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The camp host for the Point Hudson campground has their corner of the RV park decorated for Halloween. While many annual Halloween events have been cancelled this year due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the health officer for North Olympic Peninsula believes that normal trick-or-treating for kids can be done safely tonight. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Spooky sightings

The camp host for the Point Hudson campground has their corner of the RV park decorated for Halloween. While many annual Halloween events have been… Continue reading

The camp host for the Point Hudson campground has their corner of the RV park decorated for Halloween. While many annual Halloween events have been cancelled this year due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the health officer for North Olympic Peninsula believes that normal trick-or-treating for kids can be done safely tonight. (Zach Jablonski/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

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County plans budget workshop

The three Jefferson County commissioners will conduct a workshop on the 2022-2023 biennial budget and the American Rescue Plan Act when they meet at 9… Continue reading

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Sequim defender Kaia Lestage, right, puts a boot on the ball during the Wolves 6-0 win over North Mason on Wednesday.

PREP SPORTS: Sequim soccer continues high-scoring ways

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Sequim defender Kaia Lestage, right, puts a boot on the ball during the Wolves 6-0 win over North Mason on Wednesday.
This Halloween display is at 229 West 9th in Port Angeles.

Halloween to be celebrated on Peninsula

Events planned in Port Townsend, Sequim, Port Angeles, Joyce and Forks

This Halloween display is at 229 West 9th in Port Angeles.
Joseph Bednarik will present "Facing Identity:  The Magical Lure of Masks" 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 “Facing Identity: The Magical Lure of Masks” at service

Joseph Bednarik will present “Facing Identity: The Magical Lure of Masks” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik will present "Facing Identity:  The Magical Lure of Masks" 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.
Peninsula College men's soccer team returned home with the NWAC North Region Championship, having earned the title in a physical 0-0 draw with Whatcom on Wednesday night. The Pirate men will host a quarterfinal playoff match at home, likely on Nov. 6.
Peninsula College men's soccer team returned home with the NWAC North Region Championship, having earned the title in a physical 0-0 draw with Whatcom on Wednesday night. The Pirate men will host a quarterfinal playoff match at home, likely on Nov. 6.

Complaints filed against SGGL

Two complaints were filed in late September with the state Public Disclosure Commission against the Sequim Good Governance League and its political action… Continue reading

Drag show planned at Studio Bob

Studio Bob will host a drag show at 8 p.m. Saturday. Doors at the studio, at 118 1/2 E. Front St., will… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee, front, talks to reporters in Olympia earlier this month as Secretary of Health Umair Shah looks on. Inslee announced Thursday that 94 percent of state workers complied with a state mandate to either get the COVID-19 vaccine or be approved for an exemption. (Rachel La Corte/The Associated Press)

Inslee: 94 percent of state employees comply with vaccine mandate

Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday applauded numbers showing that some 94 percent of state employees are… Continue reading

Gov. Jay Inslee, front, talks to reporters in Olympia earlier this month as Secretary of Health Umair Shah looks on. Inslee announced Thursday that 94 percent of state workers complied with a state mandate to either get the COVID-19 vaccine or be approved for an exemption. (Rachel La Corte/The Associated Press)

ISSUES OF FAITH: Still hope for the people struggling with addiction

HAVE YOU EVER had a brush with death? When I was attending college, I was anxious about a 7 a.m. accounting test I had that… Continue reading

Nine-year sentence for 10-minute crime spree

Man still faces Jefferson County charge

No sign of missing hiker

Search to continue today

OUTDOORS: Winter steelhead season planning underway

Quillayute River system, Hoh River meet escapement goals, but other coastal streams are struggling

Pit bull/Labrador mix Watson waits for his owner, Joost Besijn of Port Townsend, to kick the ball again while the pair played in the rain Thursday afternoon at the Mountain View Dog Park in Port Townsend. According to AccuWeather, the rain will let up in Port Townsend today through the weekend and will return Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Playing in the rain

Pit bull/Labrador mix Watson waits for his owner, Joost Besijn of Port Townsend, to kick the ball again while the pair played in the rain… Continue reading

Pit bull/Labrador mix Watson waits for his owner, Joost Besijn of Port Townsend, to kick the ball again while the pair played in the rain Thursday afternoon at the Mountain View Dog Park in Port Townsend. According to AccuWeather, the rain will let up in Port Townsend today through the weekend and will return Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Police identify man who hanged himself from tree

A man who was found hanging from a tree behind Jefferson Healthcare hospital Wednesday morning has been identified as Harold Stuart Peacock… Continue reading

Procter, Schromen-Wawrin

Port Angeles council candidates raise thousands

Schromen-Wawrin, Procter amass largest war chests

Procter, Schromen-Wawrin
Danielle McClelland will be the new executive director of the Port Townsend Film Festival. (Danielle McClelland)
Danielle McClelland will be the new executive director of the Port Townsend Film Festival. (Danielle McClelland)