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PREP ROUNDUP: Young Forks soccer team falls to powerhouse Adna

FORKS — The Forks soccer girls went up against one of the strongest 1B teams in the state…

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PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson swimmers post time trials

PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson girls’ swim team got in its initial time trial at the Shore…

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Quilcene's Bishop Budnek Scampers for a 60-yard touchdown run during a Saturday home game against the Crescent Loggers. In on the play are Crescent's Wyatt Lee (12) and Darren Lee (88).

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PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene, Crescent renew rivalry; Forks nearly knocks off defending champ Onalaska

QUILCENE — With small- school football in flux all over the state due to COVID-19 restrictions, just getting…

Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter races in Saturday's dual meet again Sequim on Saturday at Kingston. Gladfelter won the boys' race.

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Pyeatt, Sequim girls win against PA

KINGSTON — In the first showdown of the season between elite cross country runners, Riley Pyeatt of Sequim…

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PREP FOOTBALL: Scores from around the state

Saturday’s Prep Football Scores

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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim volleyball loses close match to Kingston; Quilcene nips Clallam Bay

SEQUIM — Wolves volleyball coach Jennie Webber Heilman hopes a close 3-2 defeat to Kingston doesn’t continue a…

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Port Angeles' Kennedy Bruch, 10, defends the net against East Jefferson Volleyball Team of Katie Ballard, left, and Sophie Patterson during a Tuesday game in Chimacum.

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PREP VOLLEYBALL: Port Angeles downs combined Jefferson team in opener

CHIMACUM — The prep volleyball season got back on the court after a 15-month COVID-19 pandemic hiatus with…

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COLUMN: Welcoming the return of local sports

IT’S BEEN ALMOST exactly a year. A year of dashed hopes and crushing lows. A few days of…

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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…

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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

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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…

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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

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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