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Elora Wilson, 10, and her mother, Eria Wilson of Sequim, create solstice crowns to wear on their heads at a craft table in Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center during Saturday’s Summertide Solstice Art Festival. The event featured music entertainment, poetry reading, crafts, food and games as a celebration of the upcoming beginning of summer and the longest day of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Summertide festival

Elora Wilson, 10, and her mother, Eria Wilson of Sequim, create solstice crowns to wear on their heads at a craft table in Webster’s Woods… Continue reading

Elora Wilson, 10, and her mother, Eria Wilson of Sequim, create solstice crowns to wear on their heads at a craft table in Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center during Saturday’s Summertide Solstice Art Festival. The event featured music entertainment, poetry reading, crafts, food and games as a celebration of the upcoming beginning of summer and the longest day of the year. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

‘Hamlet’ to be screened at Olympic Theatre Arts

Movies at OTA will conclude with a screening of “Hamlet” at 7 p.m. Saturday. The film will be shown in the Elaine and… Continue reading

Alternative youth prom to be held Saturday

Social Norm’s will host the second Gayla from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. The annual alternative youth prom is at Port… Continue reading

Entities partner to provide Port Townsend visitor information

Port Townsend’s marketing workgroup and its lodging tax advisory committee have announced a collaborative approach to providing visitor information services following the… Continue reading

Jefferson County adopts summer fire regulations

New rules automatically raise fire danger July through September

Jefferson County museum to extend exhibits

The Jefferson County Historical Society Museum of Art and History will extend its current exhibits due to popular demand. Jeanne K. Simmons’s… Continue reading

Organ recital set for Sunday

Noah Smith will perform music from the Romantic era at 3 p.m. Sunday. The free concert is part of a new recital… Continue reading

Peninsula College trustees approve budget, bargaining agreement

Full-time enrollment up 30 percent this spring over last year

Errin Duane Brooks.

Port Angeles Symphony to present ‘La Bohème’ this weekend

Sunday performance will take place at Field Arts Events Hall

  • Jun 18, 2024
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Errin Duane Brooks.

Port Townsend wins community sustainability award

PORT TOWNSEND – The city of Port Townsend won the 2024 award for Local Government Excellence in Community Sustainability by the International City/County Management Association.… Continue reading

Rick Estrin and the Nightcats to play at Palindrome

Rick Estrin and The Nightcats will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The concert will be in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Winery and… Continue reading

Victoria-based Team Malolo was poised to win the 2024 Race to Alaska on Monday. At midday, the team was 20 miles out from the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, while the second-place team was still about 70 miles behind. (Taylor Bayly/Northwest Maritime)

Team Malolo poised to win Race to Alaska

Trimaran had 70-mile lead over competitors

Victoria-based Team Malolo was poised to win the 2024 Race to Alaska on Monday. At midday, the team was 20 miles out from the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, while the second-place team was still about 70 miles behind. (Taylor Bayly/Northwest Maritime)

Tickets on sale for Dine on Dungeness

Tickets are on sale for Dine on the Dungeness, which is set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 26 and July 27.… Continue reading

Chris DuBois battles the elements on the road during Saturday’s Gravel Unravel in the mountains northwest of Quilcene. DuBois, of Seattle, raced on the 55-mile-long course. (Dan James/Peninsula Adventure Sports)
Chris DuBois battles the elements on the road during Saturday’s Gravel Unravel in the mountains northwest of Quilcene. DuBois, of Seattle, raced on the 55-mile-long course. (Dan James/Peninsula Adventure Sports)
Wilder Senior’s Ezra Townsend takes a big cut at a pitch against Whatcom Post No. 7 on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder teams play tough but swept Sunday

It was a rough Sunday for the Wilder Senior and Wilder Junior baseball clubs as both teams were swept in doubleheaders at… Continue reading

Wilder Senior’s Ezra Townsend takes a big cut at a pitch against Whatcom Post No. 7 on Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Lefties.

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties give Knights all they can handle

The Port Angeles Lefties gave the defending West Coast League champion Corvallis pretty much all they could handle this weekend, but in… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.

Print edition available today, e-edition only this Wednesday

Peninsula Daily News has a print edition available to subscribers today but will have an electronic version only on Wednesday. The newspaper… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School graduates, from left, Uri Crawford, Samantha Combs and Jordan McTear, decorate a vehicle in preparation for Friday’s graduation parade from Ediz Hook to the high school. Dozens of adorned cars and trucks carried grads through the streets of Port Angeles as a lead-up to the graduation ceremony that evening at Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Congrats, grads!

Port Angeles High School graduates, from left, Uri Crawford, Samantha Combs and Jordan McTear, decorate a vehicle in preparation for Friday’s graduation parade from Ediz… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School graduates, from left, Uri Crawford, Samantha Combs and Jordan McTear, decorate a vehicle in preparation for Friday’s graduation parade from Ediz Hook to the high school. Dozens of adorned cars and trucks carried grads through the streets of Port Angeles as a lead-up to the graduation ceremony that evening at Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County art barn to get new roof before fair

Commissioners approve $85,000 contract with company from Kent

Dash Air to leave Port Angeles

‘Nothing to do’ with viability of air service, owner says