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Jefferson County to ask voters for tax hike for roads this fall

Ballot measure would increase sales tax to three-tenths of 1%

Marley’s Ghost to perform at Palindrome in Port Townsend

Marley’s Ghost will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Palindrome Port Townsend Event Center, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.… Continue reading

Julio Elizalde, the artistic director for the Olympic Music Festival, will open the festival Saturday with a piano concert and present “The History of Classical Music” on Sunday. (Carlin Ma Photography)

Olympic Music Festival to open month-long series this weekend

The Olympic Music Festival will open its summer season with concerts at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The concerts will be in… Continue reading

Julio Elizalde, the artistic director for the Olympic Music Festival, will open the festival Saturday with a piano concert and present “The History of Classical Music” on Sunday. (Carlin Ma Photography)

Port Angeles Community Players to produce ‘Alice in Wonderland’

The Port Angeles Community Players will present its children’s theater production of “Alice in Wonderland” with shows at 7 p.m. Friday and… Continue reading

Saltfire Theatre to present ‘Robin Hood’ productions

Saltfire Theatre will present “Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood” with shows at 4:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays… Continue reading

Second Saturday Art Walk set this weekend

The Port Angeles Arts Council will sponsor the Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at various downtown… Continue reading

Sequim Prairie Nights car show set Saturday

The eighth Sequim Prairie Nights Show and Shine will start parking vehicles at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. The annual car show will be on… Continue reading

Takuma Sato pitched a complete-game one-hitter for the Lefties on Friday, striking out 12, earning him the honor of West Coast League Pitcher of the Week. (Maevis Photography/WCL)

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Sato named WCL Pitcher of the Week

For the second time this year, a Port Angeles Leftie has earned recognition from the West Coast League for their outstanding play. Pitcher… Continue reading

Takuma Sato pitched a complete-game one-hitter for the Lefties on Friday, striking out 12, earning him the honor of West Coast League Pitcher of the Week. (Maevis Photography/WCL)
Carson Stovall of the Port Angeles 11U baseball team slides safely into third base, beating the tag of Dax Higgins of the Kingston Kings this weekend at Lincoln Park. The Port Angeles team went on to win its opening game of the Dick Brown Memorial Tournament 15-6. Thirteen teams from ages 8 to 11 competed in the two-day tournament. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

DICK BROWN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT: Safe at third!

Carson Stovall of the Port Angeles 11U baseball team slides safely into third base, beating the tag of Dax Higgins of the Kingston Kings this… Continue reading

Carson Stovall of the Port Angeles 11U baseball team slides safely into third base, beating the tag of Dax Higgins of the Kingston Kings this weekend at Lincoln Park. The Port Angeles team went on to win its opening game of the Dick Brown Memorial Tournament 15-6. Thirteen teams from ages 8 to 11 competed in the two-day tournament. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
Crab & Crabette gross champs Carter Schick and Alex Atwell, left, and net champs Matt and Celice Carlough at the Cedars at Dengeness Golf Course. (Chad Wagner)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: North Olympic 13U fundraiser and Crab & Crabette winners

Dreams are coming true for 13 local baseball players as the 13U Olympic Babe Ruth All-Stars prepare to represent the Pacific Northwest… Continue reading

Crab & Crabette gross champs Carter Schick and Alex Atwell, left, and net champs Matt and Celice Carlough at the Cedars at Dengeness Golf Course. (Chad Wagner)
About 800 cyclists took on the annual Ride the Hurricane event Sunday, making the 40-mile round-trip that climbs more than 5,000 feet from Port Angeles to Hurricane Ridge. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

RIDE THE HURRICANE: More than 800 cyclists take on annual event

About 800 cyclists took on the annual Ride the Hurricane event Sunday, making the 40-mile round-trip that climbs more than 5,000 feet from Port Angeles… Continue reading

About 800 cyclists took on the annual Ride the Hurricane event Sunday, making the 40-mile round-trip that climbs more than 5,000 feet from Port Angeles to Hurricane Ridge. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Darren Peacock drives a 1949 Gibson Super D2 tractor down state Highway 112 during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Joyce Daze

Darren Peacock drives a 1949 Gibson Super D2 tractor down state Highway 112 during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival grand parade.… Continue reading

Darren Peacock drives a 1949 Gibson Super D2 tractor down state Highway 112 during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Man sentenced to six years in prison for rape

Police, US Marshals arrest Sequim man in New York

Sequim pauses planned projects

Council institutes six-month moratorium

Trinity UMC to start safe parking program

Partnership will help those living in vehicles

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Wilder Senior's Colton Romero slides home after coming all the way around from first base on a Braydan White triple at the Babe Ruth 18U World Series in Ocala, Fla., on Saturday. Wilder Senior beat a team from Australia 16-1. (Gamerchanger)
Wilder Senior's Colton Romero slides home after coming all the way around from first base on a Braydan White triple at the Babe Ruth 18U World Series in Ocala, Fla., on Saturday. Wilder Senior beat a team from Australia 16-1. (Gamerchanger)
Port Angeles' Jack Edmunds hits an RBI single in the first inning against the Victoria HarbourCats. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties drop series with Victoria

Lefties win Friday behind Sato 1-hitter

Port Angeles' Jack Edmunds hits an RBI single in the first inning against the Victoria HarbourCats. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Gardening in the midst of the mid

IT’S MID-MID-SUMMER (AUG. 1-10), a benchmark for you and the garden. Mid-mid of any season as a critical period. Work done then will yield the… Continue reading

David and SarahO’Brien’s grave marker at Ocean View Cemetery.

BACK WHEN: Peninsula pioneer helped start school in Port Angeles

I MAY BE a bit odd, but when I recently read an obituary, I was drawn to a 1998 movie titled “The Legend of 1900.”… Continue reading

David and SarahO’Brien’s grave marker at Ocean View Cemetery.