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Jon Purnell walks his dog on Hoare Road south of Port Angeles, where the elevation helped to capture some snow. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jon Purnell walks his dog on Hoare Road south of Port Angeles, where the elevation helped to capture some snow. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jan Jacobson of the Port Townsend Library helped choose “Seya’s Song,” the current StoryWalk at Kah Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. “Seya’s Song” is a book that contains S’Klallam words in its story about the people and wild creatures of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula walking path follows a S’Klallam tale

Panels encourage readers to take care of creatures

Jan Jacobson of the Port Townsend Library helped choose “Seya’s Song,” the current StoryWalk at Kah Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. “Seya’s Song” is a book that contains S’Klallam words in its story about the people and wild creatures of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Pierre LaBossiere

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Patience pays off in 2022

I believe 2022 will be looked back at as the Year Patience Paid Off. It’s nice to see that patience rewarded this past weekend. First… Continue reading

Pierre LaBossiere

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to host low-tide beach walk

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will guide a low-tide beach walk from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Participants in the… Continue reading

REGIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Sequim girls, Port Angeles boys to play back-to-back in Mount Vernon

The Sequim girls basketball team and the Port Angeles boys basketball team will play their regionals games back-to-back at Mount Vernon High School… Continue reading

The Port Angeles boys swim team finished eighth in the state 2A meet held at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way this weekend. From left, back row, are Jacob Miller, Max Baeder, Blake Nahory, Aidan Butterworth, Landon Close, Colby Ellefson (Sequim), Adam Weller, head coach Sally Cole and assistant coach Lisa Walls. From left, front, are Alex Che, Adam Boyd and Josh Gavin. (Courtesy photo)

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND: PA boys swim team places; EJ’s Massie second in state

The Port Angeles boys swim team finished eighth in the state 2A swim meet held at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way this… Continue reading

The Port Angeles boys swim team finished eighth in the state 2A meet held at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way this weekend. From left, back row, are Jacob Miller, Max Baeder, Blake Nahory, Aidan Butterworth, Landon Close, Colby Ellefson (Sequim), Adam Weller, head coach Sally Cole and assistant coach Lisa Walls. From left, front, are Alex Che, Adam Boyd and Josh Gavin. (Courtesy photo)

State Senate, House release supplemental budget plans

House and Senate Democrats on Monday released their separate supplemental state budget proposals and will soon… Continue reading

Forks' Hayden Queen defeats Jeshua Cwik in the 182-pound semifinals at the Mat Classic on Saturday.  Queen went on to later win the state championship at 182 pounds. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

MAT CLASSIC: Forks’ Queen wins state title; Spartans take fourth

The Forks boys wrestling team finished fourth in the state and got a state champion in a triumphant return to the Mat Classic.… Continue reading

Forks' Hayden Queen defeats Jeshua Cwik in the 182-pound semifinals at the Mat Classic on Saturday.  Queen went on to later win the state championship at 182 pounds. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Kate McDermott will speak at the Red, Set Go! luncheon to benefit the Olympic Medical Center Foundation on Friday. (Andrew Scrivani)
Kate McDermott will speak at the Red, Set Go! luncheon to benefit the Olympic Medical Center Foundation on Friday. (Andrew Scrivani)

7th Haven construction set to begin at 5 a.m. Tuesday

Part of Seventh Street in Port Townsend will be closed to traffic

The local duo True Reckoning — AB McSpadden, left, and Tex Armstrong — play an acoustic set Friday afternoon at Tyler Street Plaza in downtown Port Townsend. The pair also performs at local clubs and plans to tour up Alaska’s Inside Passage this summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Acoustic set

AB McSpadden, left, and Tex Armstrong — play an acoustic set Friday afternoon at Tyler Street Plaza in downtown… Continue reading

The local duo True Reckoning — AB McSpadden, left, and Tex Armstrong — play an acoustic set Friday afternoon at Tyler Street Plaza in downtown Port Townsend. The pair also performs at local clubs and plans to tour up Alaska’s Inside Passage this summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Dana Johnson of Esco Pacific Signs of Chehalis changes light bulbs and performs other maintenance on the Ruddell Auto Mall sign at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Golf Course Road. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Changing a light bulb

By Dave Logan For Peninsula Daily News Dana Johnson of Esco Pacific Signs of Chehalis changes light bulbs and performs other maintenance on the Ruddell… Continue reading

Dana Johnson of Esco Pacific Signs of Chehalis changes light bulbs and performs other maintenance on the Ruddell Auto Mall sign at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Golf Course Road. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women rally to shock Olympic

The Peninsula College women’s basketball team, riding a bunch of clutch plays from Sequim’s Hope Glasser, came roaring back from a huge… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders.

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL: Riders win district tournament

The Port Angeles girls basketball team won the District 2/3 2A tournament by crushing White river 61-33 in the championship game Saturday night.… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders.

Metallurgist gets 2.5 years for faking tests on sub parts

A metallurgist working in Tacoma was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and a $50,000 fine after she spent decades faking the… Continue reading

"The Road :)" by M. (student wishes to remain anonymous, please only list as "M" for artist name)

Poets to interpret student photography

Exhibit to show teens’ pandemic experience

"The Road :)" by M. (student wishes to remain anonymous, please only list as "M" for artist name)

PREP DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles wins third-place game, automatically makes state tourney

With Wyatt Dunning and John Vaara having off games and in foul trouble, the Port Angeles boys got seven 3-pointers and 21 points… Continue reading

Brian Pruiett.

Pruiett enters race for state seat

24th District has 9,000 more residents

Brian Pruiett.

Report says new nuclear reactor is risky

A new type of nuclear reactor that would provide carbon-free energy to at least four states in the Western U.S. poses financial risks for utilities… Continue reading

  • Feb 21, 2022
  • By Jennifer McDermott The Associated Press
  • Regional News