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Port Angeles' Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders won the game 37-10, avenging last year's last-second win by the Wolves. For a game story, go to Page A6. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Rainshadow revenge for Port Angeles

Port Angeles’ Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders won… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders won the game 37-10, avenging last year's last-second win by the Wolves. For a game story, go to Page A6. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Actress Lindsey Wagner, right, with Port Townsend Film Festival Program Director Christy Spencer, stands on stage at Key City Public Theater in Port Townsend on Saturday to introduce the film, “When Jack Came Back,” one of the entrants in the 2023 film festival that stars Wagner as a mother in the grip of Alzheimer’s Disease. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Film introduction

Actress Lindsey Wagner, right, with Port Townsend Film Festival Program Director Christy Spencer, stands on stage at Key City Public Theater in Port Townsend on… Continue reading

Actress Lindsey Wagner, right, with Port Townsend Film Festival Program Director Christy Spencer, stands on stage at Key City Public Theater in Port Townsend on Saturday to introduce the film, “When Jack Came Back,” one of the entrants in the 2023 film festival that stars Wagner as a mother in the grip of Alzheimer’s Disease. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The MOD Pizza planned next to the recently opened Starbucks at South Del Guzzi Drive and East Front Street won’t be open until 2024, according to the property owner. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

MOD Pizza aims for 2024 opening

Visitors to the new Starbucks store at South Del Guzzi Drive and East Front Street in Port Angeles probably have noticed the… Continue reading

The MOD Pizza planned next to the recently opened Starbucks at South Del Guzzi Drive and East Front Street won’t be open until 2024, according to the property owner. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sequim City Council agrees to new sewer rate with Sequim Bay Lodge

Out-of-city ratepayer will have five years and a gradual hike

Sequim resident Garland Frankfurth got the idea of visiting National Parks after seeing the stamps visitors can collect. (Megan Rogers/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim resident’s National Park site visits tops 400

Collection of stamps sparks his interest

Sequim resident Garland Frankfurth got the idea of visiting National Parks after seeing the stamps visitors can collect. (Megan Rogers/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Wildfires calmed, but not out

Delabarre Fire swells to more than 4K acres

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FRIDAY’S PREP FOOTBALL: Forks crushes Ilwaco; Neah Bay buries Concrete in second half

Despite making some mistakes with penalties, the Forks football team showed that it is one of the elite 2B teams in the state… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh (12) runs against Sequim's Zeke Schmadeke (14) in the Rainshadow Rumble game in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders scored 27 points in the fourth quarter to win 37-10. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

RAINSHADOW RUMBLE: (Updated) Riders ride second half wave to beat Sequim

Port Angeles wins 37-10; Nickerson passes for 2 TDs, runs for another

Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh (12) runs against Sequim's Zeke Schmadeke (14) in the Rainshadow Rumble game in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders scored 27 points in the fourth quarter to win 37-10. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

SATURDAY PREP FOOTBALL SCORES

Saturday’s Prep Football Scores Cascade Christian 74, East Jefferson 0 Crescent vs. Lummi, postponed Quilcene vs. Charles Wright, postponed North Kitsap 54, North Mason 0… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Becca Manson, right, fights for control with Olympic's Emiko Carrier-Berndt on Thursday night at Peninsula College.

PREPS: Mason notches two goals in Port Angeles’ shutout of Olympic

Sequim falls to NK in girls soccer

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Becca Manson, right, fights for control with Olympic's Emiko Carrier-Berndt on Thursday night at Peninsula College.
Port Townsend Film Festival volunteer Terry Wagner greets one of more than 700 festival passholders on Thursday. The festival is happening throughout the weekend at multiple venues in downtown Port Townsend; information is found at ptfilmfest.com. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News
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Film Festival fun in Port Townsend

The Port Townsend Film Festival is happening throughout the weekend at multiple venues in downtown Port Townsend. Information can be found at ptfilmfest.com.… Continue reading

Port Townsend Film Festival volunteer Terry Wagner greets one of more than 700 festival passholders on Thursday. The festival is happening throughout the weekend at multiple venues in downtown Port Townsend; information is found at ptfilmfest.com. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A vehicle makes its way across the Elwha River Bridge west of Port Angeles on Friday morning as a plume of wildfire smoke filters down the river valley. The smoke, which originated from seven named wildfires near the center of Olympic National Park, settled through the Elwha drainage to lower elevations, creating hazardous air in lower portions of the valley and unhealthy conditions in surrounding areas.

Smoke pools into Port Angeles area; begins to disperse late Friday

Rain expected to help clear air this weekend

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A vehicle makes its way across the Elwha River Bridge west of Port Angeles on Friday morning as a plume of wildfire smoke filters down the river valley. The smoke, which originated from seven named wildfires near the center of Olympic National Park, settled through the Elwha drainage to lower elevations, creating hazardous air in lower portions of the valley and unhealthy conditions in surrounding areas.

A GROWING CONCERN: As fall starts, think spring

SO SORRY TO have kept you waiting for the list of “must have” spring blooming bulbs, but I got a chance to go to visit… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

Familiar topics dominate Port Angeles City Council candidate debate

Homelessness and housing are focus of talk

Counties from across the state send their top exhibitors in the intermediate and senior divisions to compete at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup during September. Pictured are Clallam County’s 4-H members Ava Hairell and Banjo, left, Taylor Maughan with Ru and Katelynn Sharpe with Sophie. (photo by Katie Newton)

HORSEPLAY: The 3 amigos of Neon Riders 4-H compete at state

THE THREE AMIGOS from Neon Riders 4-H club were excited they got to go together to compete at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup last… Continue reading

Counties from across the state send their top exhibitors in the intermediate and senior divisions to compete at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup during September. Pictured are Clallam County’s 4-H members Ava Hairell and Banjo, left, Taylor Maughan with Ru and Katelynn Sharpe with Sophie. (photo by Katie Newton)
Mara Zimmerman

POINT OF VIEW: Big bold action needed for salmon restoration

THE DECLINES OF SALMON runs, as highlighted in Peter Segall’s Sept. 2 front-page article, are a bitter pill to swallow for those of us who… Continue reading

  • Sep 23, 2023
  • By Mara Zimmerman Coast Salmon Partnership
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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Town halls set on Peninsula tourism

The Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau will conduct four town halls Tuesday and Wednesday to aid in its development of a five-year Tourism… Continue reading

Wildfire smoke pools on Elwha Reservation, Port Angeles on Friday

Rains expected to begin Saturday