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Uptown Street Fair set Saturday in Port Townsend

The Uptown Street Fair will return to Port Townsend from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The fair will feature the “The… Continue reading

Victims of Love to wrap Olympic Cellars summer concert series

Victims of Love will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday to finish up the summer series at Olympic Cellars, 255410 U.S. Highway 101,… Continue reading

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Pinks are running

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port… Continue reading

The pink salmon were running close enough to shore to attract at least dozen anglers to the beach at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Nonprofit provides students with shoes for school

Shopping event provides 25 kids with $100 gift cards

Tammy Blessing holds up her cell phone through which she is communicating with her daughter, Taylor White. She and her husband Cassidy Blessing (behind her) shop for a new pair of school shoes for Taylor with a gift card provided by H.U.M.A.N., a new Sequim nonprofit created by Cassidy’s former bosses, Darrin and Alicia Liggins. (Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

Sequim schools narrow choices

District negotiating on its bond projects

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)
Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

Surf board builder crafting ultralight tiny home

Innovative structures could help with housing crisis, he says

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Gary Young’s innovative approach to surfboard building led him to use the same concept for constructing a tiny home that he intends to ship to Hawaii, allowing him to split his time between there and Sequim. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2018 after he lost his home and workshop in the Kilauea lava flow.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Marine Area 6 closes Monday to salmon fishing until Saturday

All salmon fishing in the eastern part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca closes temporarily today (Monday). The Washington State Department of… Continue reading

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The city received a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to install the battery system and a solar array — solar cells wired together to create energy — to provide heating and cooling in case of a power outage. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
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Battery system installation

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center.… Continue reading

Workers with A&R Solar, Millican Crane Service and Trane Technologies guide a battery energy storage system into place Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The city received a $450,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to install the battery system and a solar array — solar cells wired together to create energy — to provide heating and cooling in case of a power outage. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam to discuss Board of Natural Resources vote

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Four-week trial set for March 2026

A four-week trial for a woman charged with second-degree murder has been set for next March. Clallam County Superior Court Judge Simon… Continue reading

Submitted photo Neon Riders 4-H Club medal and high point winners.

HORSEPLAY: Fundraising and 4-H events on the Peninsula

4L ARENA AND stable owner Kari Payne managed to put the fun in her Western Games show while fundraising to support a cause near and… Continue reading

Submitted photo Neon Riders 4-H Club medal and high point winners.

Peninsula food banks bracing for SNAP cuts

Demand could outpace supply, executive director says

Port Angeles school board reviews renaming Stevens

Discussion, decision expected in September

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Raptor Experience

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50… Continue reading

Abby Dugle of Sebastopol, Calif., holds Marvin, a Eurasian eagle owl, during a Raptor Experience at the Jefferson County Fair on Friday. Dugle paid $50 for the experience of holding the raptor that is used as a stand-in for great horned owls due to their resemblance. Dugle described the experience as “wonderful and exciting.” The Raptor Experience will be showing other raptors today and Sunday during the fair. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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

Hospital selects interim executive

Gregson one of four candidates for position

LEFTIES: PA wraps with slugfest loss

Port Angeles’ offense came to play, busting out 16 hits, but the Lefties couldn’t keep Kamloops off the scoreboard in a 21-8… Continue reading

BABE RUTH WORLD SERIES: Wilder beats up on tourney host

Wilder Baseball Club took advantage of what tournament host Ocala, Fla., provided to advance to the quarterfinals of the Babe Ruth 16-18… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Tickets remain for PAHS Hall of Fame Dinner Aug. 16

Tickets remain for the Port Angeles High School Hall of Fame Dinner, scheduled for Aug.… Continue reading