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Community Players to roll out new season

The Port Angeles Community Players will roll out their 2022-2023 Main Stage Season on Sunday. The annual meeting, capped by a performance… Continue reading

Port Ludlow’s Mia Torres, 20, performs six of her original songs during the Concerts on the Dock on Thursday at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend. The performance was part of the grand finale of free outdoor summer concerts. Port Townsend Main Street and Soundcheck joined forces, with live music beginning at 2 p.m. and continuing into the evening. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Concert on the dock

Port Ludlow’s Mia Torres, 20, performs six of her original songs during the Concerts on the Dock on Thursday at Pope Marine Park in Port… Continue reading

Port Ludlow’s Mia Torres, 20, performs six of her original songs during the Concerts on the Dock on Thursday at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend. The performance was part of the grand finale of free outdoor summer concerts. Port Townsend Main Street and Soundcheck joined forces, with live music beginning at 2 p.m. and continuing into the evening. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn, left, speaks to U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, a Democrat representing the Olympic Peninsula, during a visit to the main hospital facility in Port Townsend on Wednesday. (Courtesy photo)

Congressman Kilmer tours Jefferson Healthcare campus

Staff share concerns about staffing, upgrading facility

Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn, left, speaks to U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, a Democrat representing the Olympic Peninsula, during a visit to the main hospital facility in Port Townsend on Wednesday. (Courtesy photo)

Drake to speak Sunday at Unity service

Thomas Drake will present “Co-Creating a World That Works for All” at 11 a.m. Sunday Drake is the guest speaker at Unity… Continue reading

Fundraiser bake sale set for Saturday

The Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital will conduct a bake sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The fundraising sale is… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Children can discover empathy and themselves in a tradition of reading

“There is divine beauty in learning just as there is human beauty in tolerance” (Elie Wiesel). EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS been a deeply held value in… Continue reading

Jefferson PUD to discuss meters

The Jefferson County Public Utility District commissioners will discuss the meter replacement program during a special meeting at 10 a.m. today. The… Continue reading

Music, flight, art celebrated on Peninsula this weekend

Music festivals and a celebration of flight are among activities topping the list of entertainment on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • THING offers… Continue reading

Mandy Jones will teach the school’s newly established third and fourth grade class this year.

New Day Learning Academy welcomes teacher, students

New Day Learning Academy will host an orientation program from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The orientation, as well as the… Continue reading

Mandy Jones will teach the school’s newly established third and fourth grade class this year.

Nonprofit expands mission in Guatemala

Global Humanity Initiative, a Sequim-based nonprofit, has expanded its mission to include support for Hogar de Ancianos Betania in Chiquimula, Guatemala. Hogar de… Continue reading

Terry Barrett will present “You Matter Very Much” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

OUUF speaker set for Sunday service

Terry Barrett will present “You Matter Very Much” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Barrett will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist… Continue reading

Terry Barrett will present “You Matter Very Much” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Port of Port Angeles delays its Maritime Trade Center design

Projected cost of 16,000-square-foot building over budget

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Neah Bay senior Julian Carrick looks for running room during a 2021 game against Mossyrock. Carrick is once again expected to start at quarterback and in the secondary for the Red Devils this season.

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Experienced Neah Bay seeking a deep playoff run

Julian Carrick, Kaeden Butterfield, Jodell Wimberly, Andre Greene all set to lead

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Neah Bay senior Julian Carrick looks for running room during a 2021 game against Mossyrock. Carrick is once again expected to start at quarterback and in the secondary for the Red Devils this season.
A construction crew prepares support structures for a new elevated walkway that will link the historic railroad trestle to the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim and the existing Olympic Discovery Trail. The work is part of a project to restore the floodplain of the Dungeness River while providing improved access to the plaza of the recently opened nature center. The new walkway will include a bypass span, providing a direct route for pedestrians and bicyclists using the trail. Work is expected to be completed this fall. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Railroad bridge construction

A construction crew prepares support structures for a new elevated walkway that will link the historic railroad trestle to the Dungeness River Nature Center at… Continue reading

A construction crew prepares support structures for a new elevated walkway that will link the historic railroad trestle to the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim and the existing Olympic Discovery Trail. The work is part of a project to restore the floodplain of the Dungeness River while providing improved access to the plaza of the recently opened nature center. The new walkway will include a bypass span, providing a direct route for pedestrians and bicyclists using the trail. Work is expected to be completed this fall. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sea to Sound multi-modal group ride begins today

Ian’s Ride will host the three-day 74-mile Sea To Sound, a multi-modal group ride spanning the entire length of the Olympic Discovery… Continue reading

Rachel Tax, left, and Karen Kremkau hand out backpacks at the Back to School Fair at Helen Haller Elementary in 2021. Saturdays event features a drive-through and on-the-field fair at the Sequim School District stadium on West Fir Street. (Michael Dashiell / Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim plans hybrid Back to School Fair

The pandemic forced Sequim schools to become flexible in meeting the needs of its students, with many youths getting instruction both in person… Continue reading

Rachel Tax, left, and Karen Kremkau hand out backpacks at the Back to School Fair at Helen Haller Elementary in 2021. Saturdays event features a drive-through and on-the-field fair at the Sequim School District stadium on West Fir Street. (Michael Dashiell / Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Summer’s end festival planned

There is a school supply Summer’s End Festival from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The free community celebration is at First… Continue reading

Unity speaker set for presentation

The Rev. Bill Evans will present “The Heart of the Matter” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Evans will be the guest speaker at… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center ER patients to get two bills

Change to come into effect Oct. 1

Advisory board supports removal of Port Townsend poplars

Design concept now goes to city, port, PUD for final vote