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The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena early Sunday morning. The Lady Reds beat Garfield-Palouse in the championship game 54-41. It was the fourth state championship for seniors Qwaapeys Greene, Angel Halttunen, Cerise Moss, Wiinuk Martin and Lillie Yallup.

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STANDALONE PHOTO: Neah Bay celebrates fourth straight

The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena…

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Easement approved for Olympic Discovery Trail section

Discussion continues on Owens memorial

Rick Henandez of Port Angeles uses his phone to capture snow drops, a harbinger of spring. The early blooming flower can be found at the national park boundary next to the Olympic Hot Springs Road in the Elwha valley. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Signs of spring

Rick Henandez of Port Angeles uses his phone to capture snow drops, a harbinger of spring. The early…

The Port Angeles Public Library is one of four branches operated by the North Olympic Library System. Staff report that if a levy lid lift is approved in April, it would help the library system keep existing hours, services and staffing levels. (North Olympic Library System)

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North Olympic Library System to ask for levy lid lift

Voters to decide in April election

All is calm with the first drinks served in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” The show will run at Olympic Theatre Arts through March 15. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Fans, family stage ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ at OTA

Show continues through March 15 at Sequim playhouse

Vern Frykholm, center, as George Washington, will partner with the women of the New Dungeness Chapter of NSDAR for a Trivia Night fundraiser to benefit the New Dungeness Lighthouse on March 28. Questions will center on the American Revolution and Olympic Peninsula history as the country counts down to America’s 250th birthday celebration. Shown with Frykholm are, from left, chapter Regent Anita Reynolds and officers Marianne Burton, Mona Kinder and Carol Medlicott, members of the event committee. (New Dungeness Chapter of NSDAR)

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Trivia Night will benefit New Dungeness Lighthouse

SEQUIM — To kick off the countdown to America’s 250th anniversary, the New Dungeness Chapter of the National…

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene holds the girls’ basketball state championship trophy as her teammates celebrate its fourth straight title early Sunday morning in Spokane. (NFHS Network)

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STATE 1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: It’s once, twice, four times for Lady Reds

Neah Bay wins its fourth straight state championship

Peninsula College’s Aspen Fraser (23) battles for a rebound with Umpqua’s Sydnee Muntifering (2) and two other Umpqua players in an NWAC Elite Eight game Sunday in Pasco. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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NWAC WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT: Pirates in the NWAC Final Four after handling Umpqua

PASCO — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team is headed to another NWAC Final Four, dispatching Umpqua 71-57…

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Jefferson Healthcare settles lawsuit that claimed violation of open meetings

Agreement reached does not admit fault but pays plaintiff $7,500

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Annual tuna drive collecting cans through March 31

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Kiwanis Club is accepting donations for its 32nd Community Tuna Fish Drive through…

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Tickets available for marine science center fundraiser

PORT TOWNSEND — Tickets are on sale for the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s “Tides of March: Make…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Worm your way into spring gardening

SINCE LAST WEEK we gave out chores you need to do this month, and since many of those…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Public hearing set on potential public monument

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

A group of walkers and their furry companions hike along Mule Barn Road at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Trail walking

A group of walkers and their furry companions hike along Mule Barn Road at Fort Worden State Park…

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Permit approved for resort at Sol Duc

Conditions each to have public hearing process

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Lighthouse visitors help with upkeep

Those who stay in Keepers Quarters work to provide tours

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers died Thursday following injuries he sustained in a rescue mission on Feb. 27. (U.S. Coast Guard via X)

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Coast Guard technician dies following rescue mission

SEATTLE — A U.S. Coast Guard aviation survival technician died Thursday night from injuries suffered during a rescue…

Melissa Miller, left, a Port Angeles School District food service worker, assists Hamilton Elementary fourth-grader Wesley Degoede as he prepares mini cheeseburgers for the Future Chefs National Challenge on Wednesday at the Port Angeles High School cafeteria. Nine students participated in the event, which was sponsored by Sodexo and judged by school board directors. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Students make recipes for annual Port Angeles School District challenge

School board members judge nine participants’ tasty contest entries

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Monthly art walks set in Sequim, Port Townsend

Art walks, exhibits and live music highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Terry Tempest Williams will speak at the Jefferson County Land Trust’s Conservation Breakfast on Monday. (Zoe Rodriguez Photography)

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Jefferson Land Trust to host conservation breakfast on Zoom

PORT TOWNSEND — Terry Tempest Williams will speak during Jefferson Land Trust’s Conservation Breakfast 2026 at 9 a.m.…