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FILE - Youths wear protective glasses to watch a hybrid solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Proper protection is needed throughout the eclipse, from the initial partial phase to the ring of fire to the final partial phase. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to be seen this Saturday

Moon to go between earth and sun; proper eye protection needed

FILE - Youths wear protective glasses to watch a hybrid solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Proper protection is needed throughout the eclipse, from the initial partial phase to the ring of fire to the final partial phase. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
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Clallam County coroner: OD deaths are among worst in state

Nichols says fatal overdoses likely will exceed previous high

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Federal grant would increase employment

Coalition aims to reduce persistent poverty

Jill Morelli (Photo courtesy of Clallam County Genealogical Society)

Four-part genealogy seminar set in Sequim

The Clallam County Genealogical Society’s Speaker’s Series will host a day-long seminar on Saturday that features Jill Morelli, who will explain the methodology… Continue reading

Jill Morelli (Photo courtesy of Clallam County Genealogical Society)
Crescent’s Tommy Leonard runs the ball Tuesday against Lummi with blocking help from teammate Dominiq Sprague (14) in Joyce. Crescent won 58-0. (Crescent football)

PREP FOOTBALL: Loggers crush Lummi behind special teams

The Crescent football team started off the game scoring 20 points without running a single play on offense as the Loggers’ special teams… Continue reading

Crescent’s Tommy Leonard runs the ball Tuesday against Lummi with blocking help from teammate Dominiq Sprague (14) in Joyce. Crescent won 58-0. (Crescent football)
Sequim’s Arianna Stovall (33) looks to spike the ball as Port Angeles’ Natalie Tenneson (12) looks to block. Also looking on are Port Angeles’ Josephine Edgington (3) and Paige Pangaro (13). (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREPS: Sydney Clark-led serving run sparks Sequim volleyball over Port Angeles

East Jefferson soccer gets hat trick from Iris Mattern in ‘Biblical rain’

Sequim’s Arianna Stovall (33) looks to spike the ball as Port Angeles’ Natalie Tenneson (12) looks to block. Also looking on are Port Angeles’ Josephine Edgington (3) and Paige Pangaro (13). (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Single-wide burns in fire

No one was injured in a mobile home fire in Gales Addition, according to a press release from Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue. Firefighters… Continue reading

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Stopps award presented

Long recognized for habitat restoration

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Local resident Sheana Joy Walvatne uses an apple press at the Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival in 2022.

Taste the season at weekend festival

A tree-to-glass weekend is promised during the seventh annual Olympic Peninsula Apple & Cider Festival on Saturday and Sunday. Individual activities are… Continue reading

Local resident Sheana Joy Walvatne uses an apple press at the Olympic Peninsula Apple and Cider Festival in 2022.
Artist Carol Rawshanna Williams looks up at her newly unveiled installation, “Dragon Trash Guardian,” at the Jefferson County Transfer Station on Monday evening. As part of the county’s Artist in Residence and Education program, Williams seeks to connect people with art, upcycling and one another. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Sculpture now on display at Jefferson Transfer Station

Artist in Residence program celebrates its debut creation

Artist Carol Rawshanna Williams looks up at her newly unveiled installation, “Dragon Trash Guardian,” at the Jefferson County Transfer Station on Monday evening. As part of the county’s Artist in Residence and Education program, Williams seeks to connect people with art, upcycling and one another. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Officials needed for basketball, other sports

The North Olympic Basketball Officials Association is in need of high school and middle school officials for all sports but specifically for… Continue reading

Candidate forum set for Friday

Soroptimist International of Port Angeles – Noon Club will host a candidate forum for elective offices at noon Friday. The forum, which… Continue reading

Dash Air offering charters

Scheduled passenger flights not determined yet

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Duo recitals offered this week in Port Angeles, Sequim

One of the best things about playing music with her friend Elisa Barston is that “we know how each other breathes.” So… Continue reading

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Thomas Architecture Studios Principal Ron Thomas, left, and Associate Principal Amos Callender hold up a map of the proposed Evans Vista development in Port Townsend on Monday during a tour of the site with members of the Port Townsend City Council and the public. The project is in its final planning stages and a final plan will be determined at a Nov. 6 council meeting. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Evans Vista gets ready for developer proposals

Port Townsend hopes to finalize plans next month

Thomas Architecture Studios Principal Ron Thomas, left, and Associate Principal Amos Callender hold up a map of the proposed Evans Vista development in Port Townsend on Monday during a tour of the site with members of the Port Townsend City Council and the public. The project is in its final planning stages and a final plan will be determined at a Nov. 6 council meeting. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

PAT NEAL: A reoccurring moisture trend

A REAL WOODSMAN doesn’t need a weatherman to know if it is going to rain. Often, by observing the formation of clouds and direction of… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles reviews its 2024 final draft budget

Grants funding variety of projects

Colby Ellefson, Sequim cross country

PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Sequim’s Ellefson 19th at Nike Hole in the Wall

Sequim’s Colby Ellefson had an excellent race in this weekend’s Nike Hole in the Wall, finishing 19th in the men’s varsity gold division.… Continue reading

Colby Ellefson, Sequim cross country
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Sequim Habitat mural hits home

Craig Robinson finishes second piece for downtown store

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Port Angeles to give away shade trees

Monday deadline to apply for free trees