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Boats in the 2019 Race to Alaska compete for a $10,000 prize in a route that takes them from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska, but organizers say the race is more about the experience than the money. (Drew Malcolm via Northwest Maritime Center)

Race to Alaska sets sail Monday

Participants to use human, wind power

Boats in the 2019 Race to Alaska compete for a $10,000 prize in a route that takes them from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska, but organizers say the race is more about the experience than the money. (Drew Malcolm via Northwest Maritime Center)

Speaker set for Unitarian service

Guest speaker roddy bell-shelton biggs will present “Come Beloveds History Speak”

Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the Esplanade on the Port Angeles waterfront on Wednesday. The family was on a springtime stroll and the youngster had insisted on superhero regalia. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Superhero stroll in Port Angeles

Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the… Continue reading

Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the Esplanade on the Port Angeles waterfront on Wednesday. The family was on a springtime stroll and the youngster had insisted on superhero regalia. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tonight’s Feiro auction raises funds, celebrates youth

Feiro Marine Life Center will host its annual fundraising auction, 2023 Making Waves, at 5:30 p.m. tonight. The auction will be at the… Continue reading

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Unity in Port Townsend plans Sunday message

Tom Drake will present a message at 11 a.m. Sunday Drake is the guest speaker at Unity in Port Townsend, 3918 San… Continue reading

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Unity in the Olympics speaker scheduled

The Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson will present “Elemental” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Burson-Johnson is the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917… Continue reading

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Rescuers in Jefferson County assist a woman on Wednesday who went looking for a hiker reported missing on Monday. The woman was injured attempting to cross the Duckabush River and transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend. (Brinnon Fire Department)

Woman rescued in her search for hiker

Sporadic drone flights still checking area

Rescuers in Jefferson County assist a woman on Wednesday who went looking for a hiker reported missing on Monday. The woman was injured attempting to cross the Duckabush River and transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend. (Brinnon Fire Department)
Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall, a former Roughrider and Wilder, was a second-team all-NWAC player for Skagit Valley College this season in baseball and has signed to play with Cal State, San Bernardino. (Courtesy photo)

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall signs with NCAA Division II Cal State San Bernadino

Hit team-high .324 for Skagit Valley this spring

Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall, a former Roughrider and Wilder, was a second-team all-NWAC player for Skagit Valley College this season in baseball and has signed to play with Cal State, San Bernardino. (Courtesy photo)
Matthew Sacks, left, and Levi Smith of Brandsen Co. from Portland, Ore., lay one of the layers on the new stage floor at the Field Arts and Events Hall in downtown Port Angeles. There will be a total of six layers of materials for the high-tech stage floor. The venue, which will seat 500, will begin to host performances when it opens at the end of July. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Field Hall floor installation

Matthew Sacks, left, and Levi Smith of Brandsen Co. from Portland, Ore., lay one of the layers on the new stage floor at the Field… Continue reading

Matthew Sacks, left, and Levi Smith of Brandsen Co. from Portland, Ore., lay one of the layers on the new stage floor at the Field Arts and Events Hall in downtown Port Angeles. There will be a total of six layers of materials for the high-tech stage floor. The venue, which will seat 500, will begin to host performances when it opens at the end of July. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Herman James' "The Green Pool" is among the paintings in "Psychedelic Summer," the show opening Friday at Northwind Art's Grover Gallery. The downtown Port Townsend gallery will also host Art Walk on Saturday evening.

‘Psychedelic Summer’ comes to Grover Gallery

PORT TOWNSEND – There are a few definitions of “psychedelic” out there. One of them describes the new show at Northwind Art’s Grover Gallery perfectly.… Continue reading

Herman James' "The Green Pool" is among the paintings in "Psychedelic Summer," the show opening Friday at Northwind Art's Grover Gallery. The downtown Port Townsend gallery will also host Art Walk on Saturday evening.
David Herbelin, cast as “The Nerd” in the upcoming Olympic Theatre Arts production, doesn’t hold back with the physical comedy in a play that has kept the cast and crew laughing through eight weeks of rehearsals. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

‘The Nerd’ connects through laughter

OTA production begins Saturday

  • Jun 1, 2023
  • By Emily Matthiessen Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
David Herbelin, cast as “The Nerd” in the upcoming Olympic Theatre Arts production, doesn’t hold back with the physical comedy in a play that has kept the cast and crew laughing through eight weeks of rehearsals. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Brandon Naylor, an NCAA All-American, two-time Pac-12 champion and four-time Washington state prep champion, will be one of the grapplers featured at a camp in Forks on June 21-23. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Windermere wins PSL championship; Forks wrestling camp

Windermere Real Estate finished the 2023 spring Peninsula Soccer League season with an 8-1 record to claim a spot in the championship… Continue reading

Brandon Naylor, an NCAA All-American, two-time Pac-12 champion and four-time Washington state prep champion, will be one of the grapplers featured at a camp in Forks on June 21-23. (Courtesy photo)
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Bonsai on display Saturday

Hobby a decades-long endeavor

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Clallam County OKs fenced beer garden during fair rodeo

PORT ANGELES – Clallam County commissioners have unanimously approved a beer garden at this summer’s Clallam County Fair, which is set from Aug. 17-20. The… Continue reading

Fish barrier work begins near Port Ludlow

PORT LUDLOW ­— Crews contracted with the state Department of Transportation have begun building a two-lane bypass roadway around the work zone on state Highway… Continue reading

Smoke billows from a garage 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Garage fire near Port Angeles

Smoke billows from a garage at 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday.… Continue reading

Smoke billows from a garage 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Artist Anne Milligan will be in her working studio and soon-to-be-open art gallery during the First Friday Art Walk. (Photo courtesy of A. Milligan Art Studio and Gallery)

New venue added to First Friday Art Walk in Sequim

A new venue is open for Sequim’s First Friday Art Walk, set from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at various galleries around town.… Continue reading

Artist Anne Milligan will be in her working studio and soon-to-be-open art gallery during the First Friday Art Walk. (Photo courtesy of A. Milligan Art Studio and Gallery)

Newcomers’ luncheon slated Tuesday

Andrew May will address the North Olympic Newcomers’ Club during a luncheon at noon Tuesday. May will be speaking in the Legends Room… Continue reading

Samantha and Nathan Wilford of Brier run in the 2022 North Olympic Discovery Marathon. The marathon returns Sunday between Blyn and Port Angeles with 5K, 10K and the kids marathon Saturday in Port Angeles. (Cascadia Films)

NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: More than 2,000 participants expected from 44 states, five countries

More than 2,000 participants are signed up so far for the North Olympic Discovery Marathon races this weekend with registrations picking up… Continue reading

Samantha and Nathan Wilford of Brier run in the 2022 North Olympic Discovery Marathon. The marathon returns Sunday between Blyn and Port Angeles with 5K, 10K and the kids marathon Saturday in Port Angeles. (Cascadia Films)

Olympic Angels provides support, mentors for youth in foster care

Jefferson County program expanding into Clallam County