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Novelist Jacqueline Winspear will give the annual Huntingford Humanities Lecture this Thursday. (Jacqueline Winspear)

Novelist Winspear to give annual lecture

Huntingford Humanities Lecture on Thursday

Novelist Jacqueline Winspear will give the annual Huntingford Humanities Lecture this Thursday. (Jacqueline Winspear)

PAT NEAL: A winter forecast

THE SIGNS OF the season are certain. There is fresh snow on Mount Olympus. The vine maples are red. The maples are yellow. The old… Continue reading

Forks Spartans.

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks soccer loses tight game to Ocosta 1-0

The Spartans’ Janessa Ramos stopped numerous Ocosta shots in a tight defensive soccer battle as Forks fell to the Wildcats 1-0 on Monday.… Continue reading

Forks Spartans.

State minimum wage moving up to $16.28 per hour

Washington state’s minimum wage will increase 54 cents to $16.28 an hour next year.  The Washington Department of Labor and Industries made the… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2023
  • The Associated Press

Thursday poetry reading keys off art show

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and Olympic Peninsula Authors will host an Ekphrastic Reading on Thursday. The reading from 5:30 p.m.… Continue reading

Welcome Celebration set for Thursday

Studium Generale will open its fall quarter series with its traditional Welcome Celebration, a partnership among the Port Gamble S’Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam… Continue reading

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)

McCarthy becomes the first speaker to be ousted from the job in a House vote

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced… Continue reading

  • Oct 3, 2023
  • By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri The Associated Press
  • National News
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)
State plate winners from the Lincoln Park BMX track gathered at Lincoln Park on Sunday. Plate winners include Teyah Elofson-Cross, Kylin Weitz, Nyah Langdon, Trinity Gaither, Bennett Gray, Bradan Gray, Jackson Beal, Zach Slota, Silas Ruder, Ellie Schmedding, Aspen Maxfield, Easton Schmedding, Carmelo Kompkoff, Logan Gray, Bennett Gray, Kristopher Giffin, Matthew Graham, Chloe Holloway, Danny Goettling, Daniel Stroup, Chloe Maxfield, Ellie Perez, Graysen Pinell, Kali Hopper, Ryker Rossi, Thomas Schroeder, Toby Kreider, Cash Coleman, Anthony Perez and Greg Volker. Not in the photo are Mason Wilcox-Olton, Kameron Langdon, cory Cooke, Levi Oravetz, jason Faris, Mylee Schroeder, Gideon Oravetz, Thomas Penn, Nyah Langdon, Makaylie Underwood, Ryan Albin Jr. and Adam Oravetz. (Lexie Winters)

LINCOLN PARK BMX: Local riders earn 55 state plates

Six state champions in eight classifications from Olympic Peninsula

State plate winners from the Lincoln Park BMX track gathered at Lincoln Park on Sunday. Plate winners include Teyah Elofson-Cross, Kylin Weitz, Nyah Langdon, Trinity Gaither, Bennett Gray, Bradan Gray, Jackson Beal, Zach Slota, Silas Ruder, Ellie Schmedding, Aspen Maxfield, Easton Schmedding, Carmelo Kompkoff, Logan Gray, Bennett Gray, Kristopher Giffin, Matthew Graham, Chloe Holloway, Danny Goettling, Daniel Stroup, Chloe Maxfield, Ellie Perez, Graysen Pinell, Kali Hopper, Ryker Rossi, Thomas Schroeder, Toby Kreider, Cash Coleman, Anthony Perez and Greg Volker. Not in the photo are Mason Wilcox-Olton, Kameron Langdon, cory Cooke, Levi Oravetz, jason Faris, Mylee Schroeder, Gideon Oravetz, Thomas Penn, Nyah Langdon, Makaylie Underwood, Ryan Albin Jr. and Adam Oravetz. (Lexie Winters)
Blake Sohlberg, Port Angeles football.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Blake Sohlberg, Port Angeles football

It was widely known coming in to this season that Port Angeles Roughriders football player Blake Sohlberg was one of the top wide receivers in… Continue reading

Blake Sohlberg, Port Angeles football.
Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles. Murray led the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday at the Gateway Transit Center. The annual blessings are performed in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th century patron saint of animals and the environment. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Animal blessings

Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles. Murray led the… Continue reading

Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles. Murray led the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday at the Gateway Transit Center. The annual blessings are performed in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th century patron saint of animals and the environment. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Max Baeder, left, of Clark College and Jack Gladfelter of Corban University competed against each at the 2023 Charles Bowles College Cross Country meet this weekend in Salem, Ore. They are both former Port Angeles Roughriders teammates. (Joe Gladfelter)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Gladfelter, Baeder, DeLeon meet as college competitors

A trio of former Port Angeles Roughriders cross-country and track and field teammates met as competitors at the 2023 Charles Bowles 8K… Continue reading

Max Baeder, left, of Clark College and Jack Gladfelter of Corban University competed against each at the 2023 Charles Bowles College Cross Country meet this weekend in Salem, Ore. They are both former Port Angeles Roughriders teammates. (Joe Gladfelter)

Clallam County finalizing 6-year transportation plan

Thirty-four funded projects, including ODT, under review

Clallam County Fire District 3 conducts a rescue on Thursday for an injured teenager in the Dungeness River. (Chris Turner)

Firefighters rescue teen from middle of Dungeness River

A 15-year-old boy was rescued from the middle of the Dungeness River with a dislocated knee. Battalion Chief Chris Turner said Clallam County… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 3 conducts a rescue on Thursday for an injured teenager in the Dungeness River. (Chris Turner)

Harvest of Hope raises funds for cancer center

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation raised $382,000 at its 21st annual Harvest of Hope for the Sequim Cancer Center. The money raised Saturday… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners approve budget requests for third quarter

Additional revenue, grants help offset various expenditures

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, pull yarn on spinning wheels as part of a demonstration of the art during the Pacific Northwest Fiber Exposition on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day expo featured workshops, demonstrations and a marketplace of yarns and fibers. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Pulling yarn

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, pull yarn on spinning… Continue reading

Janice Dotson of Port Angeles, left, and Karen Turner of Sequim, both members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, pull yarn on spinning wheels as part of a demonstration of the art during the Pacific Northwest Fiber Exposition on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day expo featured workshops, demonstrations and a marketplace of yarns and fibers. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Two facing potential charges after rollover at midspan of Hood Canal Bridge

At least two people could face charges after a flipped car was found abandoned at the midspan of the Hood Canal Bridge, closing… Continue reading

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) is sacked by Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Defense notches 11 sacks in dominating win over Giants

Witherspoon scores on a 97-yard pick-six

  • Oct 2, 2023
  • By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer
  • Seahawks
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) is sacked by Seattle Seahawks linebacker Boye Mafe (53) during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Quilcene’s Andrew Perez runs for yardage against Crescent on Saturday in Quilcene. In on the play are Crescent’s Conner Bauers (3) and Henry Bourm (15). (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

SATURDAY’S PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene holds off Crescent

Trio of Rangers tally more than 100 yards each

Quilcene’s Andrew Perez runs for yardage against Crescent on Saturday in Quilcene. In on the play are Crescent’s Conner Bauers (3) and Henry Bourm (15). (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)