Noah Glaude, executive director of the North Olympic Library System, welcomes a crowd to the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Sequim Library expansion on Wednesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim library breaks ground

3,800-square-foot expansion expected to be complete by spring 2025

Men's 5K winner Langdon Larson of Port Angeles reaches the finish line at the Sequim Railroad Bridge Run. Larson won the 5K by nearly two minutes. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

RUN THE PENINSULA: (Updated) It was wet and wonderful at Sequim Railroad Run

Second of five-race series hosted by PA Marathon Association

Citizen of the Year Susie Brandelius with the Forks Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lissy Andros, who caught up with Brandelius on Monday to present her award and flowers. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Forks chamber celebrates community awards

Citizen, volunteer, business of the year lauded

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The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Anacapa is being decommissioned after 34 years of service, the last of which had the ship homeported in Port Angeles. A ceremony Friday bid farewell to the vessel, which will make its final journey to the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland in the coming weeks. (Peter Segall / Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles-based cutter Anacapa decommissioned

110-foot vessel is one of few remaining Island-class cutters

Brinnon man in custody after search

A Brinnon man who was wanted after allegedly breaking into two homes on Saturday is in custody, the… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District Captain Marty Martinez sprays water on a hot spot of a fire that destroyed a house and adjoining RV in the 700 block of East Kemp Street near Port Angeles on Friday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

One found dead in fire east of Port Angeles

House, garage destroyed in Kemp Street blaze

Programming has included internationally celebrated artists like Noche Flamenca and the upcoming Compagnie Hervé Koubi. Photo courtesy of Field Hall.

Fostering artistic and cultural development in Port Angeles

Field Hall creates art education programs for the community

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Lily Galloway, 9, of Port Angeles looks down from a climbing wall set up at the Olympic National Park visitor center in Port Angeles during Junior Ranger Day, a celebration of the park and of the outdoors. The event featured a variety of activities and exhibits focused on getting youths interested in the environment and the wonders of the national park system. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Junior Ranger Day

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Gallagher and many fellow writers and readers gathered at Carver's grave Saturday during the Raymond Carver & Tess Gallagher Creative Writing Festival. The event celebrated the works of Carver, who lived the final 10 years of his life in Port Angeles, Gallagher, who was born and raised there, and a cadre of visiting writers.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News

Writer’s remembrance

Poet Tess Gallagher, with many fellow writers and readers gathered at Raymond Carver’s grave Saturday during the Raymond Carver & Continue reading...

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Isaac Wendel, 11, left, and his mother Jennie Wendel of Port Angeles, comb the beach on the inside of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Saturday as part of a cleanup effort hosted by Washington CoastSavers in honor of Earth Day. Hundreds of volunteers fanned out across numerous beaches on Washington’s Pacific Coast and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca to collect trash and other unwanted debris. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Earth Day cleanup

Isaac Wendel, 11, left, and his mother Jennie Wendel of Port Angeles, comb the beach on the inside of Ediz Continue reading...

Pictured, from left, are Mary Kelso, Jane Marks, Barbara Silva and Linda Cooper.

School donation

The Port Angeles Garden Club donated $800 to the Crescent School in Joyce. The funds will help with the construction Continue reading...

 

Crime

Woman who gave drugs to minor to receive mental health alternative sentence

A Port Angeles woman who previously told police she identifies as a teenage boy will be sentenced Continue reading...

 

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Continue reading...

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Continue reading...

 

Life
Gallagher and many fellow writers and readers gathered at Carver's grave Saturday during the Raymond Carver & Tess Gallagher Creative Writing Festival. The event celebrated the works of Carver, who lived the final 10 years of his life in Port Angeles, Gallagher, who was born and raised there, and a cadre of visiting writers.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News

Writer’s remembrance

Poet Tess Gallagher, with many fellow writers and readers gathered at Raymond Carver’s grave Saturday during the Raymond Carver &… Continue reading

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Lily Galloway, 9, of Port Angeles looks down from a climbing wall set up at the Olympic National Park visitor center in Port Angeles during Junior Ranger Day, a celebration of the park and of the outdoors. The event featured a variety of activities and exhibits focused on getting youths interested in the environment and the wonders of the national park system. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Junior Ranger Day

Lily Galloway, 9, of Port Angeles looks down from a climbing wall set up at the Olympic National Park visitor… Continue reading

 

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Opinion
Pat Neal, left, and former Peninsula Daily News editor and publisher John Brewer. (Pat Neal)

PAT NEAL: Free speech isn’t free

There were giants in the land. We lost one last week. John Brewer died on a fishing trip on the Continue reading...