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WEEKEND: Hone zombie-escape skills at mud run in Port Angeles this Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will host the Pirate Zombie Mud Run beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. Competitors will need speed, skill in negotiating obstacles… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Northwind Arts in Port Townsend to host feminist writer

PORT TOWNSEND — Dorothy Allison, the famed author and feminist, will give a reading at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., this Saturday. Admission… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 15. A memorial to fallen law enforcement officers in Port Angeles, a postal food drive in Sequim… Continue reading

Forks police seek two persons after robbery at knifepoint

FORKS — City police Thursday were looking for two people they said robbed a Forks resident of about $350 at knifepoint Wednesday. Elijah Daniels, 25,… Continue reading

Two injured after disabled vessel, Coast Guard boat collide off LaPush

LAPUSH — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Port Angeles transferred two men to Neah Bay on Thursday after they were injured in an apparent… Continue reading

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PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent graduate Brian Shimko set to become Loggers head coach

JOYCE — Brian Shimko has been chosen to lead his former football team. Pending School Board approval on Thursday, May 28, Shimko, a 1994 Crescent… Continue reading

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PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles one win from state after defeating White River; Quilcene in district semifinals

TACOMA — The Port Angeles baseball team stayed alive and moved within one win of a state berth by shutting down the White River Hornets… Continue reading

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Chimacum's Ray Kaki returns a high volley as doubles partner Sarah Allen guards her alley during the Olympic League 1A tournament. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS TENNIS: Chimacum duo nab district berth; three Sequim players advance to day two

CHIMACUM — Chimacum doubles team Sarah Allen and Ray Maki earned a district berth at the Olympic League 1A championships at Chimacum High School. Allen… Continue reading

Chimacum's Ray Kaki returns a high volley as doubles partner Sarah Allen guards her alley during the Olympic League 1A tournament. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Chimacum School Board, faced with teacher walkout on Friday, cancels district classes on that day

CHIMACUM— The Chimacum School Board has approved closing school on Friday in response to a planned teacher walkout of protest over legisative inaction on school… Continue reading

BOYS SOCCER: Sequim’s season wraps with district loss to White River

TACOMA — Sequim's season came to a close with a 2-1 loss to White River at Franklin Pierce Stadium in the District 2/3 boys soccer… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEF: Sequim thrift shop to open Saturday

SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The shop offers… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Finalist in Sequim schools chief search exits; board to choose superintendent today . . . and other items

SEQUIM — The Sequim School Board announced Wednesday that Heather Davis-Schmidt — one of three finalists for the superintendent's post — has accepted a position… Continue reading

Norwegian Constitution Day trip set for Ballard this Sunday taking reservations

PORT ANGELES — Reservations can be made now for a trip to Ballard this Sunday to celebrate Sytennde Mai, Norwegian Constitution Day. The Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced to 7 years, 9 months, for raping 8-year-old

PORT ANGELES — Nicholas Tanner Lippert has been sentenced to seven years, nine months in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree rape of a child,… Continue reading

Sequim's Jack Shea chips his third shot onto the green on the sixth hole during the Olympic League golf championship at Cedars at Dungeness. (George Leinonen/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP GOLF: Sequim’s Shea and McMenamin take home Olympic League 2A titles; Chimacum’s Bainbridge takes boys 1A crown

SEQUIM — Three area golfers earned match medalist honors at the Olympic League 1A/2A championships at Cedars at Dungeness. Sequim's Jack Shea was the top… Continue reading

Sequim's Jack Shea chips his third shot onto the green on the sixth hole during the Olympic League golf championship at Cedars at Dungeness. (George Leinonen/for Peninsula Daily News)
Chimacum pitcher Ryley Eldridge winds up for a pitch during her no-hit performance against Klahowya. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles shuts down Sequim, earns Olympic League 2A championship; Chimacum wins Olympic League 1A crown

PORT ANGELES — For the second straight year, Port Angeles is the Olympic League softball champion. This time, though, the Roughriders don't have to share… Continue reading

Chimacum pitcher Ryley Eldridge winds up for a pitch during her no-hit performance against Klahowya. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Rape charge filed; man to be arraigned Friday in Clallam Superior Court

PORT ANGELES — Jason Donald McGowan was charged Tuesday with third-degree rape-lack of consent for allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman last August. McGowan, 34, of… Continue reading

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Vote for your favorites in our AMAZING MOMS photo contest!

THE ENTRIES ARE in, and voting is under way to determine the winners of prizes in our Mother's Day Photo Contest. Simply click on http://pdn.upickem.net/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=171901.… Continue reading

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Chimacum School Board, faced with teacher walkout on Friday, cancels district classes on that day

CHIMACUM— The Chimacum School Board approved tonight closing school on Friday in response to a planned teacher walkout of protest over legislative inaction on school… Continue reading

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It’s Port Angeles vs Glenwood Springs, Colo., after PA beats Bainbridge Island in Round 2 of ‘Best Town Ever’ online contest

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles won by 296 votes over Bainbridge Island and advanced to the third of five rounds in Outside magazine's fifth annual… Continue reading

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