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Shortstop Alex Angevine makes a play on a ground ball against North Kitsap in an extra tiebreaker game played Tuesday in Poulsbo. North Kitsap was able to hold off Port Angeles 5-2 but the Riders will still be a high seed going into the district tournament. (Nicholas Zeller-Singh/Kitsap News Group)

PREP BASEBALL: Vikings hold off Riders for Olympic League title

Port Angeles second to NK, ranked in top 10 and going to postseason

Shortstop Alex Angevine makes a play on a ground ball against North Kitsap in an extra tiebreaker game played Tuesday in Poulsbo. North Kitsap was able to hold off Port Angeles 5-2 but the Riders will still be a high seed going into the district tournament. (Nicholas Zeller-Singh/Kitsap News Group)
Sequim's Mia Kirner makes a play Tuesday in Sequim against North Mason. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP SOFTBALL: Sequim loses in late innings; Forks sweeps Ilwaco

North Mason was able to break open a close game late against the Sequim softball team, going on to win 11-6. Sequim and… Continue reading

Sequim's Mia Kirner makes a play Tuesday in Sequim against North Mason. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Anderson Lake closed due to Anatoxin-A

The state Parks and Recreation Commission has closed Anderson Lake after monitoring by Jefferson County Public Health revealed dangerous levels of Anatoxin-A.… Continue reading

Renne Brock is the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Citizen of the Year. (Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Brock builds bridges through art, education and media

Sequim chamber’s Citizen of Year known for founding art walk

Renne Brock is the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Citizen of the Year. (Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group)
An artist’s reception for Deborah Maris Lader will be Saturday at Aurora Loop Gallery in Port Townsend.

Artist’s reception set Saturday at Aurora Loop Gallery

There will be a meet and greet for “Alight: solo show by Deborah Maris Lader” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.… Continue reading

An artist’s reception for Deborah Maris Lader will be Saturday at Aurora Loop Gallery in Port Townsend.
Heather Dudley-Nollette.

Bayside director to run for Jefferson County commissioner

Heather Dudley-Nollette seeks District 1 seat

Heather Dudley-Nollette.
Barb Falk, whose painting appears here, will exhibit “The Art of Tranquility” in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Art Gallery at Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

First Friday Art Walk to celebrate Irrigation Festival

The aqua-themed First Friday Art Walk will celebrate the 129th Irrigation Festival from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Maps for the free,… Continue reading

Barb Falk, whose painting appears here, will exhibit “The Art of Tranquility” in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Art Gallery at Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

PAT NEAL: The best Arbor Day ever

HOW WAS YOUR Arbor Day? Traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, Arbor Day is probably the most significant holiday you’ve never heard of,… Continue reading

Pony cruise, car show set for this weekend

The North Olympic Mustang and Cougar Club will sponsor a Pony Cruise at 11 a.m. Saturday and Show and Shine at 9… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders beat Bucs to force extra game

PA to play at Cheney Stadium; Softball has rematch with defending state champion North Kitsap

Port Angeles Roughriders
image Olson to Micheau=Forks shortstop Landen Olson (9) made a great play on a hard hit ground ball then while falling down, threw Ilwaco's runner E Hopkins (45) out on a force at second covered by Spartan Dylan Micheau. Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREP BASEBALL: Forks swept by Ilwaco in battle for league title

The Forks baseball team had a shot for undisputed first place in the Pacific 2B League, but the Spartans found out they still… Continue reading

image Olson to Micheau=Forks shortstop Landen Olson (9) made a great play on a hard hit ground ball then while falling down, threw Ilwaco's runner E Hopkins (45) out on a force at second covered by Spartan Dylan Micheau. Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

Woman recovered off Neah Bay coast identified

A woman who was recovered from the water a half-mile off the coast of Neah Bay has been identified. Jeryca W. Phelps,… Continue reading

Conor and Liam DeWolf of Port Angeles celebrate their second- and fourth-place all around medals from the 2024 Men’s Western National Championship late last week in Chandler, Ariz. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

KLAHHANE GYMNASTICS: PA brothers win big at Western championship

Port Angeles’ Liam DeWolf, 14, placed second in the all-around and brother Conor DeWolf, 16, placed fourth in the all-around at the… Continue reading

Conor and Liam DeWolf of Port Angeles celebrate their second- and fourth-place all around medals from the 2024 Men’s Western National Championship late last week in Chandler, Ariz. (Klahhane Gymnastics)
Smoke rises on Tuesday morning from the site of a baled cardboard fire that broke out late Monday night at the McKinley Paper Company on Marine Drive in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

No injuries following fire at McKinley paper mill

The Port Angeles Fire Department responded to a fire at the McKinley Paper Company mill in the 1900 block of Marine Drive.… Continue reading

Smoke rises on Tuesday morning from the site of a baled cardboard fire that broke out late Monday night at the McKinley Paper Company on Marine Drive in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Bay man sentenced to 41 years for June 2023 murder

Ojeda-Ibarra pleaded guilty in December

John Brewer.

Remembrance event set next month for John Brewer

Former publisher, editor was in charge of Peninsula Daily News for 17 years

John Brewer.
August Gala, 2, of Port Angeles spins an idle wheel of a truck belonging to Bruch & Bruch Construction during Saturday’s Touch a Truck event at Queen of Angeles School in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the school’s parent-teacher organization, allowed youngsters and adults to visit and climb aboard a variety of construction, public safety and utility vehicles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Touch a Truck

August Gala, 2, of Port Angeles spins an idle wheel of a truck belonging to Bruch & Bruch Construction during Saturday’s Touch a Truck event… Continue reading

August Gala, 2, of Port Angeles spins an idle wheel of a truck belonging to Bruch & Bruch Construction during Saturday’s Touch a Truck event at Queen of Angeles School in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the school’s parent-teacher organization, allowed youngsters and adults to visit and climb aboard a variety of construction, public safety and utility vehicles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tininha Silva of Port Townsend will bring her circular tapestry, “I Was Listening to the Ocean,” to Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery for the “Lush Language” exhibit. (Tininha Silva)

‘Lush Language’ gathers four emerging artists in Port Townsend

The scent of the ocean, the heat of Havana, a long sunset: Such are the inspirations in “Lush Language,” a new art… Continue reading

Tininha Silva of Port Townsend will bring her circular tapestry, “I Was Listening to the Ocean,” to Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery for the “Lush Language” exhibit. (Tininha Silva)

Author to speak at Peninsula College’s Port Townsend campus

British Columbia-based author John Vaillant will speak at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Vaillant’s presentation is at the Port Townsend campus of Peninsula College,… Continue reading

Change sets off Jefferson County Food Bank Association upheaval

Former volunteers allege mismanagement