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A tree trunk sculpture looks over the scorched site of what was once the main play structure of the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Dream Playground build dates tentatively scheduled

Variety of fundraisers set to contribute to cost of new facility

A tree trunk sculpture looks over the scorched site of what was once the main play structure of the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ISSUES OF FAITH: New ideas merit new techniques

WHAT? NOW THEY have a Lutheran Deacon who’s a local winemaker, too, writing a faith column? “They must be at the bottom of the proverbial… Continue reading

  • Jan 26, 2024
  • By Don Corson For Peninsula Daily News

Open house at Queen of Angeles School

Queen of Angeles School will host a community open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. The open house is in… Continue reading

Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women is excited to has named Zhaleh Almaee as its 2024 Woman of Excellence.

Port Townsend AAUW name Woman of Excellence

Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women has named Zhaleh Almaee as its 2024 Woman of Excellence. The annual… Continue reading

Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women is excited to has named Zhaleh Almaee as its 2024 Woman of Excellence.
Pictured, from left to right, are Billie Jean Liedahl, Sandra Lytle, Sarah Kincaid, Mandy-Tsoi Hallam, Jodi Jones and Stephanie Day.

Republican women announce officers

Billie Jean Liedahl, the president of the Washington Federation of Republican Women, installed new officers of the Republican Women of Clallam County at a brunch… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, are Billie Jean Liedahl, Sandra Lytle, Sarah Kincaid, Mandy-Tsoi Hallam, Jodi Jones and Stephanie Day.

South jetty on time for March deadline

In-water work close; walkway is next in Port Townsend

Sunday program set for OUUF

Joseph Bednarik will present “Revenge” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N.… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for weekend services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “The Power of Soul and Presence” at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
Sequim’s Colby Ellefson set new school records in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley during a meet with Kingston on Wednesday. Ellefson already holds the school’s 200 and 500 freestyle records.

BOYS SWIMMING: Colby Ellefson sets two school records

Sequim swimmer competing for Port Angeles

Sequim’s Colby Ellefson set new school records in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley during a meet with Kingston on Wednesday. Ellefson already holds the school’s 200 and 500 freestyle records.
Port Angeles Public Works and Washington State Department of Transportation officials examine a sinkhole in the middle of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday after water from a broken water main tore up the pavement. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Public Works and Washington State Department of Transportation officials examine a sinkhole in the middle of Fifth and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday after water from a broken water main tore up the pavement. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Fair royalty to be crowned Saturday

Silent auction to help raise money for girls’ college scholarships

Film screening set Sunday

Lori Bernstein, Daniel Rosenberg, and Joseph Bednarik will host a screening of the film “Israelism” at 2 p.m. Sunday. The film will… Continue reading

Forks agrees to increase pay for police officers

Raises will be in 2025 and 2026

Nature storytime set for Sequim

The North Olympic Library System will present Nature Storytime at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The early development program is in Rainshadow Hall at the… Continue reading

Port Angeles man to be arraigned on child sex charges

A Port Angeles man will be arraigned Feb. 2 in Clallam County Superior Court on two counts of first-degree child rape and… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: District rivalries will change with WIAA reclassification

Declining enrollment across the North Olympic Peninsula means area prep teams are staying put while longstanding district and state tournament rivalries will fall… Continue reading

Bruce Emery.

Regulations on farms, tiny homes proposed

Clallam County DCD working on ordinances

Bruce Emery.

Urban sketchers to meet

The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will sketch in uptown Port Townsend at 10 a.m. Saturday. The group will meet in front of… Continue reading