Daily Update Newsletter

Scout Grace Kathol enjoys a hike on Klahhane Ridge. (Peter Craig)

High school senior earns eagle rank with scouts

Kathol, 18, earns 29 merit badges through Sequim troop

Scout Grace Kathol enjoys a hike on Klahhane Ridge. (Peter Craig)
Nattalia Sharinger Gellert and Daniel Gellert, survivors of WWII, are happy to have a peaceful Christmas in Sequim. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Man recalls escape from Budapest in WWII

Sequim’s Dan Gellert talks about Christmas Eve in 1944

Nattalia Sharinger Gellert and Daniel Gellert, survivors of WWII, are happy to have a peaceful Christmas in Sequim. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim High School senior Sophia Treece shares her excitement with friends after she receives a new laptop for college at the Winter Wishes assembly on Dec. 18. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim students’ wishes granted

High schoolers, community continue tradition

Sequim High School senior Sophia Treece shares her excitement with friends after she receives a new laptop for college at the Winter Wishes assembly on Dec. 18. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Braydan White (21) drives the lane as Ethan Melnick (0) is also in on the play Saturday in Sequim against W.F. West. The Wolves won 59-42. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim boys crush W.F. West to remain undefeated

Sequim used a balanced attack with three players in double figures and 10 players scoring to run away from W.F. West 59-42 as… Continue reading

Sequim's Braydan White (21) drives the lane as Ethan Melnick (0) is also in on the play Saturday in Sequim against W.F. West. The Wolves won 59-42. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
East Jefferson Rivals

PREP WRESTLING: EJ wrestlers get three champions over weekend

Forks girls fourth at Grizzly Stocking Stuffer

East Jefferson Rivals
Port Angeles Roughriders

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles wins two straight at tournament

The Port Angeles girls basketball team swept a pair of games at a Meridian tournament this weekend behind its defense and a huge… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
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Fall color can add so much to your garden, as seen here on a garden designed and planted for 16 years. Always add some new fall color to your garden.

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let warmer temperatures catch your garden out in the cold

IT’S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT to come to terms that Wednesday is a new year. Happy 2025 to everyone! A new year and a new season. Just… Continue reading

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Fall color can add so much to your garden, as seen here on a garden designed and planted for 16 years. Always add some new fall color to your garden.

Court vacates receiver’s extension

Master lease at Fort Worden deemed to be rejected

First Night activities set Tuesday in Port Townsend

The Production Alliance will host First Night 2024: A Cosmic Connection at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The celebration will be on Madison Street… Continue reading

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Readers contribute $73K to Home Fund to date

Donations can be made for community grants this spring

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A cyclist rides by the 26-foot sloop that was dashed against the rocks along the Larry Scott Trail on Wednesday due to 30 mph winds from an atmospheric river storm buffeting the North Olympic Peninsula. A 29-year-old Port Townsend man, who was not identified, and his dog were rescued by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Storm aftermath

A cyclist rides by the 26-foot sloop that was dashed against the rocks along the Larry Scott Trail on Wednesday due to 30 mph winds… Continue reading

A cyclist rides by the 26-foot sloop that was dashed against the rocks along the Larry Scott Trail on Wednesday due to 30 mph winds from an atmospheric river storm buffeting the North Olympic Peninsula. A 29-year-old Port Townsend man, who was not identified, and his dog were rescued by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Cold case solved through geneology analysis

PA police say DNA links Quilcene man to 1988 sexual assaults

Striped legs with ruby slippers peek out from under a house being prepared to move from a lot on Third Street in Port Angeles. (Kelley Lane/Peninsula Daily News)

Wicked worksite

Striped legs with ruby slippers peek out from under a house being prepared to move from a lot on Third Street in Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Striped legs with ruby slippers peek out from under a house being prepared to move from a lot on Third Street in Port Angeles. (Kelley Lane/Peninsula Daily News)
Betsy Davis, the executive director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, with her 1914 wooden boat “Glory Be.” (Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding)

Boatbuilding school director plans to retire

Betsy Davis says she will work with her replacement

Betsy Davis, the executive director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, with her 1914 wooden boat “Glory Be.” (Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding)

Magic Show highlights Peninsula weekend events

A magic show and sketching in an urban environment highlight weekend events on the Peninsula. • Phina Pipia will present “The Vanishing Act Magic Show”… Continue reading

Port Angeles to recycle Christmas trees

The city of Port Angeles will pick up Christmas trees for recycling during from Jan. 6-11. Trees must have all decorations removed… Continue reading

Washington College Grant program set to expand with new state law

Support for low- and middle-income families available

Agencies partner to rescue Port Townsend man

Rough seas ground sailor on Christmas

Ellen White Face, left, and Dora Ragland enjoy some conversation after finishing a Christmas dinner prepared by Salvation Army Port Angeles staff and volunteers. The Salvation Army anticipated serving 120-150 people at its annual holiday meal on Tuesday. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Hundreds served at annual Salvation Army dinner

Numbers represent growing need for assistance, captain says

Ellen White Face, left, and Dora Ragland enjoy some conversation after finishing a Christmas dinner prepared by Salvation Army Port Angeles staff and volunteers. The Salvation Army anticipated serving 120-150 people at its annual holiday meal on Tuesday. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)