Arts & Entertainment

OCEAN school to stage production of ‘The Hobbit’

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend’s OCEAN K-12 School will present a stage production of “The Hobbit” with performances…

Arts & Entertainment

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to host photography exhibit

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host an exhibit call Aves: Photographs of Birds…

Arts & Entertainment

Port Angeles Arts Council to host open house

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Arts Council will host an open house at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March…

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third-straight state 1B championship in Spokane this weekend. (Cherish Moss)

Sports

PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Neah Bay girls keep legacy going with another title

Neah Bay boys come within seconds of making championship game

Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball.

Sports

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball

Pretty much the entire starting five for the Neah Bay girls basketball team contributed to the team’s third…

News

Child, 5, dies in fire; 1-year-old flown to Seattle

Fire agencies respond to blaze on Gasman Road

Residents expressed concerns on Feb. 27 to Sequim’s hearing examiner that improvements should be made to West Brownfield Road before any developments go in nearby. City staff said they’re negotiating with a developer to pay some of the costs to realign and repair the road so it’s safer and has better drainage. The funds would be refunded if they’re not used by the city within five years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Examiner to rule on two projects

Neighbors seek improvements before one moves forward

A volunteer helps at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge detect and trap European green crab. The refuge seeks more volunteers for various shifts from April to September or October by emailing Volunteer Coordinator Leshell Michaluk-Bergan at leshell@dungenessrivercenter.org. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

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Jamestown Tribe seeks volunteers for green crab detection

Invasive species continues to be found across Peninsula waterways

A new parking lot for Sequim city staff is slated to be finished sometime this summer. City council members agreed to a contract with Hoch Construction of Port Angeles to build the lot. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Sequim contracts to build new parking lot

Spots to be open to public on weekends

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival Sun Fun Color Run take off from the starting line on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields near Carrie Blake Park. The two-day festival featured numerous activities, food, music and a drone show on Saturday night. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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And they’re off

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival Sun Fun Color Run take off from the starting line on Saturday…

Sports

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bremerton state champions in boys 2A basketball

YAKIMA — For the second time in five years, a boys basketball state 2A champion has come out…

Sports

STATE 1B BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys finish fifth

Heartbreaking loss in semifinals to rival Lummi

News

Work zone to be set up for fish barrier removal

PORT ANGELES — Contractor crews working for the state Department of Transportation will beginning setting up the work…

News

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Commissioners to consider solution for Upper Hoh Road

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Lucas Niclas, 23 months, hangs onto to the leg of his father, Ben Niclas of Sequim, as they make their way around the pump track on Friday at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were on a family outing to the popular attraction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Going for a ride

Lucas Niclas, 23 months, hangs onto to the leg of his father, Ben Niclas of Sequim, as they…

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Deputy to patrol south Jefferson County

Internal candidates to interview for role

News

Port Angeles work plan identifies 81 projects tied to vision, objectives

Areas include community resilience, optimization, housing, infrastructure

News

Road construction begins on Eighth Street in Port Angeles

Project expected to take several months

Crime & Justice

Murder trial rescheduled for October

Both sides waiting for forensic testing results

News

Four injured in crash near Hood Canal Bridge

PORT GAMBLE — Four people were injured in a three-car collision on state Highway 3 just south of…