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Peninsula man sentenced for child rape

Port Townsend man had taken child to Canada

Port Townsend residents Corbin Meyers, 5, and his mother Laura enjoy the Mountain View Pool in Port Townsend on Tuesday morning. The pool reopened to the public on Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend pool reopens under YMCA management

Fours hour a day Monday through Friday

Port Townsend residents Corbin Meyers, 5, and his mother Laura enjoy the Mountain View Pool in Port Townsend on Tuesday morning. The pool reopened to the public on Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: East Jefferson spikers win over Quilcene

Forks finishes second in Pacific 2B League

Duane Miles

Search continues for Beaver man missing in park

A search underway in Olympic National Park for a missing 78-year-old man from Beaver is expected to continue today. Tuesday’s search for… Continue reading

Duane Miles
Tom Melancon

Singer-songwriter slated for Candlelight Concert Online

An evening of original songs is in store Thursday as Tom Melancon, a singer-songwriter from Seattle, appears in the next Trinity United… Continue reading

Tom Melancon
Stardust Vocalist Tess Teel is featured on many songs performed by the Stardust Big Band.

Tickets on sale now for Stardust Big Band concert

Tickets are on sale now for the Stardust Big Band’s performance at Olympic Theatre Arts Center in Sequim on Nov. 7. The concert… Continue reading

Stardust Vocalist Tess Teel is featured on many songs performed by the Stardust Big Band.
Volunteer nurse Karen Easterly-Behrens of Port Ludlow, left, talks with Eliana Rose of Port Townsend at Saturday’s Pfizer booster clinic at Quilcene School. The county Department of Emergency Management worked with dozens of volunteers to organize the clinic. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Long-term care facility resident dies of COVID-19

Woman in her 90s was in vulnerable population, health officer says

Volunteer nurse Karen Easterly-Behrens of Port Ludlow, left, talks with Eliana Rose of Port Townsend at Saturday’s Pfizer booster clinic at Quilcene School. The county Department of Emergency Management worked with dozens of volunteers to organize the clinic. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The Grazer, Gazer and Goose by Larry Davidson is part of the Port Ludlow Art League's group show.

Forest Treasures new group show for Port Ludlow Art League

The Bay Club hosts a new group art exhibit sponsored by the Port Ludlow Art League every two months. The theme for… Continue reading

The Grazer, Gazer and Goose by Larry Davidson is part of the Port Ludlow Art League's group show.
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Six-year-old Rocky Bright of Port Angeles picks his pumpkin at the start of a pumpkin carving workshop hosted by the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center on Saturday. The event was part of the center's Celebration of Shadows Fall Festival, which included carved pumpkin judging, a shadow puppet theater workshop and the "Chasing Shadows" gallery show.

Carving some great pumpkins

Rocky Bright, 6, of Port Angeles picks his pumpkin at the start of a pumpkin carving workshop hosted by the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center… Continue reading

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Six-year-old Rocky Bright of Port Angeles picks his pumpkin at the start of a pumpkin carving workshop hosted by the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center on Saturday. The event was part of the center's Celebration of Shadows Fall Festival, which included carved pumpkin judging, a shadow puppet theater workshop and the "Chasing Shadows" gallery show.
Neah Bay Red Devils

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Neah Bay volleyball ranked No. 1 in the state

After its season was delayed until the end of September due to COVID-19 protocols, the Neah Bay volleyball team has been lights… Continue reading

Neah Bay Red Devils
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Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter won the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course last week and helped lead the Roughriders boys to the team title.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jack Gladfelter, Port Angeles cross country

Port Angeles cross-country runner Jack Gladfelter had a pretty decent start to his career for the Roughriders. He had six top-10 finishes his freshman year… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter won the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course last week and helped lead the Roughriders boys to the team title.

Downtown plan attempts to align with Port Angeles code changes

Elevate PA following Planning Commission’s proposals

Fallen shipping containers bobbing along Vancouver Island

Maritime workers are waiting for calmer weather before they can retrieve some 35 containers that have been drifting near the Strait of Juan… Continue reading

LETTER: Constitutional right?

The Oct. 14 letter “Times Changed” about a friend’s grandfather driving home on his car rims during WWII due to tires being rationed for the… Continue reading

LETTER: Sheriff’s authority

Sheriff Bill Benedict has stated he doesn’t have the statutory authority to enforce the health rules issued by Dr. Berry, our public health officer. RCW… Continue reading

Tens of thousands without power in Pacific Northwest

Two killed by falling tree in Seattle metro area

New Orleans Saints' Demario Davis (56) breaks up a pass intended for Seattle Seahawks' DK Metcalf in the final minute the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Seattle. The Saints won 13-10. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

SEAHAWKS: Mistakes doom Seattle in 13-10 loss to Saints

Alvin Kamara and Jameis Winston were the happy beneficiaries of the Seattle Seahawks’ many mistakes. Then it was rookie Brian Johnson’s turn to… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2021
  • By Tim Booth The Associated Press
New Orleans Saints' Demario Davis (56) breaks up a pass intended for Seattle Seahawks' DK Metcalf in the final minute the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Seattle. The Saints won 13-10. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Kayleen McDonald of the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula delivers bagged lunches to a waiting car as unit director Tessa Jackson, left, looks on during a drive-thru Halloween in front of the organization’s Sequim facility last year. Besides lunch bags, trick-or-treaters were offered hats, treats and coloring books. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Halloween to be celebrated on Peninsula

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

Kayleen McDonald of the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula delivers bagged lunches to a waiting car as unit director Tessa Jackson, left, looks on during a drive-thru Halloween in front of the organization’s Sequim facility last year. Besides lunch bags, trick-or-treaters were offered hats, treats and coloring books. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Library to host astronomy lecture on Zoom

Frank Petrie will present “Introduction to Astronomy and Telescopes” at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Petrie’s lecture, sponsored by the Port Townsend Public Library,… Continue reading