Daily Update Newsletter

Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools propose fee hike

Board may approve changes in October

Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles loses tough one 1-0 to powerhouse North Kitsap

There are no moral victories in the standings, but the Port Angeles girls soccer team knows it can very much hold its… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Layla Bejar, right, gets blocking assistance from teammate Shiori Shintaku as Shoreline's Milka Embaye advances for the ball on Saturday in Port Angeles.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women set scoring record

For the second time in two years against the same team, the Port Angeles women’s soccer team set a school scoring record,… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Layla Bejar, right, gets blocking assistance from teammate Shiori Shintaku as Shoreline's Milka Embaye advances for the ball on Saturday in Port Angeles.
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Sequim's (#10), left, passes the ball past Port Angeles' Brooke Pierce as Pierce's teammates Sophia Ritchie and Becca Manson prepare to give chase on Thursday in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER: Young Port Angeles players lead Riders past Wolves

Youth was served by the Port Angeles girls soccer team in its Rainshadow Rivalry with Sequim, as the Roughriders broken open a… Continue reading

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Sequim's (#10), left, passes the ball past Port Angeles' Brooke Pierce as Pierce's teammates Sophia Ritchie and Becca Manson prepare to give chase on Thursday in Port Angeles.

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let frost leave you out in the cold

NOW THAT AUTUMN is here, cold weather will soon be upon us, and Jack Frost will come to visit your yard. These first few frosts… Continue reading

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

American Constitution

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront.… Continue reading

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Board names middle school

Hurricane Ridge to replace Stevens

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Forty years later, residents remember West End blaze

East wind picked up embers from slash fire in Forks

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

Jefferson County officials connecting with STR owners

Plan implemented in April starting to permit rentals

Peninsula College to observe day of reconciliation

Peninsula College will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The gathering will be on Robins Green… Continue reading

Peninsula counties receive state grants

Funding will go toward habitat, conservation projects

Portion of Francis Street to be closed for sewer work

The city of Port Angeles will begin re-lining the sanitary sewers beneath Francis Street on Monday. Francis Street will be closed between… Continue reading

Carolyn Edge.

Why Recompete matters for North Olympic Peninsula

IF YOU’VE HEARD that the North Olympic Peninsula is receiving funding through the Recompete grant and aren’t quite sure what it means, you’re not alone.… Continue reading

Carolyn Edge.
Ann Livingston.

Trails coalition names first executive director

Livingston says she has passion for hiking, biking

Ann Livingston.
Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fall is in the air

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort… Continue reading

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The original Darrell was created for SquatchCon by local artist Cammry Lapka in 2022.

Art contest set for annual Squatchcon festival

Squatchcon is accepting entries for the 2026 #DrawDarrell Student Art Contest until Oct. 31. Since Squatchcon is in its fifth year, young… Continue reading

The original Darrell was created for SquatchCon by local artist Cammry Lapka in 2022.

Film festival, stage performances this weekend

A film festival, a book fair and performances on stage highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The Banff Center Mountain Film… Continue reading

Jefferson utility settles dispute

PUD to pay $62,500 to property owner

Port of Port Townsend examines fee increases in draft budget

Cruise ship docking would see bump to $2,000 per day