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Stairclimbers, from left, Tim Davis, Margie Brueckner, Matt Aston and Esther McKellar of the Port Angeles Fire Department, practice ascending the Laurel Street Stairs above downtown Port Angeles on Saturday in preparation for next spring’s 31st annual LLS Firefighter Stairclimb on March 13 at the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle. The climb, a benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, requires firefighters and emergency personnel to make a timed ascent of the 788-foot skyscraper’s 69 flights of stairs to help fund cancer research. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Taking the stairs for a good cause

Stairclimbers, from left, Tim Davis, Margie Brueckner, Matt Aston and Esther McKellar of the Port Angeles Fire Department, practice ascending the Laurel Street Stairs above… Continue reading

Stairclimbers, from left, Tim Davis, Margie Brueckner, Matt Aston and Esther McKellar of the Port Angeles Fire Department, practice ascending the Laurel Street Stairs above downtown Port Angeles on Saturday in preparation for next spring’s 31st annual LLS Firefighter Stairclimb on March 13 at the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle. The climb, a benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, requires firefighters and emergency personnel to make a timed ascent of the 788-foot skyscraper’s 69 flights of stairs to help fund cancer research. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
image 11=Spartan running back Nate Dahlgren (40) picks up more big yardage behind the blocking of Conner Earls (56) and Kalab Blanton (11),  It was a big night for both the Forks offense and defense against the Morton-White Pass Timberwolves on Homecoming Night at Spartan Stadium..  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks runs wild in monsoon

Sequim rallies to win thriller

image 11=Spartan running back Nate Dahlgren (40) picks up more big yardage behind the blocking of Conner Earls (56) and Kalab Blanton (11),  It was a big night for both the Forks offense and defense against the Morton-White Pass Timberwolves on Homecoming Night at Spartan Stadium..  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.
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Sequim's Samantha Gonzalez, left, gets tangled up with Bainbridge's Gabby Weis at midfield during a 1-0 loss to the Spartans on Thursday.

PREP SOCCER: Sequim plays Bainbridge tough; PA and East Jefferson win close ones

Sequim couldn’t pick up the road win in a 1-0 loss to league unbeaten Class 3A Bainbridge, but the shorthanded Wolves didn’t go… Continue reading

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Sequim's Samantha Gonzalez, left, gets tangled up with Bainbridge's Gabby Weis at midfield during a 1-0 loss to the Spartans on Thursday.

A GROWING CONCERN: Paint your fall garden in swaths of red, gold and orange

WE JUST FINISHED two weeks of discussing the “right plant for the right spot.” The next eight weeks are the best time to plant shrubs… Continue reading

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Agnew’s free pantry expands, supporters honored

Storage building named after Florence and Michael Bucierka

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Council, city manager talk parks, police car funding

Investing nearly $1.4 million of federal money

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Virtual meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday via Zoom. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 89904295840, with Meeting ID 899 0429 5840.… Continue reading

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First Step gets $10k donation

First Step Family Support Center recently received a $10,000 donation from the Discuren Foundation. The gift will help support community-based Kaleidoscope Play… Continue reading

Leland, Anderson lakes toxic

Fall blooms of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, have resulted in rising toxin levels at two Jefferson County lakes, according to… Continue reading

Lila's Kitchen owner Wendy Davis stops by the Batch Brothers window on a recent afternoon. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News.
Lila's Kitchen owner Wendy Davis stops by the Batch Brothers window on a recent afternoon. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News.
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Suggs, Garcia debate in forum

Priorities, safety, water, COVID-19 among topics

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Houlton Madinger of Port Townsend enjoyed the Mountain View Pool's brief reopening back in March. The facility, which closed again last summer, is set to open to the public Oct. 25. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Houlton Madinger of Port Townsend enjoyed the Mountain View Pool's brief reopening back in March. The facility, which closed again last summer, is set to open to the public Oct. 25. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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

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

Yellowstone crews scale back search for Utah conservationist

The National Park Service has scaled back the search for Kim Crumbo, a conservationist from Utah who disappeared along… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Daniel Cable escapes the Bainbridge defense on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field.
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Port Angeles' Daniel Cable escapes the Bainbridge defense on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field.