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Port Angeles' Dru Clark, left, tries to evade Lynden's Coston Parcher on Friday night in Port Angeles. Clark hit the game-winning runner in the final seconds as the Roughriders beat the perennial state powerhouse Lions 41-40.
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Port Angeles' Dru Clark, left, tries to evade Lynden's Coston Parcher on Friday night in Port Angeles. Clark hit the game-winning runner in the final seconds as the Roughriders beat the perennial state powerhouse Lions 41-40.

Forks man dies in rollover

Crash on 112 east of Joyce

Workers set up the stage on Thursday in Vern Burton Community Center for this weekend’s scaled-down version of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Workers set up the stage on Thursday in Vern Burton Community Center for this weekend’s scaled-down version of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Candidate files for Brinnon Water District

A candidate filed Thursday for the Brinnon Water District commission, leaving seven positions still open with no candidates after day two of… Continue reading

Candidate files for Cape Flattery School Board

LeAnne Fletcher has filed to be returned to her District 3 seat on the Cape Flattery School Board. A special three-day filing… Continue reading

Port Townsend STEM Club members are working to garner submissions for their KPTZ radio talent show and digital time capsule of music and verbal poetry of residents 21 and younger in Jefferson County. The include, standing from left, Everest Ashford, ninth grade homeschool student; Logan Flanagan, Port Townsend High School Class of 2019; Nathaniel Ashford, 11th grade homeschool student; Adeline Gellert DePalma, 10th grade PTHS student; and, kneeling from left, Ella Ashford, class of 2019 NW STEAM Academy; and Rachel Doan, PTHS Class of 2020. The club members posed for a photo Wednesday afternoon at their lab in Port Townsend. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Club collects digital music, poetry produced during pandemic

Submissions from those 21 and younger due by June 6

Port Townsend STEM Club members are working to garner submissions for their KPTZ radio talent show and digital time capsule of music and verbal poetry of residents 21 and younger in Jefferson County. The include, standing from left, Everest Ashford, ninth grade homeschool student; Logan Flanagan, Port Townsend High School Class of 2019; Nathaniel Ashford, 11th grade homeschool student; Adeline Gellert DePalma, 10th grade PTHS student; and, kneeling from left, Ella Ashford, class of 2019 NW STEAM Academy; and Rachel Doan, PTHS Class of 2020. The club members posed for a photo Wednesday afternoon at their lab in Port Townsend. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
Gary Neal.

Former Sequim School District superintendent Neal picked to lead Eatonville schools

Gary Neal, who was the Sequim School District superintendent from 2015-2019, has been was hired as superintendent for the Eatonville School District. Eatonville School District’s… Continue reading

Gary Neal.
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Lefties' Damiano Palmegani, center, gets caught in a rundown between second and third as Bellingham second baseman Mason Margenco, left, looks at the toss from shortstop Collin Burns in the bottom of the third in June 2019 at Port Angeles Civic Field. Palmegani was forced out on the play.

LEFTIES: Baseball team returning to Civic Field on Tuesday after hiatus

Team will feature Pac-12, Big Ten, WCC players; Host families still needed

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Lefties' Damiano Palmegani, center, gets caught in a rundown between second and third as Bellingham second baseman Mason Margenco, left, looks at the toss from shortstop Collin Burns in the bottom of the third in June 2019 at Port Angeles Civic Field. Palmegani was forced out on the play.

LETTER: Vaccination rewards

There are stories in the news lately about some of the lucky people winning lotteries and various prizes for finally getting their COVID vaccinations. This… Continue reading

  • May 28, 2021

Memorial Day remembrance set for Sunday at Captain Joseph House

The Captain Joseph House Foundation will conduct a memorial service at 2 p.m. Sunday. The ceremony, which includes a flyover by the U.S. Coast Guard,… Continue reading

FILE - A protester holds a sign that reads "Justice for Manny" in this June 5, 2020 file photo in Tacoma, Wash., during a protest against police brutality. On Thursday, May 27, 2021, the Washington state attorney general filed criminal charges against three police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after telling the Tacoma officers who were restraining him he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Murder charges filed against Tacoma police officers in Black man’s death

The state attorney general on Thursday charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and one with manslaughter in… Continue reading

FILE - A protester holds a sign that reads "Justice for Manny" in this June 5, 2020 file photo in Tacoma, Wash., during a protest against police brutality. On Thursday, May 27, 2021, the Washington state attorney general filed criminal charges against three police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after telling the Tacoma officers who were restraining him he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Dahlia expert Harold Jensen works with Cecile Culp on plant starts for the Quilcene Brinnon Garden Club's big plant sale Saturday and Sunday at the Brinnon Community Center. 
photo by Laurie Mattson

Pancakes, flowers replace ShrimpFest

Plant sale supplants canceled festival

Dahlia expert Harold Jensen works with Cecile Culp on plant starts for the Quilcene Brinnon Garden Club's big plant sale Saturday and Sunday at the Brinnon Community Center. 
photo by Laurie Mattson
Bicyclists ride through a recent slide area at milepost 3.5 on the Waterfront Trail on Wednesday near Four Seasons Ranch east of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Bicyclists ride through a recent slide area at milepost 3.5 on the Waterfront Trail on Wednesday near Four Seasons Ranch east of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks Spartans slowed by Raymond Seagulls

Port Angeles wrestlers alive for league title

Terry Ward.

Publisher thanks Forks for rallying behind its newspaper

Regional Publisher Terry Ward thanked the Forks community for saving the Forks Forum during an address to the Forks Chamber of Commerce. Sound… Continue reading

Terry Ward.

SPORTS ON TV: Friday/Saturday listings

Editor’s Note: Space is at a premium in the Friday/Saturday sports page with local games and stories receiving priority over regional and national items like… Continue reading

  • May 28, 2021
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Carolyn Cruso will present "The Music and the Message” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Unity in the Olympics speaker offers music and message

Carolyn Cruso will present “The Music and the Message” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Cruso will be the guest speaker at Unity in… Continue reading

Carolyn Cruso will present "The Music and the Message” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.