Daily Update Newsletter

Sequim man gets 20 years for crime

Luoma pleaded guilty to attempted murder

Forks Spartans

PREP SPORTS: Forks boys soccer earns win over Tenino on PKs

The Forks soccer team, twice down by a goal, scored two answering goals, played defense for a long stretch and then won a… Continue reading

Forks Spartans
WIAA

PREP SPORTS: WIAA sanctions girls flag football; does not pass transgender policy

For the first time since 1999, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has sanctioned a new sport. Girls flag football is now an officially… Continue reading

WIAA
Rikki Rodger, left, holds a foam float, and Mark Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez drop off 9.2 pounds of trash and debris they collected at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Marine Science Center Earth Day Beach Cleanup event Saturday at Fort Worden State Park. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Beach cleanup

Rikki Rodger, left, holds a foam float, and Mark Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez drop off 9.2 pounds of trash and debris they collected at… Continue reading

Rikki Rodger, left, holds a foam float, and Mark Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez drop off 9.2 pounds of trash and debris they collected at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Marine Science Center Earth Day Beach Cleanup event Saturday at Fort Worden State Park. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

‘Apprentice to the Wild’ to be discussed at Studium Generale

Kurt Hoelting will present “Apprentice to the Wild” at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. The presentation will be part of the Studium Generale spring… Continue reading

Charter Review town hall committee to meet Wednesday

The Clallam County Charter Review Commission Town Hall Committee will review input received from Community Town Hall meetings when it meets at… Continue reading

Jefferson County adjusts budget appropriations

Money for parks, coroner and substance abuse treatment in jail

Legislature hearing wide range of bills

Property tax, housing could impact Peninsula

Motorcycle rider airlifted to Seattle hospital

A Sequim man was airlifted to a Seattle hospital after his motorcycle went down on state Highway 104. Cole Smithson, 20, was traveling… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School jazz band second at Lionel Hampton festival

The Port Angeles High School jazz band placed second at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The event this past weekend was at… Continue reading

Emily Randall.

Randall reflects on first 100 days

Public engagement cited as top priority

Emily Randall.

Sequim company manufactures slings for its worldwide market

Heavy-duty rigging includes windmills, construction sites

The first leg of this year’s Northwest Cup was held this past weekend at the Dry Hill race course. Nearly 500 racers from all across the Pacific Northwest competed. Here, Brandon Hintz of Seabeck flies down the bottom of the course. The NW Cup returns to Dry Hill May 16-18. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

DOWNHILL BMX: NW Cup returns to Dry Creek with nearly 500 competitors

Nearly 500 riders from all around the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia competed in the return of the Northwest Cup downhill mountain… Continue reading

The first leg of this year’s Northwest Cup was held this past weekend at the Dry Hill race course. Nearly 500 racers from all across the Pacific Northwest competed. Here, Brandon Hintz of Seabeck flies down the bottom of the course. The NW Cup returns to Dry Hill May 16-18. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Eli Allen, Quilcene baseball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Eli Allen, Quilcene baseball

Eli Allen has been a huge part of the Quilcene baseball team’s 7-0 start and No. 2 Ratings Percentage Index ranking among 1B schools. Allen began… Continue reading

Eli Allen, Quilcene baseball.
Sequim’s Chrissy Brown (106) runs the Railroad Bridge Run 5K last year in Sequim with her 8-year-old son. More than 450 people are expected to participate in this year’s sixth annual race. (Run the Peninsula)

RUN THE PENINSULA: Railroad Bridge Run returns Saturday

The second race in the Run the Peninsula series takes place with the sixth annual Railroad Bridge Run on Saturday morning west of… Continue reading

Sequim’s Chrissy Brown (106) runs the Railroad Bridge Run 5K last year in Sequim with her 8-year-old son. More than 450 people are expected to participate in this year’s sixth annual race. (Run the Peninsula)
Peninsula College Pirates

PENINSULA COLLEGE PIRATES HALL OF FAME: Four individuals and 2015 women’s hoops team to be inducted

A husband-wife coaching team of Peter and Julie Stewart, basketball standouts Taylor Larson and Jeremiah Johnson, and the 2015 Northwest Athletic Conference… Continue reading

Peninsula College Pirates
Sequim's Clare Turella competes in the high jump in Thursday's meet in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

TRACK & FIELD (Updated): Sequim girls win sun-splashed home meet

Sequim’s girls had success in all but one of the jumping events on their way to an Olympic League track and field meet… Continue reading

Sequim's Clare Turella competes in the high jump in Thursday's meet in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
This excited toddler is focused on his next prize and misses the ones right in front of him during the 95th annual Port Townsend Elks Club Easter Egg Hunt at Chetzemoka Park on Sunday. Volunteers hid more than 1,500 plastic eggs around the park with some redeemable for prizes. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

On the hunt

This excited toddler is focused on his next prize and misses the ones right in front of him during the 95th annual Port Townsend Elks… Continue reading

This excited toddler is focused on his next prize and misses the ones right in front of him during the 95th annual Port Townsend Elks Club Easter Egg Hunt at Chetzemoka Park on Sunday. Volunteers hid more than 1,500 plastic eggs around the park with some redeemable for prizes. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Scott Burgett and Linda Kahananui are members of Dark Sky International who are working to spread awareness about how to be mindful with artificial lighting at night.
Scott Burgett and Linda Kahananui are members of Dark Sky International who are working to spread awareness about how to be mindful with artificial lighting at night. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

International Dark Sky Week to be celebrated

Peninsula residents raise awareness of artificial light pollution

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Scott Burgett and Linda Kahananui are members of Dark Sky International who are working to spread awareness about how to be mindful with artificial lighting at night.
Scott Burgett and Linda Kahananui are members of Dark Sky International who are working to spread awareness about how to be mindful with artificial lighting at night. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, the Royal… Continue reading