Site Logo
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Izzy Felton, front, gets tangled in the box with Renton goalkeeper Zitlaly Valeriano-Reyes during Tuesday's bidistrict playoff at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.

News

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Riders get roughed up, but win postseason opener 2-0

PORT ANGELES — When you look at the Port Angeles girls soccer roster, you will see a lot…

Jessica Jackson of Joyce and her son Blakely Baker, 5 months, pose for a selfie with a herd of inflatable dinosaurs ridden by employees of Port Angeles-based Eleven Eleven Dental during Tuesday’s Halloween trick-or-treating event in downtown Port Angeles. Riders were, from left, Dr. Erin Ostteen, Taylor Peabody, Krystal Feris, Emma Lindberg, Kelly Wheeleer and Alexis Perry. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Trick or treat

Jessica Jackson of Joyce and her son Blakely Baker, 5 months, pose for a selfie with a herd…

Members of the Port Angeles High School Band perform on the new pitch during Saturday’s dedication ceremony for the Port Angeles School District’s Monroe Athletic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Monroe Playfield open for multi-sport activity

$1.58M project can host soccer, fastpitch, football

Sonnie Fountain, 8, of Sequim plays an oversized version of the Operation game under the direction of Sequim High School freshman Lillian Anderson during Saturday’s Haunted Hallways holiday event at the school. Haunted Hallways featured a portion of the school set aside for a variety of Halloween games and attractions hosted by students as a benefit for the Sequim Food Bank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Haunted Hallways

Sonnie Fountain, 8, of Sequim plays an oversized version of the Operation game under the direction of Sequim…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Joey Butcher of Seattle-based Coast to Coast Turf installs a foul line at the baseball diamond at Volunteer Field in Port Angeles on Thursday as part an upgrade to the sports facility. The infield area of the diamond is being replaced with an artificial surface, cutting down on continual maintenance to the diamond.

Life

New home turf in Port Angeles

Joey Butcher of Seattle-based Coast to Coast Turf installs a foul line at the baseball diamond at Volunteer…

Pearle Peterson, 18, stands outside Sequim’s Carroll C. Kendall Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs, where she's attended for 11 years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Sequim teen to sing at World Series game

Boys Girls Club member to represent organization

Emmett Boyack, 18, holds a freshly picked pumpkin as his sister, Lucy Boyack, 8, looks on at the pumpkin patch behind Agnew Grocery east of Port Angeles. The Sequim youngsters were on a family outing to harvest the gourds for Halloween. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Spooky fun offered this weekend

Halloween comes to the Peninsula

Dancen Charles, a member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, fishes the Elwha River, which is open only to tribal fishermen. A quota of 400 fish can be taken by pole and later by netting, with future quotas determined by the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Fishing the Elwha

Dancen Charles, a member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, fishes the Elwha River, which is open only…

Armed with matching knives, Emma Briggance, 10, left, and Layla Newlon, 12, both of Port Angeles, prepare pumpkins for decorating during a pumpkin carving workshop on Saturday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Jack-o’-lanterns created during the session were to be displayed in a pumpkin walk in the nearby Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Pumpkin carving

Armed with matching knives, Emma Briggance, 10, left, and Layla Newlon, 12, both of Port Angeles, prepare pumpkins…

Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighter/paramedics Jeremy Church, left, and Jeff Albers practice resuscitation techniques during a training session on Thursday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. Numerous medical personnel from fire districts 2, 3 and 4, along with the Port Angeles Fire Department and Olympic Ambulance, took part in the “Difficult Airway Course” featuring a variety of resuscitation situations in an event hosted by the Clallam County EMS Council. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Resuscitation training

Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighter/paramedics Jeremy Church, left, and Jeff Albers practice resuscitation techniques during a training…

Kellie Baker of Port Angeles enjoys a warm autumn day to eat lunch with a book at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles on Wednesday. Mostly dry conditions are forecast for much of the region through the weekend with wetter weather expected to return by early next week. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Sunny lunch

Kellie Baker of Port Angeles enjoys a warm autumn day to eat lunch with a book at Erickson…

A Clallam Transit bus passes through a flooded intersection at First and Lincoln streets in downtown Port Angeles after heavy rains associated with a passing thunderstorm dropped copious amounts of precipitation over a short period around the area on Monday afternoon. Numerous lightning strikes were recorded during the deluge. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Sound and fury, but little moisture in storm

Snow on Olympic Mountains only amounts to a trace

Kalila Skipper and Lucas Luong, both 4 and from Port Townsend, try the seats in Port Townsend’s oldest fire truck, a 1929 Mack that was on display during the East Jefferson Fire and Rescue Fest on Saturday in downtown Port Townsend as the service celebrates the 151st anniversary of its establishment. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Old fashioned fire truck

Kalila Skipper and Lucas Luong, both 4 and from Port Townsend, try the seats in Port Townsend’s oldest…

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)

News

Forever Streamfest

Kara Cardinal of Chimacum and her children, Oliver Cardinal, 4, and Maya Cardinal, 8, examine taxidermy animal specimens…

Walkers make their way along a foggy portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail near William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles. Areas of fog covered many portions of the North Olympic Peninsula on Thursday with wetter weather forecast for the weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Foggy walk

Walkers make their way along a foggy portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail near William R. Fairchild International…

Traffic makes its way down U.S. Highway 101 at Morse Creek east of Port Angeles against a backdrop of colorful fall foliage. With autumn getting into full swing, trees are going into their fall colors before falling into the grayness of winter. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Fall palette

Traffic makes its way down U.S. Highway 101 at Morse Creek east of Port Angeles against a backdrop…

Artist Carol Rawshanna Williams looks up at her newly unveiled installation, “Dragon Trash Guardian,” at the Jefferson County Transfer Station on Monday evening. As part of the county’s Artist in Residence and Education program, Williams seeks to connect people with art, upcycling and one another. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

News

Sculpture now on display at Jefferson Transfer Station

Artist in Residence program celebrates its debut creation

The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their caregiver Danny Barnes of Port Hadlock looks on during Sunday’s Blessing of the Animals in Port Townsend. More than a dozen dogs came with their people to the labyrinth at St. Paul’s, where the spirit of St. Francis, a lover of animals, was invoked. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

News

Animal blessings

The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their…

The young Brakenstein, a father/daughter team of Reed Lacy and Emily Lacy-Nichols from Corvallis, Ore., makes it to the finish line in the mud bog at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds during the Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture and Race on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Pushing through the mud

The young Brakenstein, a father/daughter team of Reed Lacy and Emily Lacy-Nichols from Corvallis, Ore., makes it to…

U.S. Navy veteran Brent Brant of Port Hadlock gets a haircut from Susan Gile, owner of Benny’s Barbershop in Sequim, during Thursday’s Port Angeles Stand Down at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. The event was designed to provide direct services and connect veterans to a variety of assistance organizations, as well as offer clothing, medical services and a meal. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

News

Veterans services

U.S. Navy veteran Brent Brant of Port Hadlock gets a haircut from Susan Gile, owner of Benny’s Barbershop…