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Port Angeles High School Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College still had a couple of inches of snow on the field Monday afternoon. The Port Angeles soccer girls are hoping to open their season tonight against East Jefferson, but that game may be postponed if the snow doesn't melt.

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PREP SPORTS: More preps back Tuesday and Wednesday after long hiatus

PORT ANGELES — Despite a bit of a hiccup from a weekend snowstorm, prep sports is finally returning…

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Olympics protect most of Peninsula from new snow

PORT ANGELES — The rainshadow effect largely came to the aid of the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend…

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Health officer: New COVID case numbers down, but don’t relax yet

PORT ANGELES — New COVID-19 cases on the North Olympic Peninsula continue to remain few, but Jefferson County…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Melinda McCoy makes her rounds on North Laurel Street in a snow-covered downtown Port Angeles on Saturday morning after several inches of snow blanketed the area Friday night and into Saturday.

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Snow blankets Peninsula; storm expected to turn slushy today

Snowfall depth varies greatly across Clallam, Jefferson counties

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Good news about COVID-19 but wait to lower guard

Peninsula counties leaders in vaccinations

John McMillan/NOAA A NOAA study published recently in the scientific journal Genes suggests that steelhead trapped by dams in the Elwha River maintained the genetic diversity to return to the sea.

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OUTDOORS: Study — Trapped Elwha River steelhead maintained genetic diversity during isolation

PORT ANGELES — A recent study, with its roots going back to 2004, has showed promising news that…

Port Angeles High School Port Angeles senior cross country runner Kathryn Guttormsen competes at Klahowya on Saturday. It was the first prep sports competition since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all prep sports last March.

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Roughriders’ harriers get back on course

SILVERDALE — Port Angeles cross country runners put in some fast times at their first meet in over…

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SWIMMING: Port Townsend opens pool for high school team

PORT TOWNSEND — The City of Port Townsend is opening the Mountain View Pool for the Port Townsend…

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Sequim, East Jefferson harriers win first races

SILVERDALE — After nearly a 12-month-long hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, prep sports finally returned Saturday with…

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New COVID positives slowing, but official concerned about misinformation

Jefferson County health officer to address board today

Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News Brady Simis of Renton, left and Angela Smith of Buckley get started on their 10K runs at the Elwha Bridge Run Saturday morning.

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Elwha Bridge Run attracts 221 runners

PORT ANGELES — More than 220 people hungry for competition came out to run in heavily safeguarded conditions…

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Missing woman found dead in Quilcene area

Search had been called off for Fife resident

Volunteers Anthony Brigandi and Jennifer Rogers check out the next cars in line for their appointment to get a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine Saturday morning at the Port Angeles High School campus. The whole process at the PAHS auxiliary gym and adjacent parking lot is run smoothly by over 60 volunteers from across the county and takes about 30 minutes. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Health officers: Peninsula leads state in per capita vaccinations

Constant supply remain a problem

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Lauren Larson of Port Angeles nears the finish line to win the girls cross-country race in a three-way competition with Olympic and North Mason on Wednesday at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Much lost, but much gained for elite Port Angeles High School runner Lauren Larson

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Roughrider Lauren Larson possibly had some state championships taken away from her by…

Run the Peninsula Sue Stednek of Sequim competes in the 2020 Elwha Bridge Run. The Run the Peninsula series returns Saturday with the 2021 Elwha Bridge Run.

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Elwha Bridge Run returns Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The second annual Run the Peninsula Elwha Bridge Run 5K/10K along the Olympic Discovery Trail…

A log truck overturned on the onramp from state Route 117 to U.S. Highway 101 on Tuesday. (Washington State Patrol)

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Rollover blocks highway exit for seven hours

No one injured in single-vehicle wreck on shoulder

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Roughrider cross country runners begin practicing Monday at the Port Angeles High School track. The first cross country meets are scheduled Saturday as prep sports slowly return to the Olympic Peninsula. Only cross country can begin competing at the moment but other sports are practicing in hopes of beginning in mid-February.

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PREP SPORTS: Cross country leads the way as first prep sport to return to action

PORT ANGELES — It’s a baby step, but prep sports are slowly returning to action.

Harald Tittel/The Associated Press The sport of Cyclocross is coming to the Olympic Peninsula with a CycloX event set in late March at the Extreme Sports Park outside of Port Angeles. This is the World Cyclocross Championships in Germany in 2011.

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ADVENTURE SPORTS: Cyclocross coming to Olympic Peninsula

Peninsula Adventure Sports sets calendar for year’s events

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Finalists in search for Port Townsend, Chimacum schools’ superintendents to meet public

PORT TOWNSEND — The first of four finalists for Port Townsend or Chimacum school district superintendent was introduced…

winners collage

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Port Angeles chamber presents community awards

PORT ANGELES — Moving to a slick online production to maintain social distancing, the Port Angeles Chamber of…