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Hopefuls make case for state position
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (722+ words) Published 1: 30 am Wednesday, July 1, 2026 By Paula Hunt Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES " Democratic state Rep. Adam Bernbaum leaned on a first-term record of representing the 24th Legislative District while Republican challenger Aiden Hamilton cast himself as a young political newcomer in…...
RACE TO ALASKA: Human-powered boat wins its category and all-women team celebrates
12+ hour, 29+ min ago (188+ words) ABOVE " Team Boogie Barge out of Tacoma was the first human-powered boat to complete the Race to Alaska from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. Boogie-Barge made the 750-mile trip in 11 days, 6 hours and 58 minutes. Team members are Blake Hansen, Taylor…...
Designer selected for Sequim park revamp
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (590+ words) Published 1: 30 am Monday, June 29, 2026 By Matthew Nash Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim City Council members chose RRM Design Group to lead the design for the renovation of Margaret Kirner Park. City staff report the consultant's work is funded and construction…...
Port Angeles symphony unveils a new season
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (1004+ words) Published 1: 30 am Friday, June 26, 2026 By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News Charlie Albright will return to Port Angeles for a concert with the symphony orchestra in November. Mary Elizabeth Bowden will be a guest soloist in the…...
Coast Guard aircrew from Port Angeles rescues hiker from mountain
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (276+ words) Published 4: 45 pm Wednesday, June 24, 2026 In this screenshot from a U. S. Coast Guard video, a member from Air Station Port Angeles repels down from a helicopter to rescue an injured hiker Saturday in the Mount Baker wilderness. (U. S. Coast Guard) DEMING " Crew members…...
Girls choir to perform at Sequim church
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (151+ words) Published 1: 30 am Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Prime Voci, an ensemble of the Seattle Girls Choir, will perform at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave. in Sequim as a pre-tour send off before departing for Europe. SEQUIM " Prime Voci will perform a pre-tour…...
TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles 4x100 relay team shines at Nike Nationals
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (245+ words) Published 4: 30 pm Tuesday, June 23, 2026 By Pierre La Bossiere Peninsula Daily News EUGENE, Ore. " Several Port Angeles and Sequim athletes competed in the Nike Nationals this weekend in Eugene, Ore. , with the Port Angeles boys 4100 team coming in seventh in the…...
Port Angeles traffic signal disabled at Fifth and Lincoln streets
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (114+ words) Published 4: 35 pm Tuesday, June 23, 2026 PORT ANGELES " The Port Angeles Public Works Department and state Department of Transportation crews are responding to a non-functioning traffic signal at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets. The traffic signal was disabled Tuesday afternoon…...
Oak Bay added to list of shellfish closures on Peninsula beaches
1+ week, 1+ day ago (233+ words) Published 10: 35 am Monday, June 22, 2026 PORT TOWNSEND " Beaches in Oak Bay have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in shellfish samples sent to the state Department of Health. Beaches on the Hood Canal and…...
Public works director is hired
1+ week, 2+ day ago (513+ words) Published 1: 30 am Monday, June 22, 2026 By Olympic Peninsula News Group SEQUIM " Christopher Goins, a former regional director for the Alaska Department of Transportation, has been hired as Sequim's new public works director. Goins started June 8 and was introduced to the Sequim…...