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Port Townsend ethics complaint dismissed

Officer examines argument on open meetings

“Floral Flight,” a digital painting by Larry Davidson, the artist of the month at the Port Ludlow Art League.

Reception set Wednesday for artists of the month

The Port Ludlow Art League will host a reception for Larry Davidson from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. The reception will… Continue reading

“Floral Flight,” a digital painting by Larry Davidson, the artist of the month at the Port Ludlow Art League.
Dom Sprague runs the ball in the Loggers’ 48-14 win Friday night over North Beach. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Pair of Olympic Peninsula teams move on in postseason

There are two local 1B football powerhouses still alive in the postseason after last week’s action. Quilcene clobbered Oakville 52-0 on Friday… Continue reading

Dom Sprague runs the ball in the Loggers’ 48-14 win Friday night over North Beach. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Erika Williams, Forks volleyball, Pacific 2B League MVP.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Forks’ Williams named Pacific League MVP; Gladfelter fourth in CCC championship

Forks’ Erika Williams, who helped lead her volleyball team to a Pacific 2B League championship and to a berth at the state 2B… Continue reading

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Erika Williams, Forks volleyball, Pacific 2B League MVP.
Dom Sprague, Crescent football.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dom Sprague, Crescent football

Crescent senior Dom Sprague left it all on the field in his final game for the Loggers football team. Sprague has had some good games… Continue reading

Dom Sprague, Crescent football.
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Rich Krebsbach, manager of the Highland Irrigation District, asks questions of Rhiana Barkie, Clallam County public works project coordinator. The map is one of four new options for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project. Public input is being taken through the county’s website at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/188/Dungeness-Off-Channel-Reservoir-Project.

Sequim reservoir project draws crowd, questions

Clallam County, FEMA public comment period open through Nov. 21

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Rich Krebsbach, manager of the Highland Irrigation District, asks questions of Rhiana Barkie, Clallam County public works project coordinator. The map is one of four new options for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project. Public input is being taken through the county’s website at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/188/Dungeness-Off-Channel-Reservoir-Project.

Christmas gift inspires playground cleanup

Veteran volunteer collects playground metal

Sequim City Council members finalized through their consent agenda to ban the sale of fireworks effective October 2025. They held a public hearing last month that garnered mostly support for the ban. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim finalizes ban on fireworks

Ordinance change will go into effect next October

Sequim City Council members finalized through their consent agenda to ban the sale of fireworks effective October 2025. They held a public hearing last month that garnered mostly support for the ban. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Peninsula College women's soccer players Desiree Dutra (No. 16), Ellise Maffeo and Risa Nishida (No. 5) all celebrate Maffeo's goal at the end of the first half in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field. Maffeo's goal was the only score of the game in a 1-0 Peninsula win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula women win quarterfinals with defense, goalkeeping

The Peninsula College women’s soccer team was probably a little rusty, having only played one game in 19 days and only 14… Continue reading

Peninsula College women's soccer players Desiree Dutra (No. 16), Ellise Maffeo and Risa Nishida (No. 5) all celebrate Maffeo's goal at the end of the first half in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field. Maffeo's goal was the only score of the game in a 1-0 Peninsula win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
Peninsula College's Austin Collins battles Tacoma's Porter Herbig (No. 4) and goalkeeper Leif Hunter for a loose ball in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at Walley Sigmar Field. Collins scored two goals in a 3-0 win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

PREP SOCCER: Peninsula men overcome injury, persevere to shut out Tacoma

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team, ranked No. 1 in the NWAC most of the season, received devastating news Thursday before its… Continue reading

Peninsula College's Austin Collins battles Tacoma's Porter Herbig (No. 4) and goalkeeper Leif Hunter for a loose ball in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at Walley Sigmar Field. Collins scored two goals in a 3-0 win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at district with several swimmers moving on to state. Damun Seera, Lucy Townsend, Mia Francis, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgiersson, Amayah Nelson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois, Lizzy Shaw, coach Sally Cole and Chloe Kay-Sanders. (Port Angeles Swim Team)

GIRLS SWIMMING: Port Angeles girls swim team third at district

Sequim sixth and East Jefferson 10th

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at district with several swimmers moving on to state. Damun Seera, Lucy Townsend, Mia Francis, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgiersson, Amayah Nelson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois, Lizzy Shaw, coach Sally Cole and Chloe Kay-Sanders. (Port Angeles Swim Team)
Crescent's Dom Sprague (No. 14) gained 312 yards rushing against North Beach on Friday night in Forks in the Loggers' 48-14 win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

1B PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent ends season on high note with a win

The Crescent Loggers football team didn’t get the opportunity to move on to postseason, but did finish out its season with a 48-14… Continue reading

Crescent's Dom Sprague (No. 14) gained 312 yards rushing against North Beach on Friday night in Forks in the Loggers' 48-14 win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE CROSS COUNTRY: East Jefferson boys finish seventh in the state

The East Jefferson boys cross-country team finished seventh in the state in the 1A championships held at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco,… Continue reading

PREP DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: Sequim falls short of qualifying for state

The Sequim volleyball team got seed lower than it expected and that made the hill that much higher for the Wolves to try… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene's Mason Iverson leaps over his would-be Oakville Acorn tackler and runs for a first down in the first quarter of a Class 1B Quad District winner-to-state-game played under the lights on Friday in Port Townsend.

PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Quilcene romps; Sequim and Forks fall

The Quilcene Rangers football team found the Acorns to be a relatively easy nut to crack in a Class 1B Quad-District winner-to-state… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene's Mason Iverson leaps over his would-be Oakville Acorn tackler and runs for a first down in the first quarter of a Class 1B Quad District winner-to-state-game played under the lights on Friday in Port Townsend.
Photo by Karen Griffiths When Ukrainian musical group Kommuna Lux played at the Palindrome recently they met up with Paradigm Sporthorse Trainer Rebecca Cushman to see her two Ukrainian Warmblood imports Tux (shown) and Artist. From left Sergei Zhuravel, Volodymyr Gitin, Bagrat Tsurkan, Oleg Vasianovych, Sergei Poltorak and Yaroslav Besh. They’re currently touring the U.S. and Cananda to raise money to aid their fellow citizens affected by Russian’s military attacks.

HORSEPLAY: From inhuman to humane

THIS FEBRUARY WILL mark the third anniversary of Putin’s large-scale war on Ukraine. His warring atrocities have proven his flagrant disregard for human and animal… Continue reading

Photo by Karen Griffiths When Ukrainian musical group Kommuna Lux played at the Palindrome recently they met up with Paradigm Sporthorse Trainer Rebecca Cushman to see her two Ukrainian Warmblood imports Tux (shown) and Artist. From left Sergei Zhuravel, Volodymyr Gitin, Bagrat Tsurkan, Oleg Vasianovych, Sergei Poltorak and Yaroslav Besh. They’re currently touring the U.S. and Cananda to raise money to aid their fellow citizens affected by Russian’s military attacks.

Veterans Day ceremonies set

Organizations across the Peninsula will conduct a variety of services in observance of Veterans Day this weekend. Gardiner • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Deck the halls by trimming the trees

A GREAT WAY to enhance your yard and entrance-way is to incorporate evergreen displays around your house and/or business. And since November is the perfect… Continue reading

Sue Ritter Milling’s quilt, “Ole,” is part of the exhibit “Find Your Story” opening at Bayside Gallery on Sunday.

Bayside Gallery to host reception for ‘Find Your Story’

The Bayside Gallery will host a reception for the opening of “Find Your Story” from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The… Continue reading

Sue Ritter Milling’s quilt, “Ole,” is part of the exhibit “Find Your Story” opening at Bayside Gallery on Sunday.