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Pigs on the Wing featuring, from left, Eric Welder, Dave Lindenbaum, Matt Jones, Jason Baker, Bryan Fairfield, Holly Brooks and Matt Sulikowski, will perform two shows at the American Legion Hall this weekend. (Josh Michaels)

Pink Floyd retrospective featured this weekend

Pigs on the Wing will present “A Pink Floyd Retrospective” at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The shows will be at the… Continue reading

Pigs on the Wing featuring, from left, Eric Welder, Dave Lindenbaum, Matt Jones, Jason Baker, Bryan Fairfield, Holly Brooks and Matt Sulikowski, will perform two shows at the American Legion Hall this weekend. (Josh Michaels)
Crews work last month to expand wastewater capacity on Fourth Street in Port Angeles. (City of Port Angeles)

Port Angeles crews working on 10 construction projects in city

Signal controller upgrades, city hall parking lot among list

Crews work last month to expand wastewater capacity on Fourth Street in Port Angeles. (City of Port Angeles)

Port of Port Angeles approves public access plan

Update allows agency to be eligible for state grant funding

“Honoring Ancestors” a quilt by Marianne Nolte, is part of the Peninsula Art Quilters’ show “Capturing Stories with Thread” at Sequim Museum and Arts throughout August.

Sequim’s First Friday art walk set this week

A yellow-themed art walk is set for 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at various venues in downtown Sequim. Maps for the self-guided… Continue reading

“Honoring Ancestors” a quilt by Marianne Nolte, is part of the Peninsula Art Quilters’ show “Capturing Stories with Thread” at Sequim Museum and Arts throughout August.

Tree City Travelers to perform on Marrowstone Island

The Tree City Travelers will perform from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The free concerts will be at Marrowstone Vineyards,… Continue reading

An umpire gives an emphatic out sign as Wilder Senior shortstop Alex Angevine applies a tag to a Twin-Cities Titans player at second base in Sunday night’s AAA state tournament game at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder overwhelmed by Twin-Cities late

Seniors still alive in state tournament

An umpire gives an emphatic out sign as Wilder Senior shortstop Alex Angevine applies a tag to a Twin-Cities Titans player at second base in Sunday night’s AAA state tournament game at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Dan Morrison and Sami Gustafson of Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing dominated the ASBR Stihl unlimited class at Extreme Sports Park this weekend. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

SPRINT BOATS: Wicked Racing cooks at home

The racing was loud and the spills spectacular at this weekend’s American Sprint Boat Racing races at the Extreme Sports Park outside… Continue reading

Dan Morrison and Sami Gustafson of Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing dominated the ASBR Stihl unlimited class at Extreme Sports Park this weekend. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties sweep Falcons; one game out of first place

The Port Angeles Lefties completed a three-game sweep over the Kelowna Falcons, vaulting themselves back into a tie for second place in… Continue reading

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Canoe lands in Port Townsend

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal… Continue reading

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Marylaura Ramponi, right, speaks with Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels following the July 15 board meeting. Facilities naming committee members were unanimous in accepting Ramponi’s $1 million donation for the district’s vocational education center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Donation to name Sequim CTE center

Sequim resident gives $1M toward project

Marylaura Ramponi, right, speaks with Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels following the July 15 board meeting. Facilities naming committee members were unanimous in accepting Ramponi’s $1 million donation for the district’s vocational education center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles City Council set to meet

The Port Angeles City Council will conduct a strategic planning work session during a special meeting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The council… Continue reading

Sequim School Board approves $46.9M budget for 2024-2025

Spending, revenue plan looks to build back general fund

The winners of the 13th annual Sonny Sixkiller Huskies Celebrity Classic at Cedars at Dungeness. From left, Ed Cribby, Mark Mitrovich, Bob Mathews, Hunter Larson and Nick Larson played on the D.A. Davidson team. (Courtesy photo)

SONNY SIXKILLER CLASSIC: D.A. Davidson team takes first

The D.A. Davidson team of Mark Mitrovich, Nick Anderson, Bob Mathews, Hunter Larson and Husky celebrity Ed Cribby beat 35 other teams to… Continue reading

The winners of the 13th annual Sonny Sixkiller Huskies Celebrity Classic at Cedars at Dungeness. From left, Ed Cribby, Mark Mitrovich, Bob Mathews, Hunter Larson and Nick Larson played on the D.A. Davidson team. (Courtesy photo)

Fort Worden PDA to host special meeting Monday

Agency to view strategic plan, financials

Temporary signal at Front and Laurel streets going up Monday

Contractor crews for the city of Port Angeles will emplace a temporary traffic signal at the intersection of Front and Laurel streets… Continue reading

The No. 360 Jolly Roger boat with Chris Farmer driving and Jen Farmer navigating goes airborne after leaving the water at the Extreme Sports Park qualifying Saturday. They crashed into a fence but both driver and navigator quickly got out of the boat. Finals were held Sunday at the Extreme Sports Park. Look in Tuesday's sports section for final results. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

EXTREME SPORTS PARK: Thrills and spills during qualifying

The No. 360 Jolly Roger boat with Chris Farmer driving and Jen Farmer navigating goes airborne after leaving the water at the Extreme Sports Park… Continue reading

The No. 360 Jolly Roger boat with Chris Farmer driving and Jen Farmer navigating goes airborne after leaving the water at the Extreme Sports Park qualifying Saturday. They crashed into a fence but both driver and navigator quickly got out of the boat. Finals were held Sunday at the Extreme Sports Park. Look in Tuesday's sports section for final results. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Wilder Senior's Braydan White crushes an RBI double in the first inning against Gonzaga Prep on Saturday night at Civic Field in Wilder's opening game of the AAA American Legion state tournament. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder pulls out state tourney victory in seventh inning

Olson shuts down Gonzaga over final 2.2 innings

Wilder Senior's Braydan White crushes an RBI double in the first inning against Gonzaga Prep on Saturday night at Civic Field in Wilder's opening game of the AAA American Legion state tournament. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties’ bats erupt in two wins over Kelowna

26 runs and 35 hits over the weekend

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Mr. Forest stands with the actual trees that will be available in the city tree shade program.

A GROWING CONCERN: Have it made in the shade with tree planting

HOW ABSOLUTELY FORTUNATE for Port Angeles that the ideally-named individual, Paul Forrest, has spent years acquiring, gathering and then assembling all the relevant and critical… Continue reading

Mr. Forest stands with the actual trees that will be available in the city tree shade program.

Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship bolsters business development

Five years of success building small businesses on Peninsula