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By the end of meet three, Sequim High School Senior Sydney Hutton’s multiple wins included Gold in Jumping, Silver in Saddle Seat, Bronze in Dressage.

HORSEPLAY: Sequim High team wins District 4 championship

OH MY, MY, but these gals can boogie! At Meet 3, Sequim High School’s equestrian team consistently placed in the top five of 21 events… Continue reading

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By the end of meet three, Sequim High School Senior Sydney Hutton’s multiple wins included Gold in Jumping, Silver in Saddle Seat, Bronze in Dressage.
Acting city clerk Heather Robley, right, swears in new city council member Nicole Hartman on Monday after she was appointed to fill former mayor Tom Ferrell’s seat. Hartman will serve through certification of the 2025 general election. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Hartman named to Sequim council

PUD staffer to serve in former mayor’s seat

Acting city clerk Heather Robley, right, swears in new city council member Nicole Hartman on Monday after she was appointed to fill former mayor Tom Ferrell’s seat. Hartman will serve through certification of the 2025 general election. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

A GROWING CONCERN: Show a little love for dandelions

and this year they are earlier than ever! Are they a weed? Should I… Continue reading

Department of Ecology declares statewide drought emergency

Clallam County PUD #1 is requesting that water utility customers prepare to conserve water this year in response to a statewide drought… Continue reading

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 (off… Continue reading

PASD board approves pact with paraeducators

Two-year agreement hikes salary steps, wages

Peninsula plant sales slated for next week

A variety of organizations across the North Olympic Peninsula will host their annual plant sales next weekend. It presents gardeners the opportunity to get starts… Continue reading

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Anacapa is being decommissioned after 34 years of service, the last of which had the ship homeported in Port Angeles. A ceremony Friday bid farewell to the vessel, which will make its final journey to the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland in the coming weeks. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles-based cutter Anacapa decommissioned

110-foot vessel is one of few remaining Island-class cutters

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Anacapa is being decommissioned after 34 years of service, the last of which had the ship homeported in Port Angeles. A ceremony Friday bid farewell to the vessel, which will make its final journey to the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland in the coming weeks. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Poulsbo man dies in wreck south of Hood Canal Bridge

A Poulsbo man died in a vehicle collision in Kitsap County just south of the Hood Canal Bridge that did not close… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District Captain Marty Martinez sprays water on a hot spot of a fire that destroyed a house and adjoining RV in the 700 block of East Kemp Street near Port Angeles on Friday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

One found dead in fire east of Port Angeles

House, garage destroyed in Kemp Street blaze

Clallam County Fire District Captain Marty Martinez sprays water on a hot spot of a fire that destroyed a house and adjoining RV in the 700 block of East Kemp Street near Port Angeles on Friday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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… Continue reading

PREPS: Sequim boys soccer adapts on the fly in loss to Bainbridge

Port Angeles and Sequim golf teams win matches

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members traveled to Victoria, B.C. last weekend to compete in the Cadborosaurus Coastal Endurance Regatta. OPRA rowers Cooper Disque, Mason Mai, Quince Chanway, and Noah Oberly crewed with coach Sean Halberg serving as coxswain.

ROWING: Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association scullers victorious in Victoria regatta

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members hopped the MV Coho ferry last weekend to compete in the Cadborosaurus… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members traveled to Victoria, B.C. last weekend to compete in the Cadborosaurus Coastal Endurance Regatta. OPRA rowers Cooper Disque, Mason Mai, Quince Chanway, and Noah Oberly crewed with coach Sean Halberg serving as coxswain.
Government officials applaud the ribbon cutting at the Point Hudson breakwater in Port Townsend on Wednesday afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Point Hudson breakwater opens centennial celebration

$12 million port project finishes on time, under budget

Government officials applaud the ribbon cutting at the Point Hudson breakwater in Port Townsend on Wednesday afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby sales begin

Ducks are on sale for the 35th annual Duck Derby presented by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, with racers having an opportunity to… Continue reading

Hybrid program at Unity in the Olympics

The Rev. Denese Schellink will present “Our Journey for Awakening” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the guest speaker at Unity in… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Putting the social back into media

TODAY, THERE DOESN’T seem to be what one might call a “useful purpose” for social media. Everyone seems to just know that it, somehow, corrupts… Continue reading

NOHN helps to meet healthcare needs, CEO says

Network established in 2015 with federally qualified center