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Sequim's Rileigh VanDyken, right, vies for the ball with Bainbridge's Laine Romney in the Wolves' penalty-shootout loss to the Spartans on Tuesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Rileigh VanDyken, right, vies for the ball with Bainbridge's Laine Romney in the Wolves' penalty-shootout loss to the Spartans on Tuesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Jolene Vaara swings away at the net during a match with Bainbridge on Tuesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Sequim out-paced vs. Spartans

Riders compete with North Kitsap

Sequim's Jolene Vaara swings away at the net during a match with Bainbridge on Tuesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
L47 (Marina) pictured with her youngest son, L115 (Mystic) in 2011. (Center for Whale Research)

Southern Resident grandmother orca missing, likely dead

The Center for Whale Research has declared an orca in one of the Puget Sound’s endangered Southern Resident orca… Continue reading

L47 (Marina) pictured with her youngest son, L115 (Mystic) in 2011. (Center for Whale Research)
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Sailor Vineyard’s Gene Africa and sons Owen, 6, and Eamon, 3, take a walk among the vines during Saturday’s farm tour. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Autumn brings color, crops to Port Townsend

Farm tour drew more than 1,200 over weekend

Sailor Vineyard’s Gene Africa and sons Owen, 6, and Eamon, 3, take a walk among the vines during Saturday’s farm tour. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Burn ban loosened on North Olympic Peninsula

Burn bans in Jefferson and Clallam counties have been loosened to allow for recreational fires and the use of charcoal briquettes. Clallam County Fire Marshal… Continue reading

John Madden.

Candidates split on vax mandate

Differ on grants: Freebie or benefit?

John Madden.
Dennis Bauer, charged with three counts of aggravated first-degree murder, is pictured at an Aug. 17 Clallam County Superior Court hearing. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Courts postpone jury trials

Clallam County Superior and District courts are continuing the suspension of jury trials due to a surge of COVID-19. Superior Court Judge… Continue reading

Dennis Bauer, charged with three counts of aggravated first-degree murder, is pictured at an Aug. 17 Clallam County Superior Court hearing. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

Duckabush project design update online tonight

Reconnecting the Duckabush River to its floodplain and wetlands

Food bank vaccine requirement sign a mistake

The Tri-Area Food Bank caused confusion on Monday when a sign was erected saying the food bank required vaccinations of residents receiving… Continue reading

Free landlord-tenant issue talk online

Advice on transitioning from the eviction moratorium

Bruce Pape will present “The First Years of Your Orchard” at noon Thursday. The free lecture is part of the Green Thumb Garden Tips series streaming on Zoom.

Green thumb lecture set online Thursday

Bruce Pape will present “The First Years of Your Orchard”

Bruce Pape will present “The First Years of Your Orchard” at noon Thursday. The free lecture is part of the Green Thumb Garden Tips series streaming on Zoom.
Pianist Mike Carroll of Port Ludlow will give an online Candlelight Concert Thursday night to benefit Gatheringplace of Port Townsend. (Photo courtesy of Mike Carroll)

Musician to play romantic classical music

Candlelight Concert set for Thursday online

Pianist Mike Carroll of Port Ludlow will give an online Candlelight Concert Thursday night to benefit Gatheringplace of Port Townsend. (Photo courtesy of Mike Carroll)

PAT NEAL: Try not to get lost

Who says there is no good news these days? A lost backpacker was found after four days by search and rescue teams made up of… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' No. 1 boys tennis singles player Reef Gelder backhands a volley in the team's match against North Kitsap on Monday.

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles netters swept by North Kitsap

East Jefferson girls soccer picks up second straight shutout

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Port Angeles' No. 1 boys tennis singles player Reef Gelder backhands a volley in the team's match against North Kitsap on Monday.

State Patrol corrects details of fatal wreck

A collision killed a 70-year-old Forks woman after she turned into the path of a dump truck from Maxfield Road onto U.S. Highway… Continue reading

Olympic Motorcycle Club’s Triple Crown Fall Series gets underway with the first of three racing weekends this Saturday at the club’s track off of Deer Park Road. Round two follows on Oct. 16-17, and the series concludes Nov. 5-6. (Tom Hines/Olympic Motorcycle Club)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Peninsula Motorcycle Club’s Fall Series underway this weekend; Quillayute and Sol Duc rivers reopen Wednesday

Weekend rain on the West End did the trick as the Quillayute and Sol Duc rivers will re-open to recreational fishing beginning Wednesday.… Continue reading

Olympic Motorcycle Club’s Triple Crown Fall Series gets underway with the first of three racing weekends this Saturday at the club’s track off of Deer Park Road. Round two follows on Oct. 16-17, and the series concludes Nov. 5-6. (Tom Hines/Olympic Motorcycle Club)
Jerren Fisher.

Backpacker airlifted from ravine

Hiker had been missing for several days

Jerren Fisher.