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Peninsula College closing Fort Worden campus

Will finish current academic year

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Woodworker Michael Clemens, left, with help from Christine Loewe, executive director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, and fourth-grade teacher Tony Seidl, right, erect a dragon-themed arbor at the student garden at Dry Creek School on Thursday in Port Angeles.

Permanent art installed at Dry Creek Elementary

Art by local artists graces gardens

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Woodworker Michael Clemens, left, with help from Christine Loewe, executive director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, and fourth-grade teacher Tony Seidl, right, erect a dragon-themed arbor at the student garden at Dry Creek School on Thursday in Port Angeles.

Port Angeles draft capital plan includes 29 new projects

Opportunity for public comment during June council sessions

STR class change forces building updates

Work session scheduled for November

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

Wine Awards

Seattle Wine Awards has named several local vintners as winners in its 2025 wine tasting. A panel of 18 masters of wine, master… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Faerin Tait, front, runs in the hurdles during the Olympic League Championships at North Mason High School. Tait will compete in four events at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championship this weekend.

STATE TRACK & FIELD: No barrier too big for Faerin Tait to cross

Air Force Academy-appointee shines for Port Angeles

Port Angeles' Faerin Tait, front, runs in the hurdles during the Olympic League Championships at North Mason High School. Tait will compete in four events at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championship this weekend.

AREA SPORTS: Summer opportunities for teen hiking group, youth volleball in Chimacum

An immersive teen hiking program will teach outdoors essentials beginning June 24. The Olympic Peninsula YMCA will… Continue reading

A 1949 built cabin at Lake Gibbs in Chimacum, was used for a live structure fire training by East Jefferson Fire Rescue Wednesday. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

East Jefferson Fire Rescue burns cabin in training exercise

Lake Gibbs cabin was set for demolition

A 1949 built cabin at Lake Gibbs in Chimacum, was used for a live structure fire training by East Jefferson Fire Rescue Wednesday. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Gardiner boat ramp replacement moves forward

Elmore sale efforts stall

Healthy Families braces for cuts

Organization could lose 30 percent of funding

ISSUES OF FAITH: Finding faith to live without fear

THE EASTER SEASON lasts seven weeks. It starts on Easter Sunday and continues to Pentecost on June 8 this year. Over these weeks, we are… Continue reading

Prayer gathering for peace slated

Bahá’is of Sequim and Port Angeles will host “Prayers for Peace” from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The community gathering will… Continue reading

Sights and sounds ready to entertain the Peninsula

Concerts and stage productions are set to take the stage across the Peninsula this weekend, along with photography, puzzles and poetry. • A concert to… Continue reading

Ankur-Shah-Delight

Sunday program set for OUUF

Ankur Delight will present “The 5th Agreement, Intergenerational Trauma, and How To Love A Dictator” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Delight will be… Continue reading

Ankur-Shah-Delight
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “The Paralyzed Man” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port Townsend,… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Weekend program scheduled for Unity in the Olympics

Premdaya Wajida Mathieu will present “Close Your Eyes. Fall in Love. Stay There.” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Mathieu is the guest speaker… Continue reading

Wendy Bart, the CEO of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA was the MC at a Ground Breaking Ceremony Wed afternoon. The new Early Learning Center (child care) is to be built in the area just west of the YMCA's current parking lot off Francis Street. Over 40 dignitaries and interested people came for the introduction and the ground breaking photo op. Bart in her opening remarks said the idea for the project was formed during COVID when they realized the Olympic Peninsula was a “child care desert”. Soon was formed the money raising and architectural drawings. “The people of the Olympic Peninsula are magical” when explaining that $7 million of the needed $9 million have been promised. “We have a trajectory for success from a caring community” she continued. The 8000 sq foot building will break ground next month with a finish date of opening in September of 2026. The facility designed for children under age 5 will have hours of 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. The general contractors is G.L.Y. of Bellevue. WA. Ground Breaking Op — L to R are Randy Johnson, Virginia O’Neil, Steve Tharinger, Mike French, Mark Ozias, LaTrisha Suggs, Drew Schwab, Glenn Smithson, Lori Robbin, John Vorhees, And a host of “special guests” who perhaps will get to use the new facility when opened. (call Jody Minker for more info at 360-301-3221) dlogan

YMCA Early Learning Center breaks ground in Port Angeles

‘Y Kids’ on hand to kick off construction

  • May 30, 2025
  • Peninsula Daily News
Wendy Bart, the CEO of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA was the MC at a Ground Breaking Ceremony Wed afternoon. The new Early Learning Center (child care) is to be built in the area just west of the YMCA's current parking lot off Francis Street. Over 40 dignitaries and interested people came for the introduction and the ground breaking photo op. Bart in her opening remarks said the idea for the project was formed during COVID when they realized the Olympic Peninsula was a “child care desert”. Soon was formed the money raising and architectural drawings. “The people of the Olympic Peninsula are magical” when explaining that $7 million of the needed $9 million have been promised. “We have a trajectory for success from a caring community” she continued. The 8000 sq foot building will break ground next month with a finish date of opening in September of 2026. The facility designed for children under age 5 will have hours of 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. The general contractors is G.L.Y. of Bellevue. WA. Ground Breaking Op — L to R are Randy Johnson, Virginia O’Neil, Steve Tharinger, Mike French, Mark Ozias, LaTrisha Suggs, Drew Schwab, Glenn Smithson, Lori Robbin, John Vorhees, And a host of “special guests” who perhaps will get to use the new facility when opened. (call Jody Minker for more info at 360-301-3221) dlogan
Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark broke her own school record while winning the javelin state title at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championships on Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School.

STATE TRACK & FIELD: Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark wins state title in javelin

Breaks her own school record, wins by 12 feet

Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark broke her own school record while winning the javelin state title at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championships on Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School.

Port of Port Angeles approves decree for harbor cleanup

Cleanup schedule, requirements outlined in plan