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Sequim approves process to create improvement districts

Effort could help neighborhoods finance repair projects

Sequim school board approves $49.6 million budget for 2025-26

District planning to host 2,525 students at start of year

Sequim Wolf Pack will continue to practice at Sequim Little League’s fields due to new fees within Sequim School District for renting its field space. Organizers said they’ve practiced and played games at either Sequim High School or Sequim Middle School since 2010. School leaders said they’re meeting with groups through August to discuss concerns. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim school fees irk groups

Teams, productions move or await change

Sequim Wolf Pack will continue to practice at Sequim Little League’s fields due to new fees within Sequim School District for renting its field space. Organizers said they’ve practiced and played games at either Sequim High School or Sequim Middle School since 2010. School leaders said they’re meeting with groups through August to discuss concerns. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Rogue's Andre Estanoqui, left, and Peninsula's Max Pieper battle for control on Friday afternoon in Port Angeles.
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Rogue's Andre Estanoqui, left, and Peninsula's Max Pieper battle for control on Friday afternoon in Port Angeles.

A GROWING CONCERN: Four essential elements to great gardening plans

AS WE BEGIN the month of September on Monday,we are but a few weeks from autumn and then the winter season. These are the seasons… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Meetings at noon on Wednesdays at the student-run Wildcat Cafe at Lincoln School, 905 W. Ninth St., Port Angeles. This… Continue reading

Becky Forrester participated in a project during which people living in Port Townsend and experiencing homelessness were given cameras to photograph their lives. After finding housing at Caswell-Brown Village, she started a community garden. (Becky Forrester)

Jefferson history exhibitions to open next week

Artist’s 30-year work highlights shows

Becky Forrester participated in a project during which people living in Port Townsend and experiencing homelessness were given cameras to photograph their lives. After finding housing at Caswell-Brown Village, she started a community garden. (Becky Forrester)

Jefferson Transit updates Port Townsend routes

Jefferson Transit Authority has announced several changes to its services effective Sept. 29. They include adding a midday trip on route 1… Continue reading

Murder retrial set for next year

Triple-homicide case slated for September 2026

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POINT OF VIEW: Recompete grant projects unfold across region

WHAT DOES IT take to strengthen the economy of a region and transform the livelihoods of those who live there? With the help of a… Continue reading

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Port Ludlow, Mats Mats Bay closed to shellfishing

Port Ludlow and Mats Mats Bay beaches have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in… Continue reading

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

Kate Orzikh, owner of Sunflower Tastes bakery and deli at The Wharf in Port Angeles, holds loaves of sourdough bread created in the establishment’s kitchen. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Ukrainian baker opens deli, donates proceeds from rye

Business grows out of success of two-day garage sale

Kate Orzikh, owner of Sunflower Tastes bakery and deli at The Wharf in Port Angeles, holds loaves of sourdough bread created in the establishment’s kitchen. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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East Jefferson's Alex Garcia runs with the football while teammate Jackson Dupuy (7) serves as lead blocker during a 2024 contest against Klahowya at Memorial Field in Port Townsend. 
Both All-Nisqually League players return for the Rivals this fall.
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East Jefferson's Alex Garcia runs with the football while teammate Jackson Dupuy (7) serves as lead blocker during a 2024 contest against Klahowya at Memorial Field in Port Townsend. 
Both All-Nisqually League players return for the Rivals this fall.
New Port Angeles High School assistant principal and athletic director Jarom Packer is pictured with his wife Merrin and three children.
New Port Angeles High School assistant principal and athletic director Jarom Packer is pictured with his wife Merrin and three children.
Members of the 4H Garden Club, clockwise from left, front, Lucy Woods, 13, Eve Dry, 14, Astrid Asselin, 14, and Cedric Clark, 13, play an agricultural-themed card game “Abandon All Artichokes” under a table umbrella on Wednesday at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. On the accompanying table are vegetables freshly harvested from the garden. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cards in the garden

Members of the 4H Garden Club, clockwise from left, front, Lucy Woods, 13, Eve Dry, 14, Astrid Asselin, 14, and Cedric Clark, 13, play an… Continue reading

Members of the 4H Garden Club, clockwise from left, front, Lucy Woods, 13, Eve Dry, 14, Astrid Asselin, 14, and Cedric Clark, 13, play an agricultural-themed card game “Abandon All Artichokes” under a table umbrella on Wednesday at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. On the accompanying table are vegetables freshly harvested from the garden. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ISSUES OF FAITH: Breathe in the grace that surrounds us

DID YOU SMELL that? No, I don’t mean whatever your “that” might be. I’m writing about the aroma of summer rain that blessed us a… Continue reading

Library program encourages reading for children

‘1,000 books’ gets students ready for school, official says

Multiple passengers transported from cruise ship off Washington coast

The U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Coast Guard coordinated two separate medical evacuations from the cruise ship Ruby Princess… Continue reading