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Pictured, from left to right, are team members Ezra Cook, Isabella Nunn, Maya Dow, Britany Bivian, Stuart Dow, Ava Butterfield, Ahwrey Smith, Zoe Pruden, Sophia Huber, Sophia Arnovitz, Grace Kessler and Moe Gardner. Not pictured are team members Elio Wentzel and Josephine Mack.

Port Townsend High School students third in trial competition

Port Townsend High School’s mock trial team for earned third place in a state-wide competition in the Thurston County Superior Court. The team… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, are team members Ezra Cook, Isabella Nunn, Maya Dow, Britany Bivian, Stuart Dow, Ava Butterfield, Ahwrey Smith, Zoe Pruden, Sophia Huber, Sophia Arnovitz, Grace Kessler and Moe Gardner. Not pictured are team members Elio Wentzel and Josephine Mack.

Road work near Lake Crescent all week

Department of Transportation maintenance crews will repair ditch lines and a damaged guardrail near Lake Crescent from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.… Continue reading

Slide repair work to begin on Highway 112 near Jim Creek

PORT ANGELES – One week after reopening state Highway 112 near Clallam Bay following a landslide, work begins nearly 15 miles east to reopen a… 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

TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Mooney, Pyeatt have big days at Bremerton meet

Sequim’s Tyler Mooney and Riley Pyeatt had huge days at a three-way track and field meet at Bremerton. Mooney won the 100-meter dash… Continue reading

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 will be… Continue reading

Big change on Monday

Monday’s Peninsula Daily News won’t arrive in time for breakfast. For many years, the PDN was thrown onto porches and rested in tubes so that… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County CEO Colleen Robinson, left, talks with Julie Maron, the organization's family resource manager, on the porch of a completed Habitat house on Maloney Court in Port Angeles on Thursday.

Million-dollar donation made to local Habitat

All Peninsula will benefit from gift to Clallam, official says

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County CEO Colleen Robinson, left, talks with Julie Maron, the organization's family resource manager, on the porch of a completed Habitat house on Maloney Court in Port Angeles on Thursday.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Liberty Lauer approches the ball in her singles match on Thursday against North Kitsap's Teegan DeVries at Port Angeles High School.

PREP ROUNDUP: PA softball, Sequim softball, golf all roll

Port Angeles managed a singles and doubles victory in a home loss to the Vikings. Senior Angelina Sprague triumphed 6-0, 7-5 over… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Liberty Lauer approches the ball in her singles match on Thursday against North Kitsap's Teegan DeVries at Port Angeles High School.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Xander Maestas, left, dribbles past Olympic's Justin Thorsen on Thursday evening at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER: Maestas comes through for Riders; Sequim beats NK in penalty kicks

Port Angeles rallied back after allowing an early goal and triumphed 2-1 over Olympic on a two-goal night by senior forward Xander… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Xander Maestas, left, dribbles past Olympic's Justin Thorsen on Thursday evening at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.

EYE ON CLALLAM: County sets hearing on accessory housing zoning

Government meetings across Clallam County.

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County workshop set on Caswell-Brown Village

Government meetings across the county

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Soroptimists reopen Sequim Medical Loan Closet

The Medical Loan Closet, operated by Soroptimist International of Sequim, has reopened. The organization loans medical equipment free of charge to residents living… Continue reading

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Keltoi -- from left, Cameron St. Louis, Vienna Scheyer, Bill Woods, David Rivers and Rich Hill -- will bring their Celtic music to Port Townsend's Quimper Grange Hall this Saturday night. photo courtesy of Keltoi
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Sailboat regatta, music, art await this weekend

from Celtic to classical, blues to rock’n’roll — will flow freely this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. And there’s a dramatic… Continue reading

Keltoi -- from left, Cameron St. Louis, Vienna Scheyer, Bill Woods, David Rivers and Rich Hill -- will bring their Celtic music to Port Townsend's Quimper Grange Hall this Saturday night. photo courtesy of Keltoi
Saint Martin's Athletics Saint Martin's freshman Chloe Leverington, a 2021 Forks High School graduate, was named the Great Northern Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week For March 21-27 after throwing two complete games in two Saints' victories last weekend.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Forks’ Leverington earns Softball Pitcher of the Week award from Great Northern Athletic Conference

Youth softball clinic Friday in Sequim; Soccer cleat swap set for Monday

Saint Martin's Athletics Saint Martin's freshman Chloe Leverington, a 2021 Forks High School graduate, was named the Great Northern Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week For March 21-27 after throwing two complete games in two Saints' victories last weekend.
Joseph Bednarik will present “War! huuunh What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; his lesson will stream on Zoom. Limited in-person viewing is available on the fellowship’s large screen TV at 1033 N. Barr Road. For more information or the Zoom link, call 360-417-2665 or email admin@olympicuuf.com.

Bednarik will present “War! huuunh What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” at service

Joseph Bednarik will present “War! huuunh What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik will present “War! huuunh What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; his lesson will stream on Zoom. Limited in-person viewing is available on the fellowship’s large screen TV at 1033 N. Barr Road. For more information or the Zoom link, call 360-417-2665 or email admin@olympicuuf.com.

EcoVillage meeting set Saturday

The Olympic EcoVillage CoHousing project will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. The organizational/educational meeting is at the Natural Healing Center, 162 S.… Continue reading

AmeriCorps service members Suzy Elbow, left, and Maggie Baker are debuting their springtime interpretive programs this Saturday at Fort Worden State Park. The pair will set up a “Wind: Nature’s Biggest Fan” exhibit near the beach in the morning and host an art-in-the-park activity beside a madrona tree in the afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Fort Worden to host interpretive programs

Beach activities usher in spring with AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps service members Suzy Elbow, left, and Maggie Baker are debuting their springtime interpretive programs this Saturday at Fort Worden State Park. The pair will set up a “Wind: Nature’s Biggest Fan” exhibit near the beach in the morning and host an art-in-the-park activity beside a madrona tree in the afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Forums details for Peninsula College president finalists

Forums for the four finalists are set in April. • On Monday, April 11, faculty and staff will interview Melissa Curtis from 11:15… Continue reading

Genealogy class offered Saturday

The Clallam County Genealogical Society will present “I Know Nothing About Genealogy” at 1 p.m. Saturday. The free class will be taught… Continue reading