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Guest speaker set for Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

The Rev. Bruce Bode will present “Once Only” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bode will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist… Continue reading

National broadband map charts coverage

Residents asked to update their service description

NOLS teen advisory board seeks volunteers

The North Olympic Library System is seeking volunteers for its Teen Advisory Board. Members will gain leadership and collaboration skills while helping… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Backyard Birding series continues

Wildlife guide and plant ecologist Carolyn Wilcox will present “Birdscaping — Inviting Birds to Your Yard” as The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society’s Backyard… Continue reading

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Port Angeles softball coach Randy Steinman offers advice to a base runner during the 2018 state tournament. Steinman has resigned as head coach after a decade leading the program.

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles’ Randy Steinman steps away after record-setting decade

His teams went 176-41 overall, won 7 Olympic League titles

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Port Angeles softball coach Randy Steinman offers advice to a base runner during the 2018 state tournament. Steinman has resigned as head coach after a decade leading the program.
The Rev. Larry Schellink will will lead the congregation through the Ritual of Release with a burning bowl ceremony. at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

The Rev. Larry Schellink will will lead the congregation through the Ritual of Release with a burning bowl ceremony. at 10:30 a.m.… Continue reading

The Rev. Larry Schellink will will lead the congregation through the Ritual of Release with a burning bowl ceremony. at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Schellink is the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

BOOST deadline extended

Small businesses have until Jan. 13 to apply for free legal, marketing, bookkeeping services

The ferry MV Coho sits in Port Angeles on Wednesday during its annual hiatus from service for maintenance. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Coho ferry undergoing scheduled maintenance

Vessel will return to service on Jan. 26

The ferry MV Coho sits in Port Angeles on Wednesday during its annual hiatus from service for maintenance. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Among the pieces shown are, from left on the wall, quilts by Terri Wolf and Jeri Auty, both from Port Ludlow, and below, sculptures by Pat Herkal, with (foreground) ply-split vessels by Cathie Wier and 3-D constructions by Deb Olson, both from Port Townsend.
Among the pieces shown are, from left on the wall, quilts by Terri Wolf and Jeri Auty, both from Port Ludlow, and below, sculptures by Pat Herkal, with (foreground) ply-split vessels by Cathie Wier and 3-D constructions by Deb Olson, both from Port Townsend.
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Derrell Sharp.
Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a truck for removal as coworker Elijah Hammel works in a lift bucket while the downtown Christmas tree at the Conrad Dyar Memoral Fountain is dismantled on Wednesday. Branches from the tree and the lights that entangled them were to be disposed of and the main trunk donated for firewood. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Tree removal

Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a truck for removal as coworker Elijah Hammel… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a truck for removal as coworker Elijah Hammel works in a lift bucket while the downtown Christmas tree at the Conrad Dyar Memoral Fountain is dismantled on Wednesday. Branches from the tree and the lights that entangled them were to be disposed of and the main trunk donated for firewood. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh puts up a floater during the Roughriders' 64-56 loss to the Vikings on the road Tuesday night.
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Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh puts up a floater during the Roughriders' 64-56 loss to the Vikings on the road Tuesday night.
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Port Angeles' Anna Petty, front, goes for the quick layup as North Kitsap defenders, from left, Megan Komar, Teegan DeVries and Coriana McMillian look on during Tuesday's game at Port Angeles High School.

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL: Riders get back on winning track

Sequim crushes Kingston to go to 9-0

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Port Angeles' Anna Petty, front, goes for the quick layup as North Kitsap defenders, from left, Megan Komar, Teegan DeVries and Coriana McMillian look on during Tuesday's game at Port Angeles High School.
Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles last weekend. The pair were on a family outing with a stop at the popular attraction. The 14,442-square-foot pump track is the largest Velosolutions pump track in the Pacific Northwest and the first public adaptive track in the nation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Balancing act

Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port… Continue reading

Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles last weekend. The pair were on a family outing with a stop at the popular attraction. The 14,442-square-foot pump track is the largest Velosolutions pump track in the Pacific Northwest and the first public adaptive track in the nation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Five respiratory illness deaths reported on North Peninsula

Flu cases difficult to transfer to other hospitals

PAT NEAL: A historic hard winter

even though it has just started. And yet, things could… Continue reading

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Real life intrudes on the sports world

Suddenly, real life invaded the sports world Monday night. And the fragility of life. Everyone at the Barhop was looking forward to the big matchup… Continue reading

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)