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The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will host holiday concerts Friday and Saturday, highlighting songs from other nations. (Lynn Nowak)

Port Townsend Community Chorus to host two performances

The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will present “Music Changes the World” at 7 p.m. Friday and 3… Continue reading

The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will host holiday concerts Friday and Saturday, highlighting songs from other nations. (Lynn Nowak)
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Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra to conduct Sunday concert

The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday. The public also is invited to the orchestra’s dress rehearsal at… Continue reading

Emmelyne Ulmer.
A puppy named Captain Kirk is getting ready for adoption by Welfare for Animals Guild after it was rescued near Kirk Road. An unsecured makeshift kennel fell out of a truck on U.S. Highway 101 last month and was struck by another vehicle. (Welfare for Animals Guild)

Puppy rescued from wreck to be adopted

A puppy named Captain Kirk is about to boldly go to a new home. Captain Kirk was involved in a wreck about 11… Continue reading

A puppy named Captain Kirk is getting ready for adoption by Welfare for Animals Guild after it was rescued near Kirk Road. An unsecured makeshift kennel fell out of a truck on U.S. Highway 101 last month and was struck by another vehicle. (Welfare for Animals Guild)
The Jamestown S'Klallam Glow Run is the final race in teh Run the Peninsula series. Drivers are urged to be aware at Sequim/Blyn intersection about the race Saturday evening. (Matt Sagan/Cascadia Films)

RUN THE PENINSULA: Colorful Glow Run set for Saturday in Blyn

The final race of the Run the Peninsula series will take place on the Olympic Discovery Trail between Blyn and Sequim on Saturday… Continue reading

The Jamestown S'Klallam Glow Run is the final race in teh Run the Peninsula series. Drivers are urged to be aware at Sequim/Blyn intersection about the race Saturday evening. (Matt Sagan/Cascadia Films)

Sequim Community Chorus to host weekend concerts

The Sequim Community Christmas Chorus will present “The Christmas Story” at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The concerts will… Continue reading

Submission period open for Tidepools Magazine

Tidepools Magazine is accepting submissions for its 2025 edition though midnight Jan. 17. Peninsula College’s annual literary and arts magazine publishes original… Continue reading

The crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree is lit. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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O Christmas tree

A crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree is lit during the Hometown… Continue reading

The crowd of several hundred holiday revelers, most of which were children, watches as the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree is lit. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Lost Mountain Station 36 at 40 Texas Valley Road recently sold to a neighbor after Clallam County Fire District 3 was unable to recruit volunteers to staff the station. Its proceeds will go toward future construction of a new Carlsborg Station 33. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

District sells one fire station

Commissioners approve 2025 budget

Lost Mountain Station 36 at 40 Texas Valley Road recently sold to a neighbor after Clallam County Fire District 3 was unable to recruit volunteers to staff the station. Its proceeds will go toward future construction of a new Carlsborg Station 33. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
Clallam County Master Gardener Gordon Clark cuts leaves off Isobel Johnston’s agave plant that she had been growing for 28-plus years. She specifically requested Master Gardeners help her remove the plant while keeping at least one for years to come. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Master Gardeners help remove agave plant on Fifth Avenue

Several baby plants uncovered below large leaves

Clallam County Master Gardener Gordon Clark cuts leaves off Isobel Johnston’s agave plant that she had been growing for 28-plus years. She specifically requested Master Gardeners help her remove the plant while keeping at least one for years to come. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Operations scheduled at Bentinck range this week

Training at the land-based demolition range on Bentinck Island will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday, the Royal… Continue reading

Security exercise set at Indian Island

Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct a security training exercise Tuesday through Thursday. Training activities will take place near the installation’s main… Continue reading

Harvey Hochstetter tosses a box of food to Cameron Needham to stack with fellow volunteers like Bill Needham, right, for the Sequim Food Bank’s Holiday Meal Bag Distribution event. Cameron, his father Ty and grandfather Bill were three generations helping the program. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Thanksgiving program helps 1,200 families

About 30 volunteers pack holiday boxes

Harvey Hochstetter tosses a box of food to Cameron Needham to stack with fellow volunteers like Bill Needham, right, for the Sequim Food Bank’s Holiday Meal Bag Distribution event. Cameron, his father Ty and grandfather Bill were three generations helping the program. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates clamp down on defense to beat Big Bend

The Peninsula College men’s basketball team split a pair of games at the Skagit Valley Turkey Tournament this weekend. Saturday’s and Friday’s… Continue reading

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PREP ROUNDUP: Crescent boys basketball season begins with resounding win

The Crescent Loggers boys basketball team got its season off with a win over Lake Quinault, scoring 32 points in the third quarter… Continue reading

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A GROWING CONCERN: Winter chores for Peninsula gardeners

HERE WE ARE! Can you believe it? Tomorrow is already the month of December! There are only three weeks and four days until Chris Kringle… Continue reading

Janet Lucas, left, finds a special purchase of a “mail manager” at Swains early Friday morning. Black Friday shoppers descended on the Port Angeles store at 8 a.m. There were dozens of early risers who went looking for special bargains on one of the biggest shopping days of the year. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Black Friday

Janet Lucas, left, finds a special purchase of a “mail manager” at Swains early Friday morning. Black Friday shoppers descended on the Port Angeles store… Continue reading

Janet Lucas, left, finds a special purchase of a “mail manager” at Swains early Friday morning. Black Friday shoppers descended on the Port Angeles store at 8 a.m. There were dozens of early risers who went looking for special bargains on one of the biggest shopping days of the year. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam adopts housing needs

Population projected at 86,700 by 2045

Community Bowls and Soup Share event Saturday

The fifth annual Community Bowls and Soup Share will be held from noon to 5 p.m. today at the Palindrome Event Center.… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Public hearings set on proposed 2025 budgets

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula