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Sequim’s Patrick Elias, left, expresses disbelief after Port Angeles’ Jude Wallace, right, completed a pass reception near the Sequim goal line while teammate Taylor Abold celebrates during Friday night’s game in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Port Angeles takes back Rainshadow trophy

The Port Angeles Roughriders had their biggest win in more than a year Friday night, smothering Sequim’s explosive offense and getting four… Continue reading

Sequim’s Patrick Elias, left, expresses disbelief after Port Angeles’ Jude Wallace, right, completed a pass reception near the Sequim goal line while teammate Taylor Abold celebrates during Friday night’s game in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Emma Desjardins, Port Angeles soccer, and Dylan Mann, Port Angeles football.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Emma Desjardins, Port Angeles girls soccer, and Dylan Mann, Port Angeles football

Our athletes of the week each led their respective teams to victories over their Rainshadow Rivals this week. Emma Desjardins has already served notice that… Continue reading

Emma Desjardins, Port Angeles soccer, and Dylan Mann, Port Angeles football.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Big Hurt iron man competitor Joey Gish of Sequim races through the transfer zone on the way to his kayak after finishing the mountain bike leg of the race in first place on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. Gish finished second in the iron division in the 2024 Big Hurt

BIG HURT: Team and individual races come down to tight duels

In a very close finish for such a long endurance race, the team of Senior Streakers edged Motley Tu Tue by just… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Big Hurt iron man competitor Joey Gish of Sequim races through the transfer zone on the way to his kayak after finishing the mountain bike leg of the race in first place on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. Gish finished second in the iron division in the 2024 Big Hurt

Port Angeles man dies following rollover collision

A man who was in a single-car rollover collision last week has died. Curtis Denney, 43, of Port Angeles was traveling westbound on… Continue reading

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.

Classically trained musician replaces organist who retired after 50 years

Edinger directed parish music program at Concordia University

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene, Crescent win

The Quilcene Rangers got the best game of Isaac Figueroa’s career in crushing Charles Wright 60-30 on Saturday. Figueroa, carrying most of the… Continue reading

Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)

Sequim school board fills its vacant seat

Nicholas Bell to be sworn in on Nov. 3

Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)
Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools propose fee hike

Board may approve changes in October

Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles loses tough one 1-0 to powerhouse North Kitsap

There are no moral victories in the standings, but the Port Angeles girls soccer team knows it can very much hold its… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Layla Bejar, right, gets blocking assistance from teammate Shiori Shintaku as Shoreline's Milka Embaye advances for the ball on Saturday in Port Angeles.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women set scoring record

For the second time in two years against the same team, the Port Angeles women’s soccer team set a school scoring record,… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Layla Bejar, right, gets blocking assistance from teammate Shiori Shintaku as Shoreline's Milka Embaye advances for the ball on Saturday in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Asante Korsmo holds up the Rainshadow Rumble trophy as he and the rest of his Roughriders team celebrate Friday night's 27-14 victory over Sequm at Port Angeles Civic Field.

RAINSHADOW RUMBLE: Port Angeles defense swarms Sequim in 27-14 win

Dylan Mann four TDS, Wallace 184 yards of offense

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Asante Korsmo holds up the Rainshadow Rumble trophy as he and the rest of his Roughriders team celebrate Friday night's 27-14 victory over Sequm at Port Angeles Civic Field.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sequim's (#10), left, passes the ball past Port Angeles' Brooke Pierce as Pierce's teammates Sophia Ritchie and Becca Manson prepare to give chase on Thursday in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER: Young Port Angeles players lead Riders past Wolves

Youth was served by the Port Angeles girls soccer team in its Rainshadow Rivalry with Sequim, as the Roughriders broken open a… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sequim's (#10), left, passes the ball past Port Angeles' Brooke Pierce as Pierce's teammates Sophia Ritchie and Becca Manson prepare to give chase on Thursday in Port Angeles.
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Kasey Ulin coaches the Port Angeles boys basketball team in a February 2022 state regional round contest with Lynden at Mount Vernon High School. Ulin has resigned after leading the Riders from 2014-25.

PREP BASKETBALL: Ulin resigns after 11 seasons at Port Angeles

Rebuilt program to higher standard

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Kasey Ulin coaches the Port Angeles boys basketball team in a February 2022 state regional round contest with Lynden at Mount Vernon High School. Ulin has resigned after leading the Riders from 2014-25.

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let frost leave you out in the cold

NOW THAT AUTUMN is here, cold weather will soon be upon us, and Jack Frost will come to visit your yard. These first few frosts… Continue reading

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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American Constitution

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront.… Continue reading

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Board names middle school

Hurricane Ridge to replace Stevens

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Commissioners to discuss state construction projects

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Forty years later, residents remember West End blaze

East wind picked up embers from slash fire in Forks

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)