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Celebration of Shadows Fall Festival to be held Saturday

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host the Celebration of Shadows Fall Festival on Saturday. The family friendly event returns for… Continue reading

Fern Ollerman, 7, of Sequim nets skulls in a fish tank hoping for treats during Saturday’s Scaredy Cats Howl-o-ween Fall Festival & Haunted House at the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society’s Kitty City campus near Carlsborg. The event featured food, music, treats and a variety of spooky decor, including an animatronic haunted house. The festival was a benefit for the society’s operations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Haunted fundraiser at Kitty City

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Scaredy cats Fern Ollerman, 7, of Sequim nets skulls in a fish tank hoping for treats during Saturday’s Scaredy Cats Howl-o-ween… Continue reading

Fern Ollerman, 7, of Sequim nets skulls in a fish tank hoping for treats during Saturday’s Scaredy Cats Howl-o-ween Fall Festival & Haunted House at the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society’s Kitty City campus near Carlsborg. The event featured food, music, treats and a variety of spooky decor, including an animatronic haunted house. The festival was a benefit for the society’s operations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Motorcyclist in serious condition after Sunday wreck

A Poulsbo man was in serious condition Monday morning after he was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following a collision on… Continue reading

Peninsula College to celebrate storytelling

Erran Sharpe and Pat Petersen will celebrate the art and craft of storytelling at Peninsula College’s Studium Generale lecture series. The event… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School senior homecoming royalty King Parker Nickerson and Queen Paige Mason stand before an admiring crowd on Friday at halftime of the school’s football game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Port Angeles High School royalty

Port Angeles High School senior homecoming royalty King Parker Nickerson and Queen Paige Mason stand before an admiring crowd on Friday at halftime of the… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School senior homecoming royalty King Parker Nickerson and Queen Paige Mason stand before an admiring crowd on Friday at halftime of the school’s football game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port of Port Townsend board considers new rates

Tenants speak out about proposed increase

Port Townsend man charged with uploading child sex images

Department of Justice says 32-year-old traded photos with online app

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Sequim church seeks all-inclusive playground

Leaders’ focus is on inclusivity, community support

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Sequim High School Homecoming Queen Taryn Johnson, left, receives a sash at Friday night’s football game while king Sage Younger looks on. Sequim shut out North Mason 36-0. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Sequim High School Homecoming royalty

Sequim High School Homecoming Queen Taryn Johnson, left, receives a sash at Friday night’s football game while king Sage Younger looks on. Sequim shut out… Continue reading

Sequim High School Homecoming Queen Taryn Johnson, left, receives a sash at Friday night’s football game while king Sage Younger looks on. Sequim shut out North Mason 36-0. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Surreal show this month at Aurora Loop Gallery

Julie Read, an acrylic painter and painting teacher, is taking her turn at curation for the first time with a surreal show… Continue reading

Two artists featured at Port Townsend Gallery this month

Printmaker Phil Carrico and woodworker Martha Collins are the Port Townsend Gallery’s featured artists of the month for October. The show, “Against… Continue reading

Kara Cardinal of Chimacum and her children, Oliver Cardinal, 4, and Maya Cardinal, 8, examine taxidermy animal specimens at a display assembled by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at Saturday’s Forever Streamfest on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College. The event, hosted by the Port Angeles Garden Club and the Clallam County Conservation District, featured numerous displays, exhibits and hands-on activities to raise awareness of the environment and to preserve natural resources. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Forever Streamfest

Kara Cardinal of Chimacum and her children, Oliver Cardinal, 4, and Maya Cardinal, 8, examine taxidermy animal specimens at a display assembled by the Washington… Continue reading

Kara Cardinal of Chimacum and her children, Oliver Cardinal, 4, and Maya Cardinal, 8, examine taxidermy animal specimens at a display assembled by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at Saturday’s Forever Streamfest on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College. The event, hosted by the Port Angeles Garden Club and the Clallam County Conservation District, featured numerous displays, exhibits and hands-on activities to raise awareness of the environment and to preserve natural resources. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Abdurahim Leigh, right, dribbles past Shoreline's Brennon Odonnell during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula men crush Shoreline to remain tied for first

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team got a goal from Abdurahim Leigh in the opening minute of its game against Shoreline, setting… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Abdurahim Leigh, right, dribbles past Shoreline's Brennon Odonnell during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

PA fees to get hearing Tuesday

Proposed hikes to be phased in

Port Angeles School District accepts Juul lawsuit settlement

More boys and girls participating in fall sports than last year

Margaret Shull, 27, of Puyallup leads the female runners at the start of the Run the Peninsula's Larry Scott Trail Run half-marathon Saturday in Port Townsend. Shull went on to win the women's half marathon with a time of 1:38:31.72. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

RUN THE PENINSULA: More than 300 take on the Larry Scott Run

Five of top seven athletes in 5K event are 13 or younger

Margaret Shull, 27, of Puyallup leads the female runners at the start of the Run the Peninsula's Larry Scott Trail Run half-marathon Saturday in Port Townsend. Shull went on to win the women's half marathon with a time of 1:38:31.72. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Ashley Rizan of Port Angeles, left, and her daughter, Zoe Rizan, 6, get assistance from City Shade project volunteer Drea Moore with picking out the perfect English oak tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in front of Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. About 250 trees, grown in the City Shade Nursery, were distributed to Port Angeles residents with the goal of having them planted along city rights-of-way to contribute to the community’s forest canopy. Another City Shade tree giveaway is planned for spring 2024. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Shade tree giveaway

Ashley Rizan of Port Angeles, left, and her daughter, Zoe Rizan, 6, get assistance from City Shade project volunteer Drea Moore with picking out the… Continue reading

Ashley Rizan of Port Angeles, left, and her daughter, Zoe Rizan, 6, get assistance from City Shade project volunteer Drea Moore with picking out the perfect English oak tree during Saturday’s tree giveaway in front of Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. About 250 trees, grown in the City Shade Nursery, were distributed to Port Angeles residents with the goal of having them planted along city rights-of-way to contribute to the community’s forest canopy. Another City Shade tree giveaway is planned for spring 2024. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Jeff Clark, facilities technician for the North Olympic Library System, wears special glasses to observe Saturday’s partial eclipse of the sun in front of the Port Angeles Public Library. The annular eclipse was visible as a “ring of fire” for a swath of watchers across Oregon to Texas and Mexico, was visible on the North Olympic Peninsula at about 80 percent with a large portion of the solar disc obscured by the Moon. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Solar eclipse

Jeff Clark, facilities technician for the North Olympic Library System, wears special glasses to observe Saturday’s partial eclipse of the sun in front of the… Continue reading

Jeff Clark, facilities technician for the North Olympic Library System, wears special glasses to observe Saturday’s partial eclipse of the sun in front of the Port Angeles Public Library. The annular eclipse was visible as a “ring of fire” for a swath of watchers across Oregon to Texas and Mexico, was visible on the North Olympic Peninsula at about 80 percent with a large portion of the solar disc obscured by the Moon. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Jason Hawes, right, picks an opening in the in the line after receiving a key block by teammate Brandt Perry, left, during Friday's game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP FOOTBALL: Roughriders shock Bainbridge 48-14

Landyn Jones four touchdowns for Port Angeles

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Jason Hawes, right, picks an opening in the in the line after receiving a key block by teammate Brandt Perry, left, during Friday's game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field.

A GROWING CONCERN: Tricks and treats for upcoming frost

OCTOBER ROLLS ALONG and this past week saw temperatures dip into the 40s at night in many locations in Jefferson and Clallam counties. Soon we… Continue reading