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Fall 2020 Living on the Peninsula

Our Fall 2020 Living on the Peninsula special section is out! Inside, you’ll find stories on how the Elwha River is reshaping the coast, the… Continue reading

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When a footbridge over Lonesome Creek, located on the popular West End’s LaPush Beach Trail, needing replacing, three organizations collaborated on it. Quileute Tribal Council provided materials, including 30-foot-long steel I-beams for the bridge stringers, the Olympic National Park provided the drawings and oversight of the project and Back Country Horsemen Mt Olympus Chapter members provided volunteers to remove the old bridge and replace it with materials that will last many years. From left, Mt. Olympus volunteers Mike McCracken, Larry Baysinger, Rich James and Ray Sutherland (orange hat). Representing the Quileute Tribal Council are, from left, and Tom Jackson, Doug Woodruff, Skylar Foster and Tony Foster. (Sherry Baysinger)

HORSEPLAY: Roadblocks in volunteer trail work

Wildfire impact on the National Forest Service budget

When a footbridge over Lonesome Creek, located on the popular West End’s LaPush Beach Trail, needing replacing, three organizations collaborated on it. Quileute Tribal Council provided materials, including 30-foot-long steel I-beams for the bridge stringers, the Olympic National Park provided the drawings and oversight of the project and Back Country Horsemen Mt Olympus Chapter members provided volunteers to remove the old bridge and replace it with materials that will last many years. From left, Mt. Olympus volunteers Mike McCracken, Larry Baysinger, Rich James and Ray Sutherland (orange hat). Representing the Quileute Tribal Council are, from left, and Tom Jackson, Doug Woodruff, Skylar Foster and Tony Foster. (Sherry Baysinger)
Cara Griswold, center, and Susan Larson lead a rally to honor the life and legacy of former Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a Women's March in Port Townsend on Saturday. About 60 or more showed up on all four corners of Sims Way and Haines Place to hold up signs and wave to passing automobiles. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Women’s march Port Townsend

Cara Griswold, center, and Susan Larson lead a rally to honor the life and legacy of former Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a… Continue reading

  • Oct 18, 2020
  • By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News
Cara Griswold, center, and Susan Larson lead a rally to honor the life and legacy of former Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a Women's March in Port Townsend on Saturday. About 60 or more showed up on all four corners of Sims Way and Haines Place to hold up signs and wave to passing automobiles. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Overwinter for a beautiful spring

TODAY WE ARE already past mid-October, in fact we are now at the beginning of mid-fall. We all can see how early it is getting… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily NewsMarchers celebrating the legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg make their way up Lincoln Street to the Clallam County Courthouse after a procession through downtown Port Angeles on Saturday. A crowd of nearly 300 people took part in the demonstration, which also served as a protest of the policies of President Donald Trump..
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Women’s march Port Angeles

Marchers celebrating the legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg make their way up Lincoln Street to the Clallam County Courthouse after… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily NewsMarchers celebrating the legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg make their way up Lincoln Street to the Clallam County Courthouse after a procession through downtown Port Angeles on Saturday. A crowd of nearly 300 people took part in the demonstration, which also served as a protest of the policies of President Donald Trump..

Live Your Dream applicants sought

Soroptimist International of Sequim is accepting applications for its annual Live Your Dream Awards with a deadline of Wednesday,… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Human nature: Are we naturally cruel or kind?

WE ARE A species defined by our contradictions. We are both cruel and kind, killers and healers, practitioners of tribalism on the one hand and… Continue reading

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Sequim crafter fills 43 Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts

Looking for something to do from her home as the COVID-19 pandemic grew, Sequim resident Lori Esget began putting together some holiday cheer… Continue reading

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Sequim man builds boat, revisits love for water

Writer gives up motorcycle riding to rekindle hobby

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Maple seeds hang from their parent tree in the 300 block of East Fifth Street near Port Angeles City Hall on Tuesday. As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler, many trees across the North Olympic Peninsula are transforming into their autumn colors. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Fall transformation

Maple seeds hang from their parent tree in the 300 block of East Fifth Street near Port Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.… Continue reading

Maple seeds hang from their parent tree in the 300 block of East Fifth Street near Port Angeles City Hall on Tuesday. As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler, many trees across the North Olympic Peninsula are transforming into their autumn colors. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Free WOW! workshop to focus on healthy caregivers

“Increasing Positive Health Outcome for Caregivers” radio forum set

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Sequim Noon Rotary club funds, gives away sixth adaptive bike

7-year-old Rodney Torres is the recipient

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A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let autumn catch you slacking

WELL, CAN YOU imagine that? We are well into both autumn and October. The harvest moon is already waning. Dew is wet and heavy. Dampness… Continue reading

The basalt cliffs of Mount Constance reflect off Lake Constance. Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News

Challenging route leads to pristine lake

Fallen logs, massive boulders, narrow ledges greet climber

The basalt cliffs of Mount Constance reflect off Lake Constance. Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Hot wares Andréa Mingiano of Sequim-based Ulivo Pizzeria pulls a steaming hot pizza from a gas fired oven at his vendor’s tent at last Saturday’s Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market. The market operates from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays on the plaza of the Sequim Civic Center at Cedar Street and North Sequim Avenue. This Saturday, the Sequim Irrigation Festival will host the Innovative Arts and Crafts Fairat the market. For more about the festival, which is largley online this year, see irrigationfestival.com.
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Hot wares at Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market

Andréa Mingiano of Sequim-based Ulivo Pizzeria pulls a steaming hot pizza from a gas-fired oven at his vendor’s tent at last Saturday’s Sequim Farmers and… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Hot wares Andréa Mingiano of Sequim-based Ulivo Pizzeria pulls a steaming hot pizza from a gas fired oven at his vendor’s tent at last Saturday’s Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market. The market operates from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays on the plaza of the Sequim Civic Center at Cedar Street and North Sequim Avenue. This Saturday, the Sequim Irrigation Festival will host the Innovative Arts and Crafts Fairat the market. For more about the festival, which is largley online this year, see irrigationfestival.com.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily NewsThe 285-foot mega-yacht Lonian and its support vessel, Hodor, sit moored at Port of Port Angeles Terminal 1 on Wednesday. It moored there last week for 75 days while Platypus Marine does work on the 285-foot vessel. It was built by Feadship, the Netherlands, for $160 million for Lorenzo Fertitta of Las Vegas, Nevada (https://tinyurl.com/PDN-LonianBackground). Watch it getting built at https://tinyurl.com/PDN-LonianSuperyacht.
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Mega-yacht visiting Port Angeles

The 285-foot mega-yacht Lonian and its support vessel, Hodor, sit moored at Port of Port Angeles Terminal 1 on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. It moored… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily NewsThe 285-foot mega-yacht Lonian and its support vessel, Hodor, sit moored at Port of Port Angeles Terminal 1 on Wednesday. It moored there last week for 75 days while Platypus Marine does work on the 285-foot vessel. It was built by Feadship, the Netherlands, for $160 million for Lorenzo Fertitta of Las Vegas, Nevada (https://tinyurl.com/PDN-LonianBackground). Watch it getting built at https://tinyurl.com/PDN-LonianSuperyacht.

Finding joy in 2020? It’s not such an absurd idea

By Angela Gorrell | The Conversation The year 2020 hasn’t been one to remember – in fact, for a lot of people it has been… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2020
Dr. Appleton on the flyleaf of his book.

BACK WHEN: Dr. T.J. Appleton: Doctor, leader, scholar

A mountain’s namesake

Dr. Appleton on the flyleaf of his book.
A tractor with a dethatching attachment makes its way through a recently cut field in the Port Williams area of rural Sequim on Tuesday. As fall gets into full swing, harvest season is arriving across much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Harvest season arriving

A tractor with a de-thatching attachment makes its way through a recently cut field in the Port Williams area of rural Sequim on Tuesday, Oct.… Continue reading

A tractor with a dethatching attachment makes its way through a recently cut field in the Port Williams area of rural Sequim on Tuesday. As fall gets into full swing, harvest season is arriving across much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)