olympus Detachment 897 of the Marine Corps League give a 21-gun salute at a Memorial Day ceremony at Mt. Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles on Monday. The ceremony was hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6787 of Carlsborg and was one of many Memorial Day events held in Clallam and Jefferson counties. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Chamber music workshop to include performances this weekend

Centrum’s Chamber Music Intensive Workshop will open two student performances and a concert by its resident quartet to the public on Fort… Continue reading

Clallam County pledges $1.5 million toward preserving two farms

Commitment would provide conservation easement on properties

Cub Scout Pack 4479 laid about 200 flags on graves of veterans at the Catholic Cemetery and the front portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery in Port Townsend to honor veterans who have died. Jim Little from Troop 1479 instructed the Cub Scouts prior to dispersing them to post the colors at graves that were either marked with a star by the VFW or an inscription that indicates past military service. (Lolo Sherwood)
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Honoring veterans

Cub Scout Pack 4479 laid about 200 flags on graves of veterans at the Catholic Cemetery and the front portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery in… Continue reading

Cub Scout Pack 4479 laid about 200 flags on graves of veterans at the Catholic Cemetery and the front portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery in Port Townsend to honor veterans who have died. Jim Little from Troop 1479 instructed the Cub Scouts prior to dispersing them to post the colors at graves that were either marked with a star by the VFW or an inscription that indicates past military service. (Lolo Sherwood)
Margaret Emery, seen here, and Anabel Moore will perform to “Waltz of the Flowers” and to music by French composer Jacques Ibert on Saturday at Port Townsend High School.

Ling Hui Dance performance set Saturday at Port Townsend High School

Ling Hui Dance will present its 28th performance with shows at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m Saturday. This year’s annual show, entitled… Continue reading

Margaret Emery, seen here, and Anabel Moore will perform to “Waltz of the Flowers” and to music by French composer Jacques Ibert on Saturday at Port Townsend High School.