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The Frosty Moss Team Relay was held in May in 2021 and this year will move to March 16. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

OUTDOOR SPORTS: Peninsula Adventure Sports announces 2024 calendar

Peninsula Adventure Sports, a leading organizer of outdoor endurance events on the Olympic Peninsula, announced this week its 2024 race calendar featuring… Continue reading

The Frosty Moss Team Relay was held in May in 2021 and this year will move to March 16. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)
Skiing at Deer Park is pictured in this historic photos. (U.S. National Park Service archives)

Perspectives series begins Jan 9

Olympic National Park’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series will be presented in a hybrid format via Zoom and in person once a month… Continue reading

Skiing at Deer Park is pictured in this historic photos. (U.S. National Park Service archives)
Washington cornerback Elijah Jackson (25) hits the ball before Texas wide receiver Adonai Mitchell (5) can catch it on the final play of the Sugar Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game between Washington and Texas on Monday in New Orleans. Washington won 37-31. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF: Huskies hang on to squeak past Texas 37-31

Washington will play Michigan for national championship

Washington cornerback Elijah Jackson (25) hits the ball before Texas wide receiver Adonai Mitchell (5) can catch it on the final play of the Sugar Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game between Washington and Texas on Monday in New Orleans. Washington won 37-31. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Stairclimb donations

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter/EMT Anaka Hughes makes her way up the stairs behind the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in Port Angeles on Saturday to gather donations and pledges supporting the upcoming Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle. The North Olympic Firefighters Team consisting of firefighters from Fire District 2 and the Port Angeles Fire Department will join about 2,000 firefighters from across the region in the event, ascending 69 floors with 1,356 steps of Seattle’s tallest skyscraper benefiting blood cancer research and patient services. The North Olympic team plans another fundraising event with stairclimb machines on March 10 at Bourbon West, 125 W. Front St. in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit approves annual budget, wage increases for union

The Board of Clallam County Transit at its Dec. 20 meeting unanimously approved a $17.3 million operating budget for 2024 that eliminated… Continue reading

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Transit provides free rides

One-year pilot program aims to boost ridership

Clallam Transit driver Duane Benedict looks down at his fare box before departing The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday — the last day of collecting fares on most bus routes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The first phase to revamp the parking and stormwater collection at Dr. Standard Little League Park is anticipated to be finished in January. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

First phase of Sequim Little League park revamp nears finish

No timeline, funding for final phases yet

The first phase to revamp the parking and stormwater collection at Dr. Standard Little League Park is anticipated to be finished in January. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
East Jefferson’s Kateyn Riley keeps her eyes on the basket while being closely guarded against Washougal on Saturday in Chimacum. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: EJ girls bow to physical Washougal

Crescent boys improve to 10-1

East Jefferson’s Kateyn Riley keeps her eyes on the basket while being closely guarded against Washougal on Saturday in Chimacum. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Center for Whale Research has received reports of a new calf with J pod on Dec. 26. (Maya Sears)

Researchers spot newborn orca in L Pod on the day after Christmas

Southern Resident population now at 77

The Center for Whale Research has received reports of a new calf with J pod on Dec. 26. (Maya Sears)

WRESTLING: Forks gets a trio of champions at The Rock

East Jefferson puts two wrestlers in championship match

Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP BASKETBALL: PA boys split a pair at SunDome Shootout

The Port Angeles boys basketball team picked up a split of games against a couple of tough opponents at the Yakima SunDome Shootout,… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders

A GROWING CONCERN: Make resolutions for your garden revolution

TOMORROW, WE WELCOME in the new year. Since this is the first column to talk of the New Year, it is time to cover some… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Meets at noon on Wednesdays at Asian Buffet, 1940 E. First St. #160 (Port Angeles Plaza) in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Christina Ballew outside Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend on Friday.

Help from Home Fund‘miracle’ for PT woman

Donations from neighbors help neighbors

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Christina Ballew outside Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend on Friday.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles Winter Ice Village volunteers Rich Johnson, left, and Sarah Fixter check in used ice skates on a busy Friday afternoon skate session.

Ice Village season drawing to a close

Sixth season promising total high attendance

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles Winter Ice Village volunteers Rich Johnson, left, and Sarah Fixter check in used ice skates on a busy Friday afternoon skate session.

Man subject of manhunt charged with four felonies

Three more to follow next week

Open house Monday for Port Townsend golf course

Soft opening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Peninsula prepares for polar bear plunges

New Year’s Day dips scheduled across Clallam, Jefferson counties

Port Angeles releases STR inventory report

City considering additional regulations for rentals

Forks basketball player Keira Johnson (holding sign) celebrates her career school scoring record with her teammates at a game at Mount Vernon Christian High School in Mount Vernon on Friday. (Courtesy photo)

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks wins sixth straight as record falls

It was a lot of good news tinged with a bit of bad for the Forks girls basketball team in the Spartans’… Continue reading

Forks basketball player Keira Johnson (holding sign) celebrates her career school scoring record with her teammates at a game at Mount Vernon Christian High School in Mount Vernon on Friday. (Courtesy photo)