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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Terry Ward, vice-president of Sound Publishing and publisher of the six-day-per-week Peninsula Daily News and the weekly Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum, right, speaks about changes to the newspapers during a Tuesday morning breakfast with members of the Port Angeles Business Association. Ward described the switch to delivery-by-mail, adjustments to the publication schedule and the general health of the newspaper group. Among those in attendence were business association members, from left, Dick Pilling, former PDN publisher John Brewer and former mayor Cherie Kidd.
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Publisher talks business in Port Angeles

Terry Ward, vice president of Sound Publishing and publisher of the six-day-per-week Peninsula Daily News and the weekly Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum, right, speaks… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Terry Ward, vice-president of Sound Publishing and publisher of the six-day-per-week Peninsula Daily News and the weekly Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum, right, speaks about changes to the newspapers during a Tuesday morning breakfast with members of the Port Angeles Business Association. Ward described the switch to delivery-by-mail, adjustments to the publication schedule and the general health of the newspaper group. Among those in attendence were business association members, from left, Dick Pilling, former PDN publisher John Brewer and former mayor Cherie Kidd.

Registration deadline looms for Beach Naturalist training

Registration closes on Friday for Beach Naturalist training offered by the WSU Jefferson County Extension to help North Olympic Peninsula residents turn… Continue reading

Town & County recently hired realtor Peter Brooks as a real estate consultant/marketing specialist.

Sequim real estate office hires consultant/marketing specialist

Town & County recently hired realtor Peter Brooks as a real estate consultant/marketing specialist. The real estate brokerage is at 305 S. Sequim… Continue reading

Town & County recently hired realtor Peter Brooks as a real estate consultant/marketing specialist.
Port Townsend School District Superintendent Linda Rosenbury, left, and Main Street Program Executive Director Mari Mullen were among the people who came to the city’s streateries-and-parklets open house at the Cotton Building on Tuesday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Streateries discussion in progress

Port Townsend council expects to make decision in May

Port Townsend School District Superintendent Linda Rosenbury, left, and Main Street Program Executive Director Mari Mullen were among the people who came to the city’s streateries-and-parklets open house at the Cotton Building on Tuesday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
After many months of masking, flutists Gabby Mattern-Hall, left, and Sibyl Finman got to shed their face coverings for band practice earlier this month in George Rodes’ band room. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Teens learning to make music together again

Orchestra director guest conductor for Sequim class

After many months of masking, flutists Gabby Mattern-Hall, left, and Sibyl Finman got to shed their face coverings for band practice earlier this month in George Rodes’ band room. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Anson Jones heaves the shot put 41 feet, 3 inches for second place in the shot put during a Nisqually League meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Tuesday.

TRACK AND FIELD: East Jefferson boys win home meet; girls second

The East Jefferson boys track team won its home Nisqually League meet by a big margin thanks to dominance in the distance… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Anson Jones heaves the shot put 41 feet, 3 inches for second place in the shot put during a Nisqually League meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Tuesday.

Volunteer Hospice orientation set for Friday

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will conduct both an online orientation session and an in-person session for potential volunteers. The in-person session… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Traffic splashes along East Lauridsen Boulevard as water from a main break slows into a storm drain at South Chase Street on Wednesday after a 6-inch water line burst in the 200 block of East Orcas Avenue in Port Angeles. Repairs were expected to be completed by about 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to a report posted late Wednesday afternoon on the city website. Some 54 customers were affected and were under a boil-water advisory, city officials said.
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Water main break in Port Angeles

Traffic splashes along East Lauridsen Boulevard as water from a main break flows into a storm drain at South Chase Street on Wednesday after a… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Traffic splashes along East Lauridsen Boulevard as water from a main break slows into a storm drain at South Chase Street on Wednesday after a 6-inch water line burst in the 200 block of East Orcas Avenue in Port Angeles. Repairs were expected to be completed by about 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to a report posted late Wednesday afternoon on the city website. Some 54 customers were affected and were under a boil-water advisory, city officials said.
Debbie Petrie

Wig shop opens its doors in Port Angeles

Debbie Petrie has relocated her wig business from Portland, Ore., to Port Angeles. The Wig Gallery offers wigs and hairpieces for hair… Continue reading

Debbie Petrie
Coronavirus

FDA OKs fourth booster for over 50

Peninsula case rates creep up

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Longtime Sequim Irrigation Festival volunteer Jean Wyatt receives the 2021 Sequim Citizen of the Year honor from Terry Ward, publisher of the Peninsula Daily News and Sequim Gazette, on Tuesday at 7 Cedars Resort.

‘Quiet hero’ receives Sequim Citizen of Year award

Wyatt lauded for efforts to bolster Irrigation Festival

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Longtime Sequim Irrigation Festival volunteer Jean Wyatt receives the 2021 Sequim Citizen of the Year honor from Terry Ward, publisher of the Peninsula Daily News and Sequim Gazette, on Tuesday at 7 Cedars Resort.

America’s Boating Club of North Olympic Peninsula to conduct boating course

America’s Boating Club of the North Olympic Peninsula will conduct a boating course from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from… Continue reading

Chinese American Voices topic Jefferson County Historical Society’s First Friday series

Doug Chin will present “Chinese in Port Townsend and Washington State” at 7 p.m. Friday. Chin’s lecture will be in the Northwest… Continue reading

Former naturopath sentenced for false COVID-19 cure

Third federal conviction for introducing misbranded drugs into commerce

Friends of Fort Flagler to host lecture on elephant seals

Deisy Bach will discuss elephant seal sightings in the Puget Sound at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The free online lecture is sponsored by… Continue reading

Interim County Administrator Mark McCauley decided, instead of retiring, to accept the county commissioners' appointment to full county administrator. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Jefferson County hires experienced administrator

‘No need to disrupt the progress we’ve made’

Interim County Administrator Mark McCauley decided, instead of retiring, to accept the county commissioners' appointment to full county administrator. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Inside the remodeled playhouse in Port Townsend, "Around the World in Less Than 80 Days" playwright and actor David Natale cracks up Denise Winter, the artistic director of Key City Public Theatre. The two, along with the cast and crew, have just opened ticket sales for the show's world premiere. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Key City Public Theatre to reopen with ‘Around the World’

Renovated facility to welcome audiences with world premiere

Inside the remodeled playhouse in Port Townsend, "Around the World in Less Than 80 Days" playwright and actor David Natale cracks up Denise Winter, the artistic director of Key City Public Theatre. The two, along with the cast and crew, have just opened ticket sales for the show's world premiere. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning, front, tries to evade the defense of North Kitsap's Jonas La Tour during Thursday night's game at Port Angeles High School.

OLYMPIC LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Dunning, Vaara make first team

Seniors Wyatt Dunning and John Vaara of the Port Angeles Roughriders have been named to the first team of the all-Olympic League… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning, front, tries to evade the defense of North Kitsap's Jonas La Tour during Thursday night's game at Port Angeles High School.
Sequim's Jolene Vaara, left, and Hannah Bates pressure Port Angeles' Bailee Larson in the first half of a West Central District playoff game in February in Port Angeles. All three players made the first all-Olympic girls basketball team. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

OLYMPIC LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim, Port Angeles dominate all-league teams

The Port Angeles Roughriders and Sequim Wolves shared the Olympic 2A League championship, and they dominated the Olympic 2A League all-league basketball… Continue reading

Sequim's Jolene Vaara, left, and Hannah Bates pressure Port Angeles' Bailee Larson in the first half of a West Central District playoff game in February in Port Angeles. All three players made the first all-Olympic girls basketball team. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Rhody Run

OUTDOOR SPORTS: Registration opens for Rhody Run Redux

Registration is open for the Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run Redux that is set for May 22. This year’s race starts and finishes… Continue reading

Rhody Run