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Wilder Senior's Ezra Townsend swings and breaks his bat on contact during the first inning of Saturday's game against NW Sting at Port Angeles Civic Field.

DICK BROWN TOURNAMENT: Wilder wins behind gem from Logan Olson

Experience excelled for Wilder Senior as some of the program’s longest-tenured players broke out under the lights in a 9-0 win over… Continue reading

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Wilder Senior's Ezra Townsend swings and breaks his bat on contact during the first inning of Saturday's game against NW Sting at Port Angeles Civic Field.

Fire destroys shop, damages garage in Agnew

A brush and structure fire destroyed a shop and its contents and damaged a garage on Percival Road in Agnew on Thursday. The… Continue reading

The Field Day event at Fort Worden State Park had something for everyone, including Port Townsend’s Rosie Dunham, 6, who is getting her face painted by artist Alexa Rose. Other activities Saturday included tug-o-war, music, bouncy houses and delicious foods. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fourth of July marked on North Olympic Peninsula

Events planned today in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks

The Field Day event at Fort Worden State Park had something for everyone, including Port Townsend’s Rosie Dunham, 6, who is getting her face painted by artist Alexa Rose. Other activities Saturday included tug-o-war, music, bouncy houses and delicious foods. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Ian Mackay rides his motorized wheelchair on a section of the Olympic Discovery Trail at Robin Hill County Park west of Sequim on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Ian Mackay sets wheelchair record

Mouth-controlled ride measures 184.4 miles

Ian Mackay rides his motorized wheelchair on a section of the Olympic Discovery Trail at Robin Hill County Park west of Sequim on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

LETTER: Please vote

On Monday, June 27, I participated in election observer training at the courthouse. I was very impressed by the painstaking safeguards in place to make… Continue reading

  • Jul 4, 2022

Part of Chimacum Creek Tidelands closed

Rise of E. coli bacteria detected in area

Port Angeles driver hits vehicle stopping for deer

A Port Angeles woman was treated and discharged from Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend after she hit the rear of a… Continue reading

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties drop pair of games to powerhouse Corvallis

The Port Angeles Lefties got off to a rough start against perennial West Coast League powerhouse Corvallis, losing the first two games… Continue reading

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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Robbie Ray winds up against the Oakland Athletics at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Sunday. Ray struck out 12 batters in a 2-1 Seattle victory. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

SEATTLE MARINERS: It’s the Ray and Julio show in win over A’s

Julio Rodríguez homered on Frankie Montas’ first pitch and drove in both runs, Robbie Ray struck out a season-high 12 and the Seattle… Continue reading

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Robbie Ray winds up against the Oakland Athletics at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Sunday. Ray struck out 12 batters in a 2-1 Seattle victory. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press)

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 are no… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Police Detective Trevor Dropp, left, and Sgt. Kevin Miller keep watch at The Gateway in downtown Port Angeles after a suspicious package was found at the Port Angeles Farmers Market on Saturday morning. The market was evacuated and the 200 block of North Lincoln Street was barricaded until a Washington State Patrol bomb squad arrived from Bremerton early Saturday afternoon.

Suspicious package found to be no threat

Farmers market in Port Angeles closed until bomb squad could arrive

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Port Angeles Police Detective Trevor Dropp, left, and Sgt. Kevin Miller keep watch at The Gateway in downtown Port Angeles after a suspicious package was found at the Port Angeles Farmers Market on Saturday morning. The market was evacuated and the 200 block of North Lincoln Street was barricaded until a Washington State Patrol bomb squad arrived from Bremerton early Saturday afternoon.

Strawberry shortcake sales set for noon today (Sunday)

Public safety issue only delayed fundraiser a day

A GROWING CONCERN: Shift summer garden chores into high gear

SINCE I MOVED here 27 years ago, I’ve always heard, “It rains on the Fourth of July … And the next day summer begins!” Well,… Continue reading

Mora Park c1880, Courtesy of North Olympic History Center

BACK WHEN: The life behing the name on Port Angeles building

THERE IS A building in downtown Port Angeles that bears the name K.O. Erickson Building. SAVINGS BANK is written on the cornice. When you see… Continue reading

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Pianist and best-selling author Jeremy Denk will appear at this summer’s Music on the Strait festival. (Photo by Josh Goleman)

Clallam-born chamber music festival set to return

Richard O’Neill, the Grammy-winning violist originally from Sequim, is joining co-artistic director James Garlick in bringing back Music on the Strait, the… Continue reading

Pianist and best-selling author Jeremy Denk will appear at this summer’s Music on the Strait festival. (Photo by Josh Goleman)
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In an effort to clean up its site due in part to illegal dumping, Midway Metals, at 258010 U.S. Highway 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles, shut down in April 2021 over environmental concerns and an unsightly appearance that prompted Clallam County officials to call it an eyesore.

Criminal action sought for Midway Metals

Sheriff requests charge for illegal dumping

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In an effort to clean up its site due in part to illegal dumping, Midway Metals, at 258010 U.S. Highway 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles, shut down in April 2021 over environmental concerns and an unsightly appearance that prompted Clallam County officials to call it an eyesore.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Meets the first Tuesday of every month, at 10 a.m. via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89928194489?pwd=Nmx4NkZ2eVpZbldNYk9tY2k4YUJNZz09 with the passcode HOPE. This week… Continue reading

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Freia Palmer of Port Angeles and Tom Cox of Port Townsend dance to the music of Olympic Express Big Band during Wednesday night's kickoff show in the Concerts on the Pier music series at Port Angeles City Pier. The free summer music series, hosted by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts and sponsored by Erika Ralston Word Windemere Real Estate, D.A. Davidson & Co., Elwha River Casino, Washington State Department of Commerce and the Peninsula Daily News, continues at 6 p.m. next Wednesday with the classic rock of Sweet Justice.

Free outdoor concerts set throughout summer

Outdoor summer concerts are back in full swing in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend. The free concerts are Tuesdays in Sequim, Wednesdays in Port… Continue reading

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Freia Palmer of Port Angeles and Tom Cox of Port Townsend dance to the music of Olympic Express Big Band during Wednesday night's kickoff show in the Concerts on the Pier music series at Port Angeles City Pier. The free summer music series, hosted by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts and sponsored by Erika Ralston Word Windemere Real Estate, D.A. Davidson & Co., Elwha River Casino, Washington State Department of Commerce and the Peninsula Daily News, continues at 6 p.m. next Wednesday with the classic rock of Sweet Justice.
Everett's Marvin Livermont caught this king with a purple haze lure while fishing the Garbage Dump off Neah Bay. Due to high king catch estimates, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended salmon fishing beginning today east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and July 5 west of the line.

Neah Bay chinook put on ice

Neah Bay fishing season fully paused Tuesday

Everett's Marvin Livermont caught this king with a purple haze lure while fishing the Garbage Dump off Neah Bay. Due to high king catch estimates, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended salmon fishing beginning today east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and July 5 west of the line.

POINT OF VIEW: Religious freedom ignored in abortion debate

ALONG WITH THE belief that Judaism does not claim to have the ultimate “truth” about God, the almost fanatical pursuit of justice is a fundamental… Continue reading