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SATURDAY FOOTBALL: Crescent wins another wild one 56-52

The Crescent football team, beset by a rash of injuries, nearly blew a 28-point lead, but rallied with a game-winning 49-yard touchdown run… Continue reading

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A massive kinetic skulpture called Maxtivity’s GLORY-ous Chocolate Turtle from Corvallis, Ore., negotiates a turn on Water Street during the 40th Kinetic Skulpture Parade and Race in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Kinetic Skulpture race

A massive kinetic skulpture called Maxtivity’s GLORY-ous Chocolate Turtle from Corvallis, Ore., negotiates a turn on Water Street during the 40th Kinetic Skulpture Parade and… Continue reading

A massive kinetic skulpture called Maxtivity’s GLORY-ous Chocolate Turtle from Corvallis, Ore., negotiates a turn on Water Street during the 40th Kinetic Skulpture Parade and Race in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fire districts focus on smoke alarms during prevention week

Fire districts across Clallam and Jefferson counties are gearing up to celebrate national fire prevention week, which runs through Friday. The theme… Continue reading

Staff with PNNL-Sequim plan to expand the laboratory space by demolishing two temporary buildings by Washington Harbor along Sequim Bay and build a three-story structure. They also intend to add Sequim utilities along West Sequim Bay Road in the coming years. (Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

PNNL-Sequim expansion linked to West Sequim Bay Road utility additions

City water, sewer improvements could go to bid mid-2025

Staff with PNNL-Sequim plan to expand the laboratory space by demolishing two temporary buildings by Washington Harbor along Sequim Bay and build a three-story structure. They also intend to add Sequim utilities along West Sequim Bay Road in the coming years. (Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
The fireworks display, seen over Carrie Blake Community Park on July 4, 2023, started after the ban on the discharge of fireworks in the city of Sequim. City council members host a public hearing on whether or not to ban the sale of fireworks on Oct. 14. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim to host fireworks hearing

City council to consider banning sales

The fireworks display, seen over Carrie Blake Community Park on July 4, 2023, started after the ban on the discharge of fireworks in the city of Sequim. City council members host a public hearing on whether or not to ban the sale of fireworks on Oct. 14. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

Rivals' quarterback Silas Morford spots a hole and runs for yardage in a Nisqually League game played against the Klahowya Eagles on Friday night at Memorial Field in Port Townsend.

PREP FOOTBALL: Rivals show fight in homecoming game with Klahowya

Sequim edges Bremerton 7-6; Forks thumps Ilwaco 28-0

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

Rivals' quarterback Silas Morford spots a hole and runs for yardage in a Nisqually League game played against the Klahowya Eagles on Friday night at Memorial Field in Port Townsend.

A GROWING CONCERN: Scare up a list of October garden chores

HERE WE ARE, a week into October; that means it’s time for your October to-do list. • Plant bulbs. Yes, correct! October and November are… Continue reading

Courtesy of Janice Blazer Ida Barker Simmons.

BACK WHEN: The story of Ida Barker Simmons

LIFE CAN BE difficult for many people. In the 19th century, life could be hard on the Olympic Peninsula. Homesteading alone was hard. Add in… Continue reading

Courtesy of Janice Blazer Ida Barker Simmons.
State and local officials toured Dabob Bay forests in 2022. Back row, left to right, Mary Jean Ryan of Quilcene; Rachel Bollens; Bill Taylor, Taylor Shellfish Co.; Jeromy Sullivan, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe; Justin Allegro, The Nature Conservancy; and Greg Brotherton, Jefferson County Commissioner. Front row, left to right, Duane Emmons, DNR staff; Jean Ball of Quilcene; Hilary Franz, state Commissioner of Public Lands; Mike Chapman, state Representative; and Peter Bahls, director of Northwest Watershed Institute. (Keith Lazelle)

Dabob Bay conservation area expands by nearly 4,000 acres

State, local partners collaborate on preservation effort

State and local officials toured Dabob Bay forests in 2022. Back row, left to right, Mary Jean Ryan of Quilcene; Rachel Bollens; Bill Taylor, Taylor Shellfish Co.; Jeromy Sullivan, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe; Justin Allegro, The Nature Conservancy; and Greg Brotherton, Jefferson County Commissioner. Front row, left to right, Duane Emmons, DNR staff; Jean Ball of Quilcene; Hilary Franz, state Commissioner of Public Lands; Mike Chapman, state Representative; and Peter Bahls, director of Northwest Watershed Institute. (Keith Lazelle)
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POINT OF VIEW: Vote yes on both PASD propositions

MUCH IS AT stake in the upcoming elections. In Clallam County, which is now our nation’s sole bellwether county for the presidential race, your vote… Continue reading

  • Oct 5, 2024
  • By Marc Abshire Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce
  • Clallam County
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Scott Curtin.

Port Angeles hires new public works director

Scott Curtin says he will prioritize capit al plan

Scott Curtin.

State EV rebate program proving to be popular

Peninsula dealerships participating in Commerce project

Three bond options on table for Sequim

School board considering February ballot

Tickets on sale for annual Squatchcon event

Tickets are on sale for the fourth Squatchcon Comic and Arts Convention set for April 10-13 in Port Angeles. Tickets are $18… Continue reading

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Shelby Vaughan, left, and her mother, Martha Vaughan, along with a selection of dogs, plan to construct dog shelters at Fox-Bell farm near Sequim in an effort to assist the Clallam County Humane Society with housing wayward canines.

Fox-Bell Humane Society transforming property

Goal is to turn 3 to 4 acres into new place for adoptable dogs

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Shelby Vaughan, left, and her mother, Martha Vaughan, along with a selection of dogs, plan to construct dog shelters at Fox-Bell farm near Sequim in an effort to assist the Clallam County Humane Society with housing wayward canines.

Monthly art walks set in Sequim, Port Townsend

Monthly art walks, community theater performances and a kinetic skulpture race highlight weekend events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The Port Angeles Community Players… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center cash on hand seeing downward trend

Organization’s operating loss shrinking compared with last year

Phone policy varies at schools

Leaders advocating for distraction-free learning