Daily Update Newsletter

Two men taken to hospitals after crash

Two men were taken to hospitals following a collision on U.S. Highway 101 at Leland Cutoff Road. Fredrick Tuso, 78, of Brinnon was… Continue reading

Volunteers sought for annual Point in Time count

Olympic Community Action Programs is seeking volunteers to assist with its 2025 Point in Time Count in East Jefferson County. Those interested… Continue reading

Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard goes up for a basket against W.F. West on Saturday. Sheppard had 11 points, two slam dunks, a 3-pointer and a blocked shot all in the first quarter, as the Wolves won to improve to 6-0. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Forks, Sequim, PA girls have big weekends

Sequim boys improve to 6-0

Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard goes up for a basket against W.F. West on Saturday. Sheppard had 11 points, two slam dunks, a 3-pointer and a blocked shot all in the first quarter, as the Wolves won to improve to 6-0. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Teanna Clark, Port Angeles basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Teanna Clark, Port Angeles girls basketball

Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark had the best game of her high school career this weekend at a tournament in Bellingham. Clark, who always fills up… Continue reading

Teanna Clark, Port Angeles basketball.
Scout Grace Kathol enjoys a hike on Klahhane Ridge. (Peter Craig)

High school senior earns eagle rank with scouts

Kathol, 18, earns 29 merit badges through Sequim troop

Scout Grace Kathol enjoys a hike on Klahhane Ridge. (Peter Craig)
Nattalia Sharinger Gellert and Daniel Gellert, survivors of WWII, are happy to have a peaceful Christmas in Sequim. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Man recalls escape from Budapest in WWII

Sequim’s Dan Gellert talks about Christmas Eve in 1944

Nattalia Sharinger Gellert and Daniel Gellert, survivors of WWII, are happy to have a peaceful Christmas in Sequim. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim High School senior Sophia Treece shares her excitement with friends after she receives a new laptop for college at the Winter Wishes assembly on Dec. 18. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim students’ wishes granted

High schoolers, community continue tradition

Sequim High School senior Sophia Treece shares her excitement with friends after she receives a new laptop for college at the Winter Wishes assembly on Dec. 18. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Braydan White (21) drives the lane as Ethan Melnick (0) is also in on the play Saturday in Sequim against W.F. West. The Wolves won 59-42. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim boys crush W.F. West to remain undefeated

Sequim used a balanced attack with three players in double figures and 10 players scoring to run away from W.F. West 59-42 as… Continue reading

Sequim's Braydan White (21) drives the lane as Ethan Melnick (0) is also in on the play Saturday in Sequim against W.F. West. The Wolves won 59-42. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
East Jefferson Rivals

PREP WRESTLING: EJ wrestlers get three champions over weekend

Forks girls fourth at Grizzly Stocking Stuffer

East Jefferson Rivals
Port Angeles Roughriders

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles wins two straight at tournament

The Port Angeles girls basketball team swept a pair of games at a Meridian tournament this weekend behind its defense and a huge… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily News  Fall color can add so much to your garden, as seen here on a garden designed and planted for 16 years. Always add some new fall color to your garden.

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let warmer temperatures catch your garden out in the cold

IT’S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT to come to terms that Wednesday is a new year. Happy 2025 to everyone! A new year and a new season. Just… Continue reading

Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily News  Fall color can add so much to your garden, as seen here on a garden designed and planted for 16 years. Always add some new fall color to your garden.

Court vacates receiver’s extension

Master lease at Fort Worden deemed to be rejected

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to discuss Opportunity Fund

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

First Night activities set Tuesday in Port Townsend

The Production Alliance will host First Night 2024: A Cosmic Connection at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The celebration will be on Madison Street… Continue reading

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Readers contribute $73K to Home Fund to date

Donations can be made for community grants this spring

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A cyclist rides by the 26-foot sloop that was dashed against the rocks along the Larry Scott Trail on Wednesday due to 30 mph winds from an atmospheric river storm buffeting the North Olympic Peninsula. A 29-year-old Port Townsend man, who was not identified, and his dog were rescued by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Storm aftermath

A cyclist rides by the 26-foot sloop that was dashed against the rocks along the Larry Scott Trail on Wednesday due to 30 mph winds… Continue reading

A cyclist rides by the 26-foot sloop that was dashed against the rocks along the Larry Scott Trail on Wednesday due to 30 mph winds from an atmospheric river storm buffeting the North Olympic Peninsula. A 29-year-old Port Townsend man, who was not identified, and his dog were rescued by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Cold case solved through geneology analysis

PA police say DNA links Quilcene man to 1988 sexual assaults

Striped legs with ruby slippers peek out from under a house being prepared to move from a lot on Third Street in Port Angeles. (Kelley Lane/Peninsula Daily News)
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Wicked worksite

Striped legs with ruby slippers peek out from under a house being prepared to move from a lot on Third Street in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Striped legs with ruby slippers peek out from under a house being prepared to move from a lot on Third Street in Port Angeles. (Kelley Lane/Peninsula Daily News)
Betsy Davis, the executive director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, with her 1914 wooden boat “Glory Be.” (Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding)

Boatbuilding school director plans to retire

Betsy Davis says she will work with her replacement

Betsy Davis, the executive director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, with her 1914 wooden boat “Glory Be.” (Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding)

Magic Show highlights Peninsula weekend events

A magic show and sketching in an urban environment highlight weekend events on the Peninsula. • Phina Pipia will present “The Vanishing Act Magic Show”… Continue reading