Visitors to the newly-expanded Elwha River Casino walk through the gaming area after it was officially opened on Wednesday on the Lower Elwha Klallam Reservation west of Port Angeles. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Elwha Casino expanded

Chairwoman: COVID raised costs, delayed reopening

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The cannon blast at noon on Thursday signaled the start of the 710 -ile leg of the 2023 Race2Alaska from Victoria’s Inner Harbour to Ketchikan, Alaska. Thirty-one boats, using sails, paddles or oars, left did a Le Mans type start from Government Street above the Harbour to their boats before the start of the race which got going in Port Townsend on Monday.

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Journey to Ketchikan, Alaska begins

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Janel Bistrika of Port Angeles and her daughter, Amelia Bistrika, 7, look at a wall of photographs of first-grade students, including Amelia, who took part in the garden-themed "Blooming Artists" exhibition during an opening reception on Tuesday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. "Blooming Artists" features the works of about 275 youngsters and will run through June 25.
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Blooming Art on display

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Four-year-old Collin Windrich bolts from a slide on the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles as his mother, Lissa Windrich of Sequim, watches on Tuesday. The playground equipment was reopened on Monday after being closed by the Port Angeles Parks Department in September 2022 after numerous tiles on the play surface became dislodged, creating a trip hazard for playground users. Delays ensued acquiring specialized glue and replacement tiles while waiting for adequate weather to complete the project.
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Play time at Shane Park

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In a PT Artscape project, Blue Heron Middle School teacher Charlie Fornia, left, and artist Jesse Watson finish painting a “Welcome to PTHS” mural on the woodshop building at Port Townsend High School. PT Artscape hired Watson to design the mural and hosted a morning of painting with elementary, middle school and high school students from around Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Welcome mural at Port Townsend High School

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Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the Esplanade on the Port Angeles waterfront on Wednesday. The family was on a springtime stroll and the youngster had insisted on superhero regalia. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Superhero stroll in Port Angeles

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Visitors to the newly-expanded Elwha River Casino walk through the gaming area after it was officially opened on Wednesday on the Lower Elwha Klallam Reservation west of Port Angeles. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Elwha Casino expanded

Chairwoman: COVID raised costs, delayed reopening

 

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The cannon blast at noon on Thursday signaled the start of the 710 -ile leg of the 2023 Race2Alaska from Victoria’s Inner Harbour to Ketchikan, Alaska. Thirty-one boats, using sails, paddles or oars, left did a Le Mans type start from Government Street above the Harbour to their boats before the start of the race which got going in Port Townsend on Monday.

Race to Alaska leaves Victoria

Journey to Ketchikan, Alaska begins

 

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SPRINT BOATS: Test & Tune set Saturday at Extreme Sports Park

Practice session is $10

 

Vicki Wallner hauled in this 64-inch long halibut estimated at 134 pounds in the waters of Marine Area 5 while fishing for lingcod over Memorial Day weekend.

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Port Angeles angler catches a sea beast

 

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