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Port Ludlow Art League features pair of artists for May

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

Art discussion series to be conducted Sunday

Jeanne K. Simmons will host “Creativity + Conversation” from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The interactive art discussion series will be… Continue reading

Acoustic Blues master Terry Robb will play at Eaglemount Cidery in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Terry Robb)

Blues guitarist to play two shows in Jefferson County

Blues guitarist Terry Robb will be in Jefferson County for two shows this weekend. He will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in… Continue reading

Acoustic Blues master Terry Robb will play at Eaglemount Cidery in Port Townsend on Saturday. (Terry Robb)
Sopranos rehearsing the Brahms Requiem are, from left, MarySue French of Port Angeles, Elizabeth Bindschadler of Quilcene, and Kelly Sanderbeck and Susan Roe of Port Angeles. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Brahms masterpiece to bring symphony together Saturday

Public rehearsal at 11 a.m.; evening concert at 7:30

  • May 2, 2024
  • By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News
  • Clallam County
Sopranos rehearsing the Brahms Requiem are, from left, MarySue French of Port Angeles, Elizabeth Bindschadler of Quilcene, and Kelly Sanderbeck and Susan Roe of Port Angeles. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Strait Up Foam Fun, seen in 2023, returns to Carrie Blake Community Park on Sunday for Family Fun Days so children can play in the eco-friendly, biodegradable foam.

Irrigation Festival kicks off first weekend in Sequim

Crazy Daze Breakfast welcomes Whodunnit, Trashion Show expands

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Strait Up Foam Fun, seen in 2023, returns to Carrie Blake Community Park on Sunday for Family Fun Days so children can play in the eco-friendly, biodegradable foam.

Open house set for estuary project

Representatives will be at Brinnon Community Center

Port of Port Townsend considers moorage exemptions

Effort to preserve maritime heritage

Anderson Lake closed due to Anatoxin-A

The state Parks and Recreation Commission has closed Anderson Lake after monitoring by Jefferson County Public Health revealed dangerous levels of Anatoxin-A.… Continue reading

Renne Brock is the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Citizen of the Year. (Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Brock builds bridges through art, education and media

Sequim chamber’s Citizen of Year known for founding art walk

Renne Brock is the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Citizen of the Year. (Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group)
An artist’s reception for Deborah Maris Lader will be Saturday at Aurora Loop Gallery in Port Townsend.

Artist’s reception set Saturday at Aurora Loop Gallery

There will be a meet and greet for “Alight: solo show by Deborah Maris Lader” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.… Continue reading

An artist’s reception for Deborah Maris Lader will be Saturday at Aurora Loop Gallery in Port Townsend.
Heather Dudley-Nollette.

Bayside director to run for Jefferson County commissioner

Heather Dudley-Nollette seeks District 1 seat

Heather Dudley-Nollette.
Barb Falk, whose painting appears here, will exhibit “The Art of Tranquility” in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Art Gallery at Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

First Friday Art Walk to celebrate Irrigation Festival

The aqua-themed First Friday Art Walk will celebrate the 129th Irrigation Festival from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Maps for the free,… Continue reading

Barb Falk, whose painting appears here, will exhibit “The Art of Tranquility” in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Art Gallery at Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

PAT NEAL: The best Arbor Day ever

HOW WAS YOUR Arbor Day? Traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, Arbor Day is probably the most significant holiday you’ve never heard of,… Continue reading

Pony cruise, car show set for this weekend

The North Olympic Mustang and Cougar Club will sponsor a Pony Cruise at 11 a.m. Saturday and Show and Shine at 9… Continue reading

Woman recovered off Neah Bay coast identified

A woman who was recovered from the water a half-mile off the coast of Neah Bay has been identified. Jeryca W. Phelps,… Continue reading

Smoke rises on Tuesday morning from the site of a baled cardboard fire that broke out late Monday night at the McKinley Paper Company on Marine Drive in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

No injuries following fire at McKinley paper mill

The Port Angeles Fire Department responded to a fire at the McKinley Paper Company mill in the 1900 block of Marine Drive.… Continue reading

Smoke rises on Tuesday morning from the site of a baled cardboard fire that broke out late Monday night at the McKinley Paper Company on Marine Drive in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam Bay man sentenced to 41 years for June 2023 murder

Ojeda-Ibarra pleaded guilty in December

John Brewer.

Remembrance event set next month for John Brewer

Former publisher, editor was in charge of Peninsula Daily News for 17 years

John Brewer.
August Gala, 2, of Port Angeles spins an idle wheel of a truck belonging to Bruch & Bruch Construction during Saturday’s Touch a Truck event at Queen of Angeles School in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the school’s parent-teacher organization, allowed youngsters and adults to visit and climb aboard a variety of construction, public safety and utility vehicles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Touch a Truck

August Gala, 2, of Port Angeles spins an idle wheel of a truck belonging to Bruch & Bruch Construction during Saturday’s Touch a Truck event… Continue reading

August Gala, 2, of Port Angeles spins an idle wheel of a truck belonging to Bruch & Bruch Construction during Saturday’s Touch a Truck event at Queen of Angeles School in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by the school’s parent-teacher organization, allowed youngsters and adults to visit and climb aboard a variety of construction, public safety and utility vehicles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tininha Silva of Port Townsend will bring her circular tapestry, “I Was Listening to the Ocean,” to Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery for the “Lush Language” exhibit. (Tininha Silva)

‘Lush Language’ gathers four emerging artists in Port Townsend

The scent of the ocean, the heat of Havana, a long sunset: Such are the inspirations in “Lush Language,” a new art… Continue reading

Tininha Silva of Port Townsend will bring her circular tapestry, “I Was Listening to the Ocean,” to Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery for the “Lush Language” exhibit. (Tininha Silva)