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Port Angeles man dies following rollover collision

QUILCENE — A man who was in a single-car rollover collision last week has died.

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.

Life

Classically trained musician replaces organist who retired after 50 years

Edinger directed parish music program at Concordia University

Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim schools propose fee hike

Board may approve changes in October

Sequim school board directors selected Nicholas Bell to serve on the board following Larry Jeffryes’ resignation this summer. Bell will serve through November 2026. (Nicholas Bell)

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Sequim school board fills its vacant seat

Nicholas Bell to be sworn in on Nov. 3

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Board names middle school

Hurricane Ridge to replace Stevens

Tom Swanson and his golden retriever, Tyler, during a Society of American Foresters replanting project at Lake Pleasant, five months after a 1985 fire that burned 550 acres on the West End and shut down U.S. Highway 101. (Courtesy photo)

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Forty years later, residents remember West End blaze

East wind picked up embers from slash fire in Forks

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Peninsula counties receive state grants

Funding will go toward habitat, conservation projects

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Portion of Francis Street to be closed for sewer work

PORT ANGELES — The city of Port Angeles will begin re-lining the sanitary sewers beneath Francis Street on…

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Peninsula College to observe day of reconciliation

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Commissioners to discuss state construction projects

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Carolyn Edge.

Opinion

Why Recompete matters for North Olympic Peninsula

IF YOU’VE HEARD that the North Olympic Peninsula is receiving funding through the Recompete grant and aren’t quite…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let frost leave you out in the cold

NOW THAT AUTUMN is here, cold weather will soon be upon us, and Jack Frost will come to…

Photo by Helen Shrewman
Prize riders Michelle Neville, on Ellie, (Spanaway) left, Mary Quinn, on Scarlet, (Tahoma) and Camille Rucker, on Fancy (Rainier) take a break along the trail at the Snack Water Stop (set up for the ride by Peninsula Chapt).

Life

HORSEPLAY: Trail rides are an adventure for rider and horse

THE COWBOY SPIRIT was alive and well during the wildly successful Spirit Prize Ride at Sage Horse Camp…

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m.…

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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American Constitution

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution…

Entertainment

Film festival, stage performances this weekend

A film festival, a book fair and performances on stage highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic…

The original Darrell was created for SquatchCon by local artist Cammry Lapka in 2022.

Entertainment

Art contest set for annual Squatchcon festival

PORT ANGELES — Squatchcon is accepting entries for the 2026 #DrawDarrell Student Art Contest until Oct. 31.

Ann Livingston.

News

Trails coalition names first executive director

Livingston says she has passion for hiking, biking

Peninsula Daily News Editor Brian McLean and Publisher Eran Kennedy cut ceremonial ribbons on Thursday in front of the newspaper’s new building at 1102 E. First St. in Port Angeles. Newspaper employees and ambassadors from both the Port Angeles and Sequim-Dungeness chambers of commerce celebrated the event. (Peninsula Daily News)

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Ribbon cutting

Peninsula Daily News Editor Brian McLean and Publisher Eran Kennedy cut ceremonial ribbons on Thursday in front of…