Breaking News

PREP ROUNDUP: Taryn Johnson scores four goals; PA, EJ soccer teams win

Following a three-goal performance against Port Angeles earlier in the week, Sequim’s Taryn Johnson did one better against Olympic, scoring a hat trick… Continue reading

Textile art exhibit opens Monday

Painted silk and pillows, Japanese-style rice bags, art quilts and origami, one-of-a-kind garments and collages are among the more than 100 pieces… 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

Film about disappearing island to be screened

Three screenings of “Island Road,” a film about an indigenous community confronted with the disappearance of their home, are scheduled next week… Continue reading

EYE ON CLALLAM: County reviews proposed 2022 budget

The three Clallam County commissioners will discuss the recommended 2022 budget in their weekly work session Monday/weekly business meeting Tuesday. The meeting can be viewed… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to consider redistricting plan

The three Jefferson County commissioners will be updated on the 2021 redistricting plan with draft maps when they meet at 9 a.m. Monday. The meeting… Continue reading

Ethan Raup
Ethan Raup
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Crescent's Wyatt Lee, left, tries to outrun Quilcene's Kevin Alejo, front, and  Max Budnek on Thursday in Joyce.

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene erupts early against Crescent

Despite giving up 242 yards and two touchdowns to Crescent’s star running back, Wyatt Lee, the Quilcene Rangers used a balance attack on… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Crescent's Wyatt Lee, left, tries to outrun Quilcene's Kevin Alejo, front, and  Max Budnek on Thursday in Joyce.
Taking a break from setting up for the Olympic Peninsula Apple & Cider Festival, four Production Alliance crew members — from left, Danny Milholland, Shane Parish, Larry Lawrence and Damon Barlow — look out over the orchard at Eaglemount Winery-Cidery of Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Apple Cider Festival on tap this weekend

Outdoors entertainment at three venues

Taking a break from setting up for the Olympic Peninsula Apple & Cider Festival, four Production Alliance crew members — from left, Danny Milholland, Shane Parish, Larry Lawrence and Damon Barlow — look out over the orchard at Eaglemount Winery-Cidery of Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: WDFW taking comment on trout; Future Riders results

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comment on updates to a variety of fishing rules and regulations affecting state… Continue reading

Beluga whale spotted in Puget Sound

Two reports of a beluga whale sighting were reported in Puget Sound waters near Tacoma and Seattle this week, according… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2021
  • The Associated Press

Captain Joseph House gala reservations accepted now

Reservations for the Captain Joseph House Foundation’s Gala Dinner and Live Auction Fundraiser on Oct. 15 are being accepted through Sunday. The dinner,… Continue reading

Chez Jazz to perform (Mug) 

Sarah Shea and Chez Jazz will perform two free concerts this weekend. 

The will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday in the barn at Finnriver Farm and Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum. 

The group will also be on stage at 3 p.m. Sunday at CrabFest in downtown Port Angeles. 

The group performs jazz classics from the American song book.

Chez jazz to perform twice this weekend

Chez Jazz with Sarah Shea will perform two free concerts this weekend. They will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday in the barn… Continue reading

Chez Jazz to perform (Mug) 

Sarah Shea and Chez Jazz will perform two free concerts this weekend. 

The will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday in the barn at Finnriver Farm and Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum. 

The group will also be on stage at 3 p.m. Sunday at CrabFest in downtown Port Angeles. 

The group performs jazz classics from the American song book.
Brophy

Clallam County Genealogical Society lecture online

Michael Brophy will present “The Orphan Train Movement: History, Genealogy, Legacy” at 10 a.m. Saturday. Brophy will speak over Zoom; the presentation… Continue reading

Brophy
The duo of beatbox-juggling keynote speaker Bronkar Lee, left, and tap dancer-percussionist Aaron Williams -- known as Collision of Rhythm -- will take the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center stage Sunday. photo courtesy Collision of Rhythm

Collision of Rhythm arrives Sunday

Pursue Bronkar Lee and Aaron Williams for an interview about the thing they call Collision of Rhythm, and they don’t play like… Continue reading

The duo of beatbox-juggling keynote speaker Bronkar Lee, left, and tap dancer-percussionist Aaron Williams -- known as Collision of Rhythm -- will take the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center stage Sunday. photo courtesy Collision of Rhythm
Black and white images from across and beyond the region, including this photo by Richard Kohler, are in the limelight this weekend at Studio Bob in Port Angeles. photo by Richard Kohler

Crab dinners, art, music among weekend’s activities

While the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival is the blockbuster on the Port Angeles waterfront, this weekend also brings more intimate art, music and theater… Continue reading

Black and white images from across and beyond the region, including this photo by Richard Kohler, are in the limelight this weekend at Studio Bob in Port Angeles. photo by Richard Kohler
Hank the hound gives Joy Brown a kiss from the agility equipment that she and her husband Cliff Brown built at WAG in Sequim. Vice President Deb Bemm stands behind Franco the hound. Both young dogs need lots of exercise, Brown and Bemm said. They have a dedicated dog walker as well as other volunteers who play and exercise them. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Dogtoberfest to raise funds for the Welfare for Animals Guild

Event virtual again in 2021

  • Oct 8, 2021
  • By Emily Matthiessen Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Hank the hound gives Joy Brown a kiss from the agility equipment that she and her husband Cliff Brown built at WAG in Sequim. Vice President Deb Bemm stands behind Franco the hound. Both young dogs need lots of exercise, Brown and Bemm said. They have a dedicated dog walker as well as other volunteers who play and exercise them. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Quinton Chastain of Olympia carries an insulated barrel on Thursday while setting up an outdoor kitchen for this weekend's Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival near the Port Angeles waterfront. The three-day festival begins today

Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival begins near Port Angeles waterfront

Quinton Chastain of Olympia carries an insulated barrel on Thursday while setting up an outdoor kitchen for this weekend’s Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival near… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Quinton Chastain of Olympia carries an insulated barrel on Thursday while setting up an outdoor kitchen for this weekend's Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival near the Port Angeles waterfront. The three-day festival begins today
Pima County Constable Kristen Randall, left, speaks to a rental resident letting them know about their eviction notice  Sept. 24 in Tucson, Ariz.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Eviction confusion seen nationwide

Chandra Dobbs was stunned when the constable showed up on her doorstep with a fat packet of eviction papers. She thought she… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2021
  • By Anita Snow The Associated Press
Pima County Constable Kristen Randall, left, speaks to a rental resident letting them know about their eviction notice  Sept. 24 in Tucson, Ariz.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)