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Peninsula parties, plunges set to celebrate new year

Two dance parties, an online concert and three polar bear plunges are among the ways to ring in 2022 across the North Olympic Peninsula. Starting… Continue reading

Police say man arrested with guns, fentanyl

Police: 100 pills in Jaguar

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Lukas Cox uses a snowblower to clear a sidewalk at The Gateway at Front and Lincoln streets on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Ready for warmer weather

Forecast calls for melt of snow, ice this weekend

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department employee Lukas Cox uses a snowblower to clear a sidewalk at The Gateway at Front and Lincoln streets on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Speaker slated for Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service

Dianne Whitaker will present “Luminescence” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Whitaker will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; her lesson… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Walker Ward runs with the football against Bainbridge during a February game, one of the first prep sporting events held in 11 months due to the pandemic.

SPORTS: Return of athletics highlights 2021

The return of organized sports and competitions to the fields, courts and trails of the North Olympic Peninsula after nearly a year’s… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Walker Ward runs with the football against Bainbridge during a February game, one of the first prep sporting events held in 11 months due to the pandemic.

Fireworks regulations on Peninsula

Hours and areas in Jefferson and Clallam counties

Clallam County sets meeting today

Commissioners will consider a contract amendment

First Night and other celebrations to ring in new year

Cold weather prompted a few alterations

Polar Bear participants emerge from the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor during the 2021 New Years Day plunge at Hollywood Beach, which happened despite a pandemic and the lack of an organized plan. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Freezing temperatures raise bar on polar bear dip challenge

New Year’s Day plunges planned on Peninsula

Polar Bear participants emerge from the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor during the 2021 New Years Day plunge at Hollywood Beach, which happened despite a pandemic and the lack of an organized plan. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Coronavirus

Hospitals report employees out because of COVID-19

Olympic Medical Center lists 127 not working

Junior hockey tourney canceled

The remainder of the world junior hockey championship in Canada has been canceled over fears of a COVID-19 outbreak. The International Ice Hockey Federation made… Continue reading

Graceful as a sea lioness, Laura Rogers of Port Hadlock takes the plunge off the dock on New Year’s Day 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Nordland polar bear plunge both traditional and unofficial

Freezing temperatures raise the bar

Graceful as a sea lioness, Laura Rogers of Port Hadlock takes the plunge off the dock on New Year’s Day 2021. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
FILE - Seattle Mariners' Kyle Seager heads off the field after flying out against the Los Angeles Angels in a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Seattle. Seager announced his retirement on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, after 11 seasons in the majors, all with the Mariners. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

SEATTLE MARINERS: Kyle Seager retires after 11 years

Kyle Seager announced his retirement Wednesday after 11 seasons in the majors, all with the Seattle Mariners. Always one to eschew social media,… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2021
  • The Associated Press
  • Sports
FILE - Seattle Mariners' Kyle Seager heads off the field after flying out against the Los Angeles Angels in a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Seattle. Seager announced his retirement on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, after 11 seasons in the majors, all with the Mariners. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
A visitor to Hurricane Ridge pauses to take in the expanse of mountain peaks apparently floating above the lowland clouds. (John Gussman)

Snowstorm fuels Hurricane Ridge winter sports

Shift to more normal winter temperatures expected this weekend

A visitor to Hurricane Ridge pauses to take in the expanse of mountain peaks apparently floating above the lowland clouds. (John Gussman)

Attorneys argue instructions for Bauer jury

More witnesses subpoenaed to testify

Washington State Patrol adds emphasis patrols during holiday season

The Washington State Patrol is joining 10 other western states’ law enforcement agencies with emphasis patrols over the New Year’s holiday. The Western States Traffic… Continue reading

Here are places to get warm on the North Olympic Peninsula

Agencies provide shelter

Olympic Medical Foundation Executive Director Bruce Skinner runs in a marathon in Antarctica in 2019. Skinner, who ran the Fiesta Bowl from 1980 to 1990, is being inducted into the Bowl Season Leadership Hall of Fame on Jan. 1.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Bruce Skinner honored

Fiesta Bowl turned into a major event

Olympic Medical Foundation Executive Director Bruce Skinner runs in a marathon in Antarctica in 2019. Skinner, who ran the Fiesta Bowl from 1980 to 1990, is being inducted into the Bowl Season Leadership Hall of Fame on Jan. 1.
FILE - Coach John Madden of the Oakland Raiders is carried from the field by his players after his team defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 1977 John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, the NFL said. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)

NFL: Coaching, broadcasting legend John Madden dies

John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three… Continue reading

  • Dec 29, 2021
  • By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer
FILE - Coach John Madden of the Oakland Raiders is carried from the field by his players after his team defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 1977 John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, the NFL said. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)
Coronavirus

Omicron variant likely cause of most new cases on Peninsula

Vaccination, boosters especially important now