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Birdwatching walk at Fort Flagler

Beverly McNeil will lead a bird walk at 9 a.m. Saturday. The monthly hikes on Fort Flagler State Park, 10541 Flagler Rd., recur… Continue reading

Family movie night set Saturday

The North Olympic Library System will screen the 2017 animated film “The LEGO Batman Movie” at 3 p.m. Saturday. The free film… Continue reading

Free Thanksgiving dinners scheduled

Free community Thanksgiving meals are set for today and Thursday. The Salvation Army will serve a free community meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioners approve ad valorem tax levies

Levy rate expected to drop

On the Peninsula, Small Business Saturday overshadows Black Friday

Weekend events to be full of deals

Bo, (Bob Neal) was my cousin and a father, grandfather, husband, logger, builder and a hunter that we shared many adventures with. He is gone long before his time and I and his family would appreciate it if you could run a picture of him with Milton the Burrow.

PAT NEAL: Hunting with Bo

WAY BACK WHEN, the Olympic elk were market hunted for their meat, antlers, hides and ivory teeth or just shot and left by thrill-seeking lowlifes… Continue reading

Bo, (Bob Neal) was my cousin and a father, grandfather, husband, logger, builder and a hunter that we shared many adventures with. He is gone long before his time and I and his family would appreciate it if you could run a picture of him with Milton the Burrow.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A prefabricated Portland Loo public toilet is lowered into place on a pad at the edge of the Breezeway public parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. The unit, one of two being installed at the location, replaces the original concrete block public restroom that previously occupied the site, with a third slated for The Gateway transit center. The new facilities are ADA-compliant, require no winterization and will be open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Public toilet installed downtown Port Angeles

A prefabricated Portland Loo public toilet is lowered into place on a pad at the edge of the Breezeway public parking lot in the 100… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A prefabricated Portland Loo public toilet is lowered into place on a pad at the edge of the Breezeway public parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. The unit, one of two being installed at the location, replaces the original concrete block public restroom that previously occupied the site, with a third slated for The Gateway transit center. The new facilities are ADA-compliant, require no winterization and will be open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Megan Caldwell returns to Carrie Blake Community Park to work with her dad Bert to help place meal bags in vehicles during the Family Holiday Food Bag Distribution Day.

Sequim provides meal bags for Thanksgiving weekend

Community helps to provide food for 800-plus families

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Megan Caldwell returns to Carrie Blake Community Park to work with her dad Bert to help place meal bags in vehicles during the Family Holiday Food Bag Distribution Day.
A crew from Asplundh Tree Expert company, Jason Johnson, Roy Hunt and John Cabrere, load tree branches into a chipper as they perform power line maintenance for the Jefferson County Public Utilities District on Tuesday afternoon along Sims Way in Port Townsend. These are the same poplar trees that are slated for removal, at a later date, by the Port of Port Townsend to make room for future expansion. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Tree trimming

A crew from Asplundh Tree Expert company, Jason Johnson, Roy Hunt and John Cabrere, load tree branches into a chipper as they perform power line… Continue reading

A crew from Asplundh Tree Expert company, Jason Johnson, Roy Hunt and John Cabrere, load tree branches into a chipper as they perform power line maintenance for the Jefferson County Public Utilities District on Tuesday afternoon along Sims Way in Port Townsend. These are the same poplar trees that are slated for removal, at a later date, by the Port of Port Townsend to make room for future expansion. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jodell Wimberley, left, and Julian Carrick, Neah Bay football

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Jodell Wimberley, Julian Carrick, Neah Bay football

We’re choosing Neah Bay football teammates Jodell Wimberley and Julian Carrick as our co-Athletes of the Week. Wimberley and Carrick helped lead the way together… Continue reading

Jodell Wimberley, left, and Julian Carrick, Neah Bay football
Terri Wood of First Federal, left, and Trisha Parker of Port Angeles Realty, right, join more than a dozen volunteers in cold conditions to help clean up Veterans Park on Lincoln Street. The Port Angeles Association of Realtors joined 4PA to spruce up organic material, trash and graffiti on many walls. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Cleaning up the park

Terri Wood of First Federal, left, and Trisha Parker of Port Angeles Realty, right, join more than a dozen volunteers in cold conditions to help… Continue reading

Terri Wood of First Federal, left, and Trisha Parker of Port Angeles Realty, right, join more than a dozen volunteers in cold conditions to help clean up Veterans Park on Lincoln Street. The Port Angeles Association of Realtors joined 4PA to spruce up organic material, trash and graffiti on many walls. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Officials concerned over impacts from scheduled WSDOT projects

Bridge closures, limited traffic likely to affect residents, businesses

Coronavirus

Peninsula virus, flu cases on the rise

Three men in 70s die due to COVID-19

Tigran Arakelyan leads the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra.

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra sets December concert

Music seasonally inspired

Tigran Arakelyan leads the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra.
Danielle Osmum, left, and Dina Concepion, both from Las Vegas, walk safely along the newly defined pedestrian, bike and handicapped lane on Harbor Defense Way at Fort Worden State Park earlier this month. The markers were paid for by the Friends of Fort Worden by a donation of one of their members. The new installation is expected to last at least 10 years or longer. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Safety lane

Danielle Osmum, left, and Dina Concepion, both from Las Vegas, walk safely along the newly defined pedestrian, bike and handicapped lane on Harbor Defense Way… Continue reading

Danielle Osmum, left, and Dina Concepion, both from Las Vegas, walk safely along the newly defined pedestrian, bike and handicapped lane on Harbor Defense Way at Fort Worden State Park earlier this month. The markers were paid for by the Friends of Fort Worden by a donation of one of their members. The new installation is expected to last at least 10 years or longer. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson, top, take aim at the basket as Bainbridge Island’s James Carey defends the lane on Tuesday in Port Angeles.

PREP BASKETBALL PREVIEWS: Cohesion key for Port Angeles boys

Roughriders replacing bulk of roster

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson, top, take aim at the basket as Bainbridge Island’s James Carey defends the lane on Tuesday in Port Angeles.
Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Neah Bay's Jodell Wimberley scores one of his five touchdowns against Wellpinit in the state 1B quarterfinals held in Forks, just getting past Wellpinit's Andrew Moyer (19). Neah Bay won 66-14.

STATE 1B FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay crushes higher-ranked Wellpinit

Red Devils’ first trip to the state semifinals since 2016

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Neah Bay's Jodell Wimberley scores one of his five touchdowns against Wellpinit in the state 1B quarterfinals held in Forks, just getting past Wellpinit's Andrew Moyer (19). Neah Bay won 66-14.
Jennifer Harris, demonstrating needle felting, is one of several artists participating in the Fiber Arts Festival “Interlaced Lore — Adventure, Fellowship, & Perseverance” exhibition’s final day at Sequim Museum & Arts on Saturday. (Submitted photo)

Art Beat to be part of Small Business Saturday

Community members are invited to celebrate creativity and collaboration while supporting local artists and art organizations with Art Beat Small Business Saturday, hosted… Continue reading

Jennifer Harris, demonstrating needle felting, is one of several artists participating in the Fiber Arts Festival “Interlaced Lore — Adventure, Fellowship, & Perseverance” exhibition’s final day at Sequim Museum & Arts on Saturday. (Submitted photo)
Peninsula College Pirates.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men roar back from behind to win a pair

The Peninsula College men’s basketball team came from behind twice to win a pair of games this weekend, 67-55 over Tacoma and 66-64… Continue reading

Peninsula College Pirates.
An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place on Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles, with volunteer Ricki Smith in the bucket, Matt Williams working inside the 14-foot-tall ornament and Laci Williams watching. Four of the huge round ornaments, a 20-foot-tall tree and two fountains donated by Microsoft to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, will be lit up outside the community center during a free 20-minute ceremony that also will include performances by the Port Angeles Symphony, Ballet Workshop and Ghostlight Productions. A limited number of tickets, which will provide seats under cover outside and a sneak preview of the trees to be auctioned off on Friday, are available for $20 by going to omcf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Festival ornaments

An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place… Continue reading

An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place on Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles, with volunteer Ricki Smith in the bucket, Matt Williams working inside the 14-foot-tall ornament and Laci Williams watching. Four of the huge round ornaments, a 20-foot-tall tree and two fountains donated by Microsoft to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, will be lit up outside the community center during a free 20-minute ceremony that also will include performances by the Port Angeles Symphony, Ballet Workshop and Ghostlight Productions. A limited number of tickets, which will provide seats under cover outside and a sneak preview of the trees to be auctioned off on Friday, are available for $20 by going to omcf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)